evidence: I am a FIFA fan. You are too. The problem is, a lot of other reviewers around the web aren’t. Not like you and I are, anyway. They haven’t sunk dozens of hours into getting Accrington Stanley into the Champions League. They haven’t unpacked thousands of quick-sell gold packs in the desperate hope of landing an Ultimate Team in-form Cristiano Ronaldo. They may know games, and they may play FIFA, but they don’t love it like the hardcore fan base does. [...] Within career mode adjustments have been made to the development cycle of players. Young prospects allegedly improve quicker, even having ‘breakout seasons’ where they leap up a good five points or so (think along the lines of Adnan Januzaj or Raheem Sterling last season). On the other hand, you then have older players showing more realistic signs of ageing. Just look at the start to the season Frank Lampard has had at Manchester City – on FIFA 14 he’d already be haemorrhaging stats all over the place. Not just physical, but technical and mental too.