Concept: An impressive leap in gameplay augments the already-full feature set. Graphics: From the look of the players and the pitch to the overall presentation package, it's all top notch. Sound: The timing and overall context of the commentary has improved from last year.

Those three words are considered internationally to be the embodiment of the worlds' most beloved sport – soccer. In their native Portuguese language these three words translate to The Beautiful Game, which has been used to decades to describe the complexity and fluidity of the game that has the...

and whatever that will be this year, but that's yet to be known. With all of that, it's a pleasure to see a product from EA that arrives with confidence and proper execution, and this is what can happen when a team has the resources to keep improving on their vision year over year.

With an emphasis on improving the core gameplay, the best around has gotten better once more.

On-pitch tweaks vastly improve gameplay; Different types of goals you can hammer in keep things fresh; The team management screen is no longer a chore

Keepers are more intelligent; but they still do odd things

It was the 85th minute in the season opening tilt against Real Salt Lake, and the situation was looking bleak for my San Jose Earthquakes as RSL lined up for a potential go-ahead penalty kick. Barring a miracle, the Quakes would be going down to a 2-1 defeat. But a miracle was just what they got.

FIFA is the Coldplay of video games. There. Someone had to say it. Hugely popular, inexplicably so to those who do not like it, both have become increasingly more popular and critically lauded as rivals ponder how exactly they can match such success.

A single moment can say a great deal about a game's design philosophy. For me, that moment came in a game between me (as Man City) and the CPU (as Chelsea). Pablo Zabaleta won the ball with a crunching challenge on Eden Hazard; the Belgian hit the deck, with Zabaleta about to stride onto the loose...

Superb animation; Big-match atmosphere; Custom team sheets

Intrusive cutaways; Dodgy teammate AI

FIFA 15 is the most authentic football experience yet

Is FIFA 15 just more of the same or something more? Find out in our review.

I have never been a huge fan of soccer, but with the World Cup happening this past summer, the urge to dive more into the world's sport was stronger than ever. I would have to say much of the success FIFA has garnered over the years has a lot to do with the refined gameplay that EA has been able to...