FIFA 17 may have realistic player models and impeccable-looking stadiums, but one thing is stopping it from being truly authentic. A dynamic weather system.

Thankfully, this happens to be something the new Frostbite Engine specialises in – and has been put to good use in the recent Need For Speed reboot and Battlefield 1.It’s even going to feature in Mass Effect.

Frostbite director Jonas Skantz told Dream Team Gaming his team is developing “groundbreaking gameplay innovations” – which could allude to dynamic weather in FIFA 18.

Speaking to Metro last year, EA DICE’s Patrick Bach explained why weather is so much more than just a “pretty effect”.

“We often talk about these different dimensions in Battlefield, where you have the rock, paper, scissors and then you marry that with the destruction and you create unpredictability from different angles. And with the layer of weather we actually change the way you play in a very drastic way,” he said.

“So, if you have the tactics of being a sniper and it starts to rain then you probably have to change tactics. And the same with fighter planes, once the fog rolls in it’s like, ‘Okay, this is not as effective anymore, so I probably need to go back on the ground’.

“It’s not only a pretty effect, it actually changes the way you play the game.”

Dynamic weather would add a whole new layer of tactics to gameplay in FIFA.For example, weather taking a turn for the worse could negatively affect player ground speed, passing accuracy and injury probability.

Players could fall over more easily, goalkeepers could be more likely to fumble fast shots… the list is endless, and would all help add an extra level of realism to the game.

Time will tell if this is what EA has planned, but in the quest to make FIFA 18 the most realistic football game ever, surely the developer can’t afford to ignore this again.

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