{"id":98602,"date":"2016-07-14T12:17:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T10:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=98602"},"modified":"2016-07-14T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T10:18:27","slug":"fifa-17s-new-gameplay-mechanics-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/98602-fifa-17s-new-gameplay-mechanics-revealed","title":{"rendered":"FIFA 17&#8217;s new gameplay mechanics revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While annual instalments in the FIFA franchise have begun feeling a little too same-y, FIFA 17 promises to really mix things up with a new game engine, animations, enhanced visuals, and some massive gameplay tweaks.<\/p>\n<p>EA Sports has been showcasing the game&#8217;s visuals in some recent trailers, but the latest takes a closer-look at the new shooting options available to players.<\/p>\n<p>They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Driven Finish &#8211;<\/strong> A new shot mechanic lets players keep the ball low in any situation \u2013 finesse, volley, or when simply slotting it home.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threaded Through Pass &#8211;<\/strong> Curved. Precise. Into space. Create new scoring chances with a perfectly executed threaded through pass.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Driven Goal Kicks &#8211;<\/strong> Start a quick counter attack by passing it out from goal with power and direction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Downwards Headers &#8211;<\/strong> Greater control in direction allows players to head the ball down and into the ground, making keepers work harder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FIFA 17 launches on<strong> 27 September<\/strong> on <strong>Xbox One<\/strong>, <strong>PS4<\/strong>, <strong>Xbox<\/strong> <strong>360<\/strong>, <strong>PS3<\/strong> and <strong>PC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article\u00a0originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/games\/fifa-17-new-attacking-techniques-unveiled-in-new-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"canonical\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Gaming News<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/mobile\/98224-pokemon-go-is-more-popular-than-tinder.html\">Pok\u00e9mon GO is more popular than Tinder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Telkom\u2019s big gaming drive in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/87956-telkoms-big-gaming-drive-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Telkom\u2019s big gaming drive in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Android\u2019s keyboard update is awesome\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/91149-androids-keyboard-update-is-awesome.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Android\u2019s keyboard update is awesome<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See what new goal-scoring tricks FIFA 17 has up its sleeves for gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":94017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[31,2928,813,987,19167],"class_list":["post-98602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-ea-sports","tag-electronic-arts","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98606,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98602\/revisions\/98606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}