Premier League stars anger over new FIFA 15 game

Posted Sunday, September 28, 2014 by Dailystar.co.uk

BRITAIN'S top footballers including Eden Hazard & Rio Ferdinand kick off after FIFA 15 game made them "too short, too slow, with the wrong haircut and lacking in skill".

HOT SHOTS: Premier League stars aren't happy with new FIFA 15 game

Players across the Premier League eagerly anticipate their character's new ratings each year in the annual Xbox and Playstation franchise.

It's become a huge deal in the dressing room to stars like Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.

Players love to rib teammates if they out-score them in skills like speed, shooting ability, defence and passing.

And as the computer games get ever more lifelike, there's also plenty of banter between players over how their video game avatars look on screen.

EA Sports, which makes the Fifa games, has been getting earache from a load of players ahead of today's (FRI) release of Fifa 15. Premier League stars anger over new FIFA 15 game

Staff got abuse from top stars unhappy about their appearance and "low" skill ratings.

Players let loose as EA travelled the country visiting team's training grounds to image-capture players faces for reconstuction in the game.

Former Man Utd star Rio Ferdinand, 35, was one of the most vocal.

He demanded EA Sport raise the overall team ability for QPR after moving to the club. And he was annoyed because they didn't make his character quick enough in the game.

He told EA staff: "You've got to do your research. What's going on?

"Can you please put the right stats on the Man Utd players and also now I'm at QPR can you elevate their stats to the right level.

"I don't know who's doing the stats at Head Quarters but if you want me to come down there and talk to you properly face to face I'll do that.

"It's a joke!

"I tweeted last year about it. I'm quick man! Or I was, I was quick…."

Man City ace Samir Nasri, 27, also laid in. His feedback to the team was: "I'm not quite happy with my speed in the game.

"Especially because I play on the wing.

"I am quite a bit quicker than I am in the game, I'm only rated 81 or 82 (out of 100).

"It's not enough."

Hazard and Nasri have both moaned about the way they appear in the game

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard, 23, told bosses: "I'm too small.

"I need to be taller by about three or five centimetres."

At Monday's launch event in London for the game other stars also took time out to moan about their Fifa likenesses.

Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie, 25, said: "I think my finishing needs a boost, but I also heard I have three star skills so that needs to be addressed.

"Four star, five star… four star minimum."

Rio's Reading star brother Anton, 29, said he just hoped they'd get his haircut right because last year's version had an out-of-date barnet.

He said: "I just hope this year they've got rid of the corn rows.

"I tweeted at them last year, I think it was about five years ago I had cornrows, so I hope this year they've got rid of them."

Bookies reckon mega popular Fifa 15 will shift a million copies in the first week alone.

The realistic computer game is boasting new 'emotion' in this year's version with players using up to 600 different facial expressions to recreate their joy, frustration and anger during each match.

Luke Cousens, football marketing manager at EA Sports, said: "Whenever we see players at our events or look on Twitter someone is talking about their ratings in Fifa.
"They all want a boost, but it's all in good spirits."