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"All aspects of football are in the game (FIFA 16), and I think that's the joy of it," Tyler says. "You can look at it whichever way you want—tactically, or just play it [casually], or use the skills. The whole spectrum's there. Whatever the reason for you acquiring it, it's worth acquiring."Of course, he would say that—and by his own admission he's not much of a FIFA player having last won a match of it in 2007. But there's no doubting that FIFA 16 is a damn fine football game. There was no chance it wouldn't be, of course—EA knows what it's doing with this series. Its year-on-year tweaks and quirks can be divisive, though, so if you're yet to settle on which football game is going to fill your season with fulfilled fantasies while your team's actual performances leave a lot to be desired, I recommend checking out some reviews by people who've put significantly more hours into these things than me.That said, FIFA is such a sales juggernaut these days that even if PES 2016 were the better game critically, the commercial outcome would be very different indeed. FIFA 16 is comfortably expected to be the UK's biggest game of 2015. And it's as hard to see beyond that happening as it is you stopping that thing you do whenever there's a game on, whenever a ball ricochets wildly inside the box only to be spooned over the bar by that guy who cost £40m [$60 million] a couple of weeks ago. That's lost you a couple of points—how are you going to react? Maybe you'll turn to Tyler's other calling, power up the PlayStation (or Xbox, or PC) and show the professionals how its done in the privacy of your own stink-pit. Nobody else is in so crack a cold one open and boss every aerial battle, win every 50-50 challenge, and emerge victorious. Scream your success to the ceiling: we all do these things. I'm right there with you, all the way. I just wish you'd put some trousers on next time.Martin Tyler was commentating on the FIFA 16 Celebrity Cup at the launch of EA SPORTS FIFA 16, out now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and all other formats. Click to YouTube to see highlights from this year's #FIFA16UKLAUNCHFollow Mike Diver on Twitter.New on VICE Sports: Looking back at Manchester United's European Nightmare of 1995