Some of you guys must have terrible attention to detail or not bother to actually try out the new gameplay mechanics. This is the only possible explanation for people not noticing the drastic improvements in this years edition. Close control, hold up play, shooting etc are all massively improved, the team mate AI is way better in terms of defensive positioning and they now make more initelligent runs as well. The entire game is also more responsive. This was all noticeable within five minutes of playing.
Usually the changes are subtle but they they are VERY obvious this year, which makes some of the posts in this thread even more bemusing.
I feel bad for the devs, they finally pull their finger out and make big improvements and they still get a bunch of clueless kids on twitter telling them it's same as last year.