Video summary
The video documents a nostalgic journey back to the FIFA 15 Ultimate Team mode, eleven years after its original release, where the creator explores how the game has evolved while retaining its core mechanics. Starting with a club name from his past, he immediately notices significant changes in the pack system, specifically the introduction of "Aurora" packs which offer better odds and guaranteed special cards compared to the old days. The creator opens numerous packs, revealing legendary players like Kevin De Bruyne, Alexis Sanchez, and Zlatan Ibrahimović, noting that many of these specific cards were either unobtainable or extremely rare for him when he first played the game. He expresses excitement over the new pack animations and the ability to pull high-rated Team of the Season and Icon cards directly, contrasting this with his previous struggles where he could only afford basic silver players like Ronnie Johnstone.
As the creator builds his squad, he highlights the shift in the market economy and player availability, noting that while some iconic names like Casillas are still expensive, others like Pogba can be acquired for a fraction of their original value due to changes in the game's trading system. He successfully constructs a team with over 98 chemistry by integrating players from various leagues, including Premier League legends and Bundesliga stars, which was nearly impossible during his initial run in 2014. The gameplay experience is described as both challenging and entertaining, with the creator admitting his skills have not improved much since then, leading to several defeats against opponents using superior squads. Despite losing matches, he finds joy in the tactical freedom of the old system, such as the original tactic setup, and the sheer thrill of sniping for specific players like Eduardo Vargas, a memory that marks a significant milestone in his gaming history.
The video concludes with a reflection on the surreal nature of seeing cards that were once dreams come true for casual players back then, now easily accessible through modern pack mechanics. The creator emphasizes that while the game lacks some current features like SBCs or dynamic playstyles, the simplicity of building a squad and trading remains intact, offering a pure trip down memory lane. He ends his session with a modest coin balance and a fully stacked team featuring stars like Cavani, Marcelo, and Peter Crouch, expressing eagerness to return and continue playing. Ultimately, the experience serves as a celebration of football history within the game, allowing fans to relive the excitement of their early days while appreciating the improvements that make the Ultimate Team mode more rewarding today.
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Chat, we have FIFA 15 locked and loaded
today. Let's see if THIS WORKS. BANG.
[screaming]
Let's go, boys. We are going back to
FIFA 15. My same club name that I used
back then. Why do I have the Arsenal
badge? The aisle of Ebra is back, baby.
Get me in this ish right now. I've got
200,000 coins. Oh my gosh, the
nostalgia. The freaking nostalgia. Where
do I change my badge, bro? Look, it's
not an Arsenal badge anymore. It's not
an Arsenal badge up there. Good stuff,
man. Chad, look at my team. A Leaport 81
rated. Wait, old chemistry. Danny Alves,
Victor Wyama, my Spurs goat. I got to
think about this old chem system, man.
It's going to throw me off. Okay, so
chat, this is all through uh Aurora. Oh,
they have their name here in Aurora
bronze pack. We have Aurora Silver and
Aurora Gold packs. Position modifier
reload grants you 24 position modifiers
for your club. Oh, that's cool. Fodder
Flood, the most requested Aurora pack
since launch.
>> [music]
>> 18 players, nine rare, six silver, six
bronze, six gold, and then 7.5ks as
well. Let's open some packs. Let me see
this pack animation. Let me see this is
11 years later, we're playing FIFA 15.
Bow cow. And Iguain and Alibaba. Holy.
Who remembers Jeremy Menz? What a
player. Yeah, get that in my club.
That's going to go in my team as well.
Alaba 88 Falca is sick, dude. Chad, this
was my first ever FIFA on the Xbox 360.
David Silva, dude, they've juiced the
pack. Wait, Ashley Young, Schaefer. Oh
my goodness, we are cooking. All right,
let's do one more pack. Actually, I
should check the market cuz I don't
think a lot of these cards are that
expensive cuz there's no coins. Here we
go again.
Thiago 81 rated. Sissoko played for
Newcastle. I forgot. Verat's 81 rated.
Oh my goodness. Oh, a finisher and a
backbone chem style. Yes, Dumbia.
Let's go. Get in my starting 11.
Bellarabi, dude. Oh, and then a Barbo.
How did I miss a Barbo? Let's go. Micah
Richards. Bro, when I was playing FIFA
15, I had no idea that these cards would
end up becoming managers in the Premier
League, popular pundits or heroes or
icons. Dimmitri Payet. It's crazy to
look back 10, 11 years ago and look at
these cards that we used. Man, let me do
like two or three more of these and then
I want to check the market because I
might just buy Zlatan.
Kareem Benzema. Hey, come on. Give me a
Messi. Give me a a Neymar. Give me a
Suarez. Wait, what's that? Oh. Oh, Kevin
De Bruyne. Samuel Etto is a 81 rated
gold, guys. I used Kevin De Bruyne in
FIFA 15 like crazy cuz he had one of the
highest long shots in the game. That is
going boom straight in my midfield.
Yaya.
Oh, the double Manchester City pack and
Brad Guzan and Bernardo. Bernard. Oh,
yes. Let's go build the squad back up
and then let's get into a game. If I get
into an online game, I am going to have
terrible ping, bro. I'm going to go
David Silva over there for chemistry.
Okay, I'm at 83 Cam. We're getting on
it. We're getting on. We're getting on.
Let me go to the market. Uh oh. Casillas
50k. That's the only Casillas on the
market. He's 50,000 coins. Freddy
Guarine 2500 coins. Buy now. Oh, chat.
Zlatan's 48k. I gotta buy him. I have to
use Zlatan. Okay. Hey, Zlatan is in.
He's going to have to replace Valkca.
ESG. Frick. Zlatan has no chem. I'm just
going to have to run Falcao and Leaport
slightly off Chem. I think Sturridge is
2,000 coins. Heck yeah. Oh, Pogba's 71k.
Wait, he's about to go on bid. We're
trading on FIFA 15 again. Let's go.
Let's go Pogba for 2900 coins. What a
deal. There we go. Oh, send a club. War
a deal for Pogba, chat. Chat, we got to
play a game. Give me this Pogba. I've
got four guys that are off camp, but
they're all right. I have two guys. I'm
on 98 chem, chat. I'm on 98 chem. M7 DDA
Warriors. Oh my. Look at his Look at his
team level, chat. 80. He's got 89
attack. Oh my goodness. My first game of
FIFA 15 in 11 years. He's got an 88
rated squad.
Messi record breaker. He still has 82.
Steve Mandanda in goal with left forward
Neymar center forward Bale. Oh boy. Here
we go, bro. [laughter] I'm cooked. I'm
so cooked.
Cooked. Oh boy. Over the top, man. Over
the top for the nostalgia. Oh, no. No,
no, no, no, no. First game, chat. I'm
going to need to fix up. GG's M7. All
right, back to the menus. We need to get
back to the menus. Match pack. You just
played a match and a wasted 20 minutes
of your life. Fairs do you. What's What
do I get from this? What is this?
Luis Gustavo. Oh, okay. Wait, that's a
that's a decent pack. Oxade Chamberlain
Tyissson Kolarov. Wow. I'm going to
grant you some packs real quick. Check
your store. Holy Aurora party bag. Okay,
let's open a This is a party bag at FIFA
15. Okay, hold on. Now you play ANOTHER
STAFF MEMBER. OH, WALDOM. OH, DIP. WAIT,
he's tradable. PSV Waldom. No way. Wait,
chat. What are the purple cards? What is
a purple? Basically a hero moments. Oh,
okay. Like a moment. Okay. All right.
Next pack.
A Polish Cam. Oh, I definitely need
Banatia just in case we run any
Bundesliga. A team of the season.
Fourstar. Fourstar left footed. This
dude's 5 foot n Al Nasser. Oh, sick.
Okay, get in the club, bro. Ronaldo 2026
link. Okay, party back again. There must
be one guaranteed special card in all of
these.
Alexis Sanchez. There's my left wing.
Oh, [laughter] what a pull. 94
dribbling. Cold 3 mil. He's a 3 mil
price range. Holy. What a pull. That is
my new left wing. Sorry to David Silva.
Next pack.
Edison Cavani. Oh, there's my Ebra Link.
Oh my gosh, man. Left wing Cavani with
93 shooting. The Fanta cards. He's got a
3 mil price range, too. There's none on
the market. Oh my goodness. Hey, Dos
Santos Lampard. This is electric. All
right, last party bag with one promo
player in it. Come on. There's no way I
can top those two, right? Still very
good. Team of the season. Bellarabi. 94
pace. That's a great super sub. All
right, let me open the rest of these uh
premium gold packs because this will get
me some coins.
Oh, David Louise. Yes, Tierry Henri.
Tierry Enri in 2015 was a 79 rated card.
Thank you for the for the drop. His
Pogba. Wait, Rio is a 79 rated. Flamini
Kagawa. Kagawa 83 rated. Jackson
Martinez from Porto. Oh my gosh, I used
to use him all the time. Wait, where'd
my Pogma go? Oh, he's a dupe. He's a
dupe. I'm going to list him up for 61K,
chat. We have an icon pack. One legend.
One guaranteed legend. One time use. Not
a scam. Wait, wait, wait, wait. This is
FIFA 15, though. So, like, we have
George Waya. We have Alexi Las. We have
the OG Beckenbower. Here we go. Who am I
going to get? I never had an icon ever
in FIFA 15. Never had any coins. Never
had enough pack luck when I played 11
years. Cresbow Legend 87 rated. It's not
the best, but we'll take it. We will
take it. We have an icon. 86 shooting.
Get in the club, man. That's sick. Wait,
how many icons are even on the market
right now? Van Baston 900K, Schmeichel,
Teddy Sharingham, Alan Sheerer,
Beckenbower. Dude, I Ronaldo. Wait, 161K
on a bid for Ronaldo. Compare price.
700K. Wow. I can't believe that I packed
those. Hulk, 200k on bid. That's
amazing. All right, back to the packs.
Back to the packs. Two more. Okay. Okay.
Okay. Okay. Okay. I don't I don't need
any more than this. Thank you. Thank you
for the juice. I appreciate it. I
appreciate it. We have two more legend
packs. Come on. Give me a George Waya or
Alexi Las.
No longer legends in Ultimate Team.
Robert Perez 88. All right. I think
Cavani clears him at left wing or Alexis
Sanchez. Next one.
Oh, fivestar skills. JJ AOCA get in the
club. That's perfect. That is actually
perfect for my squad for chemistry. Oh,
it's amazing. This game is everything. I
wish 27 had the old chem system. No play
styles. Sergio Aguero, a new icon in
FC27. Let's go. Get in the club.
Javi 91 passing, 66 pace, though. Woof.
8,000 coins. Oh my gosh. Now, um, we'll
send you to the club. Eman 88 pace. You
don't want to match him with a team that
he's got. Jamesito,
let's go. Wow. 80 pace James, too. He's
only 19K. Yeah. Uh, get into the club,
man. Oh, Lewendowski as well.
Videnfeller. Woo. What a pack. I'm at
100 chem now, boys. Only players off
chem or right back, right wing. Aguero
is still slightly off, too. All right.
All right. Let's play. Lacazette team of
the season. Babani Tats Nangolan Chris
Smalling Marcus Rojo Marcelo is an 82
Modric looks like he has a baby face.
Oh, here we go, man. Yeah, the original
tactic system was so cool to mess around
with.
Yeah, you got me. Easy there.
Yeah, that's a goal. Yep.
That's a pen. That is so a pen. That is
such a pen. Referee. Oh my goodness.
Chips fair.
Chip it. I need more practice. I need
more practice.
Oh, Marco Roy and Insign. Oh my gosh. 91
pace left mid. All right, chat. Five
more party bags. Yes. Yes. Here we go. I
think there's one promo player in each
one of these. This is what I got Cavani
and Sanchez from. I never was able to
get these cards when I played FIFA 15
for real. Ooh, Paradis from Colo Colo.
That's a cool one. Look at Marata. Look
how young he is, man. Show me a team of
the season or something crazy
via 95 shooting. 95 shooting, chat. No
way. That is insane. There's none on the
market. Get the freaking my squad, bro.
Okay, next one.
What? Marcelo 92 KDB, 98 passing, 95
shooting. Okay, now I have to get him in
the team. Holy,
dude. Oh, we are going to be ripping
Longot Supreme. Oh my gosh, these are
the best packs ever. I love party bags.
Imagine that they would have actually
existed in FIFA 15.
Chat, fun fact, this card is the very
first ever card that I used to learn how
to snipe on the market. This Vargas man
of the match, Eduardo Vargas, was the
first card that I ever sniped on the
market. Like I learned how to do the max
price and how to quickly change and you
know that like how to actually snipe.
That was the first card that I ever did
that with. Okay, last one and then KDB
is going in my team.
Peter Crouch go Dean and hand damage.
Get in my team, man. Get in my team,
Peter Crouch. One more pack.
Oh, Thiago Silva with Milner. Oh, our
club is so stacked. Oh, he's only 10k.
That's crazy. I love this attack, dude.
Oh my gosh, look at my shooting. 93
shooting, 91 shooting, and then David
Via has 95. Chad, this is a way better
team than I ever had in FIFA 15, man.
Way better. Oh yeah, my team. I didn't
know how to trade in FIFA 15. My team
was terrible. I was a casual. I had like
Kevin De Bruyne gold card. I had that
Ronnie silver dude. I didn't have any
team of the seasons. Maybe a team of the
week if I saved up my coins. You could
trade and make a ton of coins though,
and I I just wasn't I wasn't good at
that. I did not know how to trade back
then. M7. Oh my goodness. All right,
here we go. This is the guy that I
played first game and he cooked me. Loic
Remy Walcott. Oh my pace. Oh my pace.
He's got that tots lockazette too, man.
Ramirez, Felipe Luiz. Okay, let's go,
man. The commentary is so chill, right?
Oh no. Ah, that's the first time that's
happened today. M7 again. All right, M7.
Oh, he swapped out his right back.
That's a different right back, though.
Um, I have no idea how this is going to
go.
Let's go. Let's go, man. First goal of
of FIFA 15 is a free kick with Javi.
What a free kick. Let's go. Come on,
man.
It's two. It's two. Let's go, man. Let's
go. David Via was there to clean it up,
boys. My long shots. I'm getting them
dialed in. I'm getting him dialed in.
Zlatan on the volley. Boys, we're
getting we're getting this. We are
getting the hang of this.
JJ Aoojo with the banger. Chat, what has
happened? We are on fire. It's 3. Let's
go. War Tralla. That was an FC25 Traa
right there. Woo!
Oh, the bourbin. He cooked me 3-1. Come
on, Naldo.
Good play. Good play. Good play. Yep.
Dude, is that Loazette card is
disgusting, man.
>> [snorts]
>> cooked
deflected an in. That's crazy. That's
crazy, bro.
The Ronaldo chop and then the the L2
shot. Bro, what a s. At least I scored
my first goals, bro.
Memphis Depay. Memphis Depay. 1,500
coins.
Drogba. Oh my gosh, dude. Sent him to
the club. Ron Vlar Rafinia. I don't
remember him. Gold rare, though.
Arin Robin 90 rated from a 7.5K.
No way. Let's go. Wait, what's his max
price? 1.1 mil. Are there any on the
market? 90,000 coins. There's no way
he's worth 90K. 92 dribble, 93 pace.
Bro, get in. Oba Femi Martins, five-star
weak foot, Seattle Sounders beast. Oh, I
got to send it to the club, too.
Pedro Lee Donguke.
All right, let's go down to zero coins
and we'll call it a day, chat. Bails
cracked in game two.
Quadrad. Hey. Wow, what a trip down
memory lane this has been today, chat.
What a freaking trip down memory lane.
the pack pulls the gameplay which I'm
absolutely terrible at. It just puts you
at a place in time. No SBC's, no EVOs. I
look at these cards and I think what use
do they have? They just have building
squads in your club and making coins.
Simple.
Roger Golden. There we go. One more
pack. Here we go, boys. Last one.
Robbie Keane. No last pack magic.
There's a Peter Crouch.
Yep. Don't hear too much about this guy
anymore. M I only have 6,000 coins and a
team. An amazing team. Shout out to the
mods who were dropping some packs in
here today. I can't wait for all of you
guys to get on this. A surreal
experience to see cards. Like I said,
most of which I couldn't even obtain 11
years ago when I played this game. Like
I maybe had 84 rated Banatia. I don't
think I ever got Yaga Turay back in FIFA
15, man. I can't wait to log on and play
some more,