EA Sports has significantly redesigned the way penalties and free-kicks work for FIFA 20.
As revealed in an EA Play livestream, the penalties and free-kicks have a new aiming mechanic designed to be more accessible, but with elements of skill to retain depth for those interested in mastery.
Here’s how penalties look with the new aiming mechanic (I assume the target can be removed when you’re playing against another human player).
And here’s how the new free-kicks look:
In FIFA 19, free-kicks involve moving the camera to help direct where the ball will go. In FIFA 20, the camera appears to remain fixed while you move a target you have to lock in place to trigger the player run-up. Then it’s over to the right stick.