I think I'm done with EAFC after this edition, with GTA 6 on the way, why bother?
* I can't stand the gameplay especially tackle spamming, deflections/rebounds, how inconsistent it feels on a game to game basis. Every action you take feels jammy. The fixes don't fix anything and if they do, they create other problems.
* The servers are poor & not up to the standards they should be for a triple A game that makes this much money per annum.
* Even the menu grind has been ruined. Everything is deliberately priced to send you into the store even those 83x10's. Exchanges were a great addition if you wanted to improve your team and of course EA doesn't bring them back. On my no money account, I can't get any low rated fodder. To me this matters because I used to like grinding for cards in between playing.
* This game, more than ever feels exploitative. Packs were 1 thing but season boosts, triple token packs, paid EVO's with time limits lol, nothing is priced to where it is within reach because..
* It's borderline impossible to make coins off rewards, doing the never ending grind unless you're in the top 1% of the player base. Pack after pack, gives you nothing worthwhile. Like why am I even doing this anymore?
* This game is built for, made for & marketed towards that top 1% I mentioned. Why even bother playing it anymore? Might aswell save yourself the time, money, effort and just go and watch them play. It's less stress, probably more fun than actually doing the weekly grind required to improve your team.
* Then there is one of my favorite things "The Fairness Mantra" that companies like this one go on and on about ad nauseum without actually practicing what they preach to give some examples: People who spend either 100's of dollars on a given promo to pack these "special" cards or go through the aforementioned never ending grind or both, to not pack anything, only to wake up one morning & see EA have made a mistake & given people who happen to win the timezone lottery the best card of said promo without any recourse or explanation, compensation. Or the fact they can't bothered to do something about blatant cheating that is people quitting on draws, dashboarding at a red card or when they equalize yet if this game boots you before a ball is kicked it's a insta loss.
It's really just all these things combined that make this game one of the worst experiences of any video game on the market today.