@number5 On 22 and 23 I thought there were some issues that could have been fixed better (23 especially was the start of the auto defending era, but it was nowhere near as OP as it is this year) but generally speaking when they did patch updates, they ended up improving the gameplay rather than making it worse. Things like nerfing the corner and kick off glitches, the first time long ball over the top that was unstoppable etc..
I complained about those games at the time of playing them but with hindsight they were SO much better than the game this year. There was the occasional error with content or the occasional server outage during TOTS etc... but it was nowhere near as common as it is now. It's a weekly problem now