First of all, the aditions sound great on paper. The idea of having more control on the field and over the players is huge. The problem is if those instructions will work. Because in fc 24 you put instructions on wingers to come back on defence and then you will see them all game staying in the middle. Same issue with the full back when you get caught on the counter attack, they don’t always come back. I know it’s a matter of player overall sometimes but should not happen so often as it does.
Secondly, the CDMs have the same issue. They don’t cover the centre of the pitch when you instruct them to do that and don’t stay back while you attack, also don’t come back in defence. Often get caught with them in the middle of the pitch being very slowly and sluggish, unable to come back in defence. CDMs are my biggest problem gameplay wise because of that.
Third, it happens very often that when attacked, before switching to the player near the attacker, defenders run away from the ball carrier, like making them room to go to the post. They don’t tighten up the space or come in front of the attacker to cover the space or the shot. Then when you gain control of the defender, you get it for nothing cause they are not in the ball area anymore… and above all those issues, the biggest one is when the AI, plays instantly so OP that you literally can’t do nothing, left aside defending. You feel instantly that a goal is gonna come and you can’t do nothing about it, also because the defenders become slow and sluggish. Another thing is that opposition AI always attacks the same way no matter the rating of the team or players. You always get the same 20 yards shots or same front post cutbacks that you cannot do nothing about them and obviously (don’t know if it is an animation issue) keepers when very close to the ball react so dumb and don’t fully stratch theyr hand to block the shots. You don’t see smaller teams become defensive when are 1-0 up, or attacking with long balls and all out attack when they are being down by a goal in the last minutes. You always see the cpu play like prime Barcelona no matter the team rating…
Those are my main issues with FC24 and the last iterations. Now with the new additions I hope they will be fixed in FC25 and we will see different styles of approach from the CPU team( I’m a career mode player). Love the fact that park the bus is making a return in the game, cause it was a nice feature in Fifa 15. Also in that game the fact that players got the ball in the corner of the pitch was a nice touch but very OP and always the big teams with lower rated teams tended to do that.
Hope the next game will be better regarding the issues that i’ve detailed here because it will be beneficial for the franchise and you as a company need to up your game starting this year cause you will be getting some competition from now on and the gamers start to lose theyr patience about the game and the fact that they as a community are not being listened.
Thank you!
EA SPORTS FC™ Team
