EA, What Are We Even Buying? A Rollercoaster of Performance and Disappointment
Alright, I need to get this off my chest.
About three weeks ago, I was so close to buying the game. But since FC25 didn’t work properly on my brand-new ASUS TUF with an RTX 4070, I decided to hold off and instead try the EA Play trial for 5€.
And wow — I couldn’t believe what I saw.
The game ran smooth as butter, beautiful graphics, responsive controls. I played 10 hours, enjoying career mode and online friendlies with my friend. Everything felt great.
Still, I was cautious — because, let’s be real, EA doesn’t exactly have the best track record. So instead of spending 80€, I went with EA Play Pro.
For about 45 hours, it was pure joy. Gameplay was fluid, realistic, fun. I actually started thinking, “Hey, maybe they didn’t screw it up this year.”
Then Patch 04 came out… and everything fell apart.
Suddenly, gameplay was slow, players moved like they each weighed 300kg, everything felt off. I came to the forum and saw tons of people complaining about the same thing — so it wasn’t just me.
I thought, “Well, at least I didn’t buy it outright. Maybe I finally learned not to trust EA too soon.”
A few days later, they seemed to fix things a bit — gameplay was better, but in the second half of matches my FPS dropped to 20. Another letdown. So I decided to stop playing for 5 days, thinking maybe the next patch would fix it.
Today, I started the game again.
I haven’t touched a single setting — not on my PC, not in-game, nothing.
And suddenly… the gameplay was super fast — like the total opposite of before. Smooth as silk, but ridiculously fast, like everyone turned into Ferraris overnight. I was just sitting there thinking, “What the hell is going on?”
So I tried to fix it myself:
- Deleted the game
- Updated NVIDIA drivers
- Deleted the EA app
- Reinstalled everything
- Cleared cache, repaired the game
Now? Graphics look perfect, beautiful even — but the gameplay stutters, FPS drops randomly, one match feels amazing, the next is unplayable.
My God… what are we even buying?
Are we seriously paying for this unstable mess? How is this acceptable in 2025?
EA — we’re not your beta testers. Stop playing with us.
