As mentioned here, this game is a big impudence and just rubbish.
EA is destroying the hobby of thousands of gamers, who love football.
I was very adamant on the previous forums and now answers about how bad the past 5-6 fifa have been with special attention to the last 3. I never thought that it could go downhill so fast. At least the last few were playable at launch and in many ways they just got worse throughout the year with all the suspected things going on behind the gameplay, the patches, cards getting nerfed, crappy gameplay.
BUT THIS GAME, is on a different level of jacked up. You can’t even play the way you want anymore. Other years you could play your style and know you would lose but at least have some respect. This gameplay now is basically who gets the right bounce, lobbed ball, or godly keeper. God forbid you have lag because then the L1 speed boost trick will do you in quickly.
you can’t turn, pass, defend, switch, cross, shoot. It’s all completely broken. With a million tactics and settings, nothing is consistent, it’s a different/worse game every time in turn it back on.
For a whole year I was thinking the same about FC 24: this has nothing to do with football anymore. In the new EA FC 25, they cut out the few good things from FC 24 and either left the bad or even make it worse.
Where the opponent's pressure in FC 24 was unreal, they totally left it out in FC 25. Not one of my defenders is moving when an opponent's striker is attacking on goal. Also the strength of some teams in FC 24 was just so over exagurated that it was ridiculous. I could run after a ball playing with Man City vs Real Madrid for 90mins without touching it. In FC 25 it's the opposite. There's hardly any difference between teams anymore. The day before yesterday, I consecutively beat Aston Villa, PSG and Barcelona with freaking Anderlecht in online games! Totally stupid!
Where one could still adjust stuff in Team Management last year, there's hardly anything you can do this year. The whole Tactics-thing is just stupid, one big fraud!
The whole gameplay feels unnatural. Last year there was a lot to do about putting sensors on real players to monitor how they move and integrate it in the game, but i can hardly imagine that this is the result. We live in a world where AI can basically (re)create everything existing and non-existing on this planet, and this is the best EA came up with?!
Played since fifa 2009, all it is now is a bunch of sweaty **bleep**s with no job or girlfriend lmao
The numbers don’t like either. This game is terrible on every level. Game sales are already down 5% from last year. It’s the lowest rated EA FC and FIFA game in this Franchise’s history. Active player count is consistently decreasing. It’s evidently clear the developers put more emphasis on micro transactions than on any effort to improve the gameplay and all the mechanics associated with it.
All and all the facts are there.
I've been playing FIFA (now EAFC) regularly since 2008. From then until around 2013, I genuinely believe those were some of the best football games and simulators ever made. However, between 2014 and 2018, the quality became inconsistent — some releases were good, while others fell short. Then came 2019, which was one of the worst games I’d ever played. Ever since, I can't help but feel foolish for spending my money on this “thing.”
Thankfully, I’ve avoided going all-in on Ultimate Team and have never spent a cent on it. I know EA will never change something that brings in millions, and worse, there are players out there dropping hundreds to gain an edge, fooling themselves into thinking it makes them great players. Meanwhile, EA just keeps raking in profit, so where’s the motivation for them to make a genuinely good game?
Honestly, the people behind these games don’t seem to care about football or understand it. They act like football is just another freestyle show — but that’s not real football! Even at Ronaldinho’s peak, we never saw anything close to what they’ve turned this game into. The ridiculous mechanics — like how some players are practically glued to the ball when holding L1, or how they glide past defenders as if on skates — ruin the experience. They can run circles around everyone, dribble in the box endlessly, and score without breaking a sweat or losing the ball. It’s beyond ridiculous!
Then there are the constant rebounds always landing for the opponent and the long-range shots that fly in, like something out of an anime. It’s laughable. I know I’m just one voice, and EA couldn’t care less about my opinion, but maybe they should spend even an hour and a half watching a real football match. Even a fifth-division game would teach them what football should be.
We want a simulator, not an arcade game. So, I’ve decided never to buy another EA game again. I’m enjoying UFL; it’s far from perfect, but at least it’s not this mess we’re forced to play year after year.
I raged , threw controllers at the wall and all possible things while playing 24/23/22 and so on but i still wanted to play. This year i do not even want to play this. Its so boring , passes are random , player movements are slow as hell. My defenders are watching the game from the stands. It makes me throw wanna up when i play this *. I am absolutely done. I qualified for the WL and everything but i am not destroying my brain with this bug * game.
https://youtu.be/RJh8zE7YcY4?si=VqzPpojWEiaMSx0n
This video is definitely something the dev team should watch.
I've been saying it for nearly 10 years now..
This Dev team need seriously looking at!!
II think Dev team it is a joke for the phisics of football game. Resign soon * possible guys, it a shame what you have done in fc2025.
I'll be glad to know if any of the Dev team has played minimum once foot in this life ?
Why are people talking about servers when the delay, input lag, and input cancellation are also happening offline? Those are all mechanics intentionally added to the game.
Why do you think all FIFA looks better at the end? Everyone has the best player with 5-6 playstyles, so the command works properly.
Don't agree. Best game ever since many years, good reactivity, next gen graphics, FUT made easier for newcomers.
Don't agree, worst reviewed game ever in long time, bad reactivity, much negativity from online community. FUT clearly made better for you 👍
@GSM350 ha scritto:
@gnappo78How the hell did over complicated tactics, player roles that constantly pull defenders out of position and inconsistent AI behaviour make the game easier for newcomers??
I wrote that UT is more accessible for newcomers, not referring to gameplay. On the gameplay side I don't see much issues on AI. Defender position may be better, most of all central ones, but I feel it better than FC24
It doesn't matter what you do with these patches unless you finally get the message and patch the A.I. defense.
At the moment this game is like playing 2 games in one. You have the attacking side of the game which to me at least seems to be where they have tried to implement "real" mechanics vs the defensive side which is basically an anything goes no holds barred arcadey circus.
*Defenders hit top speeds instantly from a standing position & wildly throw themselves into your path which creates this insane high pressure constantly.
*Defenders miss tackles & sometimes stutter into you anyway or instantly pivot into you.
*Defenders can chase the "fastest" players in the game, stop, recover instantly and catch you instantly. They throw themselves completely out of position, recover straight away & get you.
*No penalties for spamming wild tackles like it opening up space for the opposing attack. People are spamming tackles non stop.
*Magnetic defensive blocks & rebounds flying straight to the opposition.
*Containing players acting like heat seeking missiles, sticking to you no matter which way you turn.
*Rugby esq shoulder blocks, knee shattering tackles, tackles from bizarre angles & in bizarre positions.
*Gliding A.I. defenders not even running anymore, just roller skating into perfect positions.
*Insane auto blocks
*Players with 20 defending somehow being the best defenders on the pitch. Stats meaning absolutely nothing. Players with low acceleration giving up over 20 pace pocketing 92 Rashford.
The defensive mechanics are that bonkers none of the attacking players I've used feel special from one another.
Dude it feels like im putting my inputs into a slice of bread. This is legitimately the worst game I’ve ever touched not just worst fifa
Community Manager
