Re: EAFC25 is genuinely the worst FIFA game ever on release

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?!

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. 

We live in times where AI can (re)create literally everything existing and non existing on this planet. I can't believe this is the best you can come up with while developing a football game if you would really make an effort

@ASAP_Ewok Auto switching didn't even work for me this morning. I was trying to manually switch to close down attackers and that didn't work, I tried using the bumper on the controller and the right stick, and neither of them worked. I had an attacker bearing down on goal with my defender running next to him and there was a white triangle above his head, so auto switching didn't work either.

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.

The game, fc ( * crap) is what fc stands for.  Hands down the worst football game In the history of all football games. The speed boost is a joke, player select, player select what.  And don't get me started on the horrendous passing.  I can't wait for the day EA stop making football games.  They sick and will find how much they suck with ufl becomes the go to game. 

when opponets hits me is immediate penalty. But this happen when opponents gk hit me :

https://youtu.be/U9yTQcfWFgM?si=WephJi2aQr4UOmVf

goalkeeper script

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pj-nhmdPxk

This game is absolutely horrendous. I took a 3 year break to come back to this awful, awful game. What a waste of money. 

I'm uninstalling and won't be making the same mistake again. 

Why is it so slow, so clunky, so sluggish, so unresponsive?

Why do passes and shots not go where you press? I look down at my thumb in disbelief several times a game. 

How are they making an awful game even worse? 

Some tips for how to be amazing at this game: 

Spam finesse shots because that's one of the few ways you can score.

Don't try to defend yourself this game will punish you for it.

Don't try to make more than 3/4 passes in an attacking phase. 

Find an OP tactic and put a code in to set it up, the A.I. will do the rest. 

If you get delay, it's not this immaculate game that causes it. It's you & your IP's fault. You should have Futurama style internet that hasn't even been invented yet to play it & if you still get lag than it's all your fault.

And that's it. 

5ATB is one of the most pathetic things I've played against in a video game.

Attacking players no matter the rating have rubbish positioning & don't know how to support plays.

We're paying a premium price just to play online squad battles with minimal user control.

Getting crazy delay even on shootouts.

Im done with this *, it's so * bad, got damn.

FC24 oddly feels worse to me now. still better than FC25 but I can't explain it.

I'm just spamming edge of the box finesse shots with my loan Bonmati. Why should I do anything else? If I pass I'm either going to bulldozed over by an attacker, the game will decide to alter the weight and direction of my pass to send it perfectly to my opposition, there's a high chance a bobbly rebound will happen and somehow I'll square to my opposition, I look at the box my opponents whole team is sprinting in every direction while my attackers take a break from taking a break in offside positions or standing still behind a marker, if the hit the post or the keeper saves it like a miracle the ball will always find my opponent for a quick counter attack.

This is epitome of skill, hitting finesse shots over and over until the goal keeper does that stupid dramatic animation where he falls over backwards. 

I know I'm writing alot of comments but I'm sick of this. Where's the people are associated with this game to provide clarity on some of issues mentioned like if their working on fixing them? Where's the developers? They should get in this forum and face the community. 

What do we get instead? Ignored or gaslit into thinking we're the problem. 

I used to love grinding for players.  This year, every time I think I want to put the effort in I am stopped by the realization that I hate the gameplay and find the joy of getting the card ends there.  The menu grind also isn't enjoyable right now.  I honestly don't know what can save this for me.  It may be time to move on.

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.

@redevil_86 You're not the only one. There are a lot of people on this forum and many more online, saying the same thing over and over again. No one listens. As long as they stick with this game engine, nothing will change. They are trying to make it work for years already, with no success. Gameplay blows, responsiveness blows, natural movement blows and now they screwed up the tactics part as well.

@ea Can you please change the title of the topic and remove the 'on release'? I think we can all agree by now this is 'the worst fifa game ever' *period*

I think we all know that the game behaves very strange more so this year then previous ones. The mechanics are odd. The fact the you can really dominate someone, yet they move defence very little yet can be so defensively sound and win the ball back from the AI. 

It is very wrong and simply protecting players who should be exposed for not being very good at actually defending and playing any kind of football. It's poor on EAs behalf that the game has come to this.

The game is beyond strange in its nature and certainly does not feel totally finished and in a fit state to play. I only play it at a push because I love my football and like to create a way to play. But the game this year more so than others is really testing me and in ways makes me want to put it down and play something else.

It's feels like a chore more now than ever.

Can't see this version changing much unless they dumb down some things and stop protecting those who are not as good.