This is what I did because the gameplay is so awful
I have tried so hard to try and find enjoyment from this game but this "Refresh'' patch is the most horrific thing to happen to the game in terms of taking the game as far from realism and simulation as possible. They might as well called it the "Arcade" patch.
I have never played FIFA/FC on Ultimate and Manual settings but had to because player control and dribbling is so unrealistically close, turns are tighter and quicker than a cat who's just overdosed on sugar, passing is so precise that you can play like prime Barcelona with your eyes closed and shooting is so accurate that almost every shot is a goal in and around the box - the whole game just feels like a arcade, ping pong s* fest.
I get EA have to go where the money is and that is where the pro and online mode players are, who don't care about a simulation, they just want a game that is dumbed down, where they don't have to think but just do things from muscle memory. I look at some of their videos on YouTube and each goal is the same and their overall gameplay, the same - lifeless and boring. They don't get excited about most goals because they're the same s* goals all the time. How are they finding that fun? They aren't - it's not the game they're enjoying, it's the end result.
I digress, so what did I do? I deleted the game, disconnected from the internet and reinstalled it so it doesn't update.
Ideally, I'd love to go back to the pre-arcade/unrealistic update but the launch version, even with it's issues is far better, realistic and challenging in gameplay then the garbage we have now. I am finally, enjoying scoring goals again, being careful with the ball, focused when I create a chance, using only the right players and skill to dribble past players, using the shield button to protect the ball again, making player runs and generally thinking harder because everything feels more difficult and more closer to a PROPER game of FOOTBALL.
EA have become a more unethical and scummy company by the year, they release a game that appeals to those that want a close to simulation type football game and when they have their money, they slowly make it more arcade-like to appease those that will continue giving them money. I hadn't purchased a FIFA game for 3 years because of this dirty tactic where they release a game that has potential, plays closer to a simulation and then cave in and replace general player biomechanics with that of Sonic the Hedgehog after each patch.
PS I initially thought of finding an EA employee and shoving the game down their throat but then I thought it's only a game and that would be a bit much.
For those that want to enjoy a football game how it should be enjoyed, I would recommend what I did but it does come with negatives and their are few things in the game that are broken without an update but for me I can oversee those issues because it's either that or play this garbage the way it is now.
