Will EA do the same next year?
There are many here and other platforms that are disgusted by how EA advertised gameplay which was reasonably realistic and then changed it to something that is shockingly bad in relation to simulati...
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I agree. The gameplay starts promisingly and then gets patched to death. But here are a couple of fundementals in football that just don't seem to be central to EA devs study of the game:
1 - most shots at goal in professional football are below waist height of the goalkeeper
2 - There are very few top corner goals in real football
3 - Players that are clean through on goal a) do not shoot from the D and b) don't go for total power and blast the ball but place/pass it in
4 - Many assists to goal (32%) come from wide areas rather than straight through passes from behind the goalscorer.
5 - Between 5-10% of goals in professional football are deflected goals.
6 - In penalty situations, goalkeepers guess and dive early and NEVER dive towards the top corner
EA devs could start very easily with building that into the game.
I agree that the game was better at launch, but with a few exceptions. The number of times your attackers would be offside was insane and unrealistic. Goalkeepers used to almost never save near post efforts. Also normal ground passes are a little better than at the beginning, where used almost had to exclusively use pinged passes, which is also unrealistic.
I know that I'm speaking as someone who can't play online multiplayer matches, but it also helps make it clear why I am fighting so desperately for the inclusion of more offline modes in ultimate team, places where with proper gameplay (which by no means is guaranteed), you can be free from hacks, cheats, extreme input lag and skipping, and unrewarding gameplay due to poor internet connection or not having servers that are nearby and effective.
All the best to you!
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