Worst Fifa game since 1996

I'm enjoying it. right before it gets patched into oblivion.

As if I'm reading my own review..

I'm a FIFA player since the '98 version, mainly online seasons.  I used to love this game.  Often when i looked at live football, I recognized certain situations from the game.  Or looked for moves in real football that I could use in my own gameplay.  I don't have this for years anymore.  All I can think of when I'm playing EA FC is: this is stupid/ridiculous. It doesn't look like football at all anymore.  It's like hornets swarming over your screen instead of watching footballl.

The only thing you need in this game is speed.  Good players with high rankings are useless as long as they can't run, and skills are overrated.  I usually play Man City, so most of my games are against Real Madrid, since that's what most players choose to play with (or just bad match fixing).  I wonder if the makers of this game ever watch real football, like the double confrontation in the Champions League for instance.  Where Man City totally dominated Real, crushing them like a fly (Real won in the end because of one fast counter attack, but that is not my point).  Never ever did I experience something like that in the game, no matter how many games I played.  Most of the time I'm running behind Real players who are twice as fast as mine, or when I have the ball, lose it immediately because of the stupid, unreal pressure system in this game.  It's just impossible to play like the real City in EA FC.

Meanwhile you read all these nice promises of 'How even more realistic' the new version will be.  Let me tell you there is NOTHING realistic on a Courtois outrunning a Foden in a sprinting duel for the ball.  Or how easy Carvahal pushes away Haaland in this game.  The whole game is just one endless drag of frustrations caused by buttons that don't work, passes going wrong, players that pass, run or score through defenders, etc.  Potentially good games are sabotaged by inconsistent working EA servers and bugs in the system.

For a whole year I'm reading the same experiences all over the internet as described above and from what i read about the new EA 25, it is still exactly the same.  EA did jack [removed] about any of the problems in connectivity, gameplay or overall functionalities of the game.

But hey, at least Cristiano Ronaldo looks a little more like the real one in the new EA FC, and that is in the end the reason why we buy this game for, no?!

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I agree with every word %100. This was truly the last straw, I won't buy it again even for Pro Club. I'm really annoyed that I spent money on this game. Another friend mentioned it earlier as well, this has now become an ultra-arcade game series made for 10-12 years old kids

I 10000% agree with your post. The most worst version of the game ever. The most enjoyable part for like smaller clubs, tactics, is nothing as what it was before.

Before, a good tactics (for example 5-2-3) made the difference and you can choose more smallness in your team by defence and good depth from specific players. Now the game is totally randomized. How is it possible that flank attackers are staying in midfield, while midfielders are staying near the main striker?… And many, many, more!

It’s complete chaos, and it only left spaces for the opponent. If it is like this, for me the FIFA/EA FC-time is over. This is a game for children from 10-12 years!

FC 25 and PES. You can see how much FIFA has become arcade-like.

The game was really bad last year.There was no real defending.

The Dribbling and pace/skill moves abuse was extremely unacceptable on F24.
Now it is worse...

Yes we know that EA is making tons of money by Ultimate Team but do you really have to turn this game into an arcade machine?
It makes no difference to add numerous animation to the game every year.

This is nothing near a football simulation and we just have to play how the game desires,what the game desires.

Gameplay is like a circus ,defenders are like crash test dummies and attacking players can make the hardest skill moves one after another 5 times in a row.
It is nearly impossible to complete a match fewer than 3-4 goals total.
I am winning the matches but I dont enjoy anymore.

There is no feel of struggle or physical battle on the pitch.Even the best defenders are like loaded trucks and they are unable to react to the slightest moves of attackers.
Football is a game of physical battle .There is no match in the world like Vinicius or Rodrygo dribbles by all the opponents by making skill moves one after another constantly.

The game must be so much heavier on defending and scoring must be harder.There must be tactical war .Skill moves and dribbling should be reduced to abuse.

Shortly this is not a football game.

The tactics are way different and actually if you take time to learn the game, make sense. I've been playing for a week and it was really hard to get past defenders at first but once you've set up decent tactics with half decent players, and if you're a half decent player you will see you can score and there are ways to enjoy the game. You've probably literally downloaded it and are a rubbish player. 

Its a game. You want real football then get out the house!