AI intelligence is worse that it has ever been
Ai works fine if you don't press any buttons. The moment the user tries to shut a lane or press an attacker the AI does not respond in a cohesive manner where the team would spread the field or tighten up. It does it if you don't press anything but when the user tries to do anything outside of the algorithm your own team literally works against you. Defenders will over shoot tackles. Block right when the ball is coming to their left. Tacklebacks are just as bad as they were last year. Rebound goals are just as bad as they were last year. I am losing 10-0 whenever someone has higher rated players than mine while I am beating other user 9-0 when my players are rated higher that the opposing team. What a coincidence. The passing is horrible. I try to pass to a player right next to me and it goes literally the opposite direction. That is just unacceptable. Players shooting 180 degree turn around shots through 4 defenders is unacceptable. Attackers are always beating defenders with ease because the defenders are nerfed. The list is so long of all the same flaws from last year that it would be a complete waste of my time to even try to write anymore and waste any more of my or anyone elses life on the complete disaster of a game this is. One of the most loved sports in the world is being disgraced by this game. EA should be ashamed. The advertising they did claiming they listened to the fans about all the problems with the game is what makes this game more than any others so much of a disappointment. The developers need to watch football. They do not know the game. This is the most automated animated sports game other than NBA2k. Users do not want realism in aesthetics. We want realism in gameplay. This has been stated million and millions of times in your own forums. Literally every 3 or 4 comments is about how bad the game is in your forums. Your forums are filled with complaints. Please stop trying to create animations that look real and instead create gameplay that resembles the users actions and requests.