Authentic Gameplay - Career mode tweek - World class + above

100% agree. Authentic on World Class and up is a bad experience. The AI needs to be completed reworked, they make way too many humanly-impossible actions and are extremely unfun to play against. Everything feels scripted and mechanical, from the way they pass the ball around, to their psychic-prediction defending, to interceptions with glue on their boots, and to them defending every inch of the pitch like you're 6 feet in front of goal. They are so aggressive with such a high press on defense it's ridiculous. You can just see the defenders charging after the ball no matter where it is. They never sit back and defend, always aggressive. I don't think the developers are football fans or have ever watched a game, tbh.  

Yesterday, I was running towards goal with the ball with a defender on side of me, I did a quick right stick side-step with the ball, and the defender went from a full sprint in one direction, to a perfectly timed sliding tackle in the complete opposite direction. It was a Full Speed sprint in one direction, to a moving sliding tackle in the other direction, with no slowing down, no momentum, nothing. just a full speed 180 degree change of direction to make an absolutely unbelievable tackle at the top of the box. In real life, the defender wouldn't be able to even react that quickly to my direction change, let alone stop, turn, and then slide tackle.

It is ridiculous and the reason i will not be buying FC27. 

EDIT: Oh, and after playing like 50 matches in Kick Off, i think i have taken a free kick on my side of the pitch about twice. Not exaggerating. I think i have had two entire free kicks in my attacking third in 50 games. No fouls to be found. So lame.

Think they need to employ developers who are actually passionate about the game. Authentic gameplay on ultimate is a disaster. Robotic pinball like passing, my defenders are on ice and can’t tackle in their own area and the midfield doesn’t get compact enough. Makes sense when they’re using an outdated broken game engine that isn’t made for new gen consoles. Most of the issues are lazy and clearly no thought of what the customer/player actually wants. Clearly no testing has been done and no time being put into a game mode that’s been neglected for years. I wonder why… maybe because it’s not their cash cow fuelling their corporate greed like Ultimate team is. Hire less graphic designers for your cards and start actually focusing on developing a good football simulation instead of satisfying streamers sitting in their mums box bedroom in their mid 30’s screaming on camera because they’ve unlocked a new card. Some of us enjoy football and aren’t obsessed with an online gambling platform.