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.
