Boot styles on Icons and Heroes don’t reflect their real-life type
Hello,
Icons and Heroes are currently appearing in modern sock-style boots and single block-colour boots in-game, which are not historically accurate for the vast majority of these players.
It appears that boot styles for Icons and Heroes are selected from a general rotation that includes these modern designs. While this works well for contemporary players, most Icons and Heroes played in eras where classic black leather boots, or subtle colour variations, were the standard. As a result, these modern boots feel out of place and reduce historical immersion.
If possible, it would be great to adjust this rotation so that modern sock boots and block-colour boots are excluded for Icons and Heroes, allowing them to default to more era-appropriate footwear. This seems like a relatively small presentation change, but one that would have a noticeable impact on authenticity.
To clearly show the issue, I’ve added three images:
- The first shows an example of an ideal classic boot model on Maradona, which feels appropriate for his era.
- The second shows modern sock boots appearing on Pelé, which do not align with the period he played in.
- The third shows block-colour boots appearing on Völler, which similarly feel out of place for a historical player.
There are a small number of exceptions where modern or distinctive boots make sense (for example, all-white boots for Ronaldinho), but these cases are rare. For the vast majority of Icons and Heroes, classic boots would better reflect their real-life careers.
As a related visual reference, Bobby Charlton’s Icon consistently wears completely black classic boots in game, which appears to be an intentional choice to reflect the boots he wore during his playing career. Ideally every the option to actually customize their boots would be ideal but failing that, every icon having the classic style black or black + white laces/colour laces would be the next best thing.
The overall likeness and presentation quality for Icons and Heroes is excellent, which is why this detail stands out. Thank you for taking the time to review this feedback.
