Honest feedback after 2 years of EA FC Ultimate Team

I’ve been playing this game since last year, when the game was already terrible. I thought that this year it couldn’t possibly be worse. I was wrong.

I would like to share the reasons why I’ve made this decision. If anyone disagrees, I would really appreciate a follow-up discussion.

1. Starting with the only good part:

The promos give us different versions of players we like, which is great. However, every time we still get the same players.

For example, if someone supports a smaller or less popular team, they will never have fun using their favourite player. You can build your team using Evolutions, which is really fun, but your team will never be truly competitive.

2. Pack luck:

This is the second year I’ve been playing almost every day and I haven’t packed anything worth more than 50K. During every promo we get the same 11K players two or three times.

Last year my only good pull was Mia Hamm 89 when she was worth around 900K, and this year TOTY Seger when she was worth around 800K. Apart from that, after opening hundreds of packs, it’s always a Gold Gabriel or Katoto.

This is not just “bad pack luck”. It feels like you are simply not allowed to get good cards unless you pay.

3. Women players being overpowered:

Women players are so OP that people prefer to play with Pina instead of football legends like R9, Torres, Ibrahimović, etc. In FUT Champions, 9 out of 10 players use Pina as their striker.

4. PlayStyles:

There’s not much more to say. High-rated players without specific PlayStyles often underperform against lower-rated players who have them, which makes the stats feel almost irrelevant.

5. The most important reason: Gameplay

• With every update, every day, and every tournament the game feels different.

• There is almost no real defending unless you control a midfielder and let the AI defend for you. Where is the fun in that? Every YouTuber even suggests not touching your defenders. That’s crazy.

• Kick-off goals and late goals: either right after kick-off or at the end of each half, the chances of conceding a goal feel like 95%.

• Overpowered tactics: There are only 3 formations you can use if you want to be competitive (4-4-1-1, 4-5-1, 4-4-2). If you prefer something different, you are at a huge disadvantage.

• Matchmaking: In every important game you will definitely play against someone from a higher division. For two years now I always finish FUT Champions with 8–9 wins. Even if I start with 7 wins, I will definitely lose the next 6–7 games against players I simply cannot compete with.

• In tournaments with decent rewards (even though the chances of packing something good are still very low) it’s almost impossible to get a single win. I’ve asked some opponents and they were in Division 1 or 2 while I’m in Division 3.

• Passing: You can’t make a simple pass unless you spin constantly or play quick “table-tennis” passing. Otherwise the AI will stop you.

• Goalkeepers: Everything goes in. There are more than 100 GK cards in the game but you can realistically only use 3–4 of them (Vicario, Courtois, Oblak, Howard). Otherwise it feels like you have a cone in goal.

• Headers: Strikers cannot score headers even when they are alone one meter in front of the goal.

• Corners: It feels like having a corner is actually a disadvantage. You have maybe a 5% chance to score, otherwise your opponent will counterattack and score.

This is the first time I’ve ever created feedback for a game because of how bad the experience has been. There are definitely more issues to mention, but this is enough for now.

EA, we are not asking you to make the game perfect, but at least make it playable.

I would really appreciate some feedback from your side regarding these issues.

Thanks.