Just not very good
Is it me, or is this game just really really not very good?
To clarify i dont want Fifa 20-Eafc25 back by all means but it just feels off.
Notwithstanding the Draft glitch coming back and EA crying at me for charging back my subscription because they cant make a football game after 30 years of trying..
But tackling feels like a gamble, running with the ball feels like you're either getting into a tackle mechanic you can't escape or you have had to spin around 4 times to wait for your "playmaker" to advance..
Theres no incentive to move forward quickly with the ball (against decent players) - its just hold RB and wait for the opponent to make a mistake or pass it 25 times so you can move 10 yards up the pitch as you know your opponent is as apprehensive about pressing B or Circle as you are..
When you try and play out from the back it feels like its all dictated upon by your opponents midfield intercepting ability but they dont intercept - your player just played a really really poor pass.
When you're defending youre letting them get through one player just to try and get your RB/LB to tackle them from the side - and regardless as to as what was put out - there isn't "intelligent keeping".. it took about 25 minutes for everyone to figure out where to shoot from to force a rebound goal or 30 mins to figure out where to shoot from to score across the keeper (cut in with LW/RW and hold B anywhere in the box regardless of defenders)
The AI seem so hyper focused on getting back into position that they just ignore the ball coming close to them or even going by them, and somehow, some fxxking how, we still have players facing the wrong way when you switch to them and then you just tap lb and move the left stick in the other direction and you're in acres of space..
I get football IRL has become a massively passing focused game, but don't try and give me ultra realism when some 5 foot american woman is holding Konate at bay with ease or In form Halaand getting bodied by some 8 stone ponytail from spain..
Oh and mid typing this i went into a game of rivals where my cursor was orange.. and couldn't control my team.. and i was reprimanded for leaving early.
No in game report function is a joke.
No way of notifying of AFK players on clubs.
No way of notifying of trollers on clubs..
No way of notifying of AFK players on UT..
But we get a bxxxocking if we leave early..
We're in early access and we have icon teams and 88 rated teams already (nothing against spending money, but dont strop at me for leaving early when i've got Bradley trying to hold his own against She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel and Captain America in a co-op game)
BF6 will flop if it has anything close to this anti cheat.
But all in all...
It's just not fun.