Career mode, game play and general

I’m not sure how they released this game and think it’s improved since FIFA 2007. The gameplay is a total mess — it needs to go back to basics, removing all the hidden sliders that influence matches and just using the players’ actual stats. You have competitive (online mode basically so utterly awful) then authentic, and custom modes, but the last two feel the same, with the CPU passing flawlessly and endlessly, whether it’s Man City or Chesterfield. No team ever punts the ball long, goes wide, or puts in crosses. No matter what you do with the sliders, it’s just rinse and repeat. This year has the least variety in gameplay I’ve seen in years, and the whole thing has become so overly complicated while changes make almost no difference. For example, I turned the CPU pass error up to 99, and it still completed 126 out of 130 passes in 90 minutes. Seriously, what’s the point?

Please remove the issue where simulating a league game almost always results in a bad outcome if the next match is a cup game. It’s ridiculous—I had a 3-star team playing Chesterfield and lost four simulations with scores of 2-0, 2-0, 4-1, and 4-2, regardless of tactics. My goalkeeper was rated 78, and my overall player rating was above 68. Chesterfield doesn’t even have a player rated over 64! This problem has always existed, but it’s been especially awful this year.

General Points

Completely overhaul the game with a fresh approach—hold an open forum with dedicated career mode players who log over 1,000 hours annually and gather real-world feedback. Every year, changes are made that hardly anyone wants, like altering gameplay menus that were perfectly fine in FC Sport 24. Remove all sliders and hidden sliders, relying solely on player stats for an release and see how it is taken by the fans. Make the editor completely free of limitations—if someone wants to create a player with great stats, tattoos, and playstyles, just let them do it. Revert the editor to the FC Sport 24 style, as current players now look like the cast of Lord of the Rings, likely consuming unnecessary memory and space that could be better used to improve the game.

Add some incentives to keep playing career mode, here's a few ideas.

Manager rating - start with 1 star and work your way up to glory, You could start and work your way up, also this could add a minus 10% to player stats if you are new manager to make it harder etc, and a 5 star manager with trophus to his name could add 5 0r 10% to players stats, rewards for completing actions meet board demans etc etc, you could go to town with this one.

here are some improvements you could look at moving forward :

Player interactions could feel less robotic, with more impactful actions that influence emotions and decisions.

Add in-game reactions with an option to turn them on or off, allowing players to choose how to respond during fouls.

The player editor should focus more on abilities and customizable play styles, not just physical appearance, which was already great in FC Sport 24.

For player careers, include off-pitch elements like buying and decorating a home, showcasing trophies, marriage, and other life events to make saves last longer and feel more immersive.

This game really needs a change in direction. People here get very defensive about it, yet they let EA get away with such insignificant improvements that it’s like we’ve all gotten used to a ridiculously low standard. Compare the options we had back in 2007 to now—it just keeps getting worse every year, and it has to stop.