Few weeks ago I stumbled into a post on Reddit about a guy asking if he should buy FC26. The comments were relentless. Out of 600+ replies, only 5-10 answered that the game was 'not too bad'. The others buried it 6 feet deep. And yet, this is the best selling PS5 game in Europe. The ratings on gaming websites are quite good and yet, it is harder and harder to find anyone online and the reviews of players are devastating. All very contradictory. Reminds me about last year where FC25 was rewarded the best sports game of the year award, while in this community the debate was on if it was the worst game in history.
Not sure if the Saudi's will do a worse job, though. They are all crazy about football over there. It's more in their blood than with the Americans.
This is it - people just want to play a football game. EA knows that it doesn't even have to bother making a good game, as they've currently got the market cornered. Hopefully, that will change later this year and EA's new owners will bring in a development team that loves football as much as the users do; then we'll get a game that does justice to the most popular sport in the world.
