EA FC 26 - Unacceptable

100% agree. The game is in a truly sorry state. 

What promised to be the best edition yet is being ruined by terrible gameplay, unresponsive controller input and just terrible and boring meta tactics. This game is the WORST edition ever released. I got beat of a 4411 rat who could not defend to save his life but attacking AI let him beat me 6-5 because my TOTY Maldini got bodied from Cunha Joga Bonito. EA really, Really, REALLY need to have a word with themselves before the next patch. Does anyone at EA actually play this drivel and test it before release??? This game should be based purely on skill level, not meta formations that have auto defend, glitched counter attack and the god awful roles ++/playstyles. Fix it or lose more players of your games. Rant over. 

Remember the marketing for this game - "your game, your way". Yeah, right. The two things that the absolute majority of users want EA to deal with is: 1) cheaters in the game (been going on for years, and nothing, absolutely nothing is genuinely done to deal with them); and 2) the servers (if further proof were needed, look at the outage that just occurred). 

I'd add a third one and it's not even gameplay, matchmaking, or a whole load of other ongoing issues in the game; communication. EA's communication is absolutely appalling, especially for a multi-billion dollar company. Whoever is managing and writing your content - get rid. Whoever is obstructing open and transparent communication with your customers - get rid. Moderators on forums (yep, I've been one in a commercial, global business) should be well informed so that they can pass on that information to users. In short, EA should be customer-led, not developer or influencer led.