Early Impressions: Bit of a Mess on PS5
Defending: Kick-off goals are still a thing, even after the patch. The issue isn't how low the team sits, the issue is players individually don't respond at kick-offs. Every single year. Tackling cha...
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Gameplay on the field is stale and cheap. AI doesn’t play intelligently enough for this to be engaging. It becomes formulaic where players do A B then C to score. You then have to respond knowing exactly what they are doing but being at a disadvantage because your players respond slow, their controls (WITHOUT THE BALL) are loose like they are on ice with socks on, and the response time between a tackle input and a tackle is weirdly delayed (I think this is oddly intentional as it’s been like this for the past 3 games or so.
Build up play is boring because you’re forced almost always take the same route. You have to do the absolute MOST for a truly satisfying goal (Think Salah skilling around/through 3-4 defenders).
Passing is markedly worse for me this year. I can’t tell you how many times power and direction should’ve triggered a short pass and I get a laser in the wrong direction which COMPLETELY destroys attacking rhythm.
Goal keepers were solid for like a week and got patched back into the ground. Now your keep can be in the near post and get smoked by lesser players shooting near post at the edge of the box.
This isn’t the worst FC game I’ve played (FC25 was a different level of horrible at this same time) but it’s probably the most boring, stale, and repetitive game I’ve played from EA.
Defending is obviously bad. At least for me. Is it skill ? Maybe. I just get tired of missing tackles I should make (not a tackle spammer btw) and then getting smacked by defenders out of position.is there a button combination for successful tackling everyone else knows except for me ?
They have to find the right balance with Pace. I know you have to nerf it a little so it doesn’t get abused, but I beat someone undisciplined (they are 5-10 yards behind me) and I get about 2 heavy touches with fast players (90+pace/rapid+) before I get overran by a defender that is slower.
Not much needs to be said about the constant turn merchants who’s “skill” is spinning around left and right in order to get your defender (ice skating) to slide into a position where they can run into space and score. This is part of the reason pace probably is nerfed because 80% of the community will abuse this to win games.
This game is looking like the death of the franchise.
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