How Long?

Thanks for your suggestion. Im really looking to get this addiction out of me. How about a sport game? Any suggestion? Im trying different games to get into right now. I'm playing Metal gear series. :)

for me and everyone  i know used to play this game , we just stopped playing this crap and we even started enjoying old games that are actually still fun like gta5 for anyone who left gta5 long time ago i suggest you to do a comeback its really fun like the old days

Ultimate Team (and similar modes) killed sports gaming.

At first, it was one of the most innovative ideas ever introduced. But the moment publishers realized how effectively they could monetize frustration, the focus shifted away from quality and authenticity.

Look at review scores today. Most sports games sit at 3 stars or lower, yet still get nominated for Best Sports Game of the Year. There was a time when reviews and scores actually mattered—now they don’t. Games can be recycled on the same engine, slightly tweaked with new menus, a new title screen, and new box art, and they’re sold as “innovation.”

Since FIFA switched engines, most changes feel like slider adjustments, minor graphical updates, and recycled motion captures. This leads to broken gameplay:

animations not finishing properly

players slowing unnaturally before headers

input lag tied to animation priority

muddy movement and delayed reactions

These aren’t random bugs—they’re side effects of systems pushed too far.

The business model is clear. It’s a push–pull strategy: frustrate players, create artificial problems, then sell the solution through better cards, packs, or upgrades. In theory, that’s marketing. In practice, it crosses into exploitation.

It’s similar to modern cars: they look great, feel comfortable, but start falling apart at 50k km instead of 120k. “They don’t make them like they used to” exists for a reason.

EA won’t back down because Ultimate Team is now the center of their marketing and revenue. Until consumer-protection laws catch up, this trend will only get worse.

This is just my perspective—but it comes from 30 years of playing games from this company.

I don't think that this is deliberate. I think the game is just in decline. The casuals are gone. No one I know plays UT anymore. If EA wanted to get those players, and they were competent, they would just make the gameplay good. Instead, we get these useless patches, which are often rushed and make the game worse. All of this makes me believe that the codebase is a mess, and the devs don't have tests in place to help them understand what their changes will impact.

This is nothing new. EA knows exactly what they are doing. They pretend they are listening. But if I go back as far as FIFA 17, around this time of the year the game just falls apart. It’s part of their marketing strategy to push packs on people. They fix two things and break five others.

Squad Battles is the only mode I play because I can’t stand online clowns, immature gamers, or credit-card teams, but my patience is really gone. I try to be patient and play the game authentically. As the years go by, I see very little improvement—only dishonesty from this company.

As sad as it is, and even though it’s the only game I truly love and play besides Gran Turismo, I have to put this game aside because the stress level is damaging my health. The game offers little fun and is mostly stress. I just have to quit it somehow.

I tried UFL and PES, and they are ten times worse. Generally, I used to play many sports games—from MLB to NBA—but you know what? Wink wink, the S word EA doesn’t like has ruined gaming. The industry isn’t doing anything about it because they’re getting paid under the table. It’s guaranteed profit.

If we all stopped playing this game, maybe then they would change their ways. But as long as it drives addicts into buying packs and investing in the market, this problem will only peak and get worse.

I thought the Rivals/Champs gameplay was sped up and insane. But the squad battles is worse. At least they took out the back passing, but the computer didn't miss a tackle on World Class 89 rating. They would also sprint contain into slide tackle so much. They were even professional fouling! I try to slide tackle clear a ball and my player tackled the computer and ended up with a Red. I haven't lost to the computer in months and I lost twice tonight to 89 rated World Class, because the computer straight cheats. At the 40' and 82' minutes marks, you can see the change. Your players will start walking, the computer goes into high press, everyone's man-marked, and then soon as you turn it over. 3 passes, shoot and score. But a 70 rated on Legendary is easier. Cruised to 5+ goals. Still cheats tho. They closed out one half with a first time finesse shot from 35+ yards out from a silver with 65 shooting. Ball flew into the net so fast, I thought it was a Mystery Ball event. Authentic Gameplay is a joke. Its all super arcade tiki taka spam and laser canon shots now. 

vRitzii​ you don’t run into unstoppable low ranked teams? 

No it doesnt specialy on world class difficulty and up. Rewards are terrible. Gameplay works on two match and after alters badly. Only squads with gold players are playable the rest you have to play ping pong. Unrelastic running, lotf of bounce backs, shooting and passing is like on off button. Defenders stop defending unless you high pressing. Heading is Gone in the game. CPU team plays entire match full pressure they lose none of stamina you press once 1/3 your stamina gone. Horrible cpu tackles which cost arm and legs injury = no card. Alot of things wrong with it. CPU DEF on world class and up is way overpowered. Unreleastic gameplay. Stats are fake!

They did release a patch and squad battles is the only thing I play, it runs fine…