This is just a patched version of last years game with some menu changes, point's structures tweaked in game modes & partially patched gameplay: Crossing, heading feels identical. Support play getting owned by A.I. defenders due to horrible attacking A.I. Players not even bothering to tackle just relying on their on high pressing A.I. Janky switching between attacking players. Slow ball retention. Sluggish attackers who take forever just to trap the ball & move forwards. Weak wingers running around defending like prime Maldini. There's no such thing as a player, as in myself & everyone else who plays this game, having an individual playstyle, switching Your approach to a tough opponent without changing the A.I. Everyone just plays the same as they did last year including myself. I didn't even have to learn this game, I just put on some generic tactic & kept on keeping on from last year, lol. What a joke. Even with Rush I can't even tell the difference between 25 & 26. Same gameplay. You guys seriously need to stop listening to "Pros" who are financially invested in maintaining this status quo & start listening to broader community.

Not really sure what EA want. Most of these "pros" (laughs) don't even play a football style. Spam ball forward as quickly as possible and use every skill combo to bamboozle someone - spin until dizzy then score a low shot.While on that EA_Darko - Give goalkeepers better low shot saving ability please. They should not all go in.I am happy that the dancing around in the box isn't as OP as it was. After copying my opponent just because they kept attempting it - It is a very grubby way to score all your goals. No real skill or thought involved to be fair.Streamers are a tiny fraction really compared to the masses that buy the game who watch real footie and love it. Not all Streamers care about real footie.The constant spinning around did need looking at and fixing.

I do think EA made a terrible decision to take advice from pros about how to improve the game and make it more fun. They should have, as you say, asked the broader community. Just because someone is in the top bracket of how to play a game, does not make that person the right person to get advice from on how to improve the game for the whole community, In fact it might make them some of the worst people to get advice from as they more than likely have their own interests in mind. I don't want to play like the pros, I find they all play the same and most of their goals are from cut backs and it is very one dimensional.They most certainly did give EA the wrong advice and if the truth be told, once I heard the pros were going to be helping EA, I had a feeling we would get what we got this year, which is mechanics that simply complement the meta of the game, but can the meta be improved on? Yes of course and it can be expanded so that you do not have just one meta, but by getting advice from last year's pros you clearly restrict this possibility of having more than one meta, because of course they will only want to strengthen what they are already good at, for personal gain, be it better chances at the next pro tournament, or more subscribers on YouTube. The latest patch was good and a clear step in the right direction and I think the way forward for EA to build on this, is to simply ask the whole community how to improve the game, don't restrict opinions to the pros who are very clique like and all play the same way and are only thinking about themselves, it really is as simple as that.

The game is better since the update for the vast majority of the playerbase, this update keeps casuals and averagely skilled gamers happy which is smart from EA from a business standpoint.

I was drawn back in for career mode, having icons in there is really cool. Only set back is having to play this FUT trash to unlock them. I'm constantly fighting against what feels like someone else with another controller, controlling my players. They have illogical movements, running patterns, positioning, just everything. They don't fight for space, using a strong striker as a target man for headers is pointless because these A.I defenders just ice skate into a dominate position everytime. I put in a defense splitting pass, support is out numbered 3 to 1 with the support getting pawned by the A.I. out running them into the box. The defensive A.I. today in 1 game I could stomach was winning the ball, tackling, a good 80% of the time with my opponent zig zagging away from the ball.

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Tauntmatt

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2 months ago

No different from Fc25.

This is just a patched version of last years game with some menu changes, point's structures tweaked in game modes & partially patched gameplay:

Crossing, heading feels identical. Support play getting owned by A.I. defenders due to horrible attacking A.I. Players not even bothering to tackle just relying on their on high pressing A.I. Janky switching between attacking players. Slow ball retention. Sluggish attackers who take forever just to trap the ball & move forwards. Weak wingers running around defending like prime Maldini.

There's no such thing as a player, as in myself & everyone else who plays this game, having an individual playstyle, switching Your approach to a tough opponent without changing the A.I. Everyone just plays the same as they did last year including myself. I didn't even have to learn this game, I just put on some generic tactic & kept on keeping on from last year, lol. What a joke.

Even with Rush I can't even tell the difference between 25 & 26. Same gameplay.

You guys seriously need to stop listening to "Pros" who are financially invested in maintaining this status quo & start listening to broader community.

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blue166
Rising Ace
27 days ago
Well they should be better at getting to some of these low/low driven shots yeah. They are to much of a go to for goals. GKs can dive low and save too IRL.

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No different from Fc25.

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