One Final Honest Opinion
I truly hope this is the last post I ever make on this forum. I also hope my thoughts are clear enough to reach people who are in the same situation as me.
This year alone I played around 1000 hours of Ultimate Team. I’ve been playing this franchise since FIFA 06, so over the years I’ve invested a huge amount of time, energy, and money into these games.
And honestly? This year’s game is truly awful.
At the beginning of this month I also received a transfer market ban, despite never doing anything illegal. I never bought coins, never used third-party websites, never cheated. I simply traded intelligently on the market while playing only on console.
Treating customers this way is unacceptable, especially after they invest hundreds or thousands of hours into your game.
So here’s my final honest opinion on the current state of EA FC:
1. Gameplay Changes Constantly
The most exhausting thing about this game is that it never feels stable. One day your players move perfectly, the next day they feel completely broken. Same tactics, same team, same connection—totally different gameplay.
2. The Game Feels Random
I’m not even saying “script” or DDA anymore. But what exactly are players supposed to call it when:
- 50-meter passes work perfectly,
- simple 3-meter passes fail constantly,
- rebounds always fall to the opponent,
- and goals happen over and over in the final minutes?
3. AI Is Completely Broken
Your defenders stand still watching attackers score, while your opponent’s AI presses like prime Barcelona.
Midfielders don’t track runs properly. Fullbacks abandon their positions. Attackers hide behind defenders instead of attacking space.
It genuinely feels like you’re fighting your own AI more than your opponent.
4. Animations Override Inputs
Sometimes it honestly feels like your commands don’t matter.
I have clips saved where:
- I aimed a simple pass backward,
- and my player randomly performed a skill animation instead,
- creating a perfect assist completely different from my input.
Another time I tried passing right in the 90th minute, and somehow the ball magically went left to a completely free player who scored.
Moments like these don’t feel rewarding—they feel manipulated.
5. You Can Predict Matches Within Seconds
After playing thousands of matches, you can almost tell instantly whether the game will let you compete.
Sometimes opponents with average pace players move like they have rockets attached to their feet from kickoff.
Meanwhile your own players feel heavy and delayed for no reason.
6. Servers Are Unacceptable
For a company this large, server quality is embarrassing.
- Delayed gameplay
- Random disconnects
- Lag spikes
- Heavy gameplay during peak hours
And somehow this has been happening for years.
7. Goalkeepers Make No Sense
Goalkeepers are either gods or completely useless. Weak shots go through them. Impossible shots get saved.
There’s zero consistency.
8. Meta Players Matter More Than Football Knowledge
It no longer feels like football IQ matters.
What matters is:
- abusing mechanics,
- using meta players,
- triggering broken animations,
- and copying tactics from content creators.
9. Content Creators Have Too Much Influence
The game increasingly feels designed for:
- pack openings,
- social media clips,
- skill spam,
- and “crazy comeback” moments.
Not actual football.
10. The Market Feels Unsafe
I got transfer banned despite never cheating.
Meanwhile:
- bots still exist,
- coin sellers still exist,
- match exploiters still exist,
- and actual cheaters continue playing normally.
Legitimate players are the ones getting punished.
11. Support Is Almost Nonexistent
Ban appeals feel automated. You receive generic responses. No real discussion. No way to provide evidence. No transparency.
Even contacting support feels impossible now.
12. The Game Pushes Addiction More Than Enjoyment
Objectives. Season passes. FC Points. Limited-time promos. Constant grinding.
At some point you realize you’re no longer playing because you enjoy football—you’re playing because the game manipulates engagement extremely well.
13. Offline Modes Feel Empty
Career Mode barely evolves. AI gameplay feels artificial. Offline football has almost no soul anymore.
14. Patches Usually Make Things Worse
Every update creates new problems instead of fixing existing ones.
Players spend months adapting to gameplay, only for EA to completely change mechanics again.
15. The Community Gives Feedback Constantly — and Gets Ignored
People on these forums genuinely care about football and the franchise.
But most major gameplay complaints are ignored year after year while the focus remains on:
- promos,
- packs,
- store content,
- and monetization.
16. Competitive Integrity Barely Exists
A competitive game should reward:
- consistency,
- tactical thinking,
- reactions,
- and improvement.
Instead, too many matches feel influenced by hidden systems, strange momentum swings, and gameplay inconsistency.
17. The Skill Gap Feels Artificial
Sometimes weaker players feel heavily boosted while experienced players suddenly struggle to complete basic actions.
Helping casual players enjoy the game is fine. Artificially manipulating gameplay is not.
18. Defending Feels Punished
Good positioning often doesn’t matter because:
- rebounds return to attackers,
- tackles bounce back,
- defenders freeze,
- or players get dragged out of position by animations.
Sometimes it feels like the game actively wants goals to happen.
19. Pack Weight Feels Predatory
You can spend huge amounts of coins or money and receive almost nothing valuable in return.
Grinding for months just to pack unusable players kills motivation completely.
20. The Game Creates More Anger Than Fun
This is probably the saddest part.
Games are supposed to help people relax and enjoy themselves.
But after playing EA FC, most people feel:
- frustrated,
- exhausted,
- angry,
- or mentally drained.
And that should never be normal for a football game.
21. This No Longer Feels Like a Football Simulator
After 20 years of supporting this franchise, I can honestly say this no longer feels like a football game.
It feels like a manipulated engagement system built around frustration, randomness, and spending money.
And honestly, getting transfer banned might have been the best thing that happened to me, because it finally pushed me away from a game that was draining time, money, and energy without giving enjoyment back.
The Only Real Way Players Can Make a Difference
As many people have already been discussing across forums, Reddit, social media, and other gaming communities, it honestly feels like the only way anything will ever change is if players stop buying EA products altogether.
Year after year people complain about the exact same issues:
broken gameplay,
inconsistent servers,
terrible support,
aggressive monetization,
and lack of transparency.
Yet nothing truly changes because the game continues generating huge amounts of money regardless of community frustration.
At this point, many longtime players are starting to realize that feedback alone is no longer enough.
The only thing large companies truly notice is when players stop spending money and stop supporting products that no longer respect their community.
