"FC 26 Feels Like an Arcade Game, Not Real Football

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I’ve been playing the FC series for years, But after spending dozens of matches in FC 26, I feel the core gameplay has lost its balance.Right now, every game ends with 5 to 10 goals, regardless of skill level — it feels chaotic and arcade-like instead of tactical and realistic.Defending feels almost useless. Even when you position perfectly or manually defend, attackers break through with ease. It’s not about who plays smarter anymore; it’s about who scores faster.The beauty of football lies in tension, build-up play, and tactical battles, not constant end-to-end chaos.Please, EA — many of us love this game and want it to feel like real football again, not a goal-fest. Bring back the balance, the pressure, and the strategy that made the older FIFAs special.⚽ Let football feel like football again.

nathanefc · Answer

Totally agree with this it feels like a broken game I get less goals in the rush mode

nathanefc · Answer

You playing the same game ??&nbsp;

nathanefc · Answer

They need to sort this out how can older fifa games feel better than the newer ones simply why I didn’t get fc 25 but the reviews said fc 26 we’re positive with authentic mode but can only use that offline which is stupid&nbsp;

izzy_fut_dubs · Answer

I'll be honest in saying I really don't get how people get 5-10 goal games. Most of my games I either win or lose by 1-2 goals. If the opponent is better, than maybe 2-0/3-0. If they're far better than I am, than yes, it can be 5+ goals.

oldman_sparky_yt · Answer

Playing the AI in squad battles is impossible. The AI is to strong

i play occasionally in rivals just for the weekly XP on the challenge. And so many games end 7-5 or 6-0 etc. but I find what causes most of the goals is very bad defending by AI on occasion.
but the game feels worse than last year for the game choosing who wins even more just on how your AI plays. There seems 3 levels….non existence, ok, and omg how good.
And when you get the cracked out AI, you can literally hold the CDM and watch the defence dominate.

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