fc 26 is the worst football/soccer game created ever

Game play is horrible. Worst defense ever in the history of the game. The reaction is lagging when on defense. The tackling is useless. Defenders don't even run back or get in position. They just die out and let the offense do what ever that want. Tackling has to be the worst ever. You guys **bleep** this game up year after year. Ypu guys don't care about game play, just care about Ultimate Team and making money off us. Get you **bleep** together and create a better game play. Defense is part of futbol. Ypu guys make it so offense is all that matters. I'm beginning to think u guys just don't care. 

FiFA 26 THE WORST GAME. THE PLAYER RUNS LIKE ROBLOX

They want us to put money on points, my team is still so bad after 1 month of playing, Didn't pack anything from rivals or Fut champs even the sbc's nothing. Im still playing marmoush on striker while others having meta squads. Tf EA 

I think they sold it because they knew gta6 is going to take most of their player base. Every man and his dog will be on that game. Streamers are thinking of ways to make real money just from playing. Like a special gta6 coin if you get what i mean only 6 more months and then we wont have to touch this garbage again

100% agree with everything you've said here and you have touched on it, but for me the most shocking element is the Ai ability to close you down and tackle through you at the speed of light....It has been a constant agony for me over the past couple of years that it doesn't matter if you're playing Barnet or Barcelona the CPU will smell blood instantly close you down and powerhouse the ball off you faster than you can blink. Among other things its hyper unrealistic (I play on Legendary with modified sliders, tight marking turned down to 45) its shocking the devs of this game dont understand defenders/teams logic. How some teams and some individual players with in teams can stand off as well as equally tight marking. But instead they think every single team in world football despite their philosophy tight marks you like a homing missile. 

I’ve played enough FC 26 to know something is seriously broken with defending and passing in the last three weeks. I think the AI defensive logic and ball-control mechanics are completely out of sync.

Watch my clip around the 15-second mark: (https://youtu.be/S0twecJupzU?si=_6622rOdCtlVvSzv) my attacker receives the ball, and the defender reacts so fast it’s impossible for a human with a controller to match. The defender snaps in, pounces, and wins possession almost instantly — far faster than any player could realistically respond.

On top of that, the basics to control any game in football are broken: 

- Passing is too slow, and the game places passes incorrectly way too often, handing the ball straight to opponents — this might be worsened by lag.
- Players receiving a pass don’t fully control the ball, exposing it halfway to the defender. 
- R1 agile dribble and close control often fails, especially under pressure. Attackers push the ball too far ahead when preparing to shoot, giving the keeper an extra chance.

Combine these control issues with AI defenders that get superhuman reaction boosts, and possession-based football becomes a real pain. You can plan and play patiently, but the system feels like it’s baiting you into losing the ball.

This isn’t football anymore — it’s automation/scripting pretending to be “smart defending.” It feels like EA quietly increased defensive consistency in a recent tuning update — supposedly to make manual defending more rewarding. But in practice, this made defensive assists stronger for all players, even those defending poorly. So now everyone’s midfielders auto-track perfectly, low-rated defenders react like elite ones, while possession-focused attackers feel punished for smart buildup play.

Never had a football game as shocking as this. Nothing works well. Some things are just acceptable.

passing

defensive logic 

tackling are all abysmal and name the game not enjoyable

ea have ruined their cash cow with what had the potential of being really good. It’s an impressive talent to make winning a game not be enjoyable. No goal is enjoyable. 

how can a game get this far with defences be so messed up that a defensive line is hardly ever formed. Passing be random. Frankly it’s amateur it’s got this far

Worst fifa game ever, always loved to chill with some real football, but this year is the worst version after 2 bad previous versions, not sure if they can fix this as the whole game play is so bad.. i would get a refund if i could

Embarrassment of a game is what it is

100% agree, this is the most disgusting attempt at a football game I have ever seen. Nothing makes sense or even resembles real world football even in an arcade sense. The devs should be utterly embarrassed for producing this filth.