EA, what have you done to FC 27? This game is becoming unplayable

EA, what have you done to FC 27?

I’ve been playing FC 27 actively for two weeks now, and I genuinely don’t understand what is happening with this game anymore.

Today I played Champions. I lost my first game, the second, and the third 15-0. I’m attaching screenshots because these scores honestly look ridiculous.

And before someone says “skill issue” — that’s exactly the problem. It doesn’t even feel like I’m being allowed to play the same game as my opponent.

My connection is good and I usually have around 22 ms ping. My squad is good, chemistry is good, I’ve tried different tactics and controller/gameplay settings. Nothing fixes it.

In some matches my players simply do not react.

I press pass and the pass comes out late or goes straight to the opponent. My defenders just stand there while the opponent runs through them. The ball can roll right next to one of my players and he won’t react to it. Player switching is completely broken for me — sometimes I can’t switch to the player I need at all, and with other switching settings the game can randomly switch between several players within a second.

First touches feel incredibly slow. By the time my player controls the ball, the opponent is already on top of him. Defending sometimes feels almost impossible because my players don’t react to what is happening in front of them.

Meanwhile, the opponent can simply run forward, make a couple of passes and go straight through my entire team. I’m not talking about someone outplaying me with amazing tactics or mechanics. My team just doesn’t respond quickly enough for me to compete.

Rivals is the same story. After two weeks I’m regularly stuck around Division 9. I can play one match where the game feels somewhat responsive, and then several matches where it feels completely different.

FC 26 already had serious responsiveness and input-delay problems for me, but FC 27 feels even worse.

Why does the gameplay vary so dramatically from one online match to another when the displayed ping is basically the same? What exactly does 22 ms even mean if my inputs, switching, first touches and defensive reactions can feel completely different between matches?

At this point I genuinely feel like I could put the controller down and sometimes my team would defend better than when I’m trying to control them.

I’m not asking EA to make the game easier for me. I just want my inputs to register properly and the game to feel consistent enough that winning or losing actually depends on how I play.

Please investigate online responsiveness, player switching and defensive reactions in FC 27. Something is seriously wrong.