EA SPORTS FC 25

dinono10 said:
Going to use world class difficulty with sim sliders with some adjustments.. World Class is just too difficult for me personally without some adjustments for the cpu sliders. Need an in between
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This is the big advantage of FC/Fifa. More or less you can create your own level, for example if you decrease CPU sprint speed, acceleration, pass/shoot accuracy etc. Works the other way round of course. There are so many ways to design an experience that suits you.

Still waiting for the "Overall gamespeed" slider...
 
dinono10 said:
Ok guys I'm a pes player but struggling on here (playing world class).. Can't seem to create any chances /can't defend/can't dribble.. has anyone got any really basic tips please? I look on YouTube and there are about three different ways to dribble, compared to pes..
it seems so complicated and so many different ways to do things I just need some basic tips as I am absolutely awful I don't want to lower the difficulty.
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I was in a similar position mate, a few basic things that helped me:

- Let go of the sprint button. I found sprinting around when defending caused my players to over commit and the AI could beat me a lot more easily. Similarly with attacking, slowing down a bit helps you scan for the best passes and space. I tend to limit sprinting unless I am through on goal or have a really clear space in front of me

- Pass backwards if needed, don’t always look for the killer pass. Sometimes retaining possession for a couple of minutes draws the AI out and opens up better passing options

- When defending, don’t rush to the ball. I find it helps if you contain and jockey rather than constantly pressing the AI and trying to win the ball back. They will run out of ideas or misplace a pass eventually

- Personally, I tend not to use through balls in my own half as I find they can be a bit unpredictable at times and it often leads to me losing possession

- Camera angle, it may sound trivial but a camera angle that gives you a good view of the whole pitch can really help. Personally I used a zoomed version of the co-op camera in single player and it really helps scanning the whole field

It might also be worth having a look at your tactics and set up. I found 4-2-3-1 (narrow) tiki-taka worked well. The two holding midfielders give good protection and add to your defensive numbers, but you also get a good balance in attack too.

Good luck mate 👍🏻
 
Kopite1990 said:
I was in a similar position mate, a few basic things that helped me:

- Let go of the sprint button. I found sprinting around when defending caused my players to over commit and the AI could beat me a lot more easily. Similarly with attacking, slowing down a bit helps you scan for the best passes and space. I tend to limit sprinting unless I am through on goal or have a really clear space in front of me

- Pass backwards if needed, don’t always look for the killer pass. Sometimes retaining possession for a couple of minutes draws the AI out and opens up better passing options

- When defending, don’t rush to the ball. I find it helps if you contain and jockey rather than constantly pressing the AI and trying to win the ball back. They will run out of ideas or misplace a pass eventually

- Personally, I tend not to use through balls in my own half as I find they can be a bit unpredictable at times and it often leads to me losing possession

- Camera angle, it may sound trivial but a camera angle that gives you a good view of the whole pitch can really help. Personally I used a zoomed version of the co-op camera in single player and it really helps scanning the whole field

It might also be worth having a look at your tactics and set up. I found 4-2-3-1 (narrow) tiki-taka worked well. The two holding midfielders give good protection and add to your defensive numbers, but you also get a good balance in attack too.

Good luck mate 👍🏻
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Thank you got all of these tips mate. It is much appreciated, thank you for taking the time to do this. I'll screenshot shot it to use in tonight's session.
 
dinono10 said:
Thank you got all of these tips mate. It is much appreciated, thank you for taking the time to do this. I'll screenshot shot it to use in tonight's session.
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No worries mate - It definitely plays differently to PES/eFootball.

I found it really challenging at first. You get used to knowing the weight of a pass in PES, hitting a first time shot, player movement and the directional input etc.

I’d say all of the above feel slightly different in FIFA.
 
daikirai said:
Speed was definitely increased, even for SIM career, CPU has started getting jelly legs again at whatever the top difficulty is (I have a shit memory). Even after toggling off/on, felt like I was playing 24 again.
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Yep, something is definitely off since the last update - The pace has increased for sure.
 
Played more than 30 matches after update and game speed is still the same in simulation mode, nothing has changed. Problem is tracking player with ball by AI and lack of aggression, especially for teams with deep defensive line.
 
Players switching Is one of the biggest issue. It exacerbates 1vs1 flaws.

Plus they should nerf a lot l2+r2 dribbling cause It Is what cause "jelly" legs..otherwise animations are overall very good.
 
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Kopite1990 said:
No worries mate - It definitely plays differently to PES/eFootball.

I found it really challenging at first. You get used to knowing the weight of a pass in PES, hitting a first time shot, player movement and the directional input etc.

I’d say all of the above feel slightly different in FIFA.
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Thanks for the tips. Played 3 games/won 2. Dribbling using the L1 button (I use alternative controls), kinda like a slow dribble /close control around defenders helps get into space.

Playing the way you have described is a lot more methodical and you have to think more- you can't just pick it up and play on autopilot like you can usually do in pes, I think that's what I was getting wrong, dribbling using Sprint button all the time constantly having my pass intercepted.
 
dinono10 said:
Thanks for the tips. Played 3 games/won 2. Dribbling using the L1 button (I use alternative controls), kinda like a slow dribble /close control around defenders helps get into space.

Playing the way you have described is a lot more methodical and you have to think more- you can't just pick it up and play on autopilot like you can usually do in pes, I think that's what I was getting wrong, dribbling using Sprint button all the time constantly having my pass intercepted.
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Glad to hear it mate 👍🏻 You are absolutely right too, my brain does still drift to PES auto-pilot too and I am absolutely still getting to grips with FC25.

I definitely play at my worst when I become impatient, force passes and start thrashing around with the sprint button.

It will be second nature before you know it 👍🏻
 
philla said:
This is the big advantage of FC/Fifa. More or less you can create your own level, for example if you decrease CPU sprint speed, acceleration, pass/shoot accuracy etc. Works the other way round of course. There are so many ways to design an experience that suits you.

Still waiting for the "Overall gamespeed" slider...
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For me it's a curse. Don't get me wrong. The game should simply be as well balanced as possible by the creators, two modes - one for arcade, the other for simulation and that's it, without messing with the sliders yourself. The simulation mode should reflect real matches as best as possible and that's their job. I'm at an age where I just want to play, enjoy the game, not spend hours adjusting it. for the creators, entrusting the sliders to the players is convenient, it shouldn't be like that. of course if the game is bad, the sliders are useful, but they wouldn't be needed if it was good.
 
Made the 'mistake' of playing FIFA 17 the other night for reasons. Likely killed off any intention to buy FC25. As much as I appreciate the improvements, I am reminded just how much the series has regressed.

The only draw now is the ability to play as this high-flying Aberdeen team, but I'm struggling to come to terms with the Career Mode. When I think about playing CM in my FIFA heyday, I find that all (certainly most of) the features added in the past, say, five years don't add anything to the experience. Apart from more minutes in between games. Typically, new features feel incidental, or not but implemented in such a clumsy way. Meanwhile, other things like scouting remain unchanged for years despite really needing a refresh.
 
Does anyone know if it is possible to customise the grass colour before each game in Career Mode please?

I know you can do it for your own stadium, but I am wondering if it is possible when playing away from home? Sometimes I find the contrast of the lighter green turfs look really iffy on my monitor. The dark greens look a lot more crisp and realistic.

I have had a look at the settings but it does not seem like you can unless I am missing something 👎🏻
 
Kopite1990 said:
Yep, something is definitely off since the last update - The pace has increased for sure.
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daikirai said:
Speed was definitely increased, even for SIM career, CPU has started getting jelly legs again at whatever the top difficulty is (I have a shit memory). Even after toggling off/on, felt like I was playing 24 again.
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Yes, the pace has increased in simulation mode. I just copied the simulation mode settings into custom to have more control. I decreased the acceleration and speed to slow it down again.
 
krzysiek923 said:
For me it's a curse. Don't get me wrong. The game should simply be as well balanced as possible by the creators, two modes - one for arcade, the other for simulation and that's it, without messing with the sliders yourself. The simulation mode should reflect real matches as best as possible and that's their job. I'm at an age where I just want to play, enjoy the game, not spend hours adjusting it. for the creators, entrusting the sliders to the players is convenient, it shouldn't be like that. of course if the game is bad, the sliders are useful, but they wouldn't be needed if it was good.
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A true simulation mode would include realistic values for all variables, resulting in the need to play 90 minute games to get reasonable scorelines. The target group for this would be minimal to nonexistant, so you have to do some trade-offs...

...and there are more than one way to do it. Increase shot precision, decrease marking etc. Without sliders, you have one package that suits you or not. With sliders, you have at least some chances to get your preferences and i admit i like playing around with them. To me, sim mode is simply unplayable and not much less of an arcade experience as the vanilla gameplay is.

All aside, the biggest problems of FC25 are not even related to sliders, especially defensive awareness and fantasy physics.
 
I have the game since day1 release. I have spend more than 200 hours with it.I am on PS5 & i play only Off Line. With all the good & bad i was having a blast with it for first time after so many years(since Fifa19).

I thought that it was just me , but after reading last posts from guys , now i know that it's not just my thinking.
After last update which i think happened on Friday, i cannot play this game.The game has been ruined for me
Players now react like ninjas or Street fighter characters.
On the top of that ,sliders are now totally broken
There is a major increase of speed in the game. Sliders cant help this so much
I have read a post from a friend here that "Simulation mode" may include some general "hidden" settings apart from only change of sliders.
At the moment i thought that this cant be true at all.
But... I was wrong. I came to conclusion that when selecting simulation, the game pays different indeed. And it about the movement
Slower player movements , more realistic in general terms. In simulation for example the acceleration speed is "locked" to 55 which is super high for my taste and sprint speed is like 32 i think. When i play season , my custom settings are the same with simulation except these 2 sliders ,which i have speed at 26 and acceleration at 49 and the game in "simulation sliders" actually plays more smooth and more realistic although acceleration slider is so high.
But after the update all the above are gone. Simulation sliders plays so fast now and custom sliders are broken because even when i set speed to 10 and acceleration to 30 the game still plays unrealistic fast. And when you try to set these so low the cpu controlled players defense mechanic is broken and unplayable.
I know that they will update the game again and i definitely hope they fix this but honestly i don’t believe this will happen because obviously they modified the core mechanics of the game in order to make happy the on line crowd which bring money
I just deleted the game and i will install it again this afternoon in order to play without any patch (for now). It was good while it lasted
 
mj23 said:
I have the game since day1 release. I have spend more than 200 hours with it.I am on PS5 & i play only Off Line. With all the good & bad i was having a blast with it for first time after so many years(since Fifa19).

I thought that it was just me , but after reading last posts from guys , now i know that it's not just my thinking.
After last update which i think happened on Friday, i cannot play this game.The game has been ruined for me
Players now react like ninjas or Street fighter characters.
On the top of that ,sliders are now totally broken
There is a major increase of speed in the game. Sliders cant help this so much
I have read a post from a friend here that "Simulation mode" may include some general "hidden" settings apart from only change of sliders.
At the moment i thought that this cant be true at all.
But... I was wrong. I came to conclusion that when selecting simulation, the game pays different indeed. And it about the movement
Slower player movements , more realistic in general terms. In simulation for example the acceleration speed is "locked" to 55 which is super high for my taste and sprint speed is like 32 i think. When i play season , my custom settings are the same with simulation except these 2 sliders ,which i have speed at 26 and acceleration at 49 and the game in "simulation sliders" actually plays more smooth and more realistic although acceleration slider is so high.
But after the update all the above are gone. Simulation sliders plays so fast now and custom sliders are broken because even when i set speed to 10 and acceleration to 30 the game still plays unrealistic fast. And when you try to set these so low the cpu controlled players defense mechanic is broken and unplayable.
I know that they will update the game again and i definitely hope they fix this but honestly i don’t believe this will happen because obviously they modified the core mechanics of the game in order to make happy the on line crowd which bring money
I just deleted the game and i will install it again this afternoon in order to play without any patch (for now). It was good while it lasted
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It seems they raised players agility, i bet they heard a lot of ut's players complaining..
I am disappointed too,but i am still having fun. We have to hope in the next update but i think the things will go worse...ut community are a cancer
 
simogto90 said:
It seems they raised players agility, i bet they heard a lot of ut's players complaining..
I am disappointed too,but i am still having fun. We have to hope in the next update but i think the things will go worse...ut community are a cancer
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I can understand that they had to satisfy the customers who bring (more) money.Is just bussiness for the company after all.
The thing that i cannot understand is that , from the moment the decided to give us "Simulation mode" , which as they said would be the Default mode when someone want to start career and so on, why on earth they messed up this mode too??
It something the community wanted for years i think.To have modes that play in a different way.
They did it this year ,it was so good (for offline players) and after 1 month after release , its gone
 
mj23 said:
I can understand that they had to satisfy the customers who bring (more) money.Is just bussiness for the company after all.
The thing that i cannot understand is that , from the moment the decided to give us "Simulation mode" , which as they said would be the Default mode when someone want to start career and so on, why on earth they messed up this mode too??
It something the community wanted for years i think.To have modes that play in a different way.
They did it this year ,it was so good (for offline players) and after 1 month after release , its gone
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Rant mode on:



I can't justify anymore new players generation...if EA take a step in right direction (SIM mode and a Lil slower gameplay even on default sliders) and then people start crying...well it's not EA fault. Ea give to people what people want. If mostly players start complaining about how much fast the game is,and stop to buy,i am sure we will have a better game the next year. But this will never happen,because new generation are kinda brainwashed npc, dopamine addicted with low attentionspan..
 
mj23 said:
I have the game since day1 release. I have spend more than 200 hours with it.I am on PS5 & i play only Off Line. With all the good & bad i was having a blast with it for first time after so many years(since Fifa19).

I thought that it was just me , but after reading last posts from guys , now i know that it's not just my thinking.
After last update which i think happened on Friday, i cannot play this game.The game has been ruined for me
Players now react like ninjas or Street fighter characters.
On the top of that ,sliders are now totally broken
There is a major increase of speed in the game. Sliders cant help this so much
I have read a post from a friend here that "Simulation mode" may include some general "hidden" settings apart from only change of sliders.
At the moment i thought that this cant be true at all.
But... I was wrong. I came to conclusion that when selecting simulation, the game pays different indeed. And it about the movement
Slower player movements , more realistic in general terms. In simulation for example the acceleration speed is "locked" to 55 which is super high for my taste and sprint speed is like 32 i think. When i play season , my custom settings are the same with simulation except these 2 sliders ,which i have speed at 26 and acceleration at 49 and the game in "simulation sliders" actually plays more smooth and more realistic although acceleration slider is so high.
But after the update all the above are gone. Simulation sliders plays so fast now and custom sliders are broken because even when i set speed to 10 and acceleration to 30 the game still plays unrealistic fast. And when you try to set these so low the cpu controlled players defense mechanic is broken and unplayable.
I know that they will update the game again and i definitely hope they fix this but honestly i don’t believe this will happen because obviously they modified the core mechanics of the game in order to make happy the on line crowd which bring money
I just deleted the game and i will install it again this afternoon in order to play without any patch (for now). It was good while it lasted
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Can you show us video with vanilla EA FC 25 VS EA FC 25 title update 3? We need somthing more than anecdotal evidence if you want EA to fix this game. To be honest, i don't see any difference when it comes to game speed in simulation mode.
 
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DerleiPT said:
Can you show us video with vanilla EA FC 25 VS EA FC 25 title update 3? We need somthing more than anecdotal evidence if you want EA to fix this game. To be honest, i don't see any difference when it comes to game speed in simulation mode.
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There is no need to prove Sting my friend.
If you are ok with how the game plays now it is good
 
mj23 said:
There is no need to prove Sting my friend.
If you are ok with how the game plays now it is good
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There IS a need to prove this - and to prove the "night time bug" too. Because if it's proven, EA have to take action, or we can justly say they have screwed over offline players again (some of whom have only bought this game to play sim mode, which is now apparently ruined).

They're not going to fix something we can't prove needs fixing. Sometimes, our negativity can be our own downfall.
 
mj23 said:
I have the game since day1 release. I have spend more than 200 hours with it.I am on PS5 & i play only Off Line. With all the good & bad i was having a blast with it for first time after so many years(since Fifa19).

I thought that it was just me , but after reading last posts from guys , now i know that it's not just my thinking.
After last update which i think happened on Friday, i cannot play this game.The game has been ruined for me
Players now react like ninjas or Street fighter characters.
On the top of that ,sliders are now totally broken
There is a major increase of speed in the game. Sliders cant help this so much
I have read a post from a friend here that "Simulation mode" may include some general "hidden" settings apart from only change of sliders.
At the moment i thought that this cant be true at all.
But... I was wrong. I came to conclusion that when selecting simulation, the game pays different indeed. And it about the movement
Slower player movements , more realistic in general terms. In simulation for example the acceleration speed is "locked" to 55 which is super high for my taste and sprint speed is like 32 i think. When i play season , my custom settings are the same with simulation except these 2 sliders ,which i have speed at 26 and acceleration at 49 and the game in "simulation sliders" actually plays more smooth and more realistic although acceleration slider is so high.
But after the update all the above are gone. Simulation sliders plays so fast now and custom sliders are broken because even when i set speed to 10 and acceleration to 30 the game still plays unrealistic fast. And when you try to set these so low the cpu controlled players defense mechanic is broken and unplayable.
I know that they will update the game again and i definitely hope they fix this but honestly i don’t believe this will happen because obviously they modified the core mechanics of the game in order to make happy the on line crowd which bring money
I just deleted the game and i will install it again this afternoon in order to play without any patch (for now). It was good while it lasted
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I sign, it's my perception too, I stopped playing.
 
Guys, it's time for gameplay mods! :BYE:
I enjoyed the vanilla game until now but since update 3 this is unfortunately no longer possible...
 
Mathgamer said:
I sign, it's my perception too, I stopped playing.
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If you have the disk version you're lucky.
After deleting the game and playing about 2 hours now with vanilla version 1.00, it's the best thing could happen to me regarding this game.
(It started with version 1.sthing the first time I launched when I bought it it because it downloaded the first update)
Now EVERYTHING is better.
Even how teams are playing.
There is not even the bug with the fouls that game actually stops but players keep playing and the referee calls the foul after 5 seconds.
Cpu on World class tries to score with far shots and overall they play way better.
They don't try the rediculus dribbling when they are on the flanks.
They leave some gaps in defense when they try to attack (because they are not playing like bots)
But this is due to the movement of the players because they actually act more human. The way players accelerate - decelerate and the way they turn is night and day compared to what it's now with patches. For the first time in latest years i can say that player moves and movement overall with version 1.0 it's even more realistic from pes 21. And even better although my manager career was saved having the latest patch, my saved game continued flawless with vanilla. If someone doesn't care about on line i tell you,it's worth trying it the least
 
mj23 said:
I have the game since day1 release. I have spend more than 200 hours with it.I am on PS5 & i play only Off Line. With all the good & bad i was having a blast with it for first time after so many years(since Fifa19).

I thought that it was just me , but after reading last posts from guys , now i know that it's not just my thinking.
After last update which i think happened on Friday, i cannot play this game.The game has been ruined for me
Players now react like ninjas or Street fighter characters.
On the top of that ,sliders are now totally broken
There is a major increase of speed in the game. Sliders cant help this so much
I have read a post from a friend here that "Simulation mode" may include some general "hidden" settings apart from only change of sliders.
At the moment i thought that this cant be true at all.
But... I was wrong. I came to conclusion that when selecting simulation, the game pays different indeed. And it about the movement
Slower player movements , more realistic in general terms. In simulation for example the acceleration speed is "locked" to 55 which is super high for my taste and sprint speed is like 32 i think. When i play season , my custom settings are the same with simulation except these 2 sliders ,which i have speed at 26 and acceleration at 49 and the game in "simulation sliders" actually plays more smooth and more realistic although acceleration slider is so high.
But after the update all the above are gone. Simulation sliders plays so fast now and custom sliders are broken because even when i set speed to 10 and acceleration to 30 the game still plays unrealistic fast. And when you try to set these so low the cpu controlled players defense mechanic is broken and unplayable.
I know that they will update the game again and i definitely hope they fix this but honestly i don’t believe this will happen because obviously they modified the core mechanics of the game in order to make happy the on line crowd which bring money
I just deleted the game and i will install it again this afternoon in order to play without any patch (for now). It was good while it lasted
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The biggest issue after the update is that AI defender's are just standing without doing nothing, especially the teams with deep defensive line tactic..I installed the game again without any updates and the difference is huge!! So I thought here we are, I will not install any updates and I will start a new career but unfortunately the game crashes when you want to change player's or you are in your team tactics in the middle of a game. That happened to me 3 times until now.
 
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christosbalt said:
The biggest issue after the update is that AI defender's our just standing without doing nothing, especially the teams with deep defensive line tactic..I installed the game again without any updates and the difference is huge!! So I thought here we are, I will not install any updates and I will start a new career but unfortunately the game crashes when you want to change player's or you are in your team tactics in the middle of a game. That happened to me 3 times until now.
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You are right about the defenders.
But for our bad luck you are right about the game crash too.it must be random though but it happened to me once for about 2 hours of gaming...
Thats EA. It's that or back to patched version with street fighter players...it was too good to be true
 
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