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EA SPORTS FC 26

One thing which feels really apparent switching from one game to the other is the pitch feels very crowded on EAFC, almost like the players are too big? The weird thing is it doesn't seem to prevent the ball transitioning from front to back in a 2 passes, yet everything feels really claustrophobic?

I've given it a number of games and the fundamental way players move is just a complete no-go for me. The way every player manipulates the ball like they're playing futsal just makes everything feel like is gliding, with no inertia or regard for physics. The ball feels like is just slides around whilst glued to the player's feet.

See you all again next year I guess :LMAO:
 
Ok lads, I will make it short. Are there jesus F christ FOULS from AI like in a normal football match? Will I get Free Kicks? I am asking for this for years here. And everytime I say I don´t buy a game if there are no fouls. Thanks.
 
Klisnic said:
Ok lads, I will make it short. Are there jesus F christ FOULS from AI like in a normal football match? Will I get Free Kicks? I am asking for this for years here. And everytime I say I don´t buy a game if there are no fouls. Thanks.
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Categorically no. (Not even the crazy flying tackles-from-behind that were patched into previous titles, though I'm grateful for that frankly.)
 
Klisnic said:
Ok lads, I will make it short. Are there jesus F christ FOULS from AI like in a normal football match? Will I get Free Kicks? I am asking for this for years here. And everytime I say I don´t buy a game if there are no fouls. Thanks.
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There are no fouls unless you draw the AI into fouls. Even with the sliders set to specifically make them foul more, it does nothing.
 
As usual with the sliders in this series, they do absolutely NOTHING. I put pass and shot error to 99 for a test. After 45 minutes, the AI had 96% pass accuracy whilst I had 93% and every shot by the AI was perfect.

I am not going to talk about the modding situation here though. I am going to let the heat die down before doing that. All I will say is. Hold off if you are only buying this game because you think mods will fix it.
 
Thank you guys. So the game is basically broken and unplayable like during the last... I even don´t remeber, 8 or 9 years?!? I go back to PES 4/5 or PES 17.

This is unbelieveable in 2025, the most ignorant bunch of imbeciles is in EA. It has nothing to do with UT or online, they can implement this. They are just lazy.
 





I started a ML on PES 2021 just to get a feel for how different it is. A 5 year old game and it's absurd how much better it feels (yet far from perfect - i'm looking at you guarunteed AI FK goals).

Compare this with the FC 26 video I posted early. I actually have to BUILD UP my attacks and not just ping it as quickly as possible to my fastest player. Crossing and sending the ball out wide is actually worthwhile. The block by the AI that stops the goal in the second video - all stuff that just feels great. It was a long session and i'd post more awesome stuff in the games I played but don't want to clog this thread with a different game.

In summary though, for an 'authentic' game EA FC is way off. Good game in small doses, but it's not football.
 
Klisnic said:
Ok lads, I will make it short. Are there jesus F christ FOULS from AI like in a normal football match? Will I get Free Kicks? I am asking for this for years here. And everytime I say I don´t buy a game if there are no fouls. Thanks.
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I've played an entire half a season in career mode and had one attacking free kick the entire time.

No AI yellow cards, and probably only about 5 fouls in total over ther course of every game.
 
simogto90 said:
We need a David Rutter like back...
Sam has no clue about what a football game should be.
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To be honest, the game would not look different with David Rutter. We have to realize that this is the most they have to do. It is not even only about Fifa. Every sports game is the same. The games are (much) worse than what they released until 10 years ago, but especially the younger target group never played those games and they never played games before all the Fifa Coins, VC etc. Even if the gameplay is total garbage, most players spend thousands on those currencys in the first weeks alone. So EA, Konami, 2k and so on earn in 2 weeks more than they did with all the great games in the past. Why would they even try? Take a look at the eFootball thread. Compared to even PES 2013, this game is a joke. But there are still so many who try to convince themselve, that efootball is a great game. And they buy virtual currency, which gives Konami an excuse to never ever make a better product.

And if you look at NBA 2k for example: There are so many people that play that game but never ever had a hand on a basketball in real life. So they don't even know the sport itself. They just want some fun and action. NBA 2k26 has nothing do to with real life basketball. If it just looks a little bit like the real thing, that's enough. And it is the same with Fifa and Konami.

The whole industry is late stage capitalism. It is only about getting the most money with the least amount of effort. It is not any more about having a vision or direction. It is only about making money. And unfortunately the younger generation is already brainwashed and thinks this is normal.
 
Paul-v said:
As usual with the sliders in this series, they do absolutely NOTHING. I put pass and shot error to 99 for a test. After 45 minutes, the AI had 96% pass accuracy whilst I had 93% and every shot by the AI was perfect.

I am not going to talk about the modding situation here though. I am going to let the heat die down before doing that. All I will say is. Hold off if you are only buying this game because you think mods will fix it.
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Mathgamer​

Report it to EA, it is unacceptable
 
The whole industry is late stage capitalism. It is only about getting the most money with the least amount of effort. It is not any more about having a vision or direction. It is only about making money. And unfortunately the younger generation is already brainwashed and thinks this is normal.
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🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
 
Colon said:
To be honest, the game would not look different with David Rutter. We have to realize that this is the most they have to do. It is not even only about Fifa. Every sports game is the same. The games are (much) worse than what they released until 10 years ago, but especially the younger target group never played those games and they never played games before all the Fifa Coins, VC etc. Even if the gameplay is total garbage, most players spend thousands on those currencys in the first weeks alone. So EA, Konami, 2k and so on earn in 2 weeks more than they did with all the great games in the past. Why would they even try? Take a look at the eFootball thread. Compared to even PES 2013, this game is a joke. But there are still so many who try to convince themselve, that efootball is a great game. And they buy virtual currency, which gives Konami an excuse to never ever make a better product.

And if you look at NBA 2k for example: There are so many people that play that game but never ever had a hand on a basketball in real life. So they don't even know the sport itself. They just want some fun and action. NBA 2k26 has nothing do to with real life basketball. If it just looks a little bit like the real thing, that's enough. And it is the same with Fifa and Konami.

The whole industry is late stage capitalism. It is only about getting the most money with the least amount of effort. It is not any more about having a vision or direction. It is only about making money. And unfortunately the younger generation is already brainwashed and thinks this is normal.
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Infinite growth is killing all products. Not just video games. It all stems from return on investment percentage being higher and higher every year.
 
Do yourselves a favour and play efootball. Better than this turd. Played one game of the trial. Not fun or realistic at all. Granted efootball is also not amazing but it is a better football game on the pitch
 
Paul-v said:
As usual with the sliders in this series, they do absolutely NOTHING. I put pass and shot error to 99 for a test. After 45 minutes, the AI had 96% pass accuracy whilst I had 93% and every shot by the AI was perfect.

I am not going to talk about the modding situation here though. I am going to let the heat die down before doing that. All I will say is. Hold off if you are only buying this game because you think mods will fix it.
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I remember editing passing error through gameplay editing and all it did was made CPU AI play more safer passes. It still didn't make them have "error". It made them make more easier passes which is usually side to side and backwards. The slider probably works the same way. Error for CPU should only take into account after the code has detected that the CPU will pass. It shouldn't be the basis of playing a pass.
 
etb10dmk said:
Can't believe there are exactly two decades between EAFC 26 and the release of FIFA 06. Not in my top 10 football games as my favorite, but its core was about enjoying football.

Such a great intro:



...fluid on the pitch, no twitching or skating, AI doing what's supposed to be done in a sports game; overall just on point football experience:



Again, released 20 years ago...
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FIFA 06 was arcade football game done right. It did not feel like simulation but it did not feel brain dead either. Also scoring goals in these games were kinda hard as well. Just shooting the ball would rarely end up with a goal, aiming towards the edge of the posts would often end up with shooting the ball outside the goal posts. Passes are frequently intercepted by opposing teams as well. While not having too many fouls, AI would often get fouls+ card every other match.

Speaking of fouls, I love how the cutscenes were just aggressive. Every foul scene felt like a fight was about to start. And goal celebrations scenes were done nicely as well. Current FIFA games have awful camera angles for goal celebrations except for some of the signature celebrations.

Oh, and while not realistic at all, the player animations still looked more stable and less uncanny compared to current games, which is baffling.
 
We are human beings and it's impossible to not have expectations, loads of people had those even in 23-24 where there was no mention of a more realistic gameplay.. so, when they make half their trailer or something about a supposed "authentic mode" and they aren't even vague about it, but they are also very pompous with big words like "two separate teams working on it" (which was kind of a lie) and some good detailed argument, and then they deliver, well, what we are currently seeing, I guess it's normal to feel the need to vent a bit, or at least to note and comment with some disappointment. Should we stop falling for it? Probably yes, but while personally at this point I don't have much fate if any left in EA, I don't feel like blaming people for doing so.

However, from what I've observed here on Evoweb in the last few years, the sentiment is present/stronger in the first weeks/maybe first month and something, after that the thread goes calm and it's mostly people who finds some way to enjoy the game despite the shortcomings.
 
dinono10 said:
Do yourselves a favour and play efootball. Better than this turd. Played one game of the trial. Not fun or realistic at all. Granted efootball is also not amazing but it is a better football game on the pitch
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Efootball is honestly one of the worst football games ever made. heavily scripted gameplay that makes it unbearable, and also the complete lack of content—no teams, no leagues, no licenses, no stadiums, and not even Master League mode. FC is definitely not the best either, but at least they’re actually trying to give something to the offline community with stadiums and licenses ..

Idon't why people keep comparing EA with Konami, it's so unfair, Konami it's just a past
 
wiiuchamp said:


I was chelsea
AI = legendary + competitive difficulty

Gameplay type - authentic mode

this video shows high potential when we later have more slider testing etc
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The COM is really trying to do it's zigzaggy Ninja dribbling but it's like there's a parameter in authentic mode telling it to chill so it looks like there's conflicting instructions in the code preventing it from looking like natural behaviour.

There's still the 1v1 forcefield that stops you from pressing the COM in any useful manner.
 
etb10dmk said:
Can't believe there are exactly two decades between EAFC 26 and the release of FIFA 06. Not in my top 10 football games as my favorite, but its core was about enjoying football.
...fluid on the pitch, no twitching or skating, AI doing what's supposed to be done in a sports game; overall just on point football experience:



Again, released 20 years ago...
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Modern games are overloaded with animations. Just look at how much more natural the passes felt in FIFA 06. By now, I thought we’d be moving toward real video-like realism. Instead, we are asking EA to make them run, pass and position well

This feels like one of those crises created on purpose, just to have room to fix it later and take advantage of the time in between.

dontellmama said:
1:19:38 LSB slid half a meter on the icy pitch :LMAO:
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The screenshot on your thumbnail is from FIFA 16, and it looks more realistic than 26. Unbelievable
 
Thought about purchasing the game but I'll probably wait until the "Black Friday weekend discounts" on Steam.
In the end, I think the game might be in a better place once I purchase it, with tons of time to read reviews, and perhaps DLC's which might fix some issues..
Anyway, hopefully the "Authentic Gameplay" by then will be more refined.

@Topaz as a side note, if you're finding PES 6 too easy, perhaps you might want to check this out. :TU:
LINK
 
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