EA SPORTS FC 26

This video shows what was wrong with this game for years. Playing 2 or 3 star teams is much better experience because lower agility statistics - 50% less skating on ice animations, players look more grounded and less unrealistic fast random turns. You can fix it on PC, unfortunately it is game over for console players :/

 
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Just played a couple of Sudamericana/Libertadores exhibition matches and I actually really enjoyed them.

Both games on Authentic mode, a nice pace and the games felt really tactical.

Lack of fouls is an issue though. That is 4 games in total for me and not one free kick or card against the AI 👎🏻
 
Managed to get a refund when I cancelled EA Play on Xbox, so I got to try it a week early for free. Not bad.

I'll shop around for a bit, maybe wait for a discount. I'm definitely picking this one up.
 
My opinion has completely changed from the first day of release until now. I don't know what changed, but as if by magic, the game has become incredibly enjoyable. The AI on World Class/Authentic/Tactical difficulty is much more realistic. The player movements, the ball physics (which I hated at first), the inertia, the attacking and defensive situations... everything has changed.

Last night I played career mode all evening, and it was the best time I've had with a career mode in many years.

Edit : I play on PC
 
DerleiPT said:
This video shows what was wrong with this game for years. Playing 2 or 3 star teams is much better experience because lower agility statistics - 50% less skating on ice animations, players look more grounded and less unrealistic fast random turns. You can fix it on PC, unfortunately it is game over for console players :/
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Yep, mid-table teams (like the first match in the video below, BOU vs EVE) feel much more natural compared to the BIG 6 (the other three matches).
 
Legendary difficult is unfair: they defend like i would like to do myself, they are able to park the bus and press closer to me. I don't know if it's my fault or what but I am not able to involve all those players at defending.

Anyways i am done, i will not buy fc26.
What i recorded on these video,plus the 1vs1 at defending is not for me.
I feel the game is not designed to be played at slow speed too (as Always), because i have too much defender jogging instead running.
U can't fix it because speed and acceleration in straight line, which is too much slow on authentic, is not the problem which is player turning/agility instead. Raise up Speed will raise up agility too,so Is impossible find a sweet spot.

This "never free" ball physics is not acceptable.




 
Kopite1990 said:
Just played a couple of Sudamericana/Libertadores exhibition matches and I actually really enjoyed them.

Both games on Authentic mode, a nice pace and the games felt really tactical.

Lack of fouls is an issue though. That is 4 games in total for me and not one free kick or card against the AI 👎🏻
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That's odd, as I've played about 6 games now, and I've seen the AI get a red & one game they had two yellows. I'm sure there's been a couple other yellows in other matches
 
DerleiPT said:
This video shows what was wrong with this game for years. Playing 2 or 3 star teams is much better experience because lower agility statistics - 50% less skating on ice animations, players look more grounded and less unrealistic fast random turns. You can fix it on PC, unfortunately it is game over for console players :/

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It's my video mate. The game is great too with 5 stars teams. Playing on FUMA helps too.
 
FC Bayern said:
That's odd, as I've played about 6 games now, and I've seen the AI get a red & one game they had two yellows. I'm sure there's been a couple other yellows in other matches
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I’m hoping that turns out to be the case, but it’s not my experience so far unfortunately. What console/mode are you playing?
 
I've never thought possible to have such God-awful graphics from the gameplay camera, I mean the pitch texture looks like it's colored with uneven layers of brown and green Crayola.
All the textures and colors are wax-like, there is no sense of depth or any strive towards a photorealistic representation of football.
It's also impossible to do proper color calibration.
 
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Anyone noticed any randomness or things that happened off script like in real football, deflections or funny off the line clearances?
 
FC Bayern said:
Don't forget that the 60 rated players you mention are still professional footballers. They could probably still run rings around you. They just aren't at the elite level that the EPL stars are
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Sure but a league 2 player should never be able to consistently make line breaking long balls like Pirlo and start stringing one touch passes like prime Arsenal under Arsene Wenger
 
I have to be honest, I think EAFC 26 early impressions are that this is a really good game and I think the one that means I may finally delete PES 21. It’s not perfect but other than the ball physics being a bit off it’s actually really good. It offers a challenge for once. It actually works well on pc which is the first time in years.

I think some people who say authentic is too fast need to realise that it’s a game and you can have the exact same speed as real life as who on earth has the time/ want to play a 90 minute match? With defenders walking about it would be dull.

This game is defo trying to cater for us that want to play offline career mode and as someone who has not been able to get into any career modes since FIFA 17 this is what I have been wanting.

PES 21 has been great and I have modded it to death, the work people have done on it have been amazing but for me nobody ever sorted the AI (they on dribble in straight line down the flank and the scripting ruins it). It still is a great game for the ball physics and feel but it’s not a challenge really and just to frustrating with mods going wrong.

I have loved this forum but I’m tired of modding and searching for the perfect game for a career mode. Time to accept that FC 26 is as good as it gets and I will enjoy a career mode at last.
 
Barry Smith said:
PES 21 has been great and I have modded it to death, the work people have done on it have been amazing but for me nobody ever sorted the AI (they on dribble in straight line down the flank and the scripting ruins it). It still is a great game for the ball physics and feel but it’s not a challenge really and just to frustrating with mods going wrong.
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I completely agree with you on this - PES 2021 has received so much love from the community in terms of the incredible content available for it that I'm desperate to enjoy it...

...but the AI is Game Boy level, and it's too hardcoded to fix, so it's impossible for me to enjoy. Straight-line runs, defenders pumping 100-yard passes forward all game like 90s Bolton (when they're actually Barcelona), chested down perfectly every time... :ZZZ:

However. FC26 is identical but opposite, and you sort of admit it yourself - "ball physics are off" (way off) but AI is good. PES 2021 has good ball physics but "off" (way off) AI.

I'm really glad you're enjoying it, not trying to be a party pooper. I agree with you SO MUCH on being fed up of modding and searching for "fixes" that don't actually fix the core issues.

I get annoyed with the modding chat, especially in console threads, because 1) not everyone has that privilege, 2) nobody should HAVE to resort to mods to make a football game feel like a football game, and 3) modding can't fix hardcoded design choices. Even if those mods undeniably make it a better game and take a lot of hard work to perfect.

But realistically it's just swapping one game with a big flaw for another one with a big flaw, because it's fresher. I can't see past those cannonball headers and the no-momentum, insta-controlled passes, with 90%+ pass accuracy every game...

But I hope it lasts for you, and that updates over the course of the year make it even better!
 
Tbh I think there's no reason for them to not try to improve this "authentic" game mode, if not through patches I strongly believe we should have a decent authentic mode at least in the next FC games... idk how much of the dev's work it takes to mantain the crappy UT updates and events going, but as long as there's at least one team working on authentic it should improve enough for it to be enjoyable I guess. I haven't played FC25 when it was first released, but isn't FC26 authentic gameplay a better base gameplay for modders? I mean, at least the opposite team AI isn't shitty.
 
EA FC 26 isn't bad (it's just a game). It can't be compared to a soccer simulator because it becomes awful.

EA needs to improve the way players move.
Because it's terribly poorly done. Their bodies (their heads are always shaking). Their legs get stuck inside each other.

The player controls with his right foot and switches, floating senselessly.
Another serious problem is the impact on the ball (the player doesn't use the correct physics). The ball feels like a birthday balloon.

I don't understand. How can a team of programmers, who can capture the movements of entire matches, not achieve PERFECTION?
For God's sake, it's 2025, and we don't have the basics faithfully reproduced.

Check out the horse's movements from RDR 2 below:



THE ENTIRE EA DEVELOPMENT TEAM SHOULD BE ASHAMED!
22 players (professional athletes who play for billion-dollar clubs) completely pathetic. This is my true feeling...:RANT:
 
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drigOrange said:
EA FC 26 isn't bad (it's just a game). It can't be compared to a soccer simulator because it becomes awful.

EA needs to improve the way players move.
Because it's terribly poorly done. Their bodies (their heads are always shaking). Their legs get stuck inside each other.

The player controls with his right foot and switches, floating senselessly.
Another serious problem is the impact on the ball (the player doesn't use the correct physics). The ball feels like a birthday balloon.

I don't understand. How can a team of programmers, who can capture the movements of entire matches, not achieve PERFECTION?
For God's sake, it's 2025, and we don't have the basics faithfully reproduced.

Check out the horse's movements from RDR 2 below:



THE ENTIRE EA DEVELOPMENT TEAM SHOULD BE ASHAMED!
22 players (professional athletes who play for billion-dollar clubs) completely pathetic. This is my true feeling...:RANT:
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Your idea of perfection and the EA board of directors are two completely different things. . UT drives around 5 billion of the 7 billion it makes somas long as that's earning that's all they will care about.
 
saturator said:
If you play in authentic mode, the speed is great so I don't understand. If online, yes the game seems very fast this year!
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I usually play online seasons and it is faster than ever. These must be an option to search with autentic settings imo.

BTW, I tested Authentic mode and played 5 to 10 matches with all kinds of teams. Even in that mode, sometimes the pace still feels faster than it should.
 
After enjoying a few exhibition games I dived into a career mode with San Lorenzo - After a dubious start, I am starting to enjoy this.

You can’t knock the depth that they have tried to create in career mode, interested to see how the manager movement pans out.

@FC Bayern still no fouls unfortunately 😂
 
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Kopite1990 said:
After enjoying a few exhibition games I dived into a career mode with San Lorenzo - After a dubious start, I am starting to enjoy this.

You can’t knock the depth that they have tried to create in career mode, interested to see how the manager movement pans out.

@FC Bayern still no fouls unfortunately 😂
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Was the thing where you pick 5 others leagues to simulate there last year? It's really immersive seeing results from other leagues pop up on the news.
 
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