Just a little rant... really enjoying the game on the whole, however, the AI is killing me. Playing ML on top player and am sick to the back teeth of the ‘stun opposition player into stumbling by kicking them and easily take ball off them’ and the ‘pull the opposition striker back and easily take the ball off them’ defensive moves the AI has in its locker. I get the occasional free kick either for one of their impossible, telepathic slide challenges going wrong for a change or something completely innocuous. Absolutely blatant fouls preventing goal scoring opportunities; nowt. It’s infuriating in the extreme.
The other main issue is the lack of reaction from player controlled players. Slightest deflection on a pass = attacking player stunned into immobility while the AI defence mops up (and near every pass or shot is blocked/impeded by the AI in some way), honestly lost count of the number of dangerous crosses my forwards have watched in awe and wonder as they sailed harmlessly by. And, and this is the worst, winning the ball back only for your player to be blocked/stunned somehow and becoming rigidly fixed in position while the AI gets up, dusts themselves down, recovers the ball and starts moving forwards once more. At times it feels like you have to win the ball 4 times to gain possession once. Also hate the couple of seconds of utter confusion any player you switch to suffers from ‘who am I, why am I here..’ as the opposition striker strolls past.
Oh, and the inexplicable through ball issue. Want a decent paced ball along the floor? here have a chipped floaty nonsense that lets the defender close the gap.. little 5 yard through pass to the striker in yards of space? Take that ball boy! Then on the odd occasion you do successfully get the ball into the striker in space, he turns to face his own goal and applaud the pass.
It’s so close to being a masterful football game. So close...
Crowd sound effects are awful as well, I can ignore that though.