Hello Guys !
I am reading all the posts by everyone like usual every year. Checking threads with PES and FIFA like always with another hope that maybe this year they will make for us amazingly deep in gameplay and realistic at the same time game of football.
Its ridiculous how the most popular sport in the world which is football cannot be represented correctly in a football game.
I am 34 years old and I remember very well my times with kick off, sensible soccer, ISS, every Pro Evo (5 was so amazing), Wining Eleven 9 Liveware Evolution etc. Of course these games are old times games when the technology was not there yet but with every game you had a feeling that these games are the best of what we could achieve with back technology in terms of gameplay and as much realistic approach as possible with having in mind that one football game is like around 15-20 minutes as standard usually.
Then PS3 era…what a shame… I was so excited to see new football games especially PES as FIFA was still far behind.
Such a let down…
Especially having in mind that processors in PS3 and Xbox360 were a big jump in technology yet they still couldn’t deliver at least PS2 era gameplay. It was a very bad time for football fans in my opinion.
Then PS4 era and for me PES was already dead but I have had always my hopes as the true fan of old pes games but the reality for me is simple, only FIFA gave us some hope in PS4 era as PES was terrible all the way after PS2 era to be honest.
I just couldn’t stand that rigid and stiff gameplay, predictability, rocket shots and many more. PES lost its soul when transition from PS2 to PS3 happened. Konami just didn’t know how to make a good game with 360 degree of movement instead of 8… a one big mess.
Getting back to FIFA, they gave me some hope with FIFA 14, later on they lost me again a little bit with FIFA 15 and gave me another even bigger hope that they are going in the right direction with FIFA 16... then every other game was a rollercoaster and I have quite liked 18, 19 and that was it. Of course I have liked these games because I have been patching the game with some gameplay changes or sliders but there were definitely some really amazing video football games where I have been stunned. Sliding tackles, passes, shots, randomness and unpredictable games and many more. Of course there was always something which about I was saying that if they will change this or that we will be have a perfect football video game and I was so so so disappointed with 20 and especially 21.
I mean how is that even possible to go backward so much ?
Ok, I have thought that we have now PS5 and XSX on Ryzen processors which will definitely help them to deliver for us the gameplay which we - true football fans are waiting for years. And I have bought FIFA 21 for PS5 - I couldn’t believe of what I am playing on my own eyes but I have defended them like “ok this is usual because it’s EA and for sure we just need to wait another year as it will be the proper next gen FIFA”.
And now we have FIFA 22 with all these videos from beta and some initial reviews…
How is that possible that with today’s technology (Ryzen processors most importantly in these consoles) they are delivering such a sh.. in terms of gameplay ? Of course I know this is a business and money for them is the most important but really…this should be so so easy for them to fix the problems and for example gave us an option where we can play on “realistic mode” or even more sliders which will work.
I don’t wanna even touch the graphics etc part of the game because it definitely should be better in my opinion especially LOD but ok, I can live with this as it looks good enough to enjoy it anyway and it is always about the gameplay.
So we have Ryzen on the board and instead of making the game so much better in every way - physicality, AI, ball physic, aggression, etc we are going backward in so many ways which are fundamental for gameplay.
I am a true lover of football, played myself on semi pro level and even once I have been picked for representing U15 national team, football means a lot to me, I am watching every game of football which I only can on the weekends or Champions League. Waiting for every World Cup and European Cup like a child for Christmas and watching every football game on these tournaments and I love video games especially these about football - the most beautiful game.
We have 2021 and a lot of technology behind it, football games looks for me like the only games which are so much below an acceptable level when I will keep in mind that we have 2021 and it is the most popular sport in the world.
And every year is the same story… will we ever get a proper football video game with a proper pressure from the opponent, proper aggression and fouls as it should be ?
Guys tell me where I can take a part and write something or vote to help us to get a proper football game from EA ? I am alone but together we can make a change and make EA hear us and introduce for us some proper simulation of football in the future. Most probably it will not work this year but maybe we can help the future ?
Sorry for my long post, I am very rarely write anything on evoweb but this time it is too much…PS2 era as last great era for football video games and “sometimes” PS4 era but always with some serious individual problems like lack of fouls etc ?
This is a joke if we know what kind of technology and possibilities we have today.
Peace !