EA SPORTS FC 26 | Official Reveal Trailer

EA need to put their money where their mouth is with this game, open beta, and or a demo, not just the EA Play trial, otherwise that trailer could well be the biggest act of trolling in the gaming industry, only a complete lemming would pre order or buy this game without real player feedback.
 
Dead/retired players were at least that good at some point in time, female players cant break tru u-15 boys treshhold at any given time, and i say it as a 0 talent for football/soccer guy(altho i had and have tons of love for the sport, trained almost every day up to 8hours in my teenage years, played with and against much more talented guys who could do twice as much with half the effort), u can clearly see those female players spend less time training total as adults compared to teenage boys, thats why their technique/ball controll/shooting/passing/dribble abilities are so terrible, its not just male vs female physique which are colorado canion of a gap apart, its everything else on top of that too :P

Here recent female wimbledon winner for contrast:


U can see talent/skill/tens of thousands of hours yearly spend on training here, no avg or even above avg male amatour tennis player could even get close to that, she will demolish such a guy w/o needing to run on the cort, with skill/accuracy alone.


I played football at a competitive level (injuries made me stop) and I dont disagree that the skill level difference is gigantic between genders, but UT is a fantasy mode that doesn't even aim to be somewhat realistic so its whatever.

Players from the 50s-70s would absolutely get demolished by modern players as well.

In every other mode the genders are firmly separated and you can't play men vs women.
 
I've played them on and off since the original in '93. As early as the late 90s, the issue with certain outcomes feeling scripted or predetermined was already present, and that's something that never went away. Poor marking, tic-tac passing, and inexplicable AI defense has been a fixture of that game for as long as I can remember.

I don't think any of this has been a major problem for years. It's a lot better now, especially if you play on Ultimate difficulty.

The difficulty is actually one thing that needs improving. If I play on Ultimate then I get realistic scores and can lose to the AI if I'm playing a top team like Liverpool or Barca. Drop it down a level to Legendary and I can thump any team with ease. The difficulty certainly needs some work.


They've added new moves, new options, new stadiums, new sounds, and certainly the graphics have improved, but, no, the game hasn't made any meaningful strides in realism on the pitch, well, ever.

Are we playing the same game?

A few examples from the last few editions.

HyperMotion, which gave us more natural player movements, Improved first touches and tackles and more realistic behaviours (defenders backing off intelligently etc)

Smarter pressing systems (AI teams press or sit deep)

AI teammates mark zones or track runners more realistically. Improved off the ball runs and anticipation.

There are a load more as well. To say the game hasn't ever made any meaningful strides to improve realism on the pitch is just factually incorrect.

Go back and play say, FIFA 18 and then play EAFC25. Completely different game.
 
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