I am 58 and have been gaming for over 20 years. What I have found with my gaming routine is that it takes a really great game to get me excited i am finding more gaming studio producers just want to feed us rubbish and charge us AAA prices and it gets tiring after a while Jamboo, we know quality when we play it
I am 40 , playing for fun to release the stress. maximum level 5 in division rivals. No one cares about people like me. squad battles are extremely difficult now. You can't win against 85+ rated squads with professional difficulty. I gave up after playing 1 game of SB this week. i don't want to play a game that adds to my stress. I liked FC 24, I reached Elite 2 and 1 on some weeks. I was happy. FC 25 totally took the joy out of playing it.
You could try this: Go into the game settings and adjust the sliders to make the CPU weaker and the Player stronger. It makes a world of difference. I know it's a cheat but if it helps you to win games and be happy. . . . .
SBC's ruined FIFA. sure it was cool at first, but EA created the grind and gave up making a game. The game was TOTW...football based. Special cards were created on real life performance. Now EA can create a card, any card they want.
Sbcs did not ruin fifa, as someone who's played fifa since fifa 12 I can tell you there's nothing more that pulls me to the game right now other than the menu game, the actual gameplay is awful and sbmm is an awful experience, tie that together with cheating prevelance and you have your answer. Sbcs are not the reason fifa Is an awful game
@@swannnny even if the gameplay was good most people get off the game around now or January, it's the same every year . SBCs and endless promos have ruined the grind.
I'm 35 and I've been playing fifa/fc since fifa 10 (pes player prior) and I've got to say, I'm glad I'm calling it a day with football games with FC 25 being the straw that broke the camel's back. Fifa 13-18 was the golden period of modern day fifa. RIP EA sports.
Im in the same boat, just turned 23 and for some reason games just feel like a chore now, i work full time and everytime i game i cant shake the feeling that im just wasting my time. maybe its just me i dont know.
It's all to do with playstyles and roles, the AI and animations. The game and whatever console you play simply cannot keep up with it. Left stick dribbling and passing are fundamentals for any enjoyment in a fifa game. This game has neither. I've played fifa since 98.
It’s difficult for me because I used to be easy division one casual player and would win the majority of my games. It hasn’t felt the same and I’ve struggled to get to division 1 because I feel like I can’t play my style of the game. Stuck with what they’ve made us do.
Meta hunting has ruined games like EAFC and COD, within a day of release everyone knows the meta way to play, which then makes connectivity to servers even more important, I reckon div9-6 / 1>kd players probably has much more enjoyment from gaming, because they’re not as competitive compared to us sweats
It's not because you were younger. I'm a gamer and am now 54, I loved fifa 8 onwards and up to probably 19 so I was fairly oldish back then. To me it's companies like EA or Treyarch/Activision and the like being able to release sub standard products which they can attempt to fix once released. They don't game test like they used to because WE are their gametesters and because they think they will always have a hard-core fan base they can do as they wish. Companies used to released products that were much more polished and you could tell. Look at the release of Indiana Jones recently, it's a love letter to the films and the gaming genre and it shows the developers had passion and by god its good. EA and many others just don't really care anymore, don't have a proper passion to release a defining product and are just happy to release an unfinished, sloppy, sub standard experience.
It all started with FIFA 17 for me, The Game just became less manual and more about what team/players you had. As the years went by it just became more Ai oriented and less and less of ways to score
I have to say this video sums it up pretty well what we all are feeling right now. The only reason I bought this year's fifa game is pure for nostalgic reason and because my friends kept on pushing. After fifa 18, I stopped playing the game because they banned me for selling players at their max prices because they were instinct on the market, so my whole progress was gone like it was nothing. I didn't play the game until fifa 23, where i was so disappointed that the new gen gameplay was so bad while the old gen was amazing. I didn't buy 24, but then this year, oh boy, where do I start. I have to say for me this will be the last time I will buy fifa because they forgot how to make a game that works. I have started playing gta5, and I'm having fun again and then Black Myth Wukong. What a game i think chasing back to relieve the old fifa days is pointless because the company doesn't want it they only want to sell us all packs, and they don't even hide it, so yeah. Thanks for reading it 😊
I feel what you're saying and something is telling me that its a combination of age and playing repetetive games. As of this year I just stopped carring about rewards wich helps enjoy the game a bit more. When im not playing ea fc i mostly play the division 2, great game for just casual gaming without any stress. Also playing predecessors, a 5v5 tower defense game. Its competetive, but without the grind.
I only play create a club career mode. The simulation settings they have as default nerf you, even out stats so the cpu isn't better. I had a fiddle for preference trying to stay close to what they were trying to achieve. Bit slower, more realistic, dynamic wind and weather etc. It's not that bad. The shirt and shorts jiggling does my head in though.
The last game I played for fun was Fortnite and I was fully addicted to it for 4 years. Didn't even touch FIFA during that time period and was mainly just playing FIFA beforehand. I think what turned me away from Fortnite was the endless grind to unlock cosmetics even though I wouldn't use most of them. Gaming companies really like to play on FOMO and you feel compelled to waste your time on pointless things and end up feeling dissatisfied. Most games are turning into full time jobs now. I still do log on to Fortnite to just play and get my fix because there's no other game like it but I can't get lost in a game anymore. Used to lose time and find out it was 4AM but didn't care because I was having fun. Now on FC I just do what I gotta do then log off
I can only speak for myself but as a 43 year old the games that truly get me are single player games, FM, Red Dead, GTA etc. I think the quality of gaming (certainly for my taste) lost its way once online became mainstream and hyper-competitiveness the new normal. Personally that competitiveness was for Poker in the 2000s, gaming used to be for relaxing. Glory years for me was PES in the early 2000s playing against your mates on the same couch, while having GTAs coming out every year or so it seemed at the time and FM/CM being a staple.
Years back when price ranges came in that was the death of the game The transfer market was wild before the price ranges came in They have slowly killed the transfer market over the years
PLAY MARVELS RIVALS. This is genuinely the first time since season 2 of Fortnite that gaming feels alive to me again. Myself and my mates haven’t missed a night of marvels rivals since release. The funnest game I’ve almost ever played. I feel like a lot of people just can’t let go of FIFA and just move on.
The trouble with how gaming has evolved is when I started gaming and we are talking many years ,zx spectrum was my first computer it was 100% about the game then it became 95% game 5% micro transactions. Now it’s 100% micro transactions and screw the game. Gaming is the biggest industry and the unfinished crap they churn out year after year is criminal and don’t forget we are paying top dollar now also 🤷♂️
Man i got the platinum in the og ff7 and ff7 remake, played 70 hours of rebirth but unfortunately i stopped for some reason, maybe i’ll go back to it when they announce the 3rd sequel, single player video games are just a different thing, most fun you can have in gaming imo
@@nyc2minican yeah won’t lie though most new games aren’t inventive as it used to be, most successful games these days are either a remake or sequel, didn’t like the direction since the beginning of this gen
Think its pretty common knowledge that AAA games have gone down the shitter. Its not even a question anymore. But its set the scene for the few good devs to really clean up cos theres no competition. Like the boys at warhorse making Kingdom Come Deliverence 2. Players flock to the few good games we get
The game is specifically designed for those highly addictive individuals that will sink their money into packs for players and greater opportunities to be a winner. Nobody wants to be a loser, but what will you do to not be one? Its psychological manipulation at its core, the previous episodes of FIFA did not have pass prevention mechanics. This EA prevents lots of scenarios developing to a goal and therefore, repetitve tram line goals are all we see. Custom tactics mean you are limited to where your player can run, often standing behind a defender. Again, its psychological manipulation, most players think they have done something wrong or should perhaps spend more money.. No no, do more to clip the ovbious mistakes and commit to never spending a penny on any add on in any game. Undisputed (boxing game) now has a pay to win division, without the DLC the highest you can be is 84, with it you are 88.
I am in the same boat as you mate. I think the micro farming of dopamine destroyed the gaming industry. Only actually enjoy offline single player games. I play eafc out of habit… and because I like football.
What happened with FUT is that it's not football game anymore, it's card game with option to play matches. If you don't play matches you can get cards via SBCs/store/trading, playin football is optional. People instead of having fun in friendly modes are playing golden goal so they can get packs/xp (which is also packs/cards) faster. Can't wait for people in divisions to play golden goal as well, I mean now what's the point of playing? Who is enjoying gameplay really? It makes no sense, and worst part is if you're not obeying to rules you are punished by falling behind power curve fast. Sad times, I just now play couple of games - after patch it's somewhat fun, but no brainless SB grind for mastery token etc. Just play if I feel like I want to, which is not frequent (I play Indiana Jones and PoE 2 lately).
Seems to me that you're suffering from a bit of nostalgia. I'm 45 years old and have been playing FIFA since its original release on the Megadrive. But I didn't focus on UT up until the 23-iteration. That said, I completely agree on every word you've stated about FC25, since its release. It IS broken. And I'm sharing this being a very average player, often bouncing from div 9-5. I merely play UT due to the fact that I am a trained educator. The game gives me several opportunites to discuss gaming with my 200+ students (10-15 years of age). They tend to have a more nuanced view of things, and that kind of smoothes out my edges whilst rage-quitting my rivals-sessions 😅. So yeah. Sounds to me that you're a bit of sentimental atm. But thanks for sharing. On the at hand I would say that I play quite many games. Currently I play Cyberpunk on my xbox, Silent hill 2 remake on my ps5. But for the sheer joy of playing, I tend to gravitate towards my Nintendo Switch atm. That one is sheer gamingjoy. Love your content. Please keep it up. Best regards from Sweden.
Fifa was vest when u could do trade offers remember pinkslips ect I think that's when fifa was at its peak. They have totally destroyed the game over the years
I feel the same as you, probably our age. FIFA has been dead for years ,been enjoying UFL so far but I just dont know where they are going to take the game going forward. Gaming has definitely change.
I’ll tell you the simple two things (excluding greed) that have ruined fifa, because EA did the exact same thing with Madden and ruined it. Playstyles and pre made animations. Playstyles, or lack of, make certain cards useless cos you can’t do simple things that any professional footballer should be able to do if your player doesn’t have them. Before cards played to their attributes, if he has high pace, he’s fast, high passing, he could pass well and vice versa. These playstyles (abilities and X factors in Madden) have killed team making creativity and roles has made it even worse cos now players don’t move unless they have the role - dull. Then there is canned animations. The amount of input delay it causes is made. In Madden you can tell if your player is going to catch a ball my the animation it starts and I used to like that fifa wasn’t like that, but now it is. Bottom line is it’s a game, we don’t need complete realism, just enough so it looks real but doesn’t spoil it.
Because they swamped Ultimate team, with overpowered cards, through SBC’s, non-merit promo’s & too many packs. It’s that simple. The gameplay is never going to be perfect, but this unbalanced nature of every card being so good has ruined the gameplay experience…
In my opinion best soccer gameplay was on pro evolution soccer during the playstation 2 era. The downfall started with konami's inability to cope with technology changes of the generation of consoles after ps2. Had Konami not dropped the ball EA may have shut their doors since NBA Live was a massive failure as well and Fifa at the time was no where as good as pes.
corporate greed... aka legal racketeering has ruined most games especially fifa. There greed knows absolute no bounds and has spread to even FPS's like cod where its pay to win or at least pay to gain advantage. Skill based match making too makes it as if your in the matrix fighting or playing against the clone of YOU. and it doesnt help that abusing mechanics comes into it as well leaving no room for individualism in gaming as we all must cater to some bs meta. it all kinda just ties in, but that my opinion from someone whos played fifa since 08 on the DS and played every single edition, much the same with call of duty. its like the 'gaming' walls are closing in and everyones pretending like its fine. shame on ea mostly tho, they have turned there back on arguably the most loyal fanbase in all of gaming in terms of the bollox we have had to endure over the years
knowing the football game community and reading comments here most people are clueless sorry. i play since 2003 and always on a higher level, the only real issue is: the gameplay. it used to be consistant and fast but over the years EA has done everything in their power to make the game less consistant / logical and slower AND they didnt bother to give good enough servers. those things aswell as easy to abuse mechanics reduced the skillgap needed to do well in this game. good players dont need abuse mechanics, good players dont need AI support, good players think good / better and therefor only get butchered by the games inconsistancy / mistakes.. while bad / worse player(s) get supported by these problems which gives them more of a fighting chance. those issues dont matter in game between bad players but they do were theres technically a big difference in understanding. even pros can struggle vs players they used to outplay easily back in the better days, just shows you how EAs poor gameplay design and servers messed up this game. unless you want to compete at the highest level pay to win option doesnt / didnt matter, if you used to be better than someone you just won, you would win with silvers vs the best players on the game. events / sbcs have helped the game to upgrade players, make more players useable, bring hype, give you something to do, back in the days we just didnt bother as much because we didnt know those things could exist, we just played and had fun with the game because it used to be good to play. unfortunatly the last decent fifa was fifa 20. many saying otherwise but it just shows the communities level, in f20 gameplay was slower but it was actually about outplaying your opponent, as fifa should be. the last good fifa was fifa 18, overall good gameplay. as someone who gets rank 1 since forever ill die on this hill tho that ~90% of the community are not well understanding players, theres even players getting the highest ranks / high elo in rivals who would be lost itg if EA wouldnt offer them all kinds of bs.
Play ea and Konami’s game religiously every year since early 2000s…first year I’ve given up on fifa after the first few weeks, still playing efootball as it closest thing to pes …still a trash product …I don’t buy the nostalgia bull…I have all the old FIFA’s and Pes’s modded on my pc and play them with my mates any chance I get …they’re infinitely better, the lighting and pitch texture on the likes of fifa 15 and 16…they’re incredible and hold up for todays graphics …animations were brilliant and simple…resulting in fast responsive gameplay, had an arcade feel but still done the sport justice, something ea will never capture again, even though they have greater technology, more money and so on…
Coins coins coins, pay to win... thats why it doesnt feel the same. Every season they take something from the game hoping players will be happy with unlocking whatever they took by purchasing coins and getting better players. This year they pushed it too far and UFL saved us a little.
It’s not a game anymore fc25 is a pack opening simulator now profit and greed have taken over completely the only thing I like is getting a cool evolution done
I love and hate fc. For me its the way people exploit the broken mechanics. There's no more thinking because ai assist us in everything. I wanted to become pro but i realised in order to do that you have to play like a rat which is something i dont enjoy doing. Its a shame. I only enjoy pro clubs right now. Whats ruined the game is the playstyles
It makes no difference if you out smart your opponent anymore... the AI bails all players out of all their mistakes at all times. You used to use your head to play and now it's just muscle memory, it's horrendous. I had been watching your UFL content but only tried for the first time on Saturday. UFL is far from perfect but I can't believe I didn't try it earlier. Fifa and my borlrderline addiction is behind me.
I p,often lay Rainbow Six Siege shooter game - enjoy it very much. Despite the game was created like 12-14 years ago, they managed to keep it very enjoyable and modern experience. I prefer it over Counter Strike or COD.___Fc25 is a complete trash product ( i ve been playing FIFA since 2008) - ZERO enjoyment. I feel like I am forced to play for rewards... but I don't enjoy playing it at all.___ I play CAREER mode occasionally, it is MORE fun than the ultimate team. But still, career mode has not changed for the last 7-8 years.... terrible EA , awful company..
You play ufl all u do is cross to the wing n cross it to haaland n it’s always a goal n u play fc which is a totally different game I understand people have different opinions but fc n ufl will never be the same u dont like fc fine don’t play it but understand ea don’t give a shit
I know they'll never go back to it. But they should've just kept it to seasons only. No grinding for cards and no money spent on it. Just playing to get better at the game itself.
Bro wake up .fifa doesn't exist anymore .its EA the reason of all the rubbish. Fifa was there (corporation) till 2023 but not anymore .so remove the word fifa from your dictionary. ITS EA ( poor performance company and developers )
For me ,gaming is for relaxing not grinding out horrible gameplay against an even worse community, the game promotes shitty behaviour from a gaming community that has changed for the worse in recent years, the younger generation of so called gamers need the meta in any game to play it, pick up & play is dead there is no enjoyment in online play it’s a shame but mirrors today’s society, be great if there was a group for old school gamers 40+
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If you are open to the idea, I would like to come on your channel and talk about how a casual player like me feels about the game. its frustating
I am 58 and have been gaming for over 20 years. What I have found with my gaming routine is that it takes a really great game to get me excited i am finding more gaming studio producers just want to feed us rubbish and charge us AAA prices and it gets tiring after a while Jamboo, we know quality when we play it
spending money to play games takes the fun out of it, what happened to just jump in and play. love your content jamboo.
I am 40 , playing for fun to release the stress. maximum level 5 in division rivals. No one cares about people like me. squad battles are extremely difficult now. You can't win against 85+ rated squads with professional difficulty. I gave up after playing 1 game of SB this week. i don't want to play a game that adds to my stress. I liked FC 24, I reached Elite 2 and 1 on some weeks. I was happy. FC 25 totally took the joy out of playing it.
Try UFL it’s actually brought some joy back can’t like I’m super good but I don’t rage inside after the game even with some wild stuff
Try UFL, free to try out and for me as a FUT founder I am loving every second playing UFL. Football games are fun again, who would have thought 😂
@@dowhatiwantc7637 I am on PC. have to buy a PS5 and Xbox
You could try this: Go into the game settings and adjust the sliders to make the CPU weaker and the Player stronger. It makes a world of difference. I know it's a cheat but if it helps you to win games and be happy. . . . .
@stratcat6178 does it work for squad battles?
SBC's ruined FIFA. sure it was cool at first, but EA created the grind and gave up making a game. The game was TOTW...football based. Special cards were created on real life performance. Now EA can create a card, any card they want.
& promo’s as well.
Non-merit games always suck.
Sbcs did not ruin fifa, as someone who's played fifa since fifa 12 I can tell you there's nothing more that pulls me to the game right now other than the menu game, the actual gameplay is awful and sbmm is an awful experience, tie that together with cheating prevelance and you have your answer. Sbcs are not the reason fifa Is an awful game
There's too many special cards which means getting top tier legendary cards pointless
Hit the nail on the head, players like Adama traore et al get given special cards for the same content and abusing meta but they’re not as good irl
@@swannnny even if the gameplay was good most people get off the game around now or January, it's the same every year . SBCs and endless promos have ruined the grind.
I'm 35 and I've been playing fifa/fc since fifa 10 (pes player prior) and I've got to say, I'm glad I'm calling it a day with football games with FC 25 being the straw that broke the camel's back. Fifa 13-18 was the golden period of modern day fifa. RIP EA sports.
EAFC is all about the money first and second and third then it’s about the gameplay that’s clear for all of us to see.
Im in the same boat, just turned 23 and for some reason games just feel like a chore now, i work full time and everytime i game i cant shake the feeling that im just wasting my time.
maybe its just me i dont know.
It's all to do with playstyles and roles, the AI and animations. The game and whatever console you play simply cannot keep up with it. Left stick dribbling and passing are fundamentals for any enjoyment in a fifa game. This game has neither. I've played fifa since 98.
spot on.
It’s difficult for me because I used to be easy division one casual player and would win the majority of my games. It hasn’t felt the same and I’ve struggled to get to division 1 because I feel like I can’t play my style of the game. Stuck with what they’ve made us do.
Meta hunting has ruined games like EAFC and COD, within a day of release everyone knows the meta way to play, which then makes connectivity to servers even more important, I reckon div9-6 / 1>kd players probably has much more enjoyment from gaming, because they’re not as competitive compared to us sweats
It's not because you were younger.
I'm a gamer and am now 54, I loved fifa 8 onwards and up to probably 19 so I was fairly oldish back then.
To me it's companies like EA or Treyarch/Activision and the like being able to release sub standard products which they can attempt to fix once released.
They don't game test like they used to because WE are their gametesters and because they think they will always have a hard-core fan base they can do as they wish.
Companies used to released products that were much more polished and you could tell.
Look at the release of Indiana Jones recently, it's a love letter to the films and the gaming genre and it shows the developers had passion and by god its good.
EA and many others just don't really care anymore, don't have a proper passion to release a defining product and are just happy to release an unfinished, sloppy, sub standard experience.
It all started with FIFA 17 for me, The Game just became less manual and more about what team/players you had. As the years went by it just became more Ai oriented and less and less of ways to score
Fifa 17 was amazing, the pinnacle of football games. It all started going downhill after that game.
I have to say this video sums it up pretty well what we all are feeling right now. The only reason I bought this year's fifa game is pure for nostalgic reason and because my friends kept on pushing. After fifa 18, I stopped playing the game because they banned me for selling players at their max prices because they were instinct on the market, so my whole progress was gone like it was nothing. I didn't play the game until fifa 23, where i was so disappointed that the new gen gameplay was so bad while the old gen was amazing. I didn't buy 24, but then this year, oh boy, where do I start. I have to say for me this will be the last time I will buy fifa because they forgot how to make a game that works. I have started playing gta5, and I'm having fun again and then Black Myth Wukong. What a game i think chasing back to relieve the old fifa days is pointless because the company doesn't want it they only want to sell us all packs, and they don't even hide it, so yeah. Thanks for reading it 😊
I love the classics. Ive got fifa 14 and 16 downloaded on my ps5. Fifa 14 was super satisfying. Especially the shooting😊
I feel what you're saying and something is telling me that its a combination of age and playing repetetive games.
As of this year I just stopped carring about rewards wich helps enjoy the game a bit more.
When im not playing ea fc i mostly play the division 2, great game for just casual gaming without any stress.
Also playing predecessors, a 5v5 tower defense game. Its competetive, but without the grind.
I only play create a club career mode. The simulation settings they have as default nerf you, even out stats so the cpu isn't better. I had a fiddle for preference trying to stay close to what they were trying to achieve. Bit slower, more realistic, dynamic wind and weather etc. It's not that bad.
The shirt and shorts jiggling does my head in though.
The last game I played for fun was Fortnite and I was fully addicted to it for 4 years. Didn't even touch FIFA during that time period and was mainly just playing FIFA beforehand. I think what turned me away from Fortnite was the endless grind to unlock cosmetics even though I wouldn't use most of them. Gaming companies really like to play on FOMO and you feel compelled to waste your time on pointless things and end up feeling dissatisfied. Most games are turning into full time jobs now. I still do log on to Fortnite to just play and get my fix because there's no other game like it but I can't get lost in a game anymore. Used to lose time and find out it was 4AM but didn't care because I was having fun. Now on FC I just do what I gotta do then log off
I can only speak for myself but as a 43 year old the games that truly get me are single player games, FM, Red Dead, GTA etc. I think the quality of gaming (certainly for my taste) lost its way once online became mainstream and hyper-competitiveness the new normal. Personally that competitiveness was for Poker in the 2000s, gaming used to be for relaxing. Glory years for me was PES in the early 2000s playing against your mates on the same couch, while having GTAs coming out every year or so it seemed at the time and FM/CM being a staple.
Years back when price ranges came in that was the death of the game
The transfer market was wild before the price ranges came in
They have slowly killed the transfer market over the years
PLAY MARVELS RIVALS. This is genuinely the first time since season 2 of Fortnite that gaming feels alive to me again. Myself and my mates haven’t missed a night of marvels rivals since release. The funnest game I’ve almost ever played. I feel like a lot of people just can’t let go of FIFA and just move on.
The trouble with how gaming has evolved is when I started gaming and we are talking many years ,zx spectrum was my first computer it was 100% about the game then it became 95% game 5% micro transactions. Now it’s 100% micro transactions and screw the game. Gaming is the biggest industry and the unfinished crap they churn out year after year is criminal and don’t forget we are paying top dollar now also 🤷♂️
I know it’s not a competitive game but atm I’m playing final fantasy 7 reborn. Pretty nostalgic since I was very into the original when I was a kid .
Man i got the platinum in the og ff7 and ff7 remake, played 70 hours of rebirth but unfortunately i stopped for some reason, maybe i’ll go back to it when they announce the 3rd sequel, single player video games are just a different thing, most fun you can have in gaming imo
@ I totally agree with you. I think the appreciation of single player games got lost throughout the years as multiplayer games got more popular
@@nyc2minican yeah won’t lie though most new games aren’t inventive as it used to be, most successful games these days are either a remake or sequel, didn’t like the direction since the beginning of this gen
29!? Good one!
I only play Fifa for CM but even that getting boring lack of changes into the mode new features etc.
Im 36, Im an Elite Div player. I started gaming or playing fifa from FIFA 18. I started UT team from. fifa 19.
Think its pretty common knowledge that AAA games have gone down the shitter. Its not even a question anymore. But its set the scene for the few good devs to really clean up cos theres no competition. Like the boys at warhorse making Kingdom Come Deliverence 2. Players flock to the few good games we get
The game is specifically designed for those highly addictive individuals that will sink their money into packs for players and greater opportunities to be a winner.
Nobody wants to be a loser, but what will you do to not be one?
Its psychological manipulation at its core, the previous episodes of FIFA did not have pass prevention mechanics.
This EA prevents lots of scenarios developing to a goal and therefore, repetitve tram line goals are all we see.
Custom tactics mean you are limited to where your player can run, often standing behind a defender.
Again, its psychological manipulation, most players think they have done something wrong or should perhaps spend more money..
No no, do more to clip the ovbious mistakes and commit to never spending a penny on any add on in any game.
Undisputed (boxing game) now has a pay to win division, without the DLC the highest you can be is 84, with it you are 88.
As soon as anything becomes mainstream and popular, it becomes shit, same for movies, music, and now todays modern gaming.
I am in the same boat as you mate. I think the micro farming of dopamine destroyed the gaming industry. Only actually enjoy offline single player games. I play eafc out of habit… and because I like football.
I missed those days when I used to use IFs for months and packing an ICON was something else.
What happened with FUT is that it's not football game anymore, it's card game with option to play matches. If you don't play matches you can get cards via SBCs/store/trading, playin football is optional.
People instead of having fun in friendly modes are playing golden goal so they can get packs/xp (which is also packs/cards) faster.
Can't wait for people in divisions to play golden goal as well, I mean now what's the point of playing? Who is enjoying gameplay really? It makes no sense, and worst part is if you're not obeying to rules you are punished by falling behind power curve fast.
Sad times, I just now play couple of games - after patch it's somewhat fun, but no brainless SB grind for mastery token etc.
Just play if I feel like I want to, which is not frequent (I play Indiana Jones and PoE 2 lately).
Seems to me that you're suffering from a bit of nostalgia.
I'm 45 years old and have been playing FIFA since its original release on the Megadrive. But I didn't focus on UT up until the 23-iteration.
That said, I completely agree on every word you've stated about FC25, since its release. It IS broken. And I'm sharing this being a very average player, often bouncing from div 9-5.
I merely play UT due to the fact that I am a trained educator. The game gives me several opportunites to discuss gaming with my 200+ students (10-15 years of age). They tend to have a more nuanced view of things, and that kind of smoothes out my edges whilst rage-quitting my rivals-sessions 😅.
So yeah. Sounds to me that you're a bit of sentimental atm. But thanks for sharing. On the at hand I would say that I play quite many games. Currently I play Cyberpunk on my xbox, Silent hill 2 remake on my ps5. But for the sheer joy of playing, I tend to gravitate towards my Nintendo Switch atm. That one is sheer gamingjoy.
Love your content. Please keep it up. Best regards from Sweden.
Fifa was vest when u could do trade offers remember pinkslips ect I think that's when fifa was at its peak. They have totally destroyed the game over the years
I feel the same as you, probably our age.
FIFA has been dead for years ,been enjoying UFL so far but I just dont know where they are going to take the game going forward.
Gaming has definitely change.
I’ll tell you the simple two things (excluding greed) that have ruined fifa, because EA did the exact same thing with Madden and ruined it. Playstyles and pre made animations. Playstyles, or lack of, make certain cards useless cos you can’t do simple things that any professional footballer should be able to do if your player doesn’t have them. Before cards played to their attributes, if he has high pace, he’s fast, high passing, he could pass well and vice versa. These playstyles (abilities and X factors in Madden) have killed team making creativity and roles has made it even worse cos now players don’t move unless they have the role - dull. Then there is canned animations. The amount of input delay it causes is made. In Madden you can tell if your player is going to catch a ball my the animation it starts and I used to like that fifa wasn’t like that, but now it is.
Bottom line is it’s a game, we don’t need complete realism, just enough so it looks real but doesn’t spoil it.
I've been enjoying this year 😄
Because they swamped Ultimate team, with overpowered cards, through SBC’s, non-merit promo’s & too many packs.
It’s that simple.
The gameplay is never going to be perfect, but this unbalanced nature of every card being so good has ruined the gameplay experience…
In my opinion best soccer gameplay was on pro evolution soccer during the playstation 2 era. The downfall started with konami's inability to cope with technology changes of the generation of consoles after ps2. Had Konami not dropped the ball EA may have shut their doors since NBA Live was a massive failure as well and Fifa at the time was no where as good as pes.
Freaky video with your floating head
corporate greed... aka legal racketeering has ruined most games especially fifa. There greed knows absolute no bounds and has spread to even FPS's like cod where its pay to win or at least pay to gain advantage. Skill based match making too makes it as if your in the matrix fighting or playing against the clone of YOU. and it doesnt help that abusing mechanics comes into it as well leaving no room for individualism in gaming as we all must cater to some bs meta. it all kinda just ties in, but that my opinion from someone whos played fifa since 08 on the DS and played every single edition, much the same with call of duty. its like the 'gaming' walls are closing in and everyones pretending like its fine. shame on ea mostly tho, they have turned there back on arguably the most loyal fanbase in all of gaming in terms of the bollox we have had to endure over the years
I am 33 yrs old im a gamer since i was 5 for me now im too old for this shit 😂😂
I still play eafc 25 but last few year since they added power shot timed finishing etc it's made it less enjoyable should be more like football
The number one reason is script. Majority of games are scripted. The older folks would know😢
knowing the football game community and reading comments here most people are clueless sorry. i play since 2003 and always on a higher level, the only real issue is: the gameplay. it used to be consistant and fast but over the years EA has done everything in their power to make the game less consistant / logical and slower AND they didnt bother to give good enough servers. those things aswell as easy to abuse mechanics reduced the skillgap needed to do well in this game. good players dont need abuse mechanics, good players dont need AI support, good players think good / better and therefor only get butchered by the games inconsistancy / mistakes.. while bad / worse player(s) get supported by these problems which gives them more of a fighting chance. those issues dont matter in game between bad players but they do were theres technically a big difference in understanding. even pros can struggle vs players they used to outplay easily back in the better days, just shows you how EAs poor gameplay design and servers messed up this game.
unless you want to compete at the highest level pay to win option doesnt / didnt matter, if you used to be better than someone you just won, you would win with silvers vs the best players on the game. events / sbcs have helped the game to upgrade players, make more players useable, bring hype, give you something to do, back in the days we just didnt bother as much because we didnt know those things could exist, we just played and had fun with the game because it used to be good to play. unfortunatly the last decent fifa was fifa 20. many saying otherwise but it just shows the communities level, in f20 gameplay was slower but it was actually about outplaying your opponent, as fifa should be. the last good fifa was fifa 18, overall good gameplay.
as someone who gets rank 1 since forever ill die on this hill tho that ~90% of the community are not well understanding players, theres even players getting the highest ranks / high elo in rivals who would be lost itg if EA wouldnt offer them all kinds of bs.
I miss tomb raider
Yep I'm old! (Just turned 50 😭)
100% bro gaming for the gameplay is the best. Never liked the grinding stuff in any games
Play ea and Konami’s game religiously every year since early 2000s…first year I’ve given up on fifa after the first few weeks, still playing efootball as it closest thing to pes …still a trash product …I don’t buy the nostalgia bull…I have all the old FIFA’s and Pes’s modded on my pc and play them with my mates any chance I get …they’re infinitely better, the lighting and pitch texture on the likes of fifa 15 and 16…they’re incredible and hold up for todays graphics …animations were brilliant and simple…resulting in fast responsive gameplay, had an arcade feel but still done the sport justice, something ea will never capture again, even though they have greater technology, more money and so on…
Fifa 14/15/16/17 this was years best era and Fifa game mechanics basic fast skill
Coins coins coins, pay to win... thats why it doesnt feel the same.
Every season they take something from the game hoping players will be happy with unlocking whatever they took by purchasing coins and getting better players.
This year they pushed it too far and UFL saved us a little.
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I'm playing GTA San Andreas now. I stopped all football games.
I'm 37 and remember playing Fifa 98. Been playing for years but the last two editions are fucking horrible.
FC 24 and FC 25 are not enjoyable at all!
It’s not a game anymore fc25 is a pack opening simulator now profit and greed have taken over completely the only thing I like is getting a cool evolution done
In my opinion, skillbased matchmaking ruined fun. FIFA and all games like cod and warzone etc
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Hi jamboo, just wondering if I can get me rank 1 in fur champs I’m on Xbox series x I have a very good team, I’d love it if I could😊
Time changes man
Get used to it
I love and hate fc. For me its the way people exploit the broken mechanics. There's no more thinking because ai assist us in everything. I wanted to become pro but i realised in order to do that you have to play like a rat which is something i dont enjoy doing. Its a shame. I only enjoy pro clubs right now. Whats ruined the game is the playstyles
Age of Empires 2 HD :D
It makes no difference if you out smart your opponent anymore... the AI bails all players out of all their mistakes at all times. You used to use your head to play and now it's just muscle memory, it's horrendous. I had been watching your UFL content but only tried for the first time on Saturday. UFL is far from perfect but I can't believe I didn't try it earlier. Fifa and my borlrderline addiction is behind me.
I p,often lay Rainbow Six Siege shooter game - enjoy it very much. Despite the game was created like 12-14 years ago, they managed to keep it very enjoyable and modern experience. I prefer it over Counter Strike or COD.___Fc25 is a complete trash product ( i ve been playing FIFA since 2008) - ZERO enjoyment. I feel like I am forced to play for rewards... but I don't enjoy playing it at all.___ I play CAREER mode occasionally, it is MORE fun than the ultimate team. But still, career mode has not changed for the last 7-8 years.... terrible EA , awful company..
no its not hard to put a finger onto it the game sucks in every imaginable way ..done
You play ufl all u do is cross to the wing n cross it to haaland n it’s always a goal n u play fc which is a totally different game I understand people have different opinions but fc n ufl will never be the same u dont like fc fine don’t play it but understand ea don’t give a shit
COD and FIFA are the same..pay to win, and this money fleecing way off life has ruined the fun experience
evos ruined the game. plus, takes too much time...
been playing since fifa 96
Siege!
there is too much content thats why. EA should release less content.
I know they'll never go back to it. But they should've just kept it to seasons only. No grinding for cards and no money spent on it. Just playing to get better at the game itself.
23 was the best balance in retrospect. 24 was okay... 25 is pretty shite.... Rush is the only redeeming feature.
Bro wake up .fifa doesn't exist anymore .its EA the reason of all the rubbish. Fifa was there (corporation) till 2023 but not anymore .so remove the word fifa from your dictionary. ITS EA ( poor performance company and developers )
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For me ,gaming is for relaxing not grinding out horrible gameplay against an even worse community, the game promotes shitty behaviour from a gaming community that has changed for the worse in recent years, the younger generation of so called gamers need the meta in any game to play it, pick up & play is dead there is no enjoyment in online play it’s a shame but mirrors today’s society, be great if there was a group for old school gamers 40+
Bro I thought ur in ur 40s, 29 is still very young.
All about money and bullshit RUclipsrs…… and you call the game but still advertise coin selling