#Stress Inducing game

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limpid quest
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I am writing to express my profound disappointment and extreme frustration with the current state of EA Sports FC 26. The gameplay is so unfair, unbalanced, and stress-inducing that it is no longer enjoyable. In fact, it has become detrimental to my well-being, leading me to a final decision: I have sold my console and will not be purchasing any future titles in this franchise.

A video game is fundamentally designed to be an enjoyable form of entertainment. FC 26, however, is designed to induce stress and anxiety, focusing on exploiting broken mechanics for competitive gain rather than promoting a healthy, skill-based, or fun experience. This is a fundamental flaw in the game's design philosophy.

The current gameplay is severely damaged by a handful of overpowered and unbalanced mechanics that are constantly abused at a competitive level. These need urgent rebalancing:
-Overpowered Corners: The success rate and ease of scoring directly from or immediately after a corner are disproportionately high.
-Kick-Off Glitches/Goals: The vulnerability right from the kick-off allows for cheap, repetitive goals, which breaks the immersion and competitive integrity.
-Dribbling Abuse: Certain dribbling motions (e.g., constant left-right spamming/spinning) are overly effective against even high-rated defensive AI and manual defending.
-Cutback Spam: The cutback from the wing to a striker in the box remains an overwhelmingly dominant and difficult-to-defend method of scoring.

The focus on high-stakes, heavily competitive rewards, even for mediocre prizes, encourages an extremely toxic and unfriendly community environment. Players are driven to 'abuse' every broken mechanic to win, making matches feel like a race to exploit glitches rather than a test of football skill. This competitive method is fostering an atmosphere where players actively seek to annoy each other, contributing to the overall stressful experience.

graceful jasper
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I gave up on the game the devs and EA itself. I love futbol and this was my first ever game and the exp. I have isn't wonderful. The video game suppose to be a relax fun & enjoyed but it's like the company doesn't want that anymore so sadly I am not returning to the game until some company out there make games enjoyable stress free again in the sports side of gaming

chilly marsh
# graceful jasper I gave up on the game the devs and EA itself. I love futbol and this was my firs...

The issue here is that you guys are searching for a simulative or realistic experience.

FUT was never deemed or publicized as such, there's a reason there's two game modes this year

Competitive and Authentic.

Competitive is for online gameplay, made to be as responsive, agile and precise as possible, ignoring real life fundamentals in favor of fun
Basically, an arcade game.

The authentic mode instead tries to be more simulative
Put the game in full manual for assistance, use OS sliders and you'll see the difference.

Now the flaw is one, but it can be fixed if they will to do so and if we push as a community.
Authentic mode is relegated to being offline, meaning you can't play FUT, Clubs or even Online seasons with this more simulative experience

This choice ruins the experience for a lot of players who wishes for a more simulative experience, so my request is, to try and push them in order to put authentic gameplay in online modes.

As of now, almost 2026..
we have no game that tries to be simulative online, which is lame, we must do something.

The CEO of EA in an interview also did not deny the possibility for authentic mode to also be put in other modes, but we must push for it

I would just have 2 modes both online in order to respect those who prefer a more arcadey experience instead of scrapping one in favor of the other.

sterile wolf
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Same, total trash of a game for me

fast spindle
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Perfect post to summarise the negatives in the game which surely outweighs the positives.

Jockeying is bad as well.

Even I've decided to never buy this game at launch again,
24 was a mess at launch,Same with 25 and 26 is no different.

chilly marsh
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Nah 26 is leagues above 25 tbh
Not that it was hard

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You can move atleast

amber willow
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They really need to do something about the effectiveness of this "fidget spinning". I don't mind losing to a better player than me, but if the full 90 minutes is of either me or him spinning around left and right and barely making passes, that is not enjoyable gameplay.

chilly marsh
rocky yacht
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Also getting to point of not being able to take this game. At the beginning i could play 4-5 and every day it gets worse. Today and yesterday its literally play one game, hate it, and get off. shame

main siren
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I agree, the lack of action in updates that are mandatory to the fundamentals of the game is probably going to kill the game the earliest ever, and perhaps with new gamings appearing the company it self

graceful jasper
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The core issue is that the AI teammates are failing to make runs into open spaces to receive a pass and create a scoring chance. The AI may stand still, move to the wrong position, or not respond to manual triggers. This highlights the complete lack of attacking options and intelligent movement from the AI. They feel that they are being made to look foolish because their AI teammates' poor performance is preventing them from succeeding.

It's not a skill issue or anything the AI teammates are lifeless and non intelligent at all. I want to be able get on FC 26 do squad battles and other non multiplayer stuff and not suffer through a bad AI system. Games suppose be a relax and fun not suffer.

chilly marsh
compact island
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This game sucks all this game is meant to do is make you spend all of your money. That’s all EA cares about.. they have scripted the game as such, especially during any ultimate team games.

chilly marsh
jovial egret
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I would agree with your points. I guess it doesn't matter to much to me, I don't play anymore

compact island
chilly marsh
summer goblet
slim dove
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There are plenty of other games out there i've uninstalled until they patch the game and fix the defending.

native bobcat
hoary pendant
# fast spindle Perfect post to summarise the negatives in the game which surely outweighs the p...

I made the mistake of thinking they got it figured out this year, I was patient and bought it closer to NY last year and the year before they gave me a Founders Edition offer a month after release for FC24 so I thought it just a little late that time. I bought ULT edition and couldn’t play at all during early access cause the servers were so buns. I only got in to play the night of release, just poor. EAFC 25 servers were sucking and I convinced myself it’s because the allocating servers for 26 little did I know it’s gonna be worse than it was before..

wise mango
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You can dominate your opponent and shoot 20 on target maybe 1 or 2 goes in, opponent shoots your gk shows his difficulty is amateur and the easy shot goes in.

Pathetic af, just make the game fair without scripting or dda. Momentum alright that could be a thing but that your whole team is moving different and feels heavy cant be that obvious

limpid quest
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I was watching a friend playing his fut, he is an average player normally 9-10 wins. He showed me that EA decides who wins the game, many times his passes go in a completely different direction, a lot of wasted chances 1 on 1 counter with a goal to the opposition. We kept record of all corner kicks where out 97 corner kicks within 15 matches 85 where scored for either team the corner taker or countered to the opposition with a goal. How is this supposed to be a fair skill based game. The developers just don't care they really don't they get their salaries and chill laughing at all of us. It is rather a sadistic game than a game to be enjoyed I urge everyone to just stop buying this game stop with the mediocre rewards addiction and stop with fomo in reality we are all missing the real life for what ???? This game with this state ???????

hoary pendant
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I’m glad but also sad I’m not the only one experiencing this, I can rattle off 20 quality shots in a game w maybe 5-10 being stuffed/blocked during shooting. And yet I will lose to only 3 shots that all go in despite proper defense and typically a crappy keeper animation. In past years, pace abuse and counter attacks were everywhere. Now pace is irrelevant in mayny occasions I can be 10+ yards clear and their fatigued defenders will get a chase down tackle/block. Meanwhile I will be side by side sprinting w them and when I try to make a shoulder tackle or clearance Idk why but they do the stomping animation for no reason at all and get left behind. When going to the next CB they often can’t even sprint full speed which lines up w scripting. Just a shoulder challenge or the slight shirt pull would be acceptable. Other times they just fail to register clearance inputs or lob passes to clear the dangerous scenarios and retain possession. It’s happening extremely frequently and then defensive AI shuts off so all players freeze up even the keeper and if the input doesn’t get rid of the ball it almost always results in being scored on.

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I don’t understand why small new features get added but then the fundamentals from years past just fly out the window, or just general stability and consistency in gameplay. I also have crazy pass selections and have been pretty used to using the late pass selections for years. It gotten exponentially more variable than before, power and direction used to help select who the ball is passed to, almost seems irrelevant. I can aim thru open grass for a thru ball with my DeBruyne on catalyst 99 passing, and he will select the only possible thru animation that goes right thru a defender. Like quite literally he could play it off target or at the corner flag because half of these passes select a different angle/direction than what you input and it’s the only animation that manages to be the failed pass. This goes for thru vs normal passes and also lobbed through balls as well. I understand if there’s a couple close options but one bar at 10 o clock, would pass to the closest player at the 10 o clock direction. The pass selection often is a guy 30 yards away and happens to be directly behind a defender quite literally the only way it could be messed up MANY times

compact island
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EA doesn’t actually listen to the community. It baffles me after this latest patch how the gameplay continues to just get worse even after supposedly listening to their community and adjusting accordingly. This is a load of crap. The patch doesn’t reflect the issues plaguing the gameplay. They said passing was improved and it wasn’t. The ball still goes to the wrong person. At this point, it’s clear everyone associated with any decision-making and development of this game is clearly incompetent.

wise mango
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Dribbling is good now not every player should be able to dribble like messi

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But passing, how tf are we going to hold possession if after 2 passes it randomly choose for you

hoary pendant
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Incorrect passing is plaguing post patch. I literally laughed out loud when the announcers said “brilliant pass” as it selected someone in a different direction and it sent it underpowered straight to a defender. Also seems like physical collisions animations are getting worse I had player dodging contact when trying to use shielding, almost like magnets repelling each other they snapped and rotated the wrong way exposing or just leaving the ball behind. I quit my first game of the day when he should have given me 3 pk’s with fouls in the box. In the second half I’m sprinting straight back and slide for an easy shot block, my defender goes on a near 90 degree turn and just slides straight into the strikers legs. I don’t even care to play the game when it behaves like this. Truly want a refund at this point, I’ve been playing this for a decade and with the no access during early access and the instability and inconsistency of the game I just want my money back.