#FC is better this year, and it burns a bit more: criticism and wish list

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distant sigil
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Abridged version of what I posted on the Feedback forum board. Character limit and stuff.

This year the potential is there, and having untapped potential to me feels worse than having a straight up bad game.

Gameplay related issues have been mentioned so many times I won't waste time reiterating points made by so many other players.
And I overall do like the gameplay. I wish that you wouldn't need sliders to have an acceptable level of challenge once you become an advanced player, but I am grateful for them being there. A nitpick: I wish there were slider presets, maybe taken from the community: online there's some REAL good slider presets for all kind of experiences. Most people don't know that.

Then there is the sleugh of UI bugs that riddle Career mode. I think that everything but the core gameplay engine should probably be scrapped and redone, there's way too many issues with the current systems. My dream is that EA can pull a page from what Assetto Corsa did, making a separate .exe from launcher and core game. Imagine how a passionate community could exploit this concept.

The biggest problem for me this year is with the roster: it's way too small. I don't know if EA is terrified of having unlicensed teams, but considering FM has a high risk of fumbling this year, having more NTs and leagues to choose from would boost manager careers by A LOT, and give EA the potential of tapping a market of people who would otherwise not be captivated by FC's career offering.

Example, for the Brazil NT, even without official logo, just get the best players in there...

Last nitpick: Classic teams. Like Italy 2006, FC Lombardia 2010, Arsenal 2004, Brazil 2002, that stuff. Maybe could rip a page from WWE 2K and go full Showcase mode, maybe with different themes each year, or something. Imagine being able to replay that World Cup or Champions League final, for example... If they even included classic stadiums it would probably be worth it even if they were DLCs.

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Full post: "FC is better this year and it burns a bit more: criticism and wish list" in FC 26/FC 26 Feedback & Suggestion board

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Also, other premise: I want to try and be constructive, because I hope that someone with insights can answer me, and also, as a beginner game developer myself, I know that making games is hard. Also, English isn't my mother tongue, and I will be using AI when I am dead, so please forgive some imperfections.

livid elm
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The biggest problem Imo is the lack of immersion outside the game.
As you said, with the proper sliders and settings

TELE BROADCAST camera
No HUD
Full Manual assistance
OS sliders

CHANGES the experience.

But when you are outside the game you rarely feel it, it's so full of bugs, nothing feels real at all

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The menu should be redone entirely

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And there should be AI used for players conversations, press conferences which should also be more in depth

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And there should be crucial moments to help U feel more immersed like PES used to do

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For example, the cutscenes during derby or important games, you are the manager, making it more interactive with you doing motivational discourse or things like those could boost up the experience alot

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Make the players feel more like humans you are modeling to your tactics year after year

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Social media tabs should also use AI cuz rn they're an unrealistic mess

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With the advent of generative AI there's tons of opportunities that must be exploited, especially from a money greedy company such as EA
It would lift the experience massively

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And as you said, sliders preset should be a thing
Although the game changes every month so they would be inconsistent

A thing they could and should do is put codes to put community made sliders

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Like they did with formations and tactics

distant sigil
# livid elm The menu should be redone entirely

Yes, in the full post in the forum I go over this point. The whole menu system could definetly use a re-do. As AI used, I don't agree, expecially since it would force to be online to use it. More cutscenes is a good thing in genereal but personally I don't see it as a priority. I like the codes for sliders like for the tactic ones, I forgot about that when I was writing the post

livid elm
distant sigil
stuck anchor
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Great work EA listening to the community and not just the sweats. Good update. A step in the right direction. But pls fix fidget spinners next.
Fidget sppining is still way too op and unrealistic. Defending against that is still impossible as it has been nerfed to the ground.