#FC 26 is an absolute disaster

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hollow relic
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FC 26 is easily one of the most frustrating games ever. There’s no skill gap anymore — it’s just a park the bus simulator. All you need to do is hold your CDMs, run around the midfield like a headless chicken without touching your center-backs, and spam R1.

There’s zero reward for attacking. The whole meta is sitting back, countering, and abusing broken low drivens. It’s all defense — and not even manual defense. The AI does everything. Players you’re not even controlling win the ball automatically in the dumbest ways.

It’s ridiculous seeing Claudia Pina outmuscle Campbell or King — that should never happen. The first two weeks were great: responsive passing, real balance, skill mattered. Now it’s a beyblade simulator, spinning around waiting for the AI to make a mistake while your opponent parks the bus.

I spent 700k on Raúl and can’t even tell if he’s good — not because he’s bad, but because I literally can’t use him. In early weeks, I could feel the difference between Govou, Völler, and João Pedro SBC. Now? Every match feels the same.

EA tried to move away from FC 25, but made 26 much worse. It’s the worst game in the franchise, even below FIFA 19. Corners, crosses, and long shots don’t exist — the AI blocks everything.

There’s no counter to auto-defending, no reward for attacking, and no fun left. Every match ends 1–0, one player with 10 shots and 70% possession, the other with 1 shot — and of course, that one goes in.

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The game was amazing in the first two weeks. By the third, it started going downhill — the defensive AI slowly came back, but it was still manageable. Passes were responsive, players who couldn’t defend got punished, and skilled attackers were rewarded.

sick lynx
spring holly
sick lynx
# spring holly Why is it dumb to listen to the majority of players? Do you think a game finance...

They listening to the feedback of players who don't really understand what it is to play FC, FIFA, etc. They don't focus on game quality, rather produce a sh*tty game with defensive AI that doesn't reward players for attacking or actually playing the game. Don't you think the feedback from those who play the game more would actually touch on the real issues of the game? Casuals are limited in game time, and frankly, most of them would rather get on the game, barely play, then win. Also I quite literally made the point that because of the casual AI defending rats leaving the game is why they changed it from release...

sick lynx
# spring holly Why is it dumb to listen to the majority of players? Do you think a game finance...

Because they listen to the casuals the game has spiralled from something good at the start to this defensive AI crap, counter attacking and AI defending simulator. No individuality left in the game, just hold your cdm and let the AI do the rest? Anyone who hops on and tries to play this game consistently is fed up with being disadvantaged for attacking the whole game lol. EA are a massive company, making billions a year, they can figure out how to keep the casuals in whilst keeping the game rewarding. Do you think EA's recent patches have made the game better, or worse since the release of the game?

sick lynx
# spring holly Why is it dumb to listen to the majority of players? Do you think a game finance...

plus there is a lot of FC players, including me, who agree with the creators views on the game, and how it should be played, so nowhere did I make the connotation that EA finances their game through the pro scene? Its the fact people agree with these creators, and from an objective standpoint, EA are sacrificing quality of the game in favour of maximising player retention, which is why we have such an unrewarding game in our hands.

spring holly
lapis brook
# spring holly Why is it dumb to listen to the majority of players? Do you think a game finance...

Most of the players you’re talking about are casuals who play maybe 5 hours a week and then complain that they lose 9 out of 10 games — but they just can’t accept that they’re simply not as good. And that’s fine! Not everyone has to be great, just play in the lower divisions and enjoy the game at your own level.

The people who actually enjoyed the game at the start were the ones who play every day for several hours, throughout the entire EA FC 26 cycle — not just for a few months and then quit. But because of all these unnecessary patches EA keeps dropping just to please the casuals, they’re ruining the fun for the ones who actually want to play and enjoy the game long-term.

cerulean hull
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Game started on a high note and rn is the worst fc there has ever been

spring holly
boreal parrot
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+1

cerulean hull
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Leaving this 💩 aaaahhh game for good. No point in wasting my time in a game that is so assisted that it feels like you are playing the CPU every single game and rewards everything but manual inputs. Zero skill gap, sluggish aaaahhh gameplay, no responsiveness, no reward for attacking football. Warra gameplay for you EA!!!

bronze ibex
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Ea please nerf the fidget spinning left stick dribbles and insane r1 dribble.

To those who want attacking to be more and more broken op... Instead of constantly asking for help through broken attacking mechanics why don't just learn to attack better? Do you want all other defenders to get out of your way so that you can just abuse every mechanic and score?

hollow relic
sick lynx
sick lynx
light summit
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I don’t think it’s ea that is doing this on purpose but it’s a issue that has come out of custom tactics and players always finding a way to abuse it as a player that played this game for years now Iknow the issue it’s the worst thing that people can park the bus like that BUT. a big but
Goalie movement is 10 times better when playing park the bus and made this problem worse and the game way more frustrating removing that would make breaking low blocks down way easier

2 custom tactics are the issue not the defensive ai
When you play people with the meta custom tactics on squad battles they will make the ai feel way harder the it should be I had games on professional that would feel like word-class games
Just bcs of some meta tactics

sick lynx