#THOUGHT THIS GAME COULD NOT GET ANY WORSE! WOULD NOT RECOMMEND EVEN TO AN ENEMY

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I do not care about menus, servers, or connection problems. The real issue with EA SPORTS FC 26 is the gameplay, and it is genuinely terrible.

The core mechanics are broken. Player movement feels unnatural, unresponsive, and inconsistent. Defensive AI is completely unreliable. Defenders fail to track runs, stand still during obvious danger, and react too late to simple situations. Marking is ineffective, positioning logic makes no sense, and defensive structure collapses constantly without player input.

The removal of goalkeeper movement has actively made the game worse. Goalkeepers feel passive and limited, removing a layer of skill and decision making that previously allowed players to influence outcomes. Shots now rely even more on randomness, rebounds, and animations rather than reading the play or reacting intelligently.

PlayStyles have also killed the gameplay. Instead of rewarding football IQ and creativity, matches are decided by which players have the strongest PlayStyles. They override positioning, physics, and logic, turning the game into a collection of scripted advantages rather than a fair and balanced simulation. Players without certain PlayStyles feel useless, while those with them perform actions that ignore normal gameplay rules.

Attacking and defending lack balance. Matches feel dictated by exploits and randomness rather than football intelligence or skill. Pace abuse, rebounds, deflections, and AI mistakes decide outcomes far more often than tactical play. Goals frequently come from chaotic situations instead of well constructed attacks, making the game feel cheap and unsatisfying.

Overall, EA SPORTS FC 26 fails at the one thing that actually matters how the game plays. In its current state, the gameplay is unbalanced, inconsistent, and fundamentally flawed, making FC 26 a frustrating and disappointing football game.

hollow nova
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dont see a lie detected there.

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I have said what most players want to say. EA has been trying to hide how terrible this game is by flooding it with daily content. Instead of fixing the gameplay, they distract players with objectives, promotions, and packs.

At first, it seemed that their main objective was to make the game playable for casual players. Instead, they created a game that rewards players who rely on bugs, exploits, and broken mechanics. Skill, football intelligence, and fair play matter less than abusing what is overpowered or clearly broken.

Since EA ended their partnership with FIFA, the quality of the game has dropped significantly and continues to get worse every year. The gameplay has lost its identity and direction, and each update feels like another step backward.

There are many players who pay others to play on their accounts, which is understandable, since playing this game legitimately is mentally exhausting and frustrating. The experience drains enjoyment instead of rewarding effort and skill.

The number of bugs in the game is unacceptable. One of the clearest examples is the current exploit where performing a rainbow flick followed by a volley leaves the goalkeeper unable to react. Issues like this destroy realism and competitive integrity.

For years, people said that EA only cared about selling packs. At first, I believed this was exaggerated. After buying FC 26, it became clear that selling packs is the main objective. Gameplay balance and core issues are ignored while pack promotions are constant and aggressive.

EA does not care about making a good football game. The priority is monetization, not gameplay quality. FC 26 is the result of this approach, a broken and exploit driven game that continues to get worse with every update.

hollow nova
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I refuse to play a game until we get an gameplay update of some sort thats for sure. Menu grind it is XD

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do not judge you, but I think it would be much more profitable for us to buy a sticker album every year than to collect cards in FIFA. They wont see my money next year...

hollow nova
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real pollen
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Lol
The thing is i cant play because fifa just shows a white screen and i cant see anything
Disappointing because its before wwc

proud bronze
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The main question for me remains how is it possible with so much negative feedback and obvious broken game, those gameplay devs still have their work drinking their starbucks chilling at the offices of EA they are Crystal clear very very very incompetent

real pollen
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I talked to a guy from ea
I hope what he told me will work for me

hollow nova
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they touch anything they tend to break it

real pollen
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The Game really disappointed me after all the hype and they said they "listened to the community"
And now i cant even play because of a bug that shouldnt be there

mild pelican
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I don't touch this game since Black Friday. Life feels good again.

Started to play other games like BF6, Cyberpunk, Alan Wake, Baldurs Gate and other.

F* this game, ea have killed this game, just AI defend and rats spamming volley

real pollen
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W

hollow nova
mild pelican
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The game was so good in the first two weeks, and then EA started to kill the game because of the rats who can't defende without any help. The AI defend is the worst thing in this game.

Today the game its all about 451, the same sh*t team with Pina, Yamal, Reijnders, De Jong.

If u play 10 games, 8 will be this team