Despite multiple updates designed to address FIFA 18's basic gameplay issues, there's been very little progress since October. To this point, EA's response has been inadequate. EA needs to focus all of their attention on getting the game back to a good place.
More than ever, FIFA needs to get back to basics.įeatures like Squad Challenges are impressive, but they don't mean much when the gameplay on the field is broken. FIFA 18 is making more money than ever, but it's no longer the critical darling it once was.
It's a far cry from the days of FIFA 10, when FIFA finally emerged as a sports game giant and starting averaging 90s on Metacritic. Last year's transition to the Frostbite Engine proved to be a fraught one for the franchise, bringing with it widespread complaints of input lag and sluggish gameplay. Often, fixing one problem causes a half dozen more to crop up in their place. Since the dawn of the current generation, fans have become increasingly vocal about the problems with the gameplay, which tends to favor pace at the expense of intelligent defense. Unfortunately for EA, frustrations with FIFA's balance is nothing new. And now, with Black Friday just around the corner and still no progress to be found, some are going as far as to call for a boycott of FIFA Points to try and send EA a message. As a result, the community has become increasingly frustrated. Other patches have followed since then, but they've failed to address FIFA 18's core problems. It became derisively known as FIFA 17.2-a callback to last year's widely derided balance problems. Following the update, many players complained that the pace of play was much slower scoring was harder, and everything was slower. That changed following FIFA 18's first major patch. They complained about the weak goalkeeping and overpowered longshots, but otherwise felt that it was in an overall good place. Unfortunately for EA, FIFA 18 may be a case of trying to fix what wasn't already broken.Īt launch, many FIFA 18 fans lauded the speed and pace of the gameplay. These are all separate complaints, but they highlight a burgeoning frustration with what was once one of the most lauded sports games in the industry. Players want more time to be able to complete their games. To top it all off, our sister site Eurogamer recently broke down the grueling grind of Weekend League-a high-level Ultimate Team league that requires you to play dozens of games in a single weekend.
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