This year’s edition is even worse than last year. It would be better to skip one or even two years and make one step further, than come out with something so bad. If you want to make really good game, you should first understand It and second, love it. I used this game as an example how human civilization is inferior to the nature and where we actually are in the development process. I play only online games, never FIFA and I am an active football player.
Crucial problems of the game (also decisive):
- Speed of the players is completely unrealistic. It throws all the gameplay out of the balance. It destroys the creativity and force most of the gamers into playing ping pong. Simply because they do not have any time to think before the opposition player destroys their legs.
- Again this year ping pong. Ping pong. Ping pong. If you do not play ping pong, you lose. So simple. And why not? You just have to keep the pass button all the time down and you can expect flawless and precise passes until the opposite goal. Even two players between, can not disrupt them. So FRUSTRATING. Gameplay killer.
- All kind of player’s contacts in general. When I first saw It, I could not believe my eyes. 90 % of all the contacts including “tackling” are actually fouls. Sometimes is so bad that just blood is missing. It looks more like street fighter. Common guys, we deserve better. There is also one special subcategory called the “retackling”. Defensive player successfully tackles the offensive player, but the offensive player immediately tackles back and scores. It is very often game situation and decision maker which NEVER happens in reality.
Less decisive flaws:
- The scoring rate from the distance is higher than from “alone against the keeper” situations.
- No need to call the foul when our own team is in the possession.
- When attacking my attacking co-fellow suddenly stops.
Suggestion: introduce error rate. Every player, even the best can make errors (passing, shooting...).