My big beef here is that the game is no fun. Its frustrating. Enraging. Absolute junk.
I kept playing it in false beleif "surely this is me", "i'm just playing it wrong", "in a second I'll have a breakthrough and realise what i've been missing" - no. it just got more terrible the more i played. its going back for a refund.
Its main crime is over-automation (esp defending) and imprecise passing that takes any shred of joy out of the equation. Where have the 20 strong passing build-ups i so loved gone?
101 things I hate about it:
- through balls are pointless, the AI over-hits them ridiculously, the triangle button really has no purpose any more
- tackling is pointless - just press and hold the team-mate pressure button, sit and be bored, another button with no use any more
- slow careful build-up play is pointless, cause the AI will miss-direct your final critical pass directly to the feet of a counter attacking opponent
- when my attacker receives the ball, how come he sits there frozen for a second allowing the defender to cleanly grab the ball and be gone?!??!?!?!? EVERY F*** TIME!! argh...
- has anyone ever managed a standing tackle? doubt it. but sliding tackles seem to have magic homing missile capability
- Neuer is 100x better than any other keeper, to the point where its not realistic at all
- the AI has a magic ability to pick the wrong target player for a pass, usually over hitting and leading to an interception, no matter how gently you tap the pass button
- oh... other than that one time when you press and hold pass for ages for a super long pass and it only goes 6 yards
- long-shot goals are so common and so effective they're boring and void the point of taking a player into the box
- the game is IMPOSSIBLE to play on manual controls, you need auto switching, passing power, etc etc
- ok, heading is much improved, but its too good. i loose/score a goal to a corner at least once a game
- far far too often i won games against vastly superior opponents or lost to vastly inferior opponents because the AI cocked up at a critical moment, or one of us got a lucky break. its not a game that rewards skill, it rewards luck and button bashing and shooting from the half way line.
I HATE IT. rant over.