

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.
