OT: Video Game Thread Part VIII

[flyersnorth]

I bought FC25 a week ago.

I regret it.

Last FIFA I played properly was maybe Fifa 12? Me and my two housemates at Uni had a Leicester City career where got them promoted to Prem and then were trying to get to Champions League...

and back then it was playable. On max difficulty it was actually intense and had to focus constantly to beat a CPU (especially if using multi-player)

On the new game I dont even know the controls fully because you just dont have to learn them aside from pass, shoot, through ball, cross and the two tackles and sprint lmao. That is enough to win every game. Highest difficulty, sliders messed with and it is basically impossible not to win vs CPU. Playing with Bradford City in League 2 and drew Fulham in FA Cup 2nd round and smashed them 5-1... made some nice FA signings but still my team average is around 67!

I don't know how the game is worse than the games from 20 years ago. Actually booted up FIFA 2005 on PC to check to see if memory is not deceiving me... and yeh... FIFA 2005 is a superior game. The CPU can actually play football and the dynamics are pretty similar lmao.

I mean, I guess online is better as vs other people. But like... FFS what on earth.


I had the same with this years MotoGP game... had not played one in ten years and it is far worse and far glitchier...

I've never played FIFA but I find the same is true for the NHL series.

It was great in the 90s.

In my experience, I think the big disconnect is that they are striving for too much realism, which makes the game boring to me. Instead of me actually controlling my player and relying on twitch reflexes, one timers, bone crunching hits, twitch dekes and breakaway moves, it now feels like canned moves are activated when you hit a button or do a combination sequence. That's not fun to me.

It's nowhere near as fast and responsive as it was in the past versions.