I really used to love playing what by then was still called FIFA years ago. It was always fun to play against or with your friends. Unfortunately, this new installment EA Sports FC (what an uninspired name) is the worst soccer game by EA yet. This encompasses all game modes, unfortunately.
ULTIMATE TEAM: I used to love playing this mode and competing in the weekend league in the past. But now it's virtually impossible to even qualify for the weekend league if you don't invest a lot of money. I cannot even qualify anymore without pay-to-win and losing badly every single match really got me frustrated. The only thing positive about Ultimate Team is the inclusion of female players, so I could add legends like Alexandra Popp and Alexia Putellas to my team which allows for more diversity in my dream team.
VOLTA: Again, I used to be a huge fan of FIFA Street but its new version, VOLTA, is no fun to play. The players seem to glide across the pitch instead of running which is very irritating and unnatural. Also, it's just about tricks now anymore which some of my opponents used all the time with no chance for me of getting the ball.
CAREER MODE: The career mode hasn't changed in years but it is still the only partially enjoyable mode of the game. Taking your team from the lower leagues up to the first league, buying new players and managing your club is still fun. However, unfortunately the difficulty settings hamper the fun. On Professional I beat every opponent easily with 10-2 or something like that. On World Class and Legend the balancing is off - some matches you win easily while in others you are being completely destroyed. There is no reasonable balance here as the quality of the teams you are competing with has no relation to whether you have one of these easy games or clear losses.
PRO CLUBS: It's still some fun to play this with friends but the AI - especially when defending - is horrible (which is also true for the Ultimate Team by the way). Again, frustration is often the result.
In the end, EA Sports FC is unfortunately a bad soccer game which is frustrating rather than enjoyable. Unfortunately, Konami is no alternative either as it has very limited modes and generally bad graphics.
ULTIMATE TEAM: I used to love playing this mode and competing in the weekend league in the past. But now it's virtually impossible to even qualify for the weekend league if you don't invest a lot of money. I cannot even qualify anymore without pay-to-win and losing badly every single match really got me frustrated. The only thing positive about Ultimate Team is the inclusion of female players, so I could add legends like Alexandra Popp and Alexia Putellas to my team which allows for more diversity in my dream team.
VOLTA: Again, I used to be a huge fan of FIFA Street but its new version, VOLTA, is no fun to play. The players seem to glide across the pitch instead of running which is very irritating and unnatural. Also, it's just about tricks now anymore which some of my opponents used all the time with no chance for me of getting the ball.
CAREER MODE: The career mode hasn't changed in years but it is still the only partially enjoyable mode of the game. Taking your team from the lower leagues up to the first league, buying new players and managing your club is still fun. However, unfortunately the difficulty settings hamper the fun. On Professional I beat every opponent easily with 10-2 or something like that. On World Class and Legend the balancing is off - some matches you win easily while in others you are being completely destroyed. There is no reasonable balance here as the quality of the teams you are competing with has no relation to whether you have one of these easy games or clear losses.
PRO CLUBS: It's still some fun to play this with friends but the AI - especially when defending - is horrible (which is also true for the Ultimate Team by the way). Again, frustration is often the result.
In the end, EA Sports FC is unfortunately a bad soccer game which is frustrating rather than enjoyable. Unfortunately, Konami is no alternative either as it has very limited modes and generally bad graphics.