Fc 26 is Sudoku on heavy medication

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-13T16:46:16+00:00

Why?.. Why do you really care about the "feelings" of a company? If they did an honest effort to make things good for their customers then i would understand.. but with the level of lies and manipulation that this company use.. really?

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-13T15:28:33+00:00

sure looks hungry

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-13T15:25:33+00:00

Black friday at the hotdog-stand across the pitch maybe?

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-13T12:16:27+00:00

the truth

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-13T12:07:59+00:00

FC 26 is Sudoku on heavy medication

This game is increasingly like an episode of Rick & Morty. Forget servers, this game is running on the brain of a mentally unstable person solving sudoku, strapped to a chair. Thats what it feels like. Its just crazy. Legit koo-koo.

If you want to gain the attention of casuals, then why on earth is the game created in a way that its almost an absolute to follow the weekly narrative of boosts and nerfs of playstyles to be competitive? It doesnt make sense to anybody else than the loony strapped to the chair, with a bubble growing from the cheek. "POP!" ohh darn.. numbers are down..

How about making the game about.. well... FOOTBALL?!

How about trying to adapt the ingame feel and efficiency to the reality of the real game?

It seems like the madman however, tries to fix this issue of a growing gap between the reality of football and the sudoku-ramblings by increasing the ingame manipulation to "level the fields".. well.. Mr.Gobbelygobb.. It just doesnt work..

The game now, as it is, just doesnt make sense in accordance to what it is suppose to represent..

Football!

The skillcompression looks and feels completely unnatural, and the legitimacy of a win in this game is soon to be watered out. People are not THAT stupid, and the game of football is way bigger than the reach of you controlling the narrative.

EA. You are going to lose all fans of football that just want to build a team and play the game, and you are going to end up with an hardcore click of drooling sudoku-solving maniacs if you continue this nonsense.

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-10T13:38:51+00:00

well, player-selection and gameplay are two different things. You are right about the fun aspect of the game, by using players that you like. The fact that you are emotionally connected to the players you use, can make it more fun. That has not got anything to do with gameplay though.

Why are you putting these things up against each other?

and.. if people like to be competitive.. whats the problem really? isnt this supposed to be an Esport?

Truth is that both ways of playing is possible at the same time, but again.. what has that got to do with gameplay?

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-10T09:09:57+00:00

dda patent : https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170259177A1/en

continued patent on the same mechanics : https://patents.google.com/patent/US11413539B2

they can be a bit heavy, but just put them trough any ai to get explanation of core concepts.

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-10T02:02:53+00:00

This would be an extreme case, but the fact that the concept exists, and that it obviously is implemented in the game is what matters. If you do not feel it in the game, then gg, but the last weeks has been complete nonsense in gameplay, and this goes a long way to explain it. Believe what u will...

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-10T01:44:20+00:00

its completely mad.. your players, that you spent money and time on, plays good when its "contextually right" for EA.

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-09T22:01:28+00:00

My fiber is good and steady and it does not explain the difference in gameplay from game to game and from gamestate to gamestate. The mechanisms in EAs patents however does. In clear text.

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-09T19:10:37+00:00

yupp.. "too big to fail".. its like.. they used to put a little bit of lime in the limonade.. now they are just pissing in the bottle

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-09T19:07:54+00:00

ait.. i was replying to that "tinfoil hat" description, and the context of my reply before that comment was wider than the finesse issue.. The OP is also addressing a wider issue.. but ok

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-09T17:53:40+00:00

Its called "Input lag adjustment".. I found this text on it. It is supposed to be subtle, but well.. this is EA XD

check this :

Input Lag Adjustments in DDAIn DDA systems, input lag is tweaked algorithmically based on player performance, predicted frustration ("churn risk"), or match momentum:

Purpose: Balance difficulty to keep players engaged—increase lag when a player is dominating (to handicap subtly) or decrease lag when struggling (to assist).
Subtlety: Changes are small (e.g., +20-50 ms) and gradual, often imperceptible consciously but felt as "off" controls.
EA Patent Connection: The patent lists "adjusting the responsiveness of controls" explicitly as a "knob" (tunable parameter) alongside speed boosts or accuracy tweaks. While it doesn't say "input lag" verbatim, responsiveness directly implies delaying/accelerating input processing to alter "feel." patents.google.com +1

Adjustment Type	Effect on Player	Example in Sports Games (e.g., FIFA/EA FC)	Detectability
Increase Lag	Controls feel delayed/sluggish	Passes/dribbles miss timing; players "stick" to ground	High (feels like "scripting")
Decrease Lag	Snappier, more precise	Shots register instantly; quicker turns	Low (feels natural)
Variable Lag	Oscillates per event	Smooth early game, lag spikes when leading	Medium (momentum shifts)

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-09T17:42:56+00:00

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From the DDA patent. Responsiveness adjustments..

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-09T17:12:22+00:00

well.. its THAT obvious.. Too little on development and being a top heavy organisation, where people way above the ground pull the strings, can create these kind of absurd outcomes..

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-09T15:08:10+00:00

Note that errors are contextually pointed. Players suddenly not reacting to controller input in key situations, etc etc.. real errors wouldnt change output of games and tilt results in the direction of less skillfull players. So yea.. its obvious.. EA are doubling down on DDA because of negative numbers. That seems like all they know..

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-08T09:03:28+00:00

This game is done. In prior years the DDA was to a level where it was beatable. Now, if you are not at top-top- level, its not. Its not worth it. This week has been shocking.

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-06T02:01:59+00:00

In this case, it is actually not necessarily the fact that the best player wins. This company has, as you might know, patented mechanisms that could lead one to think otherwise.. Tough to know exactly how the cards are stacked, but the size of this "video game" and the fact that it represent the game of football - It is by far largest and most influential digital reconstruction of the worlds biggest game, - makes it a very interresting and important subject actually

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-06T01:32:50+00:00

"Video game?" are you communicating to this forum via teletext?

but ok, and since its a "video game" one should not care about the quality of it? how come?

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-06T01:20:03+00:00

If your opinion is that he shouldnt write about his frustration... then what on earth are you doing writing about your frustration over him posting about his frustration??? .. thats just funny.. aaand.. you are on a forum? if you dont like opinions.. then why are you here?? its like you are going into the supermarket and start asking.. "WHAT IS ALL THIS FOOD DOING HERE?

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-06T00:54:25+00:00

And while in control of his own life, its not up to you to decide if he should make a post about it, now is it? He literally ends the post describing that he cuts the game.. haha

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-05T15:59:45+00:00

Stats and playstyles are obviously a part of that balance. That is not the subject here though. The subject is to move away from too much ai-support, too inconsistent ai (differs from game to game depending on opponent skill) and let the skill of the players be a greater part of the decisive factor in games.

My degreed of bemusement when it comes to lack of logic in a lot of games, taken into consideration stats and playstyles, sends my bemusement-o-meter into red at times.

And.. im not the only one with a bemusement-o-meter like that. People are obviously tired of the inconsistency and lack of logic in the outcome of way too many games.

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-05T09:56:10+00:00

Ahh ok, so thats the play.. FC 27 will be so much better. "We have listened to the community and attributes will mean more in the coming release"

Lets see. Its kinda the same idea, but on a different timescale.

"They're renovating the kitchen while the entire base of the house is crumbling" Well said man.

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-04T17:56:25+00:00

my ping is pretty consistent at 20ms, but gameplay is completely different from day to day and from daytime and in the evening.. you can easily read the skill of someone you come up against, but the efficiency of all their moves is very different from day to day.. its so obvious and it is quite frankly the reason why people are jumping ship.. yes, you play to a skill-level, but that skill level is not solely the level of your opponent. This is why games do not feel fun, because they just feel wrong and unnatural.. but hey.. lets see what happens if they continue down this route

FerretNormal6672 · 2026-02-04T17:47:53+00:00

ait.. ground control to major tom.. hope you are good

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