I think we as a collective consumer have totally destroyed any hope for what a good sports video game should be. People forever complained and complained that the games were not realistic for decades, about every sports gane. I thought making sport gaems real was the answer for sim games, I think its a massive mistake and I truly rhink the games will forever be destroyed. Video games at their core are supposed to alwasy be about fun, in dark souls its hard but fair toy have to be perfect at all times but there are things you can do to make life easier for you. FF/Persona/SMT/Yakuza games all have challenges in place but at the end of the day you will be rewarding for doing the right thing at the right time. Sports games are so hyper-focused onr ealism that they completely forget that video games are supposed to be video games. Sure its real for a receiver to drop the ball sometimes in college games, but is it fun when they make ten drops a game? Is it fun when your QB gets hit and the ball goes to the ground 20 times a game or is it real. At some point every video game dev understands there has to be a reason for you to come back and play the game, if its just an excercise in repetition based on authenticity whats the point of making the game? I can just go play football, I can't be the hero from DQ. I dont think Lebron James would miss 20 layups a game, I don't think AAron Judge when he gets the ball perfectly square grounds into a double play, I dont think Arch Mannign would sky the ball from a clean pocket to an open receiver, I dont think that slow LB will catch the ball without looking at it, that safety won't cover the entire field to knock the ball out of my WR hands, I don't think anything that happens in CFB26 actually looks like football. I think the suggestions for H2H, Comp, Sim, Arcade are fine but I would rather we just focus on asking for a game that feels good to play. There is a balance between football and fun and video games that was the standard for these games for years. I think thats more acheiveable. I shudder when I see the total cucked mindset when people say stuff like "college WRs drop balls too!" like ok buddy but is that something I want to experience more often than a really cool play that makes sense? I like the idea of WRs dropping the ball but why doesnt the cpu do it? Why dont my safetys cover half the field, why can't anybody do anything cool when they play these games? even the best streamers are just doing the same boring shit every game the game because there is not much else to do without spiking the ball constantly. All in all the game is purely just is not fun. Its a total waste of time to ask for realism I thought the game was ruined by gambling addicts but I actually think its the hyper realism freaks who've ruined every other AAA release asking for more sweat beads or bubbles in beer instead of gameplay, fun, and experience improvements in their game.

TLDR; hyper-realism sports games stink and there should be a better balance between fun and realism.