Why EAFC 24 Is A Bad Game 

I am grateful for your birth into this world and becoming the human that we needed to make this video for the majority of the community that feels this exact way and has experienced this evil from the deepest darkest depths of hell that this current EA company is today crawled out from. Thank you for existing and having the brain and awareness that you do.

Finally someone has addressed the shocking passing on this game. The amount of times I've failed in excellent scoring areas because the pass goes either a) to the wrong player or b) behind the player. This is hands down the worst version of FIFA we've had and surprisingly few people are willing to call it out. Good video

The CBs running away from attacking players and misplaced passes really grind my gears. You absolutely lose games based on shit AI.

"Tricking yourself into thinking you enjoy the game" Guilty 😑

I totally agree with the part about why games don’t need to be 100% realistic, if FIFA was completely realistic like some people want, mostly of the matches would end 0-0 cause 10 mins per match irl aren’t enough for normal football results.

The horrible part is for some people who we're average at attacking and good at defending. We cannot win any games anymore . Its harder to attack now and good defensive play is not rewarded.

“My opponents bad decision gets rewarded while my good decision gets penalized. . . “. Couldn’t have said it any better. (there is no tacking in this game, only attempted tackles with ball going to your opponent, usually for a clear shot on target.)

And just like that, you have earned a sub. I like the fact that you back up what you're saying with actual gameplay as opposed to a random rant. It blows my mind how much this franchise has regressed in 7 years.

The amount of times I tried to cut the ball back and it just went behind the player that was making a run is immeasurable. Thank you for addressing the issues

I am so SO glad somebody has FINALLY made a video about bad tactical movement in this game. I’ve seen other people talk about the bad passing, the bad movement, the overpowered additions to the cards, but TACTICS are ridiculous in this game. Any true footy fan should notice this and be angry. It pisses me off every time I play it.

Thats one of the craziest things I’ve noticed about this game that has happened to me MANY MANY times , where the center backs will try to guard someone WHO IS ALREADY BEING GUARDED, like literally just leaving a GAPING hole in my defense idk why that happens but it’s so frustrating

Bro, the algorithm brought me here and I fell in love with you. PAUSE. The way you pinpointed everything, or almost, everything that is wrong with this game was beautifully executed. +1 sub and fan. This game is so bad that I didn't think it could be described in words, pictured or videos but you did it Sir, You Fucking did it. Thank you ❤

the most frustrating thing is know what I want to do, and being unable to. I know the opponent wants to cut back for 15 seconds, and I literally can't do anything to stop it. I want to make a simple pass, and it goes to the incorrect player. It feels like I'm having to overcome the flaws in EA FC more than playing against my opponent.

Don't worry, those incompetent idiots at EA will think of another 100 ways to release store packs instead of actually fixing the game

I was expecting people to talk about in the comments more on how broken the switching of players on defense is. Most of the time I lose matches just on this, I can’t switch to the right player on critical passes and makes me switch to a player that I had no thought on getting, that creates an opening. And crosses are broken, make a perfect cross for my forward or running in winger and it switches to the opposite player the ball is going to. And if I try to switch players it either doesn’t let me switch or it switches but then my header goes over the goal cuz it thought I tried to lob the keeper

Thank you for this unique video (unique for the game features that you highlight here). I've been looking for a video like this for years, the things that get you mad while playing fc 24 are the same that get me mad. I've been thinking that i wasn't born to play it, since the AI and I don't think the same, we're in different channel. I expect my player to follow my play but they go somewhere else and I end up loosing the ball to players with less skills than I. It's so annoying and frustrating... I struggle to control myself and don't smash my controller towards the wall every single time I play. Still, when the game behaves, I spend a good time. But it's 1 every 5 times that happens

The only thing that's keeping players somewhat playing this game is the content they release every day. I think they are doing good in SBC stuff, but what's the point if the gameplay is trash and you can't even use the card cause it's not "Meta". This is honestly the first Fifa where it feels like I have to play so many games to just win one game or at least convince myself that I can't be that bad when playing.

When defending against fast players during a counter, you want to prime your defenders to keep up with those players. What I’ve notice is that sometimes that defender don’t sprint until the attacker receives the ball and with players Mbappe and Vini it’s impossible to stop them once they get going, providing them with a greater head start.. Sometimes players without pace can do this too, like Harry Kane, which is odd. But my biggest grip are your players offensive runs. Sometimes they would make a good run then suddenly stop once the pass is made, thus the pass gets cut out. The player isn’t offside and I would rather you commit to that run and get an offside call rather having to defend against a counter attack or if I’ve noticed that you’re offside then I can re strategise. These half hearted runs are so annoying, they will only commit if you do a one-two. There’s others but these really annoy me.

You have summarized my entire experience With this game the last few years. It's insanity

The fact that you can feel bad about scoring goals sometimes kinda makes its own pint

Great video! This is the First Fifa where I feel im just limited to maybe 2-3 formations, If i try anything else i get steamrolled. On top of that, how many of us are just anxiously waiting for someone to finesse out the box when theres space? Lastly, whats annoying is having your whole team back and the defensive midfielders etc just watch the opponent go by you. Its horrible. Once you get to Division 3 and Higher youll know what i mean. EA taking forever to update these broken mechanics is crazy. They are so out of touch with whats good gameplay currently…

My respect to you, this is probably the best video to show how bad the game is with one simple match, you included everything that makes this game bad, except for one thing.. the servers, and how many times delay causes for you to make mistakes like the ones you mentioned before.

Mate I haven't played FIFA or EAFC for years but I 100% had to sub :D This video surfaced my FIFA PTSD, badly. Pretty much all of the issues you experienced in your one match gameplay are the same issues that have been there for half a decade, or more. It's just so annoying and sad that the game is not evolving but rather EA just effectively pushes out the same game each year (gameplay vise). Some issues I would add to the turdpile: ball going through bodyparts, blocking player does some weird unnatural movement to allow the ball to go through - like moving their leg or body suddenly and very quickly as well, unexplainable bursts of speed from off-the-ball players - like you're 5 feet away from someone going after a with a quick player and they just easily catch up with a few steps, collision and dodging animations that take you out of position and the list just goes on and on... I wish you all the mental fortitude for dealing with this game and I will follow your journey from the sidelines.

I'm so FED up with EA FC. I can't imagine actually playing fut. I just play Career Mode and i'm already losing my MIND

I agree with everything u have said there's no skill gap the ai does most things for players that play the meta than player's that try and play actual football

This is so spot on,the sad thing about this is people will always preach about it’s a skill gap

the only reason that i enjoy this game is because i dont play multiplayer. i only play career mode and tournament where there are ZERO consquences to losing as i can etheir A: reset the match or B: just carry on and keep playing. but for the short time when i did play multiplayer it was absolutely horrible. nobody passed correctly and it felt like i was coaching a 6 year old little leauge soccer team :/

another thing that its really bad this year are lobbed thru balls. it never passes to the open space always passes the closest to a defender. and I have it on semi assisted. dont even wanna imagine how assisted is

I’ve never been as frustrated as I have playing this game. Situationally the game changes it seems like all the time.

That 1 bar pass kills me everytime. Everytime I try it it goes across the field 😂😂😂

At 5:29 the weird jumps of defenders is the main bug of this game. Every game with score of tennis from this JUMPS (25% of the goals+- with some weird jump of someone).

You forgot that sometimes when you pass to a player that is 5m away game is not switching to a player that u are passing to and ball goes to your opponent

So glad you made this video, you pinpoint the wrongs in this game, it shouldn’t be stressful, I can handle losing to a better player but not to a player that is getting handicap

This video was very cathartic for me. I've played 100 hours of this game after not playing a FIFA game for years, I thought it was just that I'm bad, but no, I've had all this stuff happen to me over and over and over. I refuse to use any pay to win mechanics, and I've actually got a really good team considering, but I don't have a full back line of Anticipate+... It both hilarious and awful at the same time when you make 3 tackles and somehow the opponent still has the ball, you make a 4th tackle just before he shoots, you push him off balance but he finesse shots it straight into the goal...

10:45 This part really got me.. 'He doesn't have the leg strenth?' 😃😃😃😃..

@dagnoldiagonal do you play with manual passing or assisted passing? I hate the ping pong passing online with the assisted passing. Its terrible.

One thing I haven’t seen anyone talk about is the tripping. Why is my player falling down whenever the opponents does and why is that not called a foul makes absolutely no sense and ruins great chances

Mate, you just spoke my mind! It's quite hard to leave the game completely, it's kind of an addiction. I decided that if there is something really annoying in the game i'm actually in, I quit right away by closing the game and not reopening it after. Makes me feel a lot better.

EA is going to monetize and build FC24 the same way 2K are doing with NBA. Badges and animations that you spam will determine if you win. And make gameplay dependent on those things so it makes you buy packs (VC in 2K) so you can have the promo with the latest playstyles(badges) and meta. It’s not in their intrest to fix your frustration. They’re trying to use your frustration to get you to pay for better meta

I don't like it when the last few mins of the game are going and you literally try to prevent a guy from scoring, so you run into a guy and for some reason throw him away which unsurprisingly leads to an absolutely stupid penalty. That's something that genuinely annoys me!

Totally agree. I recently send a video to friends about the attacking AI after a kickoff. It's atrocious. Litterally no one of my team even makes an effort to join the attack, zero other teamplayers in a 30 meter radius. And the passes straight to the opposition; leaving you thinking constantly "Am I this bad, or is the game just f*cked up?"

men that L1 switching has cost me like a thousand goals. I cant switch to the right player. And its so frustrating.

The slow part I agree with you. Tried to change the pass receiver lock but still nothing significant

IF YOU REALLY WANT EA TO MAKE A BETTER GAME AND FIX GAMEPLAY AND SERVERS IS TO NOT BUY THE GAME

Yesterday i installed a pes 2021 game and played it That gameplay is so much beautiful and satisfying Graphics are also pretty good But efootball is also dead so peaople are forced to play eafc If pes 2021 was still online People would definitely have played that

My passing feels very weak for some reason on this compared to FIFA 23, when my passing was on point and strong. My players as usual play like 90 year old men. Back when I played FIFA 14, I felt like I was actually able to control my players properly whereas in FC24 my players can’t run and don’t even react to anything, when they get tackled they start rolling over the pitch everywhere and that obviously annoys me

I think we all agree the most annoying thing is when u tackle the opponent still wins the ball eventually. Also rebounds always falls to the opponent striker for tap ins

I’m glad I’ve taken my talents to football manager

Spot on, the reason why I already deinstalled this game. Sometimes you just take the loss and start playing something else

Subbed brother. Absolutely amazing job with the video. Keep it up xD

Absolutely spot on! My main focus is on enjoying the game rather than obsessing over the result, but It's genuinely frustrating when most outcomes are a result of the game's own mistakes rather than my own actions. I'm really glad someone finally highlighted these issues. A game of this caliber shouldn't be this subpar. The game is just not good. As long as the game's outcome is determined more by its poor and frustrating gameplay rather than the players' skills, FIFA/FC24 won't gain traction as an eSports game.

When you are trying to switch rice and you switch ur left back instead and pulling him out (thinking it's rice you've swithched) hence creating a bigg acre of land for ur opponent to do damage...... That is EA fixing. Happens mostly in the dying minutes of the game

What yous said is facts, i have no problem conceding good goals, ive actaully put down the controller and clapped goals ive conceded before but when you concede to 4 tackle tax, poor switching bad defensive ai decsion making its so frustarting,

My anxiety was so high watching the $3 gameplay that unfolded. Thanks for putting to words my feelings about FIFA and showing why my mental health has been way better since I stopped playing years ago.

This is literally the MOST accurate video of all time, thank you for making it clear how bad this game is. This is everything that has happened to me while playing the game and you explained it as if it was me, thank you so much hope this piece of shit game isn't the reason for someone to end his life, because it is literally so bad. Awesome video, please keep them going and i hope that next year its gonna be so much better

This is precisely why I have stopped playing this game in any serious capacity. The randomness makes this game absolutely infuriating and quite frankly, makes me a worse person.

Great video bro, we all have it, plus additional high ping here in Croatia. Worst Fifa ever

Thank you for making this video and nice background music btw

I legit thought I was crazy and was making errors when in fact all this stuff was EA’s fault.

You absolutely correct poor attacking AI and overpowered and defensive AI as well

I am playing Fifa 22 (got it from Playstation Plus) as that is the only recent Fifa I have since 17, and everything you call out as a problem I am encountering there as well. Have never raged from Fifa before playing that version, glad to see I am not missing out on anything by not buying the new games...

I wanna buy it but should I wait and see what they do for 25??

Reminds me of FIFA 19 Career mode 3-4 seasons in. The tackles and rebounds are ridiculous but extremely hilarious

I was playing a game in division rivals I was absolutely destroying this guy 7-1 then i paused the game and it ended up crashing, I was thinking maybe the game would award me the win because the match was about to finish and the crash was no fault of my own but I loaded up the game again and saw that I wasn’t awarded the win, I immediately uninstalled this broken sorry excuse of a game, it isn’t just this one moment, there are so many bugs and glitches in this game as well as the unresponsive gameplay. How tf EA can sell this game for $70 is criminal absolutely fucking criminal

Biggest complaint I have about the game is why does a 76 pace player catch up to a player with 91 pace

Thanks I needed this, I’ve been constantly losing on FUT with an op team and defending and scoring are so hard, I thought it was just me!

5:20 😂 one time the ball was going to one of my players but it did not switch automatically to my player and I did it manually and still did not work, the player closer to the ball was running away from the ball lmfao…..which in the end i lost the ball and conceded

Glad to see it's not just me and people I game with seeing the same thing happening. Bring on UFL

i think this is the worst fifa ever created, and all of those things you showed in the video i related to them and felt them, such a anti fun game, its so frustrating that it really makes your day worse, it's really sad that there is no competition on the market which leaves this dogshit company do whatever they want without punishment, they still get money by making the trashiest and the most out of touch games, thank god i quit this horrible game weeks ago

one of the most unrealistic thing when i was playing manager career, Modrić was transferred to Barcelona

have had the same experience as yours. don't understand why the next player was not as indicated when it said it to be so. The skating issue is the other problem as when I was defending it was difficult for my defender to keep up with the ball holder if he suddenly changed his direction.

I was laughing all the way through this. This is like this every game. It's so bad. I'm amazed this got through testing, that's how bad it is. I did wonder if I was being unfair so I loaded up 23. Considering that wasn't great, it still feels 10x better and feels like a football game. Assisted shooting where you aim for the corner and it's blasted wide. Defenders running away from their man and leaving a hugeee space for them to run into. Or my absolute favourite pressing through ball and it deliberately taking its time to release it, by which time your man is offside. It's trash, absolutely awful... Amazing. 😂😂😂

Everything you said in this video was pure facts keep it up fully agree with you no skill cap what so ever since fifa 17 and people think triggering runs and using direct passing and 71 depth and broken skill moves and cut backs and op play styles a skill its really sad

I wish you could sit down with the Ea executives for a video, and make all these arguments and be able to record their answers. Because i want to hear them try to explain all those mistakes

I was considering getting it on sale on steam and watching this has me convinced I'm better off without it. Any suggestions of what recent season is worth getting? 2023?

Spot on bro! I really want to love this game, I do. Been playing since 04. However, I am experiencing everything you’ve mentioned and wondered why no one spoke up! So thank you. We have to hold these studios accountable for the content they are releasing. 69.99 in todays day n age is not a small ask for an entertainment outlet.

I remember when I bought Fifa 20 and I was ripping my hair out because of the non existant attacking AI... and that was infuriating enough without the 71 depth exploit (thank god i didnt buy the game this year either)

Honestly, sometimes I have tried to play it without getting angry but you just can´t avoid feeling mocked on, I mean why do we even have a control if the game does what it want? This concept of "difficulty" is nothing but unfairness, doesn´t matter what you do or trying doing, the game decides what happens. I thought that tackle thing only happened to me and I was cursed. Excellente video man, nice work!

No wonder i was struggling hard when i come back to play fifa from 2017 to 2023-2024. My strategy is highly depending on passing but now i need a lot of dribbling because the ai just wont be where they should be

Honestly, i could deal with all the BS you just showed and talked about. BUT ! The fact that they incorporated Overload Ballside into Balanced Defense and have it triggered by 45 depth is enough for me to call it a bad game. They put it in their pitch notes before the game came out and called it Zonal Defense. This is the reason why your players stand still in the midfield and why you constantly have to use switch of play to break the press. Defensively, this is the reason why those same midfielders and other defenders go out of position because the AI is constantly telling them to push towards the ball carrier and cut off passing lanes. Until they get rid of this , i don't think we should even be talking about other issues.

This game isn’t easy … this game is too hard

Yeah I lost a goal expecting it to be stopped supposed to have 3 minutes and went into seven minutes on a counter attack after a couple of missed corners. Literally ridiculous

You have articulated every single thing that pisses me off. The AI attckers not making obvious runs, not coming to close the gap, etc... The defenders getting out of the way and switching going haywire at high pressure situations. It is not a competitive game. I can't even feel good when I win because I know some games are just too easy probably because the game is interfering with my opponent. I don't know if I'm legitimately beating the player. It's all pretty much fixed.

Thank you for making this video! I saw that it was on sale in the PSN store for 29.99 and was about to get it. But, I thought to myself, there has to be a good reason why it's on sale for 60% off. Played Fifa 11, 12, 14, 15, and a bit of 22. Still had the same issues you had mentioned before, and I'm a disappointed they haven't made any good ones recently.

I agree on many things you said, but i actually think realism doesnt have to be bad, your favorute real life team can totally loose a game because someone in their team totally fucked up a first touch or a simple pass, it happens all the time

It's funny that you put Haaland in the thumbnail because he is the best striker in the game and i really struggled scoring with him 😢

I've observed a slight delay in the response when I make a tackle, as it takes a few milliseconds to react. are there anyone else experiencing it or maybe im having some other issues( not gameplay)

I fully agree. But it is always like this because we have a player rating. The 87 rated players at this stage must play much worse than the 99 rated players at the end of the game. And the only idea which EA is able to implement is the higher random factor for the low rated players.

My mental health genuinely got better not buying eafc. At the end of Fifa23, i had every 99 rated player in the game. Yet, my players could not seem to make simple passes

Finally someone mentions the passing issue , the animation and the L1 button to find the nearest player

It's so disgusting actually, everytime I play I want to tear my hair out. My team is not moving at all and when I'm about to lose it they start sprinting fowards and when the opposition AI intercepts a bad pass because ofc he has high pressing which means I'm in a 1v3 every time and well it's a clean counterattack 3v3. Idk what's the point of playing the game and passing in the midfield when ur only strategy is to sprint on the wing and cheese dribble in the box or else get AI pressing destroyed.

I took a 4 year break from the game and now I'm back and obsessed on UT as much as I can... And when I can't I'm thinking about it on Futbin. Knock it off you need a break.

This game is absolutely terrible.. I've already stopped playing.. we need to stick together and boycott EA

I think they tried to make a good game on a dying engine, but can't. They are making a big effort with the content and even dialled back on some of the crazy requirements. They give nice "free" stuff too for a bit of time and engagement. It's a worse game if you are competitive. Treat it as fun and it's a better experience.

The funniest thing to me is - I set my CBs to stay back while attacking, my offence people in the box setting has 5 people set. I play the offensive possession (tika-taka) and instead of the box getting filled with LITERALLY ANYONE OTHER THAN MY BACK LINE (maybe LW, RW, CM, CDM, CAM, etc.) there are freaking CBs running into the box. I can't recall watching Maldini running into the box and Inzaghi going back to cover for him. 🤣

They are delivering us unfinished game for 7 years💀🙏 And it’s not only the gameplay, but the small bugs that are all over the game.

Well, at least I'm glad I'm not the only one this happens to. It is so frustrating to tackle correctly three times and still not get the ball

I still occasionally play fifa 21 online and it’s really telling to me how much smoother and logical the game play is…way better than when it was the current version which leads me to think even more than it’s not so much like bad game design or mechanics as much as it’s the game deliberately making things chaotic and unpredictable to act more efficiently as a Skinner box

Just came here after playing champs. Just got scored against in the 47 th min, 93 and 121 to go to penalties and lose there. All goals were horrible and i could not do anything as my defence played like bronze on all occasions. Just feeling trash and got the game 3 days ago. Might just delete it as it gets you sick. Can not wait to check out UFL and hope they manage to create a game based on skill as i feel like i have 0 control in Fifa over my players and every game feels miserable.

great video, couldn't agree more with you! i played fut from fifa 19 to 22 and the better i got at the game the less i could enjoy it. as a noob it was difficult to tell when i was supposed to be rewarded for making a good play, but when i got more experience it became more and more frustrating as i had a feeling that i was winning too many games against better opponents and losing against worse ones. with every year it felt more and more as if the skill gap was disappearing. all that supposed realism is just an excuse to make ppl spend more money on packs. as a person who never spent anything on this game (was lucky to always get it for free) it was way too obvious that ea is trying to make me frustrated enough to spend real money on fifa points. also, at div 3+ everyone was playing that stoopid defensive meta, which made the games completely unplayable for me with ppl just trying to hog possession. everyone wanted to score a goal as soon as possible and then parked the bus and tried to counter. maybe i was an expeption, but i'd never play like that 😂