I have the PS5 pro version, and yes, it seems than the graphics are better than the pc version. I don't know why. Maybe a bug in the PC settings.
EA SPORTS FC 26
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Sami 1999
Noob
- 28 June 2015
Seems so. This is so disappointing. The physics already got significantly nerfed on 26, and on pc version it looks just like old gen physics. EA never changes, they will mess up the pc ports one way or another, always.
I actually don't see many identifiable differences on ultra settings.. 🤷♂️
But anyway, regardless of any graphic differences (I find them a bit secondary), the gameplay mods and other enhancements I believe are the PC version's main strength.
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sleevel
League 1
- 6 November 2024
Ways to enjoy the game:
- Shooting is pretty fun, particularly outside shooting. There can be a lot of unpredictable dips and swerves.
- Pro camera (as in all FIFA versions) is quite excellent
- Manually calling teammates to make runs and check back (R1 and L1) can help
- Play this alongside FIFA 16, 17 and 18 as a basis of comparison. They are excellent but flawed games. Recognize that FC 26 is also a flawed game but not nearly as far behind 16, 17 or 18 as the whining would suggest. Further, recognize that comparing 26 to a perfect fictional game that doesn’t exist is a waste of everyone’s time.
- Shooting is pretty fun, particularly outside shooting. There can be a lot of unpredictable dips and swerves.
- Pro camera (as in all FIFA versions) is quite excellent
- Manually calling teammates to make runs and check back (R1 and L1) can help
- Play this alongside FIFA 16, 17 and 18 as a basis of comparison. They are excellent but flawed games. Recognize that FC 26 is also a flawed game but not nearly as far behind 16, 17 or 18 as the whining would suggest. Further, recognize that comparing 26 to a perfect fictional game that doesn’t exist is a waste of everyone’s time.
- 11 September 2006
... I mean, I'm sorry it's seen as whining, but a lot of people (me included) argued with precise arguments and points on why they don't like the game... and it doesn't seem like those points ever get engaged much if ever by the vocal fans of FC 26. Now there certainly may be a minority of fanboys of other titles or people who'll never be happy with a game, but there are objective reasons to not find it appealing, you just have to look in the past pages. You guys are absolutely entitled to appreciate the game (if anything, I envy you), but to make it seem like the only reasons for not enjoying it are somehow asking for perfection or for somebody being a, I guess, fanboy?, of Pes 21 or old games... just no.
That said, at this point, I'd love for somebody to elaborate further. What is it that Ea Fc 26 is so good in, except from shooting and keepers (on the line)? Because the only kind of general consensus seem to be on those two things, and for the rest I keep reading very general praises I just don't get pad in hand. I'd genuinely love to know what I'm not seeing, so maybe I can find some fun in this too.
That said, at this point, I'd love for somebody to elaborate further. What is it that Ea Fc 26 is so good in, except from shooting and keepers (on the line)? Because the only kind of general consensus seem to be on those two things, and for the rest I keep reading very general praises I just don't get pad in hand. I'd genuinely love to know what I'm not seeing, so maybe I can find some fun in this too.
xenoo80
Non-League
- 11 August 2018
I'm enjoying FC 26 career mode on PC with a gameplay + camera mod wich I think are the most important addons to get fun out of it.
With the camera mod I can make broadcast camera more zoomed out and also lower, which makes the movement of players look more natural. It gives a real nice TV-like view of the pitch and still offers enough tactical vision. (btw. I think the camera has a huge impact on EAs player movement and flow of the game).
The gamplay mod creates a more realistic flow and I get a fair number of fouls by the CPU which vanilla gameplay totally lacks.
I also switched to manual controls to get more randomnes and avoid easy ping pong build ups.
What's really great is FCs built-in precision passing mechanics which allows to play passes into open spaces with a visual aid.
The career mode is also quite entertaining and offers a lot of immersion if you take the time to dive into the details of scouting and player management.
Pitch atmosphere and match presentation are also great.
I'm still switching to modded PES 21 once in a while (for the great physics and player movements) but I'm ultimatley missing the more complex mechanics of EA FC which gives me more control of the game.
TLDR: With gameplay + camera mods you can create a quite realistic game, using semi or even manual controls helps to get more randomness and realism.
On consoles I would try gameplay sliders to get the most realistic flow and use the zoomed out cameras (tactical or EA Games cam) to get more natural player movements.
- 11 September 2006
Thank you for your answer.
I can see the appeal of a more in depth career (wish some older title had this kind of detail) and for playing manual passing with the enhaced visuals if that's what you enjoy the most.
I think too the game is way better with mods, even if for now to me it's not enough to stick to it (as I said in the page before, I'll probably revisit when the official updates stop and mods will be even more refined/abudant).
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Not specifically about FC, but, certainly something I associate with it. (Source: TikTok)
To appreciate a game or not, you have to play it, not seeing many vidéos.
FC 26 gameplay is not perfect but the feeling on FUMA is really great. This year, the goalkeeper is damned good. You have also many ways to score a goal.
CPU behaviour can be tweak to have a real challenge with less script.
The new European Cups are very fun to play.
You have to think to have a competitive team on career mode.
I didn't used mods because I love playing on console. The players seems having less skating on PS5/Xbox than on PC
But the new Authentique gameplay is a real fresh air this year. Even on vanilla, the game didn't play like FC25.
I'm playing some exhibition matchs on Football life 2026 but I prefer playing FC 26 on PS5 pro.
When they will stop updating the gameplay, I think it's could be one of the best FIFA/FC to date.
I'm not a fanboy, only a customer like all of us. But I really enjoy playing FC26, it's more organic, less rigid than FL26. Motion capture this year is really high level.
Only the lack of fouls is the big issue.
- 11 September 2006
Thank you for your answer. Just a small note mate, as I wrote, I have the game, I played it, I've not just watched videos
.That said, for what it's worth, I don't think in the least you (or anyone else that I'm reading enjoying the game) are a fanboy. You in particular are one of the most well mannered users around here, I'm usually happy to leave the annual release topic alone after I said mine just to not bother people like you who genuinely appreciate the game and are so respectful toward others.
In fact, I'm sorry if my request came out to you like I'm policing other people tastes, very far from it. Maybe it's cause the first part of my post was more confrontational, but my general philosophy is and will always be kind of like, "play and let play" 😉.
naczelnik5
League 1
- 1 April 2009
I have a question for those who mainly play Career Mode on the highest difficulty level and with Auto, Semi, or Auto settings. How does the CPU attack and score goals? Is it like in other FIFA/PES games, where the CPU doesn't shoot very often or score many goals? As a result, we concede few goals throughout the season, and the shooting statistics in most matches are clearly in our favor? Is the game demanding, and are the matches interesting in terms of results?
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I am glad you're enjoying the game, truly - but, objectively, this is not the "only big issue" and it's dangerous to suggest so.
The lack of ball physics and momentum, the "snap to player" passes (even on FUMA), silly high pass accuracy, headers (there are no authentic / organic headers), the AI obviously holding onto the ball to stop itself thrashing you (because of how easy it is to progress up the pitch with how incredibly accurate and non-physics-based all actions are)...
Pass error/speed sliders don't change the game. No "error" sliders free up the ball from the rails it is on, and no "speed" slider introduces acceleration/deceleration of the ball (which still moves point-to-point like a mouse cursor in an instant).
The game is, at a fundamental level, not football and not close to football. It has the veneer of football but no depth. You can make it harder by playing on FUMA but 1) handicapping yourself doesn't magically add depth and fix all the above issues, 2) it is nowhere near as input-based as FUMA was before the game became "FC" (it barely makes a difference in comparison to the older titles), and 3) you shouldn't have to, and nor did you have to on titles like FIFA 16 in order to get a realistic, challenging, fun game.
...and after all that, yes, the lack of fouls.
I don't see how it ever becomes a game when you have to really engage your brain and pick the right pass moment-to-moment (and execute it properly) without the game being split in two beyond the current "mode switch", and/or the game being rebuilt from the ground up. What are the odds of that happening in a yearly sports title? Slim to nil I would suggest.
This post is a little bit confusing to me. Reading this thread the general opinion seems to be that EA FC 26 again does not deliver enough to make most people happy. And people who enjoy the game just do that. It is just funny if certain aspects of EA FC get criticized while the other game has the exact same problems. But I think nobody is mad, if someone prefers PES21 or any other game over EA FC. However if the critcism is for example something like "The GK AI in EA FC is so bad and there are never fouls, in PES21 it feels so much better.", that is just unfair criticism.
GKs in PES are exactly the same, they never get off the line and there are hardly any fouls in that game as well. You have the odd game with (a lot) fouls, but you 100% have that in Fifa and EA FC as well. Being negative about that in one game but praising the other for it, is surely not objective and at least a very biased point of view (I don't want to call it fanboyism).
I don't have a problem if someone says, to them passing, shooting feels better in PES21 or how the player moves etc.
Nobody has to like EA FC and everybody can prefer other games. If the game is not for you, that is totally fine. You know, what you want out of a football game. So why should anyone elaborate further, what EA FC does good in their opinion? And only because you argued with precise arguments why YOU don't like the game, that musn't be the truth for everyone else. And vice versa.
FIFA / FC has always been fundamentally flawed at giving a true football experience but it does piss me off when all the PES or old FIFA lot come across just to say its better.
Ive played a lot of different football games over the years. FIFA is FIFA, PES is PES, Actua Soccer is... you get my point.
FIFA/FC is designed from the ground up to be an easier imitation of a football game. It always has been. I hated FIFA back when I was a teen. Honestly looking at the game now, it isnt much different from then. Yes we have better demonstration of physics and on the ball movement but its the same ping pong game. It just makes me laugh that people keep buying it expecting something else. Nobody is going to change this game and all these flashy stuff they put around it wont change it either. You are just falling into the marketing trap. You could play FC24 or FIFA21 and get pretty much the same game.
Like I always said. I couldnt play this game without gameplay mods. I know im blowing my own trumpet, but my mods from 20 until now make this game much more bareable for me. Its much closer to what I want from a football game than any slider set can give me.
For me there are three very clear issues that I dont think will ever be fixed:
1. Fouling/Rough play. The game just cant do the collisions between players correctly. This is something that PES does better but hardly the best it could be. Players dont want this because it breaks the desired ping pong gameplay in UT. Imagine being able to play a tactic where you could rough up the game rather than play "with skill", they would hate it.
2. AI. The AI is terrible and they cant play tactically. Almost every game is the same and the AI always look for the perfect pass and goal. So they avoid low crosses and long passes. No game is better here.
3. Passing/Physics. The game is designed for players to press the pass button over and over and for the ball to always make its destination. So when the player kicks the ball. It lasers to the receiver. Its very basic gameplay mechanics to ensure the player doesnt get pissed off. Just read any of my gameplay mod threads. As soon as players dont have perfection, people get pissed off. But yet they THINK they want something different.
This is the mentality to have. Nothing will make people happy. The design of FIFA/FC is for "skill based gameplay" and all the rest is just smoke and mirrors. If you are not willing to mod it yourself to suit you then you aren't going to get what you want. Sliders are just bullshit IMO. They dont do anything. And this "authentic" stuff is just not good enough.
I was going to create a very long video for YouTube comparing FIFAs to really emphasize the points above but honestly i cant be arsed lol
Ive played a lot of different football games over the years. FIFA is FIFA, PES is PES, Actua Soccer is... you get my point.
FIFA/FC is designed from the ground up to be an easier imitation of a football game. It always has been. I hated FIFA back when I was a teen. Honestly looking at the game now, it isnt much different from then. Yes we have better demonstration of physics and on the ball movement but its the same ping pong game. It just makes me laugh that people keep buying it expecting something else. Nobody is going to change this game and all these flashy stuff they put around it wont change it either. You are just falling into the marketing trap. You could play FC24 or FIFA21 and get pretty much the same game.
Like I always said. I couldnt play this game without gameplay mods. I know im blowing my own trumpet, but my mods from 20 until now make this game much more bareable for me. Its much closer to what I want from a football game than any slider set can give me.
For me there are three very clear issues that I dont think will ever be fixed:
1. Fouling/Rough play. The game just cant do the collisions between players correctly. This is something that PES does better but hardly the best it could be. Players dont want this because it breaks the desired ping pong gameplay in UT. Imagine being able to play a tactic where you could rough up the game rather than play "with skill", they would hate it.
2. AI. The AI is terrible and they cant play tactically. Almost every game is the same and the AI always look for the perfect pass and goal. So they avoid low crosses and long passes. No game is better here.
3. Passing/Physics. The game is designed for players to press the pass button over and over and for the ball to always make its destination. So when the player kicks the ball. It lasers to the receiver. Its very basic gameplay mechanics to ensure the player doesnt get pissed off. Just read any of my gameplay mod threads. As soon as players dont have perfection, people get pissed off. But yet they THINK they want something different.
This is the mentality to have. Nothing will make people happy. The design of FIFA/FC is for "skill based gameplay" and all the rest is just smoke and mirrors. If you are not willing to mod it yourself to suit you then you aren't going to get what you want. Sliders are just bullshit IMO. They dont do anything. And this "authentic" stuff is just not good enough.
I was going to create a very long video for YouTube comparing FIFAs to really emphasize the points above but honestly i cant be arsed lol
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- 11 September 2006
Could you point me out to who made this specific argument and comparison? I've went back many pages and not found it. Cause I agree that in Pes 21 vanilla there aren't many fouls and the keeper out of the line is kind of weird/passive as well (although offensive trait ones do come out at times, even if inconsistently and a bit buggily), but I think even if one or two people made this very specific complain it's more that who like Pes 21 prefers it to FC 26 for other reasons.
Not that I personally care about single game "wars" at all.
Why anyone shouldn't? Seems like a perfectly pacific, legit question in this topic. If somebody else asked me in another circumstance to point out what I like about my favourite games, I wouldn't have had a single problem explaining. I'm sorry you evidently think otherwise, but I asked in perfect good faith, polemic back and forth for a videogame annoys me terribly. There is no passive aggressiveness or gotcha desire hidden in the request, I have bought FC 26 and I simply want to understand if there is something good I'm overlooking. Who should I ask? People who already don't like the game?
I had two responses and I honestly appreciated much both, as you can see above.
Anyway, not sure what gave the impression I'm pretending anything from anybody. I'm not forcing people to respond, you (or anyone else) are perfectly entitled to ignore my post and go on with your day.
Please, don't put words in my mouth. I said there are good arguments to not like the game (like every, single, other one, even my favourites), not that everyone shouldn't like the game because of those arguments. I said it above to saturator, I'm not policing anyone's taste, if the question somehow came out like that I'm sorry but it's absolutely not what I meant, I can't explain it any better than I just did.
sleevel
League 1
- 6 November 2024
I like to play an hour or so of video games on my Legion Go in bed before going to sleep. Usually I’ll fire up a soccer game and play some exhibition matches. Sometimes PES 3, sometimes FIFA 11, 12, 16, 17, or 18, sometimes FL26, sometimes FC 26. When I play FC26 after playing 16/17/18, there are differences, for sure, but they are very similar games. My perspective and opinion is contextual, not objective: how does this compare to other choices in soccer video games, not how does this compare to my expectations of what video gaming should or could be. In that lens, FC 26 does a solid job comparing to the “glory” FIFAs.
ijie
Conference
- 13 August 2023
I just bought this game, any good mods to make this realistic like PES?
Short answer, no.
Thanks for this reply mate we are all in the same boat. Footy games were better a decade ago, they killed CPU AI with the focus on online sessions.Thank you for your answer. Just a small note mate, as I wrote, I have the game, I played it, I've not just watched videos
That said, for what it's worth, I don't think in the least you (or anyone else that I'm reading enjoying the game) are a fanboy. You in particular are one of the most well mannered users around here, I'm usually happy to leave the annual release topic alone after I said mine just to not bother people like you who genuinely appreciate the game and are so respectful toward others.
In fact, I'm sorry if my request came out to you like I'm policing other people tastes, very far from it. Maybe it's cause the first part of my post was more confrontational, but my general philosophy is and will always be kind of like, "play and let play" 😉.
Every question can be ask, there is no forbidden requests.
We have all different tastes, but to appreciate a FC game, you have to play it,without always compare to the other games.
I love playing PES 2021 or FL26, even if there are some issues in the gameplay. Ball physic is insane, inertia too, but the animations are sometimes strange and outdated.
FC has still this skating issue, some speedup animations, sometimes dumb AI, but when everything is ok, it's really fun.
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Ok, the game has many issues but the lack of fault is the biggest for me.
FUMA helps like you said to have less issues, more freedom and less script.
When i'm playing, I didn't feel than header are not great.
Pass error/speed helps to have a better game speed, more real.
But yes, on FUTO, this game is unplayable, too more rail directions for passes and shots.
Without sliders or mods, Authentic gameplay is not good enought. It was better at the beginning on vanilla.
Even sliders are working. Not all but there is a big difference between vanilla gameplay and gameplay with sliders.
Ok we can't touch the engine with sliders, but we can changed many behaviour from the CPU.
I have many comments from the community to work hard to change the game.
My focus is to bring a fun game to people who haven't the time to test sliders update after update.
Like you, like Anth , like Matt, we are doing this for years because we love footy games.
I accept all the goods or bad feelings about my sliders, that the game, I exposed my gameplay, try to explain what I want to do.
I can't pleased everybody but I will always doing this, because I love that.
I'm on evoweb since 20 years now, and after reading so many topics about sliders, I try since FIFA 20 to help the community.
EA didn't hear us enough, so that's my contribution to help people to appreciate the game.
I can't do a good meal without good ingredients
My last game on FC 26 without speed bug
The same game with a little speed bug
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DerleiPT
Pes Master
- 29 October 2009
- Team
- Chelsea FC
so im gonna share you a secret, which will explain why what you are writing here trying to explain Fifa is not correct. And i dont mean any offense, I actually think this is a wondeful example of people grasping at explanations when the underlying issue may be hidden from them, and once its revealed theyll go "ohhhhh".. politics anyone? cough cough
so.. the explanation for the ping pong/movement/why is physics all unrealistic is this:
[link=reddit]EASportsCFB/comments/1mjgu23[/link]
its so sad and this explans why FC will NOT be an actual PES physics enjoyment until they completely redesign it. Question is.. what will make them do it? They're making i assume a lot of money putting out this broken physics game.
so thanks to guys like Paul and all you other guys who keep trying to make the game at least SOMEWHAT sane in the physics department. I just got Fc26 for under $5 and i STILL wanted to refund it. I couldnt though. I wouldnt play it if i didnt try Pauls mod, and going to try some other gameplay mods. It makes me want to puke after PES physics REALISTIC predictability. Which we ,as stated in the video, we just cant have.. yet.
try gameplay mods.. its 5x better than vanilla. I also just bought it, trying to figure out if ill actually play it. Lets see how the gameplay modders can make it.
DevPlays
Mr. Perfect
- 11 January 2021
I think Paul already knows about the 'Ant' animations. From what I remember, he tweaked these animation sets in locale.ini to smooth out player momentum and animations to some extent in FIFA 18/19. However, you can only achieve so much with that unless you are able to tweak or redo the core elements, as Ian Cummings says. It's surprising that EA haven't fixed it yet to make the physics more realistic, rather than making them seem robotic with fast start and stop movements. Fixing this alone can bring more variety, but yeah, it is what it is.
havent played fifa in 10+ years. where can i watch or read some guides on it? like from basics and beyond? things like in pes where u double tap cross it will do lower/ higher and all these little things? I cant even figure out how to pull up the direction to pass arrow like PES
this was a cool read explaning the mechanics and changes
https://www.ea.com/zh-hans/games/ea-sports-fc/fc-26/news/pitch-notes-fc26-gameplay-deep-dive
this was a cool read explaning the mechanics and changes
https://www.ea.com/zh-hans/games/ea-sports-fc/fc-26/news/pitch-notes-fc26-gameplay-deep-dive
The first defender (marking the player) in both clips just goes for a coffee mid action in both videos? So they are looking to make sh*tty defenders even sh*ttier?
I don't know about you guys but these days I've been enjoying default authentic mode. I think they've reduced the herky jerky movement and players have weight to them. Dribbling past cpu is very satisfying. Sure there are areas that should be improved such as CPU trying to find perfect pass. They should play a little bit of chaotic football. Take risks etc.
Overall I'm really satisfied. Yeah I've tried different gameplay mods like Anth's but I prefer the default authentic mode now.
BTW I was the guy who couldn't even play a single match without a gameplay mod before.
Overall I'm really satisfied. Yeah I've tried different gameplay mods like Anth's but I prefer the default authentic mode now.
BTW I was the guy who couldn't even play a single match without a gameplay mod before.
hmm i wonder how u got there. As a new player authentic feels like theyre running w their heads cut off, and a gameplay mod changed and slowed things down just like i want. maybe once u know the game more and it slows down the authentic feels normal
koningfrikandel
Premier League
- 5 May 2017
I thought i was seeing things. Coincidentally I played a match on default authentic a few days ago and it felt quite solid. Maybe there's some life in this game after all.