You are being too harsh. Using Evoweb forum coherently is harder than playing at superstar lmao
Jokes aside, you cannot switch from Fifa<>PES and expect the game to adapt and respond accordingly to your wishes. This come from someone who played both games at local tournament levels. These are different games, require different approach. This is a videogame, there must be some level of scripting.
In Fifa your defense relies on pressuring the opponent to provoke a mistake, in PES is the contrary, you close the gaps and spaces until opponent makes a mistake. Fifa is about creating opportunities, PES is about space, the volume and speed of the game is completely different.
I havent played fifa in some time. Fifa 25 was quickly abandoned. Fifa 24 is equally unplayable.
Heres my initial impressions of FL26. Almost a good game. The one thing it shares in common with fifa is the scripting. Its quite appalling in this game too. You can see it kick in. As with fifa when it kicks in theres nothing you can do to stop them scoring. The ref is the other sides 12th man.
Control wise I havent a clue how to send your players on a run. Theres not much intuition in the AI. Yes its frustrating like fifa.
On the plus side I do like the presentation and graphics. Gameplay has a lot of potential. I have given a good test of the game and used various ai mods and the same problems in the game persist. .
Of course its better than fifa. Its impossible to be worse. Its years since I have played fifa seriously. I used to have my own fifa channel on youtube. its been dormant for years.
Is FL26 realistic and like real football. Absolutely not. The technology doesnt exist to make football games realistic.
At least with fifa until around 20 you could totally remove the scripting.
I have read the with PES with scripting got increasingly intrusive. Its very intrusive in fl26. I am play on top man level or whatever its called. The level below is ridiculously easy and gameplay is silly
FL26 is the best football game around but that is like saying rain is wet. But its very flawed and frustrating.
Its almost very good too.
But......
You are not in your zone and being too harsh. This coming from someone that played both FIFA and PES at tournament level for years. Scripting was introduced via AI sliders, and implemented around Fifa 12 and 13 respectively, I was there. I left Fifa for this very same reason, the AI sliders were evidence that the game engine could nerf or boost the AI, what would prevent it from applying to your team? This feature was developed and introduced at the same time that Ultimate Team was. Fifa is deceased since then, maybe Fifa '09 was good.
Theres definitely hard coded scripting in the game
I'm engaging with you earnestly. There must be SOME level of scripting because this is a game, coded in computer logic, there must be some that is tolerable. We approach football games wrongly, because we expect fairness from a game(football), that in IRL is absolutely random and not fair.
Is FL26 realistic and like real football. Absolutely not. The technology doesnt exist to make football games realistic.
Captain obvious. You actually understand, you just want it to be different. If you expect the videogame to be fair, it would not be football, and if you also expect it to be completely random, than it is not possible, a videogame will never encompass reality's randomness. There must be a compromise coming from you or the machine, you can't have your cake and eat it too. Better get fit and boots on the field if you want it to be real football.
FL26 is the best football game around but that is like saying rain is wet. But its very flawed and frustrating.
Its almost very good too.
But......
You are trying to convince yourself of something. It is like having a perfect girlfriend, but still being non-chalant, because you think she would be perfect if she lost 2 pounds, or liked anime. This is not a personal shot at you, I'm just illustrating the situation. Most people prefer to spend their energy complaining that something is not perfect than actually enjoying what they already have.
PES21 is not perfect, FL26 on the OTOH is something else. Fifa is not a game, it is a gambling software.
To play PES and play FIFA successfully you must have different approach towards both games. Both are videogames about football, but it is the same as comparing GTA 5 or Skyrim, both are Open World RPGs.