Recent reviews by PODI

I regret buying this game. I promised myself I wouldn’t, but it was on sale, and I thought I’d give it a chance. Unfortunately, this game gets worse every year. The last one I enjoyed was in 2022, and even that wasn’t the best.

The game flow feels unbearably slow, as if the players are on Xanax, moving like snails. Their mechanics and body movements lack fluidity and looks completely weird, sometimes unreal like kicking the ball backward with twisted body etc.
While everything else seems fine, like the new features and game modes, the game-play, which is the core thing, is a major letdown for me..
I hope I wont buy the next FI..FC.. whatever..

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One of my favourite <<racing??>> game of all time.

I love to play it until I does not (happens 4-5 times daily).

I tilt out very often, but I am always returning, because I believe that I am better and better after every session.
So thanks for my previous opponents to making me better, even if you have beaten me.

It is a shame that the game is changing a lot on the trading/shopping side, because of the Epic games takeover.
I wish that everyone would be able to choose between Epic and Steam platform as the Epic version does not even support profile photos... What an awful "benefit", isn't it?! .. :)

Continues to impress me with its tactical game-play and timeless appeal with the new grenade and smoking system.
The enhanced graphics and refined mechanics add a fresh layer to the classic awesome experience, making it an engaging and in my case the most enjoyable shooter, which is immersive to everyone, new players and returning ones as well.

I've had a couple of hours of this brown gem of the gaming industry...

Issues experienced in ONLY 6 hours of playtime, which makes me stop playing it:

7 CRASHES:
- 4 crashes of the anti-cheat with "117" error code in the middle of a Rivals match, assuming that I am suspiciously cheating when I never dare to cheat, as I've spent a lot of money, probably over £1000.- on my games and skins on Steam and EA both.
- 3 random crashes without any sign or error code; the game just simply disappeared into the fog.

RANDOM CONTROLLER DISCONNECTS (HAPPENED 3 TIMES):
- While I was able to use my controllers Xbox button (the big X with the light) and inputs worked outside of the game, the game showed me a message that said my input device is disconnected and I had to restart the game to make it work properly again.

GAME IS STUCK:
- Once I was in the menu, the game did not respond to any of my input except the one that opens my friend list, the right trigger.
So, I was not able to navigate in the menu, neither with my keyboard, so I had to ALT+F4.
Sometimes, the game also stuck on start-up; FC24 image comes out, but the game would not launch at all.

STORE NOT WORKING:
- I also experienced some problems in the store.
I am not sure if it is a network issue-related problem or if it was a local issue, but I was unable to order any packs until I restarted the game.

PERFORMANCE ISSUES:
- I am playing on a high-end PC (Ryzen 9 3900X, RX 7900 XTX, 48 GB RAM, bunch of m2 SSDs), and I had a lot of FPS issues and stuck/stuttering, especially when I had the cinematic after a goal, missed chance, or the referee giving a card cinematic.

I have a couple of hundred hours in FIFA/FC or whatever it is called, but what I can see now is that this game is going down a slide and getting worse and worse every year and draining funds from the players, but don't misunderstand me, I also bought the game AGAIN, even after a decision when I said I will not buy it again, so there is no lazy/get used to it company without a horde of sheep to burn their money.
My personal peak was the 21, and the 22 was alright of the latest EA football games, but it was also very annoying sometimes with the bugs and the overpowered players like Fekir, Ben Yeder, etc. However, 2007 was the one I was really in love with.

This one, the 24, has a lot of issues and these issues are the same from year to year.
I believe that most players would be happy if these problems were finally fixed, and we could play with a smooth and issue-less game.
Maybe try to do less, but better.

I know I did not even talk about my personal experience, which was alright.
The game, on its own, is fine-ish.
Players are extremely slow in my scenario and I cannot enjoy the defending, which is barely possible most of the time as the players are running everywhere and when they have to act with a slide or step in or anything, it is really hard to control them in the right way.
The game flows well, by the way; overall mood is okay; sometimes it feels like you are playing football.

Personal best thing during game-play:
Hyper-motion stuff, nice analytics and visual invention give a lot to the game.
I like the half-time animations with those walk-in to the changing room and warm-up animations.

Personal worst thing during game-play:
Power shot Zoom in makes defence even harder.
!!!NOT A GAMEPLAY MOMENT, but I hate the new MENU.. Any another menu structure would be better than this.. too complicated and every step has a loading time, also navigation is so hard that I would rather solve a rubik's cube than starting a rivals match and I does not even have a rubik's cube at home, so I will have to go to a shop first which opens at 9am and it is 7:45am at the moment (I do not know how to solve a rubik's cube by the way)..

I would recommend buying this game because I want a better FIFA/FC again, and I know it requires a lot of funds, even more than what we've paid already with the packs and for the games. But I would not recommend buying this game because I feel like I am being robbed every year, paying for the same game again and again, and the ears of the developers and/or publisher do not hear our words. I will definitely not buy this game again, rather try my friends or simply watch a stream of it and make sure my issues are resolved before buying. I do not own the 23 for the same reason, but I had to give a chance to the 24, but I've already regretted it.