Like I mentioned at the end of the video, here is the important pinned message. We are approaching the video series I alluded to months ago, where the Idea is involve you guys in some discussions we have internally when making decisions for the gameplay design of GOALS. My question for you is this: Would you be interested in videos of that type? The way they would work is I would present an internal discussion about a very specific thing, outline what the different options are, pros/cons of each, what we are currently leaning on and why, and you guys have your say in the comments to either agree, disagree, propose alternative solutions, and suggest other discussion point videos. An example for the first video could be to show you guys how we want passing to work in the game, and why that is, and why we don't want to go with other alternatives we thought of. Let me know!

Another point in the 10:00 clip, which has been happening for ages in FIFA, is that your CB has run out of position without you asking to keep your opponent onside. FIFA is like a shit version of chess where the computer makes 8 of every 10 moves and you have to fight whatever position you end up in for the other 2 of 10

I saw an email from an ex ea programmer, he said that the reason the same glitches/bugs occur are because the game template is literally copy and pasted to each title every year. Unless EA state they are building the game from scratch then you've basically bought a modded version of the previous title

Bro I wish EA hire you and seriously consider your opinion. It's rare to see KZfaqr discussing about the game's weaknesses with such depth.

I really think this game is most designed for pay2win players because their defenders don’t glitch out like toty militao and their attackers like Mbappe force others to glitch. This is deliberate from EA and diabolical, so best thing to do in order to avoid restrictions is to get meta players as quick as possible. Even if you don’t pay.

When you start to see that as fa as EA is concerned, you are not the player, you are the product; you don’t “play the game”, the “game plays you”. Once you truly see it then you start to truly understand the mechanics of the game which are designed on purpose for you to spend, time, energy and, most of all, money on the game. Dont allow them to turn you into a zombie, there are already too many zombies on this planet…

this guys natural ‘fifa’ ability is next to none. i don’t think i’ve seen anyone put together plays like stallion does they just look so clean and effortless, he makes the game look fun to play when we all know it is the complete opposite 😂

Lets be real FIFA23 was the worst FIFA ever created since FIFA22

as a football coach im happy someone else analyzed these problems. everyone else just calls this conclusion skill issue 😂

You’re such a legend, and I have huge respect for your opinions, knowledge and ability to deliver your thoughts and messages to the community. Thanks for all the value you provide, I’d wish to see much more content mate, but I understand your frustrations

I agree with you and I observed more stupid things what trigger me alot. So, when you smashing your opponent in first 20 min of the game like 3 or 4 to 0 after that your team is looking like they stop playing and you start loosing easy goals and you cant stop that no matter what you do. So best tactic is, loose 2 goals and then start shootnig.

good points and good to hear that kind of a summary. Fortunately I stopped playing fifa like 14 months ago and it's been obviously for the better. It was just hard to let go of that competitive drive drawing me to fifa.

7:45 you're absolutely right... This reminds me of past fifas when you were able to select if your defensive line was going to play with "offside trap" or "cover", this was far more realistic and made us part of the tactical behavior of the AI. FIFA is a franchise that definitely downgraded in all areas as time went by. Even when 2000s games were rough around the edges and some things were unrealistic in terms of gameplay, they still put so much attention to detail in little things that made the games immersive.

I was gone from fut for about 5 years and fifa for 3. And came back to a game completely different. Pay to play is at its worst its ever been, these so called " sweaty goals " back 5 years ago was considered cheesy but now for some reason it's acceptable and there's waaaaay to many special cards to the point where if you miss out on one of them you could be screwed for weeks until a card as good or better comes out in the same position and everyone does it at the same time. It's ridiculous but I still play

You’re genuinely my favorite fifa KZfaqr by FAR. Plus you’re a fellow roma fan

I quit this horse excrement of a game back in november, but still appreciate you found time and energy to pick up a long ass stick, pinch your nose and dissect all the extra smellier bits of this pile one more time. Solid analysis as usual my man!

I can feel your frustrations. I could write so much bad about this game, but in the end it doesnt matter. Just here so say that i'm really happy that u and Kurt are working together with the team from Goals to make a great football game. Thank you!

some of my friends genuinely think this isn’t the worst fifa of all time. i think they’re just trying to deny it to cope better

Yo Stallion. Completely agree on the state of the game. I only play pro clubs these days. We all are long time players and discuss this stuff a fair bit so thought I'd share. Meta defending right now is to not move your backline, it is to ensure that your holding midfielders are in good positions. The reason you have to do this is because you cannot rely on the defensive AI to do the simple jobs. If the AI could do this somewhat competently, good manual defenders would combine positioning these players with quickly switching to players near to where they predict the ball to be passed in order to attempt to intercept either the pass or on a first touch. The speed and accuracy with which they could do this would determine how good of a manual defender they are. Currently this is too much of a risk because the second you stop controlling your holding midfielders they will go walkabout, and defensive AI currently has no tracking back on these players, so they're gone, your defensive shape is lost and you have to defend a 1v1 situation with your central defenders, from where you either make the tackle or get beaten and likely have a shot on goal coming. As a result there is no manual defensive pressure applied to allow attackers to use left stick dribbling or passing movement to get passed someone. This leads to the attacks going wide because you have to passively wait for your opponent to make a mistake (read, stop controlling their midfield) for a moment. AI defending is terrible positionally, but great in 1v1 situations in wide areas making this even worse and further shaping the exact meta. It is most noticeable in pro clubs, where if you get 1v1 against a bot full back it is far harder to dribble them than it is a human, even in division 1. All just makes the game passive, and overall dull.

Wow !!! What a great detailed breakdown of a game that is OK but could be great. I hate getting out "glitched" or out "mechaniced" and not realistically outplayed. The one other thing that drives me crazy is AI defenders just looking or even running away from the ball carrier in a critical part of the pitch.

EA FC 24 is the worst game ever since fifa 23

6 years on, still waiting for a FIFA with gameplay as good as 17. We won't ever get it.

Your videos brings relief to the alienation of dealing with glitches such as the one you mention here. seeing them dissected and exposed in such accurate manner brings back some sanity, i follow all your breakdowns since the Basketball Iso play, now due to this semi circle it seems a bit of Handball movements mixed with basketball. I am also curious how it happens that many opponents seemingly studying at the same school of Semi circle football, sometimes i feel it is the same person with different accounts, is it possibly a bot i am facing? these opponents know the glitches of the game frame by frame and do the exact same movements from game start to finish, how can they be so consistent ? are they in some kind of trance ?

You’re always on point, is like you truly understand me, everything you say is truth.

it made me sad how true the things you said were.... this is not the same game we used to play, and it's hard to accept that reality and let go or detach from the game, leaving many people stressed out or even anxious like me playing the game. I thank you for your message, because it gives me another reason to stop playing the game. Anyway good video and keep going, you got potencial

Bro that clip around 4.40 is how im trying to play in fifa 23. I know what your talking about cause it does happen alot. But I appreciate you taking about it cause its highlighted it more. Its almost like a skill that we need to know

When people go to the byline to try and get cutbacks I double tap R1/RB which is like second man press but instead of using 1 player to “press” the holder of the ball it will use 2 players to man mark players off the ball. For me it helps more than trying to manually deal with a driven pass across my box. I randomly found this out by accident one day and been using it since. Couldn’t agree more tho Stallion 🤙🏽

yo hey, ok.. i think you have a beautyful mind actually!!xd it pleased my brain how you got this clear and straight on point what i really couldnt yet because i just started to play this mess of a game, which indeed has so much potential..

you hit it on the head fam. great vid I thought i was the only one getting done like this ! every game. every single game whether its rivals or Champs its the same dribble back and fourth coward bullshit. until your cb messes up

The objs... spot on💯..30+ games for Gordon..made my nephew play them all weekend 🤣🔥

This year was a complete money grab

I honestly don’t think Ive played more than 3 matches without getting input delay. Ive played Fifa since 1997 and this is the first Fifa I have deleted the game and gave up.

Thank you for this video. This actually helped me get more wins lol. Hope they fix the switching and defensive ai at some point but doubt it

The problem with this game is that the developers attribute a lot of appreciation towards players who know how to do skill moves and are tricky dribblers, and they put a lot of development into making those players effective in game. What they don’t appreciate, is defenders and their reaction time and skills that make them defenders. I also think a major problem is most of the developers never actually played real football, had they they’d be making a more realistic game where defenders actually function properly. But the bottom line is goals sell games, and that’s all they care about and these discussions however insightful they are, are absolutely pointless. Because little kids play this game and little kids want to see goals and that’s what’s makes them want to use their mommy’s credit card

really missed ur videos dude, you are a genius

I did get this far mate, and an idea I had for objectives and tokens where to just put spécial tournament/mods where you had to play with only ligue 1 or Serie A or... This way you do play different cards, players or tactics, but you're not disadvantage to much and you enjoy playing like in Serie A or other league, even lift the cup as a bonus cinematic if you where the best in your group! And yet you could play like you want, only the players you have will change and it will be logic for everyone.

I missed you italion stalion 😥 hoping you keep making videos

Your custom tactic video saved my life honestly that 71 width saved me from these mfs from going sideline every time cut back

Been battling playing against World Class AI for several months. Finally implemented player lock into my game, by moving down to semi pro and then moving up to pro, then back to WC. I was destroying the AI and the system recommended I move to Legendary. I turn the system off, Come back on a day later and the game lost my info. It tells me after a first kickoff match to play at Amateur, even though I beat WC AI 3-1. Since then the AI Opp has become unstoppable. AI passes going though my ground tackles like magic, my lob passes getting intercepted in the air by foot grabs or headers that make no physical sense whatsoever. I effectively get punished for good defense, when at times I manage to steal the ball but then magically trip or fall into some stalled animation and the AI opponent gets the ball back, flicks into the box and the receiver is magically open and flicks the ball into goal before any defense can be mounted. My Ai defense moving away from loose balls, or my controlled players suddenly getting stuck in mud when trying to retrieve loose balls. It's super frustrating to commit time and energy to getting better only to find it's all just rigged to make you pay money to have an experience you should get from just purchasing the game and practicing. Everyone has got their hands in your pocket everywhere you go, and playing a 'simulation' game you hope escape the bullshit and see direct sincere results from your hard work, but no, just more of the board being flipped over or turned 360 against your favor. I will not being purchasing EA FC or FiFA next year. Gonna move to another platform that actually rewards my time and doesn't fish for more of my money in order for me to have a genuine cathartic experience.

Please come back, you're RTGs were my favourite and you really put beautiful to the game

We miss you man,even your rant videos are very entertaining

I quit it fully about 3 months ago and haven’t looked back. For anyone who’s been feeling burnt out have that thought of ‘gaming doesn’t feel the same anymore,’ quit whatever games you’re playing that market themselves on FOMO. Since quitting I’ve played so many amazing games already and fallen back in love with gaming. We Happy Few, Deathloop, Dishonoured, Plagues Tale, Outer Wilds to name a few…honestly the choices out there blow fifa out of the water.

Amazing bro, best video I've seen.

Theory of mine: Lengthy was revealed as a feature to not cover the fact anymore that a slow CB catches up to a 99 Pace Player when the EA wants it to happen.

So true. Winger cut in box *pass* + CB *glitch* + No.9 *tap in*. Rinse repeat.

True , I keep struggling with that defensive line , I broke 3 controllers in 2 months . I actually stop playing for 2 weeks now and my controller still good .. just bad vibes with this shity game

I like the fact that you explained this at 1:50 because some of your viewers(like me), did not purchase fifa 23 and hasnt been in the community, so have no idea about what the meta is. This is the first time ever I havent purchased FIFA since i got into fifa in 06. Nothing exicite me about the game. I hate the mechanics of the game. I literally wasnt gassed when I saw the trailer and tbh, a fifa trailer hasnt made me excited since fifa 17. 17 or 18, id go with 18(because the of the pack animation and icons coming to ps), was the last time I had that butterfly excitement for fifa. Coincendentally, the game has been downhill ever since. 17 imo was prime FUT, after that, the game began to decline. I'd still take 18 over these FIFAs, but the game been downhill since after 17.

How am I now seeing this. The meta talk in the beginning is on point

I'm just glad there is so many great new gen games to play and enjoy now. R.I.P Fifa 23

The voice of truth

Ur highlight vids are a preview for whats coming with goals

Best youtuber. I feel less insane after watching every video of yours 😅

17:30 this is the angle I struggle with every game, positioning my self correctly but the pass assistance and interceptions in this illogical game won’t let me make the right logical tackle

This guy knows what he is talking about. Now only if he can come up with a new football game wo any EA RNG that would be it. Oh wait he already is so kudos to you sir!

I'm full manual control player and I agree with you I have been dealing with rats since FIFA 15 Imo making passing simi assistant or manual is the way to go it will make the good player have the the advantage rather than rats that exploit the game cuz they only aim and pass and don't worry about the accuracy and directions.

Honestly I lost all faith in FIFA around 2018. The game almost feels too much like an arcade game, with moves and mechanics you can continuously abuse to your enjoyment. I also have to say that the competitive side of the game won over. You can't play for fun, you play to win, or sorry, "pay" to win.

FIFA rats are the worst. I don’t see the fun, most play with Jairizinho and Al Owairan on the wings and Mbappe as ST. All they do is keep running in the band , then cut inside and pass back so the ST can shoot the empty goal.

The game makes absolutely no sense…the offline gameplay is actually okay but it just goes down the drain once you go online.

I feel this thumbnail on a personal level 😂😂

The semi circle thing you talked about it is even used IRL and im sure players in other fifa games or PES/winning eleven do. The only problem here is the IA glitching and giving free opportunities. Also the player switching is awful, you feel it best at defending when the game doesn't let you switch the right player at the right time and an opportunity at defending is not taken and often the opponent gets a free score opportunity just because the game is bad. The defensive system in this game is horrible. You have exploitative scoring opportunities like the long pass at the start when you start/restart the game, the trivelas at the corner of the penalty area and even the long through passes where you and your opponent cant see because its too far away for the camera to see but because the attacking player can see his player and the defending player cant mark that player. Also there is the dda, all of a sudden your players don't react to anything, make glitches all the time or are just straight in the mud, they lose speed, lose change direction speed and the opponent has a player without restrains or even with boost. The game from start to finish and from game to game should feel the same besides the stamina that doesn't let you run/sprint but no, other players are going to lose/win stats based of the game. Sure i'm not the best player by far but i would like to improve but can is improve when every game every player every game feels different and there's too many problems with the game. You have no motivation to improve. Also there are things like pc players having a pc overheating, even in menus and very little options to reduce graphics to make the game playable for every pc price range, and there is the burn in the FUT cards make. I left my monitor 15 mins with FUTS cards while making a squad and i got image retention. Now imagine that on TV players that have OLED and the risk of burn in is much higher. Console players are much more prone to having a couch and being chilling oriented and leave their game because of IRL stuff. Sorry for the rant but there is way way too much wrong stuff from a developer and publisher that develop games like this yearly and has too much money. They are the reason why making games is hard, and its not even their fault, its the people paying for this game and paying for the micro transactions and end up being pay to win. A game is shit, dont buy it. Period. Unfortunately i bought it because it had because it had been 10+ years since i had didn't play fifa games. Sorry for the rant but a billion dollar game released yearly should never have so many problems.

Great breakdown. Same reason I quit fifa

All I face in fifa 23 is people running down the line, then running to the box and passing inside ! Repeat for the entire game ! You could literally sit a player there and wait for them to run the lines and thinking there is noway that they try it ... and they still do !!

I have to go to the outside because they compact the middle in surround and don’t have a chance . I’m also still learning as a player ? How do I get past that ?

Best way to win this game is to score more goals… then when your players a stuttering in their runs and reactions, then you know from the onset that you’re done

It's a very sad situation that people keep putting up with this shit every year and youtuers don't call out ea because ea have the monopoly on them there literally big brother now reviewers won't give honest reviews I appreciate you for this I'm sick off playing people who think there good for glitches

This game so bad that 23 minutes video doesn't even cover the majority of the flaws 😂 Manual tackling is bounce the ball + less effective than AI, green timed outside the box trivela shot is more dangerous that 1on1, defensive AI could auto block better than keeper, sometimes my player running circle around the ball player while manual jockeying, attacking AI is still idiotic while being pressed, and other 637 issues I can't mentioned in this comment.

Now that I've stopped playing FIFA for a few years and come back to this, one thing I see is all of the community, casuals or hardcores are too fussed about playstyles. The game is terrible, attacking people's playstyle isn't gonna do anything. The community itself dosen't know how they wanna fix it In other games, people have the same idea on the problems a game has. In FIFA people don't. FIFA in its depth is just a bad game, and it has been from FIFA 17. Some people loved those but that's where the problem started, only that a more faster playstyle was the meta. Before FIFA 17, people approached the game however they liked. Playstyles dominating a game was never a thing. Formations/Tactics? maybe, but no one played the exact same, but since FIFA 17, everyone plays the same style Maybe that has to do with intructions, giving people too much accesibility can sometimes be bad. Some of the most creative and natural plays can come out of simple games.

“I feel like most modes are chill” lol this guy doesn’t play homegrown eleven

I used to play since fifa 10 world cup like I was a serious player and then since maybe fifa 21 the game kept getting worse and worse and now this year I finally semi quit. hopefully soon ufl and goals end the dystopia

It's the same with more cards and new feeling of new team

I invested $400 on fut and two months into it I knew I would have to put in another 1k to at least have a descent squad to be able to compete . What infuriated me the most is that I know I’m genuinely class , my style of play is amazing yet I’m always getting whooped by 94 overall players in comparison to my one 90 ov cb cm or st. Besides the fact that it’s not fair it is simply ruining the game for everyone with an actually skill level.

Lots of good points man

I miss old winning eleven

These are some infuriating things I've experienced -Player fails to move out of the way when my winger dribbles inward. Stood in the way of shot (This cost me the UECL) -Last minutes of the game, ball parried by the keeper in the air. Not even left opponent's box and full time whistle goes when I reclaim posession. -Goalkeeper is stunning all game but then concedes a shot that is right at him -3 injuries in a row were ACl tears. I lowered the injury risk and a player broke their toe in the very game after that. -Put in a tackle in my box. Tackle is clean but another of the opponent's players runs at mine at the same time and gets the foul. Penalty conceded from poor positioning.

This is exactly how I concede most of my goals apart from the occasional counter attack. Glad someone is finally speaking out on this dumb meta. Not that ea will ever listen.

crazy how i apply this meta tactic but never really paid attention freaking turning around until center is open deadball shot goal

I’ve just had such a fit of rage because of this game I’ve smashed my coffee table and pad!! NEVER EVER playing it again! It’s pure toxic and utter shit! I’m far to competitive to be having my game ruined by shockingly poor gameplay

he just described Pepball

Finally gave up at the end of Fifa 22, only now play a few games per week. Genuinely don't miss it.

First off , you the legend not us the viewrs. And it's funny how I agree with every point and you didn't even come close to the actual amount of things wrong with this game. Just example that running through my mind atm - You can't tackle the ball against all these sidelines abusers without it going outside, you actually can't. -The skillgap determined not by who have the vision and the better football understandment but who can green time shot and left stick switching ( yea left stick is so bad and inconsistent that it's actually takes skill to switch to the player you want , would you believe ?! ). -We paying for a 1 year title just for it to get patched over and over again, this game suppose to be Esports ?! it have like 4 major patches in 1 year ! SCAM I could go forever... btw couldn't agree more on the auto passing fix or whatever you named it, literally make defensive plays useless, you read the pass only for the pass direction and and the player AI reciever movement to change in the last second.

ICONS are so OP they tackle your ankles NO ball and ref calls no foul

I quit the fifa before, I got bored playing the same ultimate team opponents for 50 plus games a week.

When i change player to counter ... my player stop for few seconds then start to chase and its already too late

Quite incredible that fifa 20 is the best fifa of the last five editions. Wouldn’t have believe that would have been possible.

I play Fifa 23 on PC and for the last 4-5 weeks it's been so laggy + delayed. Makes dribbling , passing almost impossible at times, especially when facing Constant pressure 24/7.

Do you not get the double R1 press on the PS4 version?

Great video man. Broke it down to the core.

I just Uninstalled ,I have 7 videos of pure dda / scripting 94 Maldini gets outpaced by far by 84 gold munian ,the amount of dda is outrageous we are just playing scenarios if watched but not played only then it makes sense ,I feel like this should stop ,I also noticed not all accounts do face dda.i played from my friend's account last weekend league it was actually a different game ,I'm a div 1 player he is div 5.

Im at a complete loss with this game since the patch around Xmas. I was getting 13/14 wins in Champs and now Im barely getting 11. Every game is just me pinned into my box. Can't pass, I break they are all back. They break and I'm all over the shop. What is this? Delay? It makes no freaking sense. Everyone is just running through me... I can't figure it out

defenders dont move on new gen?

Maaan we goinf through that 5212 bullshit

Is it possible for you to make a video that compares new gen and old gen fifa?

i was with 1.8M and a good team on FUT but i give up from fifa too... WL everytime have handcap when i have a victory streak and all competitions or objectives i made have same stupid trash rewards...

I have a super hard time this year in fifa online. I can play 3th4ths of game then my players get so tired and I end up losing . Maybe I'm attacking too hard idk but also when I defend literally it's so odd I'll sprint to close range to opponent with play press L2 to jockey and it just steals the ball so easy for me I never have to press steal just when I click L2 real fast I get ball

Ea Should understand we cant play in pure realistic simulation cuz irl there are things that cant be done in a video game such as fine control of ball and nutmegging etc so u cant simply make a high skill gap football game while it being slow and realistic

The reason why the makers/engineers do this is because they know they have an absolute monopoly over gamers who are looking to play football on their devices. Wish gave FIFA gave licensing agreements to PES, so that these EA scums no longer dare to make rage inducing money makers.

For modes : bring co op tournaments/ champs / objectives for good cards not dead cards ( like those samba cards in fifa 19 ) . If you can bring fifa street 2012 modes online ( not Volta , that fifa street 2012 was great )

This video captures a lot of things I dislike about FIFA gameplay

Everybody is doing cut back on pass , i find that not normal man. Everybody who wants to score just goes to side and makes random pass 6 on 10 they will find a random player

I stopped playing FIFA... Like my last one was FIFA 21... Caus at one point I knew the game was rigged I knew my tactics and thinking were better than most players... But the game simply didn't want me to win. As simple as that. So people playing the game... Don't play it seriously.... Just have fun.. Don't get caught in the matrix