I liked the rant bit about defending because the first thing Nep did after the patch was complain that speed boost was broken and if they didn’t fix it he would literally stop playing the game.
Konami have taken the biggest L in gaming history. They could've got so many players to switch to eFootball yet they did nothing and haven't done a proper gameplay patch in a year and it's rince and repeat every week.
@@hanishthakur5719 How it looks is the least of it's worries. The game seriously lacks content and does nothing to fix that. It's gameplay is top, but it's literally the ONLY thing that's good about that game.
My biggest worry is that EA is gonna ruin the game again. We're now 1 patch away from the game going back to how it used to be. We have to remember this EA we're talking about. Let's not take this new patch for granted.
I feel like most of the people that are complaining about this patch are younger people who didn’t get the chance to play older fifa’s, which is why they aren’t used to gameplay feeling like this
Facts! You are so right! I played against players who said they always used to win. Then I ask them how old are they. Bruh they are legit 7-18 year olds complaining 😂😂😂 they can’t handle this patch is how the old generation use to play on. Now there is a skill gap and the younger generations hate it 😂😂😂
I’ve played since the very first FIFA and this was the one of the best games and now it’s one of the worst. Just easily pleased ping pong play now, pass pass shoot score = boring
@Nick I'm happy that you feel good with the game right now.. but man you sound like you've been unlucky the last years and very frustrated. You justify yourself so often, it sounds like you dont enjoy the community youre in. Last videos I wachted of you was 5 years ago. You sound the same - very frustrated.
I think this change is 8.5/10. When I lose I genuinely feel like I’ve lost to a better player. Before the patch I felt like I was losing games I should’ve been winning. SKILL actually matters now. **TIP** VVD isn’t meta anymore
The most I enjoyed a FIFA/FC since pre-patch FIFA 18 for me. Ironically it was the last game where we had such high scoring games. The update is honestly incredible. I can’t believe EA actually did it. Such a rare W
Is it truly that good, or is the player base overreacting to an update that should’ve been live for years and years and years? I haven’t bought the game yet bc of all the terrible reviews before the patch
Every true fifa gamers like you and me understands the value of this patch. I’m glad that big influencers like you are stepping up and saying good words about this patch. I hope ea will find this as courage and will listen the community even more for the next days.
All these comments about Nick being a sellout are crazy. You have to praise when EA do something good for the game just as much as you cry about bug and issues, otherwise they wont know what we think of the patches.
I love this game. I'm defending and actually get rewarded. God that feels so good. I'm playing from East Europe and the connection it's bad but even like that with this patch I can outsmart my opponents and punish them if they don't actively defend. Pls don't change it Ea.
Most enjoyment I’ve had on fifa in years the last few days. Free Zizou and the gameplay is actually fun. I genuinely can’t believe how EA have turned the worst Fifa ever, into a good game overnight, but I’m here for it 😌
The gameplay is definitely more “fun” which at the end of the day is what everyone has been complaining to EA about for years. They definitely need to give more control back to the player. Once they fix manual defending to make it a bit better we r gonna finally have a good game
@@ozi9494 I kind of mean like jockeying, I feel like it’s been super slow which is why you depend on the ai so much to defend for you. Also like player switching would need to get fixed too if it was more responsive and smooth you’d feel like you can control your teams defense a little better.
Fifa 18 was my first time playing UT, i learned how to defend manually back then and never changed defending style since. My results were always low-mid, after patch i won about 20 games in a row rivals div4-3/champs, last year for example I never reached div 4 and had 11win champs max. Never realized how much difference does ai in defending
UFL is embarrassing horrendous dog shit and ALWAYS will be EA pissing themselves laughing at that crap UFL haven't got a clue what they are doing Won't even be online in 6 months
I think thats false! The gameplay maximized microtransactions and money! There is a reason the game was how it was! If they dont see more money with this patch they ll erase manual defending!
10 wins was the most I got in champs this fifa , managed 12 yesterday after the patch , defending nerf hit players who can’t actually defend so hard and that is how it should be , rewarding skill.
I only qualified once before patch as i couldn't stand the gameplay - qualified with 100% record and got 11 wins this weekend, the games I lost were close and i could see what i did to deserve the L and could learn from them - massive W from EA!
yeah AI defending needed a huge nerf and kids were getting bailed, it’s cool that that’s no more. the problem is u can track a run perfectly or cut out a passing lane and still miss the easy interception. if you’re making those reads u should be getting rewarded on defense as well. i don’t feel like defending even manually is always as rewarding as it should be. if u get to high percentage angle u should score. if u read a ball and are where you’re supposed to be u should get the ball back. the game is way better than the bullshit we’ve had since release but it’s EA and it’ll never be a good football game.
Precisely! This company wants money! If this patch and gameplay wont give them more money they ll switch back to the arcade game and erase manual defending! You show them what you want with your wallet!
this is what ive been saying!!! we dont get rewarded when playing well on defense, a lot of bullshit goals happened to me ffs. i'd rather play the previous patch than this one
The amount of times I have looked at the defending stats after the game and see people with 50+ attempted tackles to my 15. People were honestly just spamming circle and EA were rewarding them
THIS COMMENT RIGHT HERE!!! That shit PISSED ME OFFFFFFFF - imagine being rewarded for being a brainless idiot spamming Circle - this patch fixed this - THANK YOU EA
@@georgemander5276I‘d say the punishment is way bigger since you cant instantly catch up to attackers one bad tackle gives your opponent alot of space to work with
@@thisaintitchief7748 it might just be me though but I’m not feeling the boost of pace everyone is getting to go away from defenders. Might just be me but not really noticing much different apart from the game is faster
@ tbh I dont see an issue with the boost of pace because if you dont step out your still gonna keep up with attackers the only thing is if you risk it and dont win the ball your at a disadvantage which makes sense I myself am working on not being too aggressive on defense I just played a few games in div 2 and focused on defending it‘s actually to me atleast much more rewarding im not going at the player with the ball as much instead I just try to defend my opponents attackers switching back and forth etc so my opponent doesn‘t get the chance to play into them which usually leads to them keeping the ball a bit longer with their midfielders and when there is an opportunity I switch to a midfielder and press my opponents and another thing I dont do as much now is tackling I just guard them and rarely tackle when there is a possibility to win the ball
Tried the new patch for the first time today, and I am LOVING it! So refreshing to have responsive gameplay with skill being rewarded. When I finished a game today I actually wanted to play more and did not feel depressed and exhausted. EA have actually listened for once and I am having the most fun in years.
Honestly the patch is great, more space, more pace, passing is good, finishing is not great yet but this is very good. I got to say that now the game is totally different, i was just getting the grip with the mechanics of the older version of the game and now i have to re-learn how to play defence, is crazy how much we were getting bailed out by the cpu and is not easy getting used to the new defensive system, but i 100% prefer this to what we used to have the last 2/3 years. Good job Ea for once
The only thing that really bugs me is the passing not going to the players I want. Through Balls dint go where I send them, direct passes will either go to the furthest person or the person too close to capitalise.
Same for me! This is the best gameplay we have had since pre-patch FIFA 18 in my opinion. Finally a game where the attacking AI moves, the defending AI isn't that dominant and passing is somewhat good now. Of course the game still has flaws but it's improved massively from the version we played for 5 months. Still a disgrace they released such a bad product in the beginning. But atleast we know they are capable of making a proper game. This is the direction this franchise should be going forward
@NoName-qs7ed skill issue is it fun to score 10 goals it's lack of programming skills they have if they test thing before they are releasing patch it would be better but they don't care that's my opinion fc 25 is not open world game so it isn't that hard...they have to think and test things carefully before they release a patch that's why the game still has a poor metacritc users score
@@gamerszzopokyes it is fun to score 10 goals why would it not be just because your an oldhead with the reaction time of a tortoise and cant defend even if your life depended on it doesn‘t make the patch bad goofy
more attacking will always lead to more rebounds. i feel like its way easier to handle cuz instead of stressing for 15 mins to get fd on a single rebound to knowing if i play well i can easily make up for a possible rebound even if the other guy tries to defend like a madlad
I went from being hardstuck div 3 all year (mostly because i cba to get grind and get good at eAI fc 25) to post patch going to div 1 in a single winstreak its actually crazy i can actually pass around and run past defenders now theres actually a skill gap. And i love seeing my opponents being completely lost because they've never had to manually defend before.
@@panosa7789he saying in old patch when AI defending was overpowered he didn't use it because he was using manual defending so basically his aggressive defender so he didn't sit back n wait.. So this new patch ones who used AI defending gonna get destroyed n ones who kept using manual defend gonna be up top.. So more of a skill gab
SO MUCH BETTER. Everyone stopped playing this game in the first 2 weeks due to 3 things: 1) Everyone keeping the ball/taking 5 buisness days to build up, felt like you’d touch the ball 4x a half. This is due to AI being so good at defending that you have to recycle every time. Repetitive, boring. 2) Pack weight for the first 2-3 months of the game genuinely felt like just gold cards were in packs, and that it was day 1. My team, along with many others had gold Foden at RW for probably 2 months. 3) unbearably heavy gameplay/ slow servers on multiple different weekends making weekend league unplayable/ division rivals r top reward points being WAY to high, asking for 3-4 wins each day. Just not reasonable when people work 9-5. Don’t be to nice now. If I’m being honest, they’ve changed ONE of those 3, being the first one (gameplay). If they can just simply boost pack weight by 10% (don’t want everyone having mental teams, but also don’t want to not see a promo flair for 1 entire month) the game will be incredible. I personally don’t think they’ll ever get the servers right, as EA are known for not investing in servers. But at least they made ONE GREAT step in the RIGHTS direction. For years we’ve just seen it taking a worse and worse and worse route. Finally, a glimpse of hope.
@@StagWasThere do you play on PC? If so due to only around 18,000-20,000 people playing on PC, the pack weight is SIGNIFICANTLY better on PC compared to console. Also, If you put 1,000-2,000 into this game in a year, you’ll have a crazy fkn team. I know this sounds crazy, but putting in $1k-$2k on FIFA to some people means nothing to them, regardless of if they can afford to spend that much on the game. It’s a genuine addiction for some people with addictive personalities that can’t resist having the best.
We wore them down till they made the game fun again😂 people need to realize realism isn’t fun. Realism is 1-0 games where playing like Atlético is the better play style when you’re playing someone better than you. What we want fast pace SKILL based attacking and defending.
I have only played about 3 games since the patch and they all been over 10 goals one game ended 10-6 I got cooked can’t stop anything but better than 1-0
Completely agree, I have been playing ut since 13 and I genuinely can say that im enjoying the gameplay for the first time since fifa 17 fingers crossed they dont nerf anything major and screw it up once again
this community kills me man, the people complaining about defending being too hard want every video game to be handed to them and for them to not have to put in effort to improve. think about other games, think about fps games or hero shooters, how long and how much effort you have to put to get really good. this weekend, i had fun using my attackers, and I trolled and gave away a lot of goals, but I knew it was my own fault, so I focused more on defending and improved more and more, getting 10 wins which is what i usually get anyway, and even if my opponents are better than me at defending, i know that i am great at attacking play so i would always stay in the game, and i love that I can actively see myself getting better at manually defending again after YEARS of AI defending simulator.
I played this past weekend for the first time in 2 months and I didn't lose a game after playing for 3 hours. It finally felt like my skill was appreciated by the game and it reciprocated my defending ability and punished me for mistakes. Whatever state the game is in, people will adapt and learn to abuse whatever mechanics they can. This version felt like nothing was abusable, great stuff.
@@joeyfajardo2920nah he wanted a complete boycott, the community and other content creators decided that they can’t boycott the whole game but can boycott the points
I find myself getting more frustrated at myself rather than the game. I feel a genuine desire to learn and improve. Best gameplay since I was hitting heel to heel with potm Son in fifa 17
Sounds like ea did some reverse psychology on you. Gave you a game so terrible it made you sad, then made it normal and you think it’s amazing now. There is nothing that could bring me back.
🤣🤣🤣 W NICK! I’m enjoying it too, I feel I’m averaging 6+ goals a game since it came out and it feels less realistic but it’s so much more fun when attacking carries the game and not the AI defending
On the other hand … it’s really frustrating when your cm’s don’t defend at all when they’re just playing inbetween your line and your midfielders. They don’t try and press at all. And if you switch to your cm to press/defend your cb’s just let them through That’s why I kind of get the “arcade” argument
For me, it’s too late for EA25. Even at the discounted price, playing Ultimate Team would feel pointless. If EA can maintain the gameplay you mentioned in the next game, I might consider buying it, but it won’t be a day-one purchase. I'll wait to hear what players like you have to say about it before deciding. I’ve spent too much money and time on these games over the years. Gaming should be enjoyable, not feel like a chore.
I don't understand how some people prefer to play the most boring game ever and have better results for better rewards because what's the point of having great players if you want to log off the game every time you play it
because now they have to actually think about what they are doing instead of holding R1 all game - its glorious and i will sit and drink their tears haha
And those ppl who say it not fun when score loads goals n matches to easy.. Well if it too easy play with Broze team.. End of the day it bout wining n having fun bc what get for wining packs n get better at the game
@noahs8366 make it better from the start. There's no excuse. They knew how to do it. Yet chose not to. EA made the choice to feed that awful game to us knowing it could be better but didn't care until their numbers dropped. How many years have we played when it could have been made better? Absolutely zero excuse.
@noahs8366 just because nick says something doesn't mean you have to believe him and ride to his defence because someone disagrees. I played the game before the patch. Stopped playing about a month ago. I have played every day since to gauge this new patch. It's much better. So why couldn't they do this in September?
I completely agree with you, nick. You are spot on. The game is more attacking and the skill gap is higher than before resulting in a more fun and fair experience for everyone
Only 2 things I have gripes with atm. 1 corners feel useless because headers aren’t viable whatsoever to get one on target is a miracle. 2 rebounds seem to be worse since the patch despite the tackle back fix
@ they were definitely too strong but I don’t making headers useless is a fix. If I beat the defensive line with an early cross I am immediately penalised by my player choosing to do a header instead of a volley first time
I think headers should be useless, it’s a cheap goal. You’d score a lot more from passing it short then to a player in the box and dribbling around the defence to shoot
Agreed, I got back on the game yesterday cause they gave it to me for free and I was shocked. There is space to build up play, you have to finally DEFEND, no auto block or teleportation tackles when you hit the tackle button with meta defenders(Im coming from EAFC 24 idk if this was the case this year), this is actually insane. It actually feels like you are playing another HUMAN BEING not just AI Defending
@@martinmcguire1372because the vast majority of people forgot how to manually defend with how overpowered AI defending is. It’s not a hard concept to grasp.
I wish Efootball does something to their defending after this. This is a moment in football games where the "Big Dawg" have changed the Meta. A football game which is actually a proper Football Game!! WOAH, SIGN ME UP!!!
I used to play soccer IRL and of course I’m a fan of the game. I’m div 3 not that good at the game but I actually started enjoying the game a lot more. I was sick of ppl get on the game and spam glitches and broken mechanisms. Same people now crying that they can’t defend. W patch from EA, hopefully they don’t screw it up.
I stopped playing in oktober and tried 2 games yesterday and the game is so much better now. I fully agree that defending now is so much better and the opponents get punished now for not manual defending.
i’m in disbelief that people are complaining about this patch😂😂😂 CB’s are still insane if you know how to defend😂 defending is insane if you know what you’re doing and the same thing goes for attacking. the best patch i’ve ever seen and there’s people complaining because there’s a skill gap. cooked community
@@SonyCamry Same I am confused whats fun in people just doing midfield through balls with vinicius and scoring, it is the same game again and again, i much prefer the slower gameplay and more composed approach. I dont find much joy in having to run up the score, I am trying hard to find a defensive formation where I can build my attack but it is impossible now because the CB just leave wide channel for these fast players to run.
Loved the video Unc Pick genuinely enjoyed this vid, and had such great takes. Ive fell in luv wit the game since 23 and youve def helped me through this community Keep up the great videos !
I dont really care for the patch. My issue has always been DDA, lack of responsiveness, wrong inputs, horrible passing, meta what what. But with the patch, RB + A to striker and the whole team is dead. There's no football, just pass to striker, run past him and you've scored. I'm a Div 1 player, i dont do AI defending or high pressure tactics or meta trash but this here ain't football.
100% agree. Transition requires zero skill or thought in the current state. It almost feels like attacking scenarios in moments. I don’t like it. Feels unrewarding.
@panosa7789 bro, truth. I take great joy in creating genuine pure football chances but now I'm just scoring by pushing the ball forward. It's not rewarding and it's boring. I would have liked it rather if they removed AI defending and not buffed pace. 85 strikers outpacing 89 pace defenders and defenders struggling to catch up is dumb and not realistic😅
I absolutely love playing again on the new patch, feel like I’ve gotten back to my good days again now that ai can’t bail out everyone. Had my best start to fut champs so far this year with 8-0 and this year I haven’t had more than 10 wins this year. With the new patch I may be able to push for rank 2s again
If you’re losing a game by 5 goals, you deserved to lose. Stop blaming defending. I have not lost a game by more than 2 goals since the patch. I’ve lost games 7-6 this weekend, and I can promise you I felt much better after that loss than a 2-1 loss a week ago.
Loving the Attacking gameplay, feels like I'm back, still I need to get good at defending, need more agile and fast defenders now, and use jockey without overcomitting and time the tackles well, you'll get good at defending
I haven’t played since October and decided to put it back on today due to this praise and I HATE the patch is this good as I thought I was finally gonna be able to avoid any future fifas but god damn…. The patch is amazing…. Just absolutely spanked players with 91 rated squads with my little old gold 86 rated Arsenal squad because I am well versed at manual defending (FIFA 98 to present player) I am loving the fact a good/smart player actually gets rewarded now….
I don't know if it is defenders coming out and servers being overloaded but it has felt lethargic and keepers being OP again. I think another issue I am seeing is now people are struggling to defend I am seeing a lot of low depth and less space to attack into
I love this new update, it’s been so much fun, at least now when I lose a fut champs game, I know it’s cause I’m not defending as good as I have to defend!!
Nick you are spot on. I have played FIFA /EaFC for years. I am loving the new gameplay. I am losing a lot of goals but I am relearning defending. Since fifa 17 I have been de-skilled on defending but now having to actually defend. Enjoying having to learn this skill again despite some loses.
Defending is literally impossible my defenders fall asleep sometimes and even when i manually read the pass it still goes through but my opponent can run with his centermids and the AI does everything for him its insane
Nick, this patch has changed everything: yes, defending is finally more manually skilled and yes, I do concede more goals because I am not really good however the offensive football is really great and finishing is soooo much better 🎉🎉🎉
Sick to death of my defenders not staying back & my setting is ZERO defensive line height. Last 24 hours, quit nearly every game in Rivals. Thinking about deleting this game, there is no change in the gameplay for me, it is still RUBBISH
Stuck in Div 2 the whole year after being an elite Div player for the couple years that rivals has been set up with elite. They patch the game and I fly through Div 2 and am now goin through Div 1 with ease. Finally playing fifa again
1st time Nick praises EA in a thumbnail loll 😂😂😂
We keep it real here. The patch is amazing. I’m having fun
I liked the rant bit about defending because the first thing Nep did after the patch was complain that speed boost was broken and if they didn’t fix it he would literally stop playing the game.
Go nucks!
nick is generally afraid that EA’s going to change it back to AI25
We still need “SUPPORT” on all type of Attacking roles, not enough on Strikers
Needed for wingers and cams
“Build up” is not good enough on wingers
Konami have taken the biggest L in gaming history. They could've got so many players to switch to eFootball yet they did nothing and haven't done a proper gameplay patch in a year and it's rince and repeat every week.
They deserve this L for this incompetence
Efootball looks like mobile game bro .
PES had always been a Mobile game from the very beginning@@hanishthakur5719
I stg, I would be a PES merchant if they didn't change it up to eShit
@@hanishthakur5719 How it looks is the least of it's worries. The game seriously lacks content and does nothing to fix that. It's gameplay is top, but it's literally the ONLY thing that's good about that game.
My biggest worry is that EA is gonna ruin the game again. We're now 1 patch away from the game going back to how it used to be. We have to remember this EA we're talking about. Let's not take this new patch for granted.
Wouldn’t surprise me if they in their next patch add a bunch of animations that slow down the game
Hopefully they don't these cray baby's fucking noobs will ruin everything
Considerung all the noobs and cpu friends I wouldnt be surprised as well. EA needs them.. and they cant keep up. They literally get cooked.
take a patch for granted is a good fucking quote. what has videogame industry come to...
Instead of crying just enjoy it till they fuck it up
I feel like most of the people that are complaining about this patch are younger people who didn’t get the chance to play older fifa’s, which is why they aren’t used to gameplay feeling like this
They most probably started playing from fc 24 or fifa 23
Facts! You are so right! I played against players who said they always used to win. Then I ask them how old are they. Bruh they are legit 7-18 year olds complaining 😂😂😂 they can’t handle this patch is how the old generation use to play on. Now there is a skill gap and the younger generations hate it 😂😂😂
I’ve played since the very first FIFA and this was the one of the best games and now it’s one of the worst. Just easily pleased ping pong play now, pass pass shoot score = boring
Yea that is a great point it does feel very weird for me as I started fifa 23 but I am actually in div 4 cause my attack is so good
@@josephchavez9525 i started in fc 24 but i love this new gameplay
Forgot this version of Nick existed
Lol
What version? Happy? LOL
@Nick I'm happy that you feel good with the game right now.. but man you sound like you've been unlucky the last years and very frustrated. You justify yourself so often, it sounds like you dont enjoy the community youre in.
Last videos I wachted of you was 5 years ago. You sound the same - very frustrated.
I think this change is 8.5/10. When I lose I genuinely feel like I’ve lost to a better player. Before the patch I felt like I was losing games I should’ve been winning. SKILL actually matters now. **TIP** VVD isn’t meta anymore
VVD is still meta if you know how to defend.
Fax before it genuinely felt like damn near all the players I lost to were dogshit
The most I enjoyed a FIFA/FC since pre-patch FIFA 18 for me. Ironically it was the last game where we had such high scoring games. The update is honestly incredible. I can’t believe EA actually did it. Such a rare W
Yes. I said this to Skillz. I haven’t had this much fun since FIFA 18. 7 years ago bro. 7
Yep fifa 18 Was the last good one imo, but they HAVE made Eafc 25 better than the last 5.
Nick first thing I said was the exact same shit you said so it shows how true it is 😂
Is it truly that good, or is the player base overreacting to an update that should’ve been live for years and years and years? I haven’t bought the game yet bc of all the terrible reviews before the patch
Every true fifa gamers like you and me understands the value of this patch. I’m glad that big influencers like you are stepping up and saying good words about this patch. I hope ea will find this as courage and will listen the community even more for the next days.
All these comments about Nick being a sellout are crazy. You have to praise when EA do something good for the game just as much as you cry about bug and issues, otherwise they wont know what we think of the patches.
100% agree with I mean the amount he rage and criticise ea the last 2 years so it's crazy people say he is a sellout
People are just to satly to prase a company they been shittin on for the last few years 😂
People just hate for the love of the game
Exactly, If we don't show our appreciation they might return it back to the dog shit slop fest thinking it's what is best
Yes there are problems but you are right when there is an improvement it’s important they know or they’ll just go the other way again.
I love this game. I'm defending and actually get rewarded. God that feels so good. I'm playing from East Europe and the connection it's bad but even like that with this patch I can outsmart my opponents and punish them if they don't actively defend. Pls don't change it Ea.
Good for you. I still defending but getting battered with rebounds again and own goals from my keeper 👍
making the right decision defensively but the ball just bounces back to the striker.
@@marcosilva2319 yes unfortunately that happens a lot to me also
Defending is reasonably better now 22,23 and 24 sucked at that.
Trash game. Idiot spurs fan doesn't know anything about football. Ever kicked a real ball nick?
Its rarer seeing Pick praise EA than packing a TOTY
fr 😂
Pickolaas is back man
Most enjoyment I’ve had on fifa in years the last few days. Free Zizou and the gameplay is actually fun. I genuinely can’t believe how EA have turned the worst Fifa ever, into a good game overnight, but I’m here for it 😌
The gameplay is definitely more “fun” which at the end of the day is what everyone has been complaining to EA about for years. They definitely need to give more control back to the player. Once they fix manual defending to make it a bit better we r gonna finally have a good game
More fun it's trash the broke the keepers too disbled losers
@@gamerszzopokYou are definitely an AI defending rat
I really need to understand what is manual defending, this is rubbish defending it was always manual defending since tactical
@@ozi9494 I kind of mean like jockeying, I feel like it’s been super slow which is why you depend on the ai so much to defend for you. Also like player switching would need to get fixed too if it was more responsive and smooth you’d feel like you can control your teams defense a little better.
@@gamerszzopok what about it specifically bothers you?
Fifa 18 was my first time playing UT, i learned how to defend manually back then and never changed defending style since. My results were always low-mid, after patch i won about 20 games in a row rivals div4-3/champs, last year for example I never reached div 4 and had 11win champs max. Never realized how much difference does ai in defending
UFL Side Effect , when you see a free game have a great and responsive support , you need to start feel some fear and competition
UFL is embarrassing horrendous dog shit and ALWAYS will be
EA pissing themselves laughing at that crap
UFL haven't got a clue what they are doing
Won't even be online in 6 months
I think thats false! The gameplay maximized microtransactions and money! There is a reason the game was how it was! If they dont see more money with this patch they ll erase manual defending!
24:13... I legit smiled and went "Look at Pick smiling" LOL bro, FC is back. Im out of that 1-0 rivals simulator PRAISE THE LORD
They finally brought back Fifa 17 attacking AI.
The runs I’m getting. Tears in my eyes.
Helps that gameplay has been smooth for once too. Lag is down across the board and the gameplay hasn’t felt randomly unresponsive or slow.
Genuinely only thing that feels “improved” for me is passing. The game still feels slow and im on 16 ping.
@@NickRTFM advanced forward ++ is so op with this patch
@NickRTFM I'm not really enjoying the patch defending feels hard attacking is slightly better but I cant get a win in div 3
10 wins was the most I got in champs this fifa , managed 12 yesterday after the patch , defending nerf hit players who can’t actually defend so hard and that is how it should be , rewarding skill.
I only qualified once before patch as i couldn't stand the gameplay - qualified with 100% record and got 11 wins this weekend, the games I lost were close and i could see what i did to deserve the L and could learn from them - massive W from EA!
never ever ever in my life would i have expected picholas to glaze ea. what a time to be alive
Kind sir Nick, after a 2 year hiatus, I am back on EA Sports FC. This is what I like to see.
yeah AI defending needed a huge nerf and kids were getting bailed, it’s cool that that’s no more. the problem is u can track a run perfectly or cut out a passing lane and still miss the easy interception. if you’re making those reads u should be getting rewarded on defense as well. i don’t feel like defending even manually is always as rewarding as it should be. if u get to high percentage angle u should score. if u read a ball and are where you’re supposed to be u should get the ball back. the game is way better than the bullshit we’ve had since release but it’s EA and it’ll never be a good football game.
Precisely! This company wants money! If this patch and gameplay wont give them more money they ll switch back to the arcade game and erase manual defending! You show them what you want with your wallet!
this is what ive been saying!!! we dont get rewarded when playing well on defense, a lot of bullshit goals happened to me ffs. i'd rather play the previous patch than this one
Your enthusiasm is almost making me emotional (for real)
Cause i feel your passion
The amount of times I have looked at the defending stats after the game and see people with 50+ attempted tackles to my 15. People were honestly just spamming circle and EA were rewarding them
THIS COMMENT RIGHT HERE!!! That shit PISSED ME OFFFFFFFF - imagine being rewarded for being a brainless idiot spamming Circle - this patch fixed this - THANK YOU EA
It’s half and half with people who like and dislike this patch but tackling and interceptions are terrible now I swear
@@georgemander5276I‘d say the punishment is way bigger since you cant instantly catch up to attackers one bad tackle gives your opponent alot of space to work with
@@thisaintitchief7748 it might just be me though but I’m not feeling the boost of pace everyone is getting to go away from defenders. Might just be me but not really noticing much different apart from the game is faster
@ tbh I dont see an issue with the boost of pace because if you dont step out your still gonna keep up with attackers the only thing is if you risk it and dont win the ball your at a disadvantage which makes sense I myself am working on not being too aggressive on defense I just played a few games in div 2 and focused on defending it‘s actually to me atleast much more rewarding im not going at the player with the ball as much instead I just try to defend my opponents attackers switching back and forth etc so my opponent doesn‘t get the chance to play into them which usually leads to them keeping the ball a bit longer with their midfielders and when there is an opportunity I switch to a midfielder and press my opponents and another thing I dont do as much now is tackling I just guard them and rarely tackle when there is a possibility to win the ball
Tried the new patch for the first time today, and I am LOVING it! So refreshing to have responsive gameplay with skill being rewarded. When I finished a game today I actually wanted to play more and did not feel depressed and exhausted. EA have actually listened for once and I am having the most fun in years.
Honestly the patch is great, more space, more pace, passing is good, finishing is not great yet but this is very good.
I got to say that now the game is totally different, i was just getting the grip with the mechanics of the older version of the game and now i have to re-learn how to play defence, is crazy how much we were getting bailed out by the cpu and is not easy getting used to the new defensive system, but i 100% prefer this to what we used to have the last 2/3 years. Good job Ea for once
Pick is deffo packing a toty now 😂
The only thing that really bugs me is the passing not going to the players I want. Through Balls dint go where I send them, direct passes will either go to the furthest person or the person too close to capitalise.
Same for me! This is the best gameplay we have had since pre-patch FIFA 18 in my opinion. Finally a game where the attacking AI moves, the defending AI isn't that dominant and passing is somewhat good now. Of course the game still has flaws but it's improved massively from the version we played for 5 months. Still a disgrace they released such a bad product in the beginning. But atleast we know they are capable of making a proper game. This is the direction this franchise should be going forward
hahah what a laugh nice patch its really fun if every shot is a goal
@@gamerszzopokskill issue tbh
@NoName-qs7ed skill issue is it fun to score 10 goals it's lack of programming skills they have if they test thing before they are releasing patch it would be better but they don't care that's my opinion fc 25 is not open world game so it isn't that hard...they have to think and test things carefully before they release a patch that's why the game still has a poor metacritc users score
@@gamerszzopokyes it is fun to score 10 goals why would it not be just because your an oldhead with the reaction time of a tortoise and cant defend even if your life depended on it doesn‘t make the patch bad goofy
@thisaintitchief7748 do u have is issues big mouth ? Loser
i was the last opponent with the defending haha, it was so fun playing you man, defending is defo better now
I mean it’s better to attack but I feel like rebounds are even worse just from my experience even with anticipate + cbs the tackling sucks
It’s fun tho, u can’t expect fifa to not be fifa
@@mdot1799 its not fun
@ why are you still playing in January if you don’t find it fun
more attacking will always lead to more rebounds. i feel like its way easier to handle cuz instead of stressing for 15 mins to get fd on a single rebound to knowing if i play well i can easily make up for a possible rebound even if the other guy tries to defend like a madlad
@@mdot1799why do you care about him playing this awful game? Are you in love with him or something?
It’s so good, I love the cutbacks, constant bounce backs, trivelas and 1 depth AI defending, over the tops and speed boost
I went from being hardstuck div 3 all year (mostly because i cba to get grind and get good at eAI fc 25) to post patch going to div 1 in a single winstreak its actually crazy i can actually pass around and run past defenders now theres actually a skill gap. And i love seeing my opponents being completely lost because they've never had to manually defend before.
You down to 1 v 1?
So the ai defending only benefitted your opponents? But it didn’t ever benefit you? Am I understand your claim correctly?
Same bro
@@panosa7789he saying in old patch when AI defending was overpowered he didn't use it because he was using manual defending so basically his aggressive defender so he didn't sit back n wait.. So this new patch ones who used AI defending gonna get destroyed n ones who kept using manual defend gonna be up top.. So more of a skill gab
@@soccerhernandez1745let’s go
Nick trying to gain his EA Golden Boy status back.
he prob a friend of a dev or a dev himself
SO MUCH BETTER. Everyone stopped playing this game in the first 2 weeks due to 3 things:
1) Everyone keeping the ball/taking 5 buisness days to build up, felt like you’d touch the ball 4x a half. This is due to AI being so good at defending that you have to recycle every time. Repetitive, boring.
2) Pack weight for the first 2-3 months of the game genuinely felt like just gold cards were in packs, and that it was day 1. My team, along with many others had gold Foden at RW for probably 2 months.
3) unbearably heavy gameplay/ slow servers on multiple different weekends making weekend league unplayable/ division rivals r top reward points being WAY to high, asking for 3-4 wins each day. Just not reasonable when people work 9-5.
Don’t be to nice now. If I’m being honest, they’ve changed ONE of those 3, being the first one (gameplay). If they can just simply boost pack weight by 10% (don’t want everyone having mental teams, but also don’t want to not see a promo flair for 1 entire month) the game will be incredible.
I personally don’t think they’ll ever get the servers right, as EA are known for not investing in servers. But at least they made ONE GREAT step in the RIGHTS direction. For years we’ve just seen it taking a worse and worse and worse route. Finally, a glimpse of hope.
yeah I second this
I only played the first 2.5 months but I think I only packed 3 or 4 special cards not from guaranteed packs
I still have golden foden 😭😭😭
Still not played a Single Game. Will not change. Trash Company !
I'm div 2 and every person I verse they have mental team and that was already before Christmas
@@StagWasThere do you play on PC? If so due to only around 18,000-20,000 people playing on PC, the pack weight is SIGNIFICANTLY better on PC compared to console.
Also,
If you put 1,000-2,000 into this game in a year, you’ll have a crazy fkn team. I know this sounds crazy, but putting in $1k-$2k on FIFA to some people means nothing to them, regardless of if they can afford to spend that much on the game. It’s a genuine addiction for some people with addictive personalities that can’t resist having the best.
No wonder, I started playing this weekend and I went up 2 divisions. I was in disbelief because I didnt know about the patch.
Anyone I seen complain about the gameplay is only complaining they let in too many goals, just turn the Dline pressure to like 45 and learn to defend
Doesn’t work. Even if you play deep.
@@kgotsondlovu6649it does. Take the training wheels off and ditch the pacifer. Learn to defend 😭😭😭😭
@@alextriantos2795 share your username here let me prove you wrong.
I still play on 75 and dont concede that many the games balance alot better am a manual defender I love it
And I play 342 so that's 3 cbs backline all u need is a good football brain 😂
EA felt threatened by UFL
We wore them down till they made the game fun again😂 people need to realize realism isn’t fun. Realism is 1-0 games where playing like Atlético is the better play style when you’re playing someone better than you. What we want fast pace SKILL based attacking and defending.
yeah but to be fair all of those ping pong stuff in the box wasn't realism
I have only played about 3 games since the patch and they all been over 10 goals one game ended 10-6 I got cooked can’t stop anything but better than 1-0
That's what you want. Talk again next week. Game is still horrible
Lol I’d prefer a balance that relies on variation when it comes to style of play and tempo.
This guy just said playing like Atlético🤦♂️ tell me you don’t actually watch football without telling me
Completely agree, I have been playing ut since 13 and I genuinely can say that im enjoying the gameplay for the first time since fifa 17 fingers crossed they dont nerf anything major and screw it up once again
We got Pick glazing EA sports before GTA 6 what is this life.
Best gameplay since fifa 17. It's about damn time!
this community kills me man, the people complaining about defending being too hard want every video game to be handed to them and for them to not have to put in effort to improve. think about other games, think about fps games or hero shooters, how long and how much effort you have to put to get really good. this weekend, i had fun using my attackers, and I trolled and gave away a lot of goals, but I knew it was my own fault, so I focused more on defending and improved more and more, getting 10 wins which is what i usually get anyway, and even if my opponents are better than me at defending, i know that i am great at attacking play so i would always stay in the game, and i love that I can actively see myself getting better at manually defending again after YEARS of AI defending simulator.
I’m on old gen the defending is still too op and my attacking ai is horrible, why am I getting cooked by ea rn
@Panexo7get on new gen then
Everyone wants everything in life handed to them my brotha, entitled sacks of shit
@Panexo7because old gen don't have hypermotion
@@YVLzo I unfortunately don’t have the money to get a new gen console yet, even though they are pretty cheap
too late, i'm never coming back
some say nick was born with a hat
I played this past weekend for the first time in 2 months and I didn't lose a game after playing for 3 hours. It finally felt like my skill was appreciated by the game and it reciprocated my defending ability and punished me for mistakes. Whatever state the game is in, people will adapt and learn to abuse whatever mechanics they can. This version felt like nothing was abusable, great stuff.
Pickolas Glazing FC25 Before gta 6👍👍🚨🔥
Let's be honest guys, now reviews are mixed:
People who win games = patch is good
People who lose games = Patch is bad
Skill issue
Game was too ez
This the same guy who last year was starting a whole boycott campaign 😭😭
I mean it was a boycott on fifa points and store packs lol. Completely different
And it was made with good reason.
Fr everyone should just never change their opinions and always stubbornly hold to their beliefs even if good changes are made
@@joeyfajardo2920nah he wanted a complete boycott, the community and other content creators decided that they can’t boycott the whole game but can boycott the points
@ lmao, W pfp btw
I find myself getting more frustrated at myself rather than the game. I feel a genuine desire to learn and improve. Best gameplay since I was hitting heel to heel with potm Son in fifa 17
We must be playing different games 🤣
Nothing better than eating in 3am and watching Nick's videos, ah hapiness
Sounds like ea did some reverse psychology on you. Gave you a game so terrible it made you sad, then made it normal and you think it’s amazing now. There is nothing that could bring me back.
plot twist this dude be cheating and prob still got whopped by someone who was probably also cheating just like faze swag on cod 🤣
@@phtx713what?
🤣🤣🤣 W NICK! I’m enjoying it too, I feel I’m averaging 6+ goals a game since it came out and it feels less realistic but it’s so much more fun when attacking carries the game and not the AI defending
Bro why are we praising ea for a patch that took nearly 4 months to drop, i spent 70 to wait a extra 4 months for it to be playable this is sickening
not only that but they dont let u pack shit. its a ripofff frkn game corrupt and rigged
on the top elite leaderboard theirs a player w 3 separate accounts that have the same name i search that name on youtube and this guy pops up
And it's back to normal again now
Just seen the thumbnail… is everything alright at home, Nick?
Nick having fun on fc? Ea really locked in 👏
Completely agree with all that nick. I also went from 6 wins to 10 wins this week in champs 😁
On the other hand … it’s really frustrating when your cm’s don’t defend at all when they’re just playing inbetween your line and your midfielders. They don’t try and press at all. And if you switch to your cm to press/defend your cb’s just let them through That’s why I kind of get the “arcade” argument
For me, it’s too late for EA25. Even at the discounted price, playing Ultimate Team would feel pointless. If EA can maintain the gameplay you mentioned in the next game, I might consider buying it, but it won’t be a day-one purchase. I'll wait to hear what players like you have to say about it before deciding. I’ve spent too much money and time on these games over the years. Gaming should be enjoyable, not feel like a chore.
dont even waste your hard earned money on this rigged game budd.
i'm so happy to see Nick happy😂😂
I don't understand how some people prefer to play the most boring game ever and have better results for better rewards because what's the point of having great players if you want to log off the game every time you play it
because now they have to actually think about what they are doing instead of holding R1 all game - its glorious and i will sit and drink their tears haha
And those ppl who say it not fun when score loads goals n matches to easy.. Well if it too easy play with Broze team.. End of the day it bout wining n having fun bc what get for wining packs n get better at the game
Watch they will end up saying all they had to do was reduce the defense AI, thats what was killing the game
1 good patch doesn't make up for 15 years of BS. 15 years of taking us for mugs. Yet 1 good patch and everyone forgets. Pathetic
What are they supposed to do then lmfao
@noahs8366 make it better from the start. There's no excuse. They knew how to do it. Yet chose not to. EA made the choice to feed that awful game to us knowing it could be better but didn't care until their numbers dropped. How many years have we played when it could have been made better? Absolutely zero excuse.
@And yet you still play
@noahs8366 just because nick says something doesn't mean you have to believe him and ride to his defence because someone disagrees.
I played the game before the patch. Stopped playing about a month ago. I have played every day since to gauge this new patch. It's much better. So why couldn't they do this in September?
@@jhjh321 I have never ever been on nicks side fyi.
I completely agree with you, nick. You are spot on. The game is more attacking and the skill gap is higher than before resulting in a more fun and fair experience for everyone
Only 2 things I have gripes with atm. 1 corners feel useless because headers aren’t viable whatsoever to get one on target is a miracle. 2 rebounds seem to be worse since the patch despite the tackle back fix
The headers from a corner don't even go in. How many times have I tried 😅😅
🐀🐀🐀
Im glad corners are useless. It was always a way for less skilled people to get cheap goals when it was more op
@ they were definitely too strong but I don’t making headers useless is a fix. If I beat the defensive line with an early cross I am immediately penalised by my player choosing to do a header instead of a volley first time
I think headers should be useless, it’s a cheap goal. You’d score a lot more from passing it short then to a player in the box and dribbling around the defence to shoot
All the players who are bad now shows they were never good, after the patch you should’ve became better because of the skill gap now
I prefer the attacking gameplay of course and nerf to defensive AI but the overall gameplay is fucking shocking.
Its not shocking you are just bad
@ what are you yapping how is the servers being shit my fault u absolute whopper
I am actually having so much more fun and I rate that Nick is giving EA props that they are due for actually fixing the game (mostly)
This week was the easiest 35 points in div rivals and got promoted to div 2 so quick. I love the update
yes!!!! so much better in one day I made 35 points went from div 5 to almost div 2
Agreed, I got back on the game yesterday cause they gave it to me for free and I was shocked. There is space to build up play, you have to finally DEFEND, no auto block or teleportation tackles when you hit the tackle button with meta defenders(Im coming from EAFC 24 idk if this was the case this year), this is actually insane. It actually feels like you are playing another HUMAN BEING not just AI Defending
Its milesssss better ... the people moaning are the fifa 5 back rats that are now crap as the defending assistance is been nerfed hard
Games are literally going 10-10 now its just stupid
@@martinmcguire1372 learn to defend bellend
@@martinmcguire1372because the vast majority of people forgot how to manually defend with how overpowered AI defending is. It’s not a hard concept to grasp.
@@martinmcguire1372so score 11. you can’t defend and neither can your opponent. learn.
@@martinmcguire1372it's not stupid. Letting the game defend for you is stupid. Hope this helps
my idol is in DISBELIEF 🙏😭
I wish Efootball does something to their defending after this.
This is a moment in football games where the "Big Dawg" have changed the Meta.
A football game which is actually a proper Football Game!! WOAH, SIGN ME UP!!!
Loving Pick's technical videos where he breaks down attack and defence
I used to play soccer IRL and of course I’m a fan of the game. I’m div 3 not that good at the game but I actually started enjoying the game a lot more. I was sick of ppl get on the game and spam glitches and broken mechanisms. Same people now crying that they can’t defend. W patch from EA, hopefully they don’t screw it up.
I stopped playing in oktober and tried 2 games yesterday and the game is so much better now. I fully agree that defending now is so much better and the opponents get punished now for not manual defending.
i’m in disbelief that people are complaining about this patch😂😂😂 CB’s are still insane if you know how to defend😂 defending is insane if you know what you’re doing and the same thing goes for attacking. the best patch i’ve ever seen and there’s people complaining because there’s a skill gap. cooked community
personally i don't like it, it's turned into an arcadey ping pong football type of game and every game is high scoring.
@@SonyCamry did you like the game pre-patch?
I like the patch but there is no way cb ai should be this dumb in a role +
@@SonyCamry Same I am confused whats fun in people just doing midfield through balls with vinicius and scoring, it is the same game again and again, i much prefer the slower gameplay and more composed approach. I dont find much joy in having to run up the score, I am trying hard to find a defensive formation where I can build my attack but it is impossible now because the CB just leave wide channel for these fast players to run.
@@Zz-lp8yrboring
He's fully right, this is the smoothest the game has felt, the defending is good, attacking transitions are smooth. Everything clicks.
Post patch is pretty good but they should of done it a long time ago instead of making us go through pain playing this game 😅
Loved the video Unc Pick genuinely enjoyed this vid, and had such great takes. Ive fell in luv wit the game since 23 and youve def helped me through this community Keep up the great videos !
I dont really care for the patch. My issue has always been DDA, lack of responsiveness, wrong inputs, horrible passing, meta what what. But with the patch, RB + A to striker and the whole team is dead. There's no football, just pass to striker, run past him and you've scored. I'm a Div 1 player, i dont do AI defending or high pressure tactics or meta trash but this here ain't football.
100% agree. Transition requires zero skill or thought in the current state. It almost feels like attacking scenarios in moments. I don’t like it. Feels unrewarding.
@panosa7789 bro, truth. I take great joy in creating genuine pure football chances but now I'm just scoring by pushing the ball forward. It's not rewarding and it's boring. I would have liked it rather if they removed AI defending and not buffed pace. 85 strikers outpacing 89 pace defenders and defenders struggling to catch up is dumb and not realistic😅
I absolutely love playing again on the new patch, feel like I’ve gotten back to my good days again now that ai can’t bail out everyone. Had my best start to fut champs so far this year with 8-0 and this year I haven’t had more than 10 wins this year. With the new patch I may be able to push for rank 2s again
If you’re losing a game by 5 goals, you deserved to lose. Stop blaming defending. I have not lost a game by more than 2 goals since the patch. I’ve lost games 7-6 this weekend, and I can promise you I felt much better after that loss than a 2-1 loss a week ago.
Gotta appreciate Nick for keeping it real!! Been following this guy for a reason
Loving the Attacking gameplay, feels like I'm back, still I need to get good at defending, need more agile and fast defenders now, and use jockey without overcomitting and time the tackles well, you'll get good at defending
I haven’t played since October and decided to put it back on today due to this praise and I HATE the patch is this good as I thought I was finally gonna be able to avoid any future fifas but god damn…. The patch is amazing…. Just absolutely spanked players with 91 rated squads with my little old gold 86 rated Arsenal squad because I am well versed at manual defending (FIFA 98 to present player)
I am loving the fact a good/smart player actually gets rewarded now….
Im so glad bro finally normal gameplay from 8 wins wl to 13
I don't know if it is defenders coming out and servers being overloaded but it has felt lethargic and keepers being OP again.
I think another issue I am seeing is now people are struggling to defend I am seeing a lot of low depth and less space to attack into
Ill try this game again. You’ve always done amazing reviews, we also have the same playstyle. Playing since 2k13, ur the goat man
Wow I’m gonna redownload you’re inspiring me with excitement for once 😂
I stop playing this game and now Nick got long hair - WILD.
That 3v2 that turns into a 2v4 in literally milliseconds will be a skill gap that most won’t know to make tactical changes
I love this new update, it’s been so much fun, at least now when I lose a fut champs game, I know it’s cause I’m not defending as good as I have to defend!!
Nick you are spot on. I have played FIFA /EaFC for years. I am loving the new gameplay. I am losing a lot of goals but I am relearning defending. Since fifa 17 I have been de-skilled on defending but now having to actually defend. Enjoying having to learn this skill again despite some loses.
Defending is literally impossible my defenders fall asleep sometimes and even when i manually read the pass it still goes through but my opponent can run with his centermids and the AI does everything for him its insane
becuase they either paid or got cronus no other way why they have higher chances when theirs no frkn way
Nick, this patch has changed everything: yes, defending is finally more manually skilled and yes, I do concede more goals because I am not really good however the offensive football is really great and finishing is soooo much better 🎉🎉🎉
It’s fun I agree, I’ve just gone from div 4 and being stuck to div 2 in a day 🤣🤣 just goes to show the defensive ai was killing me.
Sick to death of my defenders not staying back & my setting is ZERO defensive line height. Last 24 hours, quit nearly every game in Rivals. Thinking about deleting this game, there is no change in the gameplay for me, it is still RUBBISH
Stuck in Div 2 the whole year after being an elite Div player for the couple years that rivals has been set up with elite. They patch the game and I fly through Div 2 and am now goin through Div 1 with ease. Finally playing fifa again
Love to hear the positivity man keep it up🫶
Agree with most of what you say Nick. The one gripe I have with this patch is I feel like player switching is a lot worse than before🤨