FC27 - "The Grounds" & Clubs Review

The good

- The gameplay feels smooth

- Clubs latency seems to be better

The bad

- AI: might be the worst of any FC game I've ever played. Gets possession -> walks directly into the nearest defender and loses possession. Request through ball -> pass 3 feet behind you. Request pass -> no response, no response, 2 second delay then pass into an opposing player. Defending on a break -> don't defend the shooter or the pass. Feels like playing with a group of peewee players

- Amps (temporary boosts that increases your player stats): Stupid and a blatant money grab by EA, "pay over and over for better stats" ie. "pay to win"

- Through balls: nerfed from 26 (which is good) but now have a mind of their own, often goes to the wrong person, logic is sometimes baffling, requires use of precision pass

- Ball possession: Also baffling at times, ridiculous changes in possession that would never happen irl. Also feels like a peewee game not a game of even half decent college players

- "The Grounds" is simply a terrible idea. Have you ever wanted a 3D walkable menu where all the options are minutes apart? Zero interest in roaming a shitty metaverse just to play a clubs drop-in

- Removed the ability to practice with your Clubs player: Skill games are no longer available in clubs, only from the main menu with real players

- Referee will call halftime or game while you have possession right outside the top of the opposing box on an attack

- Rush in "The Grounds" forces you to use their new nauseating camera (only other option is broadcast). Why can't I use Rush End-to-End? it exists in this game but doesn't allow it

- Have they ever seen how glasses fit on a person's face? Player models and clothes are simply terrible

- No improvement in clubs quick chat. I still cannot say "nice pass", "nice shot"? Rocket league figured this out a decade ago

Should be patched

- Waypoint within "The Grounds" works when it wants and doesn't most of the time. I don't want to have to keep checking the map

- Slide tackling a loose ball is stopped by "calling for a cross" sometimes even when there's no argument that your team has possession

- Player gets stuck, unable to move if you get tackled weirdly

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