Taking a Deeper Look into FC IQ in EA Sports FC 25

[Steve_OS]

The EA Sports FC 25 Pitch Notes released today provide a deeper look into their new...

Written By: Steve Noah

Click here to view the article.

[dubcity]

Re: Taking a Deeper Look into FC IQ in EA Sports FC 25

So much of this falls into the "wait, wasn't this already in the game" category, particularly when it comes to player roles and instructions. I imagine it'll feel like a half step improvement/difference over last year, at best, but I'm pretty cynical.

A lot of the tactical stuff feels like a shuffling of what already existed in the game, presented as new and fresh. The vanilla game will likely fall into the same old patterns. And whenever I hear anything about improved attacking play, more intelligent attacking runs, I think of how much I'm going to have to drop the run frequency slider. Hopefully the changes aren't extreme, because I actually think EAFC 24 is decently balanced once you reign in the run frequency on both sides.

The new d-pad options and visuals seem pretty cool tho. I like being able to do more without having to enter the pause menu, although that depends on actually having enough dead ball time to click through everything.

Sharing tactics with a code feels like something that will mostly be used to pass around whatever the game-breaking online meta is. Won't be useful for career mode or tournaments.