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On my own here we go.

Nice review mate. I've opted not to get EA FC just yet! I don't have much interest in UT. Biggest thing that gets me about EA games, it feels like who can do the fanciest tricks the most often, even watching pros on Twitch, feels less like football and more like showboating. With that, and me being a very bad player in the first place, I decided to go full manual in football games probably around the time of FIFA 16. The satisfaction feeling you get from scoring a wondergoal because you had to actually put the effort in to aiming your through balls, passes and shots is what makes football games. Manual, while rewarding, never gets any attention from EA and leaves certain types of passes broken. So my football fix is currently SP Football Life 2024, which is a standalone mod of PES 2021.

My biggest issue with this game is NOT having the ability to control movement ON THE FUCKING D-PAD!!! It has been one of the more annoying parts of this so far. There have been times when some precision platforming is required but ends up failing due to the snap back of the analog stick. Maybe I'm old school, but a 2D game like this should have the option of d-pad movement. You can't even change it, as the up and down positions on the d-pad are used for potion and a stupid marker option that I never use. There are also some latency issues on the Xbox Series X that make the timing of evading and parrying a pain in the ass. Thankfully, using a headset fixes that, and it appears the issue is non-existent on PS5 and Switch. Also, just a word of warning. There's a dash move you get that's mapped to the RT/R2/R button. For some stupid reason, it makes you dash backward from whatever direction you're facing. WTF? Other than that, It's been decent between the frustrations mentioned.