FC 25 Updates Makes Major Upgrades To Players, But It May Not Be Enough

is already causing controversy with its changes to player AI. The next game in the series formerly known as is due to be released worldwide on September 27, 2024. Most annual sports video game franchises don't make many changes in actual gameplay each year — their frequent releases instead serve to reflect yearly changes in the athletic franchises they represent. But they also make incremental advances in presentation, with each game often promising to look, sound, and feel better than the last.

That's the case for, which promises across-the-board visual improvements in a recent gameplay deep dive. These include things like realistic body movement, new foul animations, and simulated cloth movement. But its attempts at realism aren't always popular, as evidenced by the backlash against its proposed new player AI systems. But in order to understand what's really got players up in arms, it's important to look back at 's recent history.

EA Sports FC 25 looks to bring some large changes to the structure of the yearly sports title, based on preview information revealed.

As explained in agameplay deep dive posted on the official PlayStation YouTube channel, is making sweeping changes to player AI, mostly within three specific avenues: team tactics, player roles, and smart tactics. Of course, the concept of being able to set a team's tactics is nothing new, but in, they're ostensibly more fluid and accurate than ever. An example given in the video explains how, instead of setting a static 4-4-2 formation and being stuck with it for the rest of a play, it's possible to direct the team to alternate between 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 as needed.

To work within this more variable structure, players will also be able to set roles for their teammates. They can select from a wide variety of archetypes: things like Inside Forward, Box-to-Box, and Poacher. These roles guide players by explaining what stats their teammates need to be best at in order to perform well in their assigned