EA FC 26: the developers listened to the fans
EA studio has presented the trailer for the new football simulator EA FC 26 and announced its release on September 26. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
The popular publication "Euro-Football.Ru" is analyzing what has been updated in the developers' press release. The cover of the new edition features Jude Bellingham and Jamal Musiala.
They previously shared a room in the England youth national team and are close friends. This time, the developers approached themselves with humor: at the beginning of the video, after the players enter the field, critical messages about changing the fans' playing style pass over their heads.
The developers are paying great attention to players' feedback and promise to work on necessary improvements. Special attention has been given to goalkeepers, as many questions arose about their naturalness in the previous edition.
Now they look more like real humans. The playing style is divided into two main directions: competitive and realistic.
The competitive style is focused on sensitive control and is used in the most popular Ultimate Team mode. The realistic style is intended for career and online seasons.
The developers have finally understood the difficulty of achieving ideal balance and will allow players to choose the style they like. Changes are expected in the positional defense and powerful shots system, as there have been many criticisms of these elements.
Additionally, the final analysis of the game will improve interceptions and quick runs, but details are not yet known. Perhaps the changes in appearance will be more significant compared to the previous edition.
Detailed information about the Ultimate Team mode will be provided later, but it is clear that new modes will emerge. For example, a Challengers mode similar to Weekend League for lower division players will be introduced, which could be very interesting.
There will also be events related to the real football season. Sound effects are also being reworked.
Great attention is being paid to the realism of stadiums and the correct pronunciation of players' surnames. At the same time, for the first time since 2006, there will be no Russian commentary in the game.
Recently, the commentaries of Cherdantsev and Genich had not been updated, and now they will completely disappear. The game will still be available in Russian.
Whether the new edition will be successful or not is still unclear, but it is encouraging that the developers have started to listen to criticism. We hope that the product released in September will not require rapid fixes and updates as it did before.
Sergey Rumyantsev
