“Not this s**t open world”: EA Announces Baffling Open World Mechanics for the Future of EA FC 25 and Beyond, but the Game Stays Broken for Now
EA Sports' latest announcement about its plans for the games after EA FC 25 has raised a few unexpected problems for the studio.
- EA Sports FC 25 currently faces some backlash from its player base, who expects a number of problems with the game to be addressed.
- The studio's latest announcement about ambitious plans for the series has many fans questioning the need for new additions.
- EA may want to hit pause and consider the merits of the feedback it is currently receiving from its players in response to the announcement.
EA Sports has raised quite a few eyebrows with a recent announcement about its plans for the future of its FC series, with many players questioning its decision to add new features in lieu of perfecting existing ones.
It is the latest controversy in a string of player complaints about a series that has seemingly lost its luster among fans of football simulators and could spell trouble for future instalments in the wake of viable alternatives beginning to crop up from other developers.
Can EA Sports Turn Things Around With FC 25?
Despite the recent release of FC 25, EA Sports has been battling player fatigue with its annual release cycles and feature sets that have become stale over time among its loyal fanbase. Although the studio aims to create new and exciting features and gameplay additions with successive instalments, many players have begun to criticize some of its decisions, further adding to its worries.
However, EA Sports’ decision to go in the direction of an open-world experience for future projects has many fans of the series baffled at how it could even be considered a good idea. Discussions online point to a fanbase that would like to see several other changes take priority over the inclusion of open-world mechanics in a football simulator.
EA FC 25 Fans Weigh in on the Latest Announcement
EA Sports may not be delighted with the response to its latest announcement from disgruntled fans, whose requests for gameplay tweaks and fixes have fallen on deaf ears from their perspective.
The post below and responses to it showcase a player base that is not afraid to call out EA Sports on its decision.
Among several responses raising significant problems with the game in its current state, some of them are noteworthy considering that they indicate how exasperated FC 25 players have become with issues that many would consider immersion-breaking.
Other responses to the post continue in a similar vein, with one player urging EA Sports to focus on perfecting the experience currently on offer with the series instead of ambitious new features that come with huge risks for the studio considering how precarious its reputation currently is among its players.
Other issues with FC 25 quickly came to the fore, with many players hoping that EA would choose to fix these problems before making any attempts to act on its plans to introduce open-world elements to its football simulators.
Another response to the post outlines many valid reasons as to why EA Sports’ latest ideas may not be a good fit for follow-ups to FC 25.
EA Sports might want to take a step back and evaluate the feedback it has received on its latest announcement lest it risk further alienating a player base who is anxious to see some much-needed changes made to FC 25 in order to make it the experience that the studio promised.
