How EA Killed Fifa Ultimate Team

Fifa ultimate team is Ea's biggest game mode. However of the years the game has been getting worse with the ultimate team being heavily monetized and pay to win. But how did it go from a mode everyone loved to a mode everyone hates?

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[MzzyMaz]

I forgot to mention the introduction of Division Rivals in Fifa 19 which also made FUT a more sweaty competitive experience😅

[Kazaonyt]

Fifa, the game that single handedly raised the demand for controllers

[NickPhillips-yfre]

Also 1 thing to add, they’ve neglected career mode, pro clubs etc.

[alphomega]

I love how the fifa community overlook the fact they’re the ones who kept funding EAs terrible ideas and decisions to the point it became unplayable and yet they fund them and buy fifa points 😂

[peasantarcher]

“Oversaturation with good players” SPOT ON!

I can’t see any gold cards anymore. It’s all blue and white and other stupid colour schemes. What’s the point if every player has a 90+ version.

[noahfz]

I don’t think EA consider FC 24 a failure when they see all the money coming in from people buying FIFA points

[megaplexXxHD]

Why is everyone only talking about FUT? The downfall of fifa was apparent to us career mode players for what felt like the past 10 years. And only now are people realising how scummy and bad EA‘s game has become because their beloved FUT mode is turning into shite…

[mikexstad]

If you play ultimate team, you are the problem. If you buy a bad game, you ARE the problem. You can cry all you want, but ultimately you speak with your cash

[donclarence]

What killed it for me was how easy it became to build insane teams. Everyone you meet has 94 rated cards of players that you've barely heard of. Makes no sense to have some random player from Atalanta or whatever being the same rating as the best players in the game. Having even one tots back then was a big deal.

Plus it became a grind to get rewards just to stack up against everyone else, instead of being a fun experience building your team from scratch

[nikoneezy]

It only went downhills from fifa 17. from promos once or twice a month to every Friday. They literally killed the meaning of having an icon in your team by involving promo icons every week. I remember everyone had gold cards in their teams til January. Now by November everyone had a full icon and promo team.

I don’t even mention gameplay because this has been an issue forever, but in the past at least the finishing was kinda good, so you accepted it. Now I score more finesses from outside the box and dumb flick ups into powershots than clear 1vs1 with the gk. It’s sad what they did OUR childhood game.

[alexha]

Yeah the players don’t feel responsiveness because everything is overly animated and that’s takes away the feeling that ur actually controlling them but rather just like triggering a quick cutscene

[sancho]

fifa's 6 year stretch from 12-17 will always be my favorite video game of all time, so many hours i poured into that game

[luciregelt]

Having all those Youtubers promote Coins just to rob EA has me feeling nostalgic.

[Paquetesousa]

The problem is that since FIFA 17 EA started making the game more enjoyable for themselves, instead of making it more enjoyable for the players. That killed it. Once UFL, Goals and Fifa2K come out, EA will struggle really bad

[ssponjosito]

I blame KSI and all the other youtubers who exclusively made pack opening reaction videos for ruining the game.

[NickPhillips-yfre]

It no longer became about a fun experience it became a grind to compete with others, also who spend irl money. Packs packs and more packs. COD did the same

[typho]

It's so sad how we/anyone with standards, don't have any football game to play anymore.. and it's frickin' year 2024! 18 years after PES 6, and it's only been downhill.

[BlueHells]

Ended up quitting the game myself a week or so ago, but what got on my nerves at the end wasn't just how shitty ea is, but the player base. Out of 30 straight champ games, there wasn't a single player who didn't try to score from kick off; like running straight hoping the EA Ai gave them the goal. The people currently playing deserve the game they get, while those of us who want better are shafted. It's okay, there are other games to play. Just put 18hours into Dragons Dogma 2 and really enjoying it. :)

[Tom-mtyy]

Bringing mixed genders into UT absolute joke. Downloaded FC24 cus it was free played for 10 mins full of mixed teams how embarrassing will never play it again.

[VojvodaSloboda]

In fifa 14 i built a 15k bundesliga squad that carried me. Real ones remember how OP Mandzukic headers were