What went wrong with the FIFA Franchise

NepentheZ discusses What went wrong with the FIFA Franchise

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[kaigordon]

That analogy with the red totws is so true. I remember from fifa 17 seeing red players was a flex and people who had them were top players.

[fifafanatics]

Haven’t finished the video yet so not sure if it’s been mentioned but I think the significant factor that has killed FIFA is ESports. With the increase in competitive gaming, the demand to use better players means more promo’s, killing the market and accelerating the power curve way more than before, when the game was about fun (Fifa 15 and before that). Now it’s just about people abusing broken mechanics

[Jtx]

Nothing will beat the days of Fifa 14 when gold cards could still be end game and every person had a different squad with different play styles

[mduchezeau]

Saying exactly what I’ve been thinking about swaps. Ruined the way you get them and the rewards. Just makes everything a chore, rather than fun

[whyllastname]

I used to watch Neps videos every day and played FUT all day for years. I stopped in 2019 and I have to say it was a blessing. Without FUT I could go back to enjoying my life outside of FIFA way more. Nowadays I play career mode again and it feels way healthier for me. Maybe Nep should consider going a similar route

[samwilkinson]

I feel you nep I've been a hardcore FIFA lover since about FIFA 13 and the past couple of years I've really fell out of touch with the game

[stephenmawdsley]

People / casuals don’t play draft because more often than not the get beat first game. If you got to play all 4 games regardless and got rewards based on how many of the 4 you won, I think a lot more people would play it

[George-gsrw]

The biggest issue was adding so many special cards removing the value of getting high rated players and special cards. It’s too easy to get a good team now

[Stefanossssssssssss]

I remember back in like fifa 13 or 14 I don’t remember exactly. I had like 20k team and like 15k coins for squad fitness card. Used to bang out divisions and get excited for the coin rewards when winning a division. Now I have a 3 million coin team and 2.5m and am a trader and I can say honestly I used to have much more fun 😂

[lew]

Logged into Fifa 6pm, played my last friendly cup game to get that RTTF objective player, opened a preview pack and then turned the xbox off. Loaded up YT and this was the first video i saw which is highly fitting.

[wyattdoby]

I used to grind this game and rage when I would lose. Now that I've taken a step back, done content when it's good, and don't play online unless it's friendlies I absolutely love the game. I have a career mode that's almost in 2034 and it's the most fun I've had playing any game in a while. My advice for everyone is to take a step back in the game. Don't expect insane content every day and be happy with the promo players you pack. This game used to ONLY favor the players that spent an insane amount of money and people tend to forget that before promos you would have to open hundreds of dollars to get an inform and legends were off the table unless you played an insane amount or spent an insane amount. With tik tok formation meta's, skill abusing, and the obvious scripting in packs and games, FIFA has turned this game into a literal addiction where people are chasing the littlest bit of dopamine after hours of rage. I spent about 100 dollars on TOTY and thought to myself "If I packed Mbappe toty, I'd be over the moon excited for about a day or so then I'd be right back to chasing another high of packing another player." Just remember that after a year your entire progress resets and very little people can make a career out of this game. So stop taking it so serious, EA is never going to ever support the free to play player and don't even care about rewarding the people who spend thousands on the game because they can make money regardless. EA is so corrupt and the only way to not be affected by their corruption is not to care.

[owenwebster]

I honestly think the depth people have taken custom tactics and player instructions to is one of the fundamental reasons the games no longer as fun as it once was

[nfoley]

I was so disappointed with no league/nation friendlies for swaps. I love to do sbcs or keep fodder promo cards for these modes, but they no longer really exist. I have top 9 nation / efigs squads that are useless now. Big bummer for me

[kyleneacy]

Watched nep for years, and speaks nothing but facts. Someone who actually understands other players and not just posting endless mindless videos for clout

Will disagree on one thing, spinna is a great card use him in elite and he's great

[Abood]

I think the worst part about FIFA is the unusable icons. I should be happy for any icon I pack. I cant believe packing and many others is considered an L. Those were special players. They should be massive Ws

[jpjv]

You haven't also mentioned the fact that we are in February and all these people have these monster teams, when I see some of these teams it looks more like August and I can't imagine what teams will look like by then..🙄

[ezekialjackson]

Poor management, greed and lack of ambition from the corporate higher ups is the main issue imo, i'm sure there's developers on the team at EA that are passionate about the franchise and what they do but this franchise blew up to such an extent that it's sole purpose is to make as much money for as little effort/investment as possible and they have cultivated a culture where they're able to do that. This franchise could be truly special if the powers that be were passionate about actually creating the best product available but that clearly isn't their ambition. They have a blueprint that yields results that they are happy with, the last time there were substantial changes to the game was over 5 years ago now. Since then there's really been little to no innovation and the mode just feels stale, repetitive and regimented.

[charliespring]

Agree with everything you have said mate and love these videos, they take me back! Was a loyal fan from 05 until FIFA 20 and have barley touched it since. Feels like a different game with no excitement these days. Love your work 👍

[WoutGaming]

My first ever FIFA game was FIFA 09 on the PSP, after that I got myself a PS3 and bought FIFA 13. I've been playing and grinding Ultimate team since FIFA 14, since I love football and FIFA gave me the best experience to emulate the feeling of playing football. Every year when a new FIFA comes out I pre order the game. I did the same this year, however this is the first time in my life I was drained and bored by the beginning of November, literally a month a half into the game... I have not touched FIFA since then, more than 4 months ago now and tbh I don't miss it anymore. For me it's become too competitive and well like I mentioned before it physically and mentally made me tired

[waynebennett]

Not being able to grind for the top icons until later on in the game is a big L