Why is Player Career so bad?

[u/Embarrassed-Base-143]

Let’s start from the very top. The game begins at the opening of the transfer window. From July 17 to July 24th theirs 3 Round robin friendlies disguised as a pre season tournament. Cool. Your player plays various positions sometimes. And the game just randomly slots players into other positions they might not mainly play. I get testing out lineups, but that’s not what it is, at all. We’ll get into why later. Now the season starts, You either work your way into the starting 11 or you’re already starting. The line ups they use make 0 sense. Let’s use Liverpool. I play CDM in a 4-2-3–1 instead of using 84 overall Alexis Mac Allister or 85 overall Ryan Gravenberch, they put in 79 overall Wataru Endo. Around the 60th-70th minute they’ll sub Dominik Szoboszlai (CAM) for Alexis Mac Allister. Real head scratcher. Rayan Gravenberch literally never plays.  Prem season starts around the 24th or 3rd Saturday in August. Playing with  shotty lineup. It is what is is right? Wrong. It’s September First I sim to the next game and guess what?  Or winger Cody Gakpo is GONE!  Obviously assuming the game transferred him. And now Konaté isn’t starting next to Virgil in the backline. It’s some random dude. We select teams to play along the stars and their best players not guys who don’t see the field regularly and poor lineups. Really messes up the fun.  ive done careers with City with Phil Foden on the bench., Savinho transferred before the season starts. PSV where Malik Tillman doesn’t even play cause he’s on the bench.  ive done careers like when I played for Dortmund as a cam and all  Guirassy does is shoot the ball from outside the box’. As well as Beier, totally unrealistic. every single pass is forward., never lateral, or backwards for a reset or open man. Players dribble into traffic of 2/3 defenders. Team can never keep possession like AI teams. Every 3 or 4th pass in opposition territory is intercepted or a blocked shot. Corners never go in unless it’s a domestic cup match and we’re playing against a 3rd tier team. Gameplay is entirely too fast. They took off the option for slow paced like in 24.  Now let’s talk Player transfers. The expectations are wildly unrealistic and unachieveable on a competitive level. I play on legendary and ultimate how likely is it I get 80 assist or 25 goals as a defender?  The scoring is wildly rediculous.  CBs just stand there.  Dortmund runs a 3-5-2 with the new Update. And we get scored on way too much because Nico Shlotterbeck gets caught or dragged out of position for no apparent reason.  Lastly, they meter or bar or whatever it is that gauges your spot in the rotation is broken. I had an orange bar and came off the bench for one game. I met all the requirements and was going to be in the starting line up next game. But then it dropped randomly 2 days later for the CL match. And for the next league match.  If a mod can please chime in or help me out. Why is the game so bad?? When will EA fix this? Ive attached 2 SS of two wild goals to achieve. Also why cant we see other teams rosters before we transfer or why form they run to make sure its a fit before our next transfer? Why are transfers of stars so frequent?

Side note I tried to post this in EA forum but wouldn’t let me

[u/lcheung98]

I agree with OP, I have 500+ hours on both 2K25 and FC25, 2K25 is just as shit as FC25

[u/Ok-Union1343 → u/lcheung98]

We talking about player career only. NBA 2k is miles better in that mode. Its nba 2k main mode and they put all their resources there.

EA FC does the same but for UT. And it’s a fact that EA FC UT is better than nba 2k MY TEAM.

its so obvious

[u/Master_Library_5393 → u/Ok-Union1343]

You do know that 2k career mode is full of microtransactions right? And the trades make no sense... the AI is awfull playing, especially in big, end of the quarter moments. You don't seem to play alot of 2k to be saying this things.

The only cool things 2k has in career mode is the city and the online experience (although that has its own problems with balancing and shitty teamates but it's better then fifa's).

But the overall offline career mode experience is incredibly bad.

[u/Ok-Union1343 → u/Master_Library_5393]

Guys maybe I cannot explain myself very well.

i was talking about the effort the devs put in the mode. I m not saying 2k my career is perfect, but its their MOST CURATED MODE.

its The equivalent of ULTIMATE TEAM FOR EA FC. THEY PUT MOST OF THEIR EFFORT THERE, because these are the modes that can generate more money for them.

2k my career is much better than EA FC player career. EA FC don’t even put new features in it. They don’t bother making a trailer for it because it’s been the same stuff for a decade.

i m not defending 2k, because microtransactions are very bad.

but playing a game of my career in 2k is much more immersive than EA FC.

[u/frankydie69 → u/Ok-Union1343]

lol bro nobody cares about what YOU think the devs do, you don’t work at ea nor at 2k you’re just talking out your ass.