EA has wrought in a new system — football intelligence — that works on on-the-ball, off-the-ball, and the ball (physics of its movements) and obviously it is highly implemented on over-powered (OP) players like Van Dijk, Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo etc.
Gameflow gives more time and space to the dribbler, and 1-on-1s will help player skill stand out. It also gives more AI team support when the user is controlling the ball.
The Artificial Intelligence has been implemented on the gameplay in the following way:
Composed finishing – It made shooting cleaner and consistent when in 1-on-1s with a goalie. It improved the fundamentals of shooting.
Dribbling – It got a revamp with more control. One can use player’s agility, speed, and skill to shake-and-bake the defender,ie. a speed boost kind of mechanism that automatically leaves the defenders behind!
Controlled tackling – It helps to win possession when one performs an exactly timed tackle, it is very much unlike Fifa 19 where it was almost impossible to win a ball off an attacker!
Dead Ball Situations – Free kicks gives full control now, providing for side-spin, top-spin, or a combo of them (with the right stick).
The ball’s physics received a revamp as well, giving realistic reactions. Pace got tweaked as well. Now a player needs to have the pace to chase down a speedy attacker which is again very unlike Fifa 19 where even a defender with 65 paces could have covered up players with electric pace like Mbappe! Player physical attribute will be more important. Skill moves also got tuned! Now it is more difficult to perform a chain of skills.
But the matter of fact has been its implementation of AI support on the players which are comparatively higher priced than the rest in the FUT transfer market! How one can even accept the fact that Messi has been dribbling down 4 to 5 defenders every time he holds on to the ball even after perfectly timed tackles? And Ronaldo has been getting all the rebounds and scoring at ease! These are the aspects of the game where EA should bring a definite ‘patch’ and keep this game fair and beautiful.
