Proof Scripting Exists in FIFA & EA Sports FC

[@richardsharman7581]

Sometimes you can tell when opponents are going to score.. the defenders run away from the ball and let them run through. Players get slower.

[@FUTMentor]

I know what you mean yeah

[@christonduke1327]

That's purely down to connection bro.... if your opponent connection is better mostly likely the game will go his way.... that's just how it is

[@PascalLuchs]

@@christonduke1327no it‘s not. After kick off and at the end of the game ai defenders don‘t attack. It‘s the kick off glitch and has been in fifa for years

[@icannotthinkofaname6248]

@@christonduke1327 no definitely not. I get around 9ms every match and games stil get scripted against me most times

[@TrapKingz.]

The sad reality is the entire game is scripted.

[@zunfix1194]

The amount of times where my defenders will literally run out of position to give the opponent an easy chance at goal is insane to me.

[@LemonLizard.]

Happens to me all the fucking time bruh. Especially if ur up more than one goal

[@iNuja6es]

@@LemonLizard. youre just ass

[@med_elcapone]

Me and ur opponent acting pro hahah

[@r9fahdr9]

EA wants to increase the toxicity so people feel frustrated

[@godwarrin]

And yet you buy this game 🤣🤣

[@bonsu915]

When you keep winning, your defenders start losing close encounters, the ball pass through them easily, sluggish passes and every pass or encounter u make goes straight back to the opponent. Keepers can't catch or save easy goals and for some weird reason there are open gaps in between your defenders and the opponent just always go through easily. And to top it all, your defenders can never catch up with your opponent but for some weird reason, their defenders can catch up with your forwards.

[@rasta6713]

Went 9-1 in Weekend league. Then lost 9 straight. My players stopped getting open, they stopped making simple passes. They’re all slow and sluggish. My defenders are non existent. Played my first fut qualifier. Won 2-0 and my keeper saved everything my opponent shot. Fifa summed up. 5 shots into the right, 5 saves.

[@taliban223ms3]

It hurts my brain when I’m taking the ball with someone that has 90+ speed then Busquet with his -30 pace catches me from 10 yards behind

[@joses1680]

@@rasta6713 this has happened to me twice this year. This last weekend league I was 10-0 and suddenly I lost the other 10 games in a row. My defenders were giving out passes even though I was trying to pass the ball to completely someone else that was wide open.

[@lionheart650]

​@@taliban223ms3it happened with me eder militao against my mbappe he catched me

[@nacg4264]

That’s same happen’s to my game , its all script script script script, fucking scritping

[@markjenko9307]

It definitely does exist… if you go 2 nil up, suddenly getting Third seems impossible.

[@IamEmmanuelAddo600]

I'm always scared when I am up goals

[@thisizamra]

@@IamEmmanuelAddo600 same!

[@dimitriariosenoekaputra6370]

this!

[@roronoadzoro9429]

Yeah in fifa 2-0 up with good posesion is the most dangerous lead 😂

[@lewissullivan3522]

Then all of a sudden they get 3 bullshit through balls that should never make it through and your keeper looses his eyesight 🫡

[@cgqqqq]

you can totally feel just suddenly the whole game become against you: you start passing to your opponent for no reason and run like your grandmom

[@neduddgi82]

I've been playing FIFA since 96 was released. Not so much since 2012, I have some friends who enjoy it and we have gaming nights sometimes. But ever since I figured out (roughly) how the game engine works I enjoy it less and less. In short: scripting as most of you believe doesn't exist. It's the whole game engine that is rigged. There is no real physics in the game, what you see is just a puppet show to get the desired outcome. To elaborate it further: every event, every touch of the ball, and every outcome in the game is determined before it plays out. Your input, your opponents input and other factors are measured and the game decides what the outcome will be. Players can only influence the chance of getting the desired action, it's never guaranteed no matter how good you are. There are thousands of events like this per game, and all of them are managed by an overarching gamelogic. This gamelogic shifts the balance (or momentum) from one side to the other, even to the extremes (to make goals happen) on a whim by adding modifiers to these separate calculations. This means that the game actively sabotages players most of the time to create "thrilling scenarios", where one player might go up front 2-0 just to suddenly lose all traction and finaly get defeated 2-3 by a 90th minute screamer. What you see on the screen is the game engine stitching character movement and animations together to get to the end result. It roughly knows which animation to choose to get a touch on the ball and make it seem plausible, and also adjusts the animation if needed to (like the keeper's hands being pulled back to let the ball pass, or a striker's foot moving in an odd fashion). That's why the ball goes through a player's body, or the contrary (the keeper saves without a touch). If the game decided that someone must score a dramatic goal it will probably happen - if you are not trying to lose on purpose. This applies to all parts of the game, like tackles going back to an opponent to pile on the pressure, or one player hitting the bar two times just to concede right afterwards. The game also actively creates chances for your opponents if it has to. These patterns are all there and if you play enough you'll see the signs clearly. The whole match engine was built on these principals though and it's a really-really well designed system which gets finetuned as time passes. This also means that players are scammed by EA Sports. And why? Well, because of FUT, which is in principal designed to cause an addiction akin to gambling in a casino. EA Sports needs the game to be in total control, otherwise the result of games can get out of hand and cause good players (a small % of all players) to beat bad players (casuals) all the time. And if a player only loses they'll also lose interest. They need a win from time to time, don't they? "Hey, you! Did you lose 3 games in a row? Buy this card pack, MAYBE you'll be lucky and be able to beat the next opponent". FIFA is a gambling game.

[@shrunkensimon]

This is all true, but there are definitely script templates. Until recently I was playing F17 career on legendary, averaging 4-5 nil every game. It's obvious when you dominate possession and have 15 shots on goal a game, the cpu has no choice but to enact a template to attempt to balance the game because adjusting the sliders and %rng isn't working. Two classic examples are the 20 pass pointless tiki-taka in an attempt to draw your players out of position by frustration, and the one where it's no touch pinball passing that is impossible to intercept ending with a ridiculous long range shot.. even if the team has no decent long shot players, it still rushes to have that shot.

[@jackmok6267]

this is just another way to describe scripting in long. 😂The point is the outcome is predetermined and controlled by EA

[@rolloxra670]

I only play offline and tho it’s not exactly as you described there are some things in common but happens like in some matches. For example if I’ve won 3 matches in a row the fourth match suddenly feels like playing 2010 Spain, defending is almost impossible. Also the ball sometimes just deviates its trajectory to end up being a goal or viceversa. EA doesn’t want you to always win, cause winning all also makes you lose interest in the game.

[@frudydoo7541]

Shifting gameplay from one side to the other is exactly what scripting is. Those modifiers are calculated based off of in-game events. Therefore the game is deciding not only what it wants to happen, but also what it does *not* want to happen. That is what scripting is and it’s coded into the game.

[@jrny76]

You literally just described what scripting is 😂

[@ivandelvalle1283]

Not to mention when your team of the year Benzema is outpaced by rare gold Paulista, who has been playing for 80 minutes with pressure tactics, and Benzema is fresh out of the bench. Amazing EA!!!

[@FUTMentor]

Facts

[@ziaulhaqhamidi9505]

You sub on TOTY Benzema?

[@pronoob2422]

​@@ziaulhaqhamidi9505 Links. Some people don't wanna completely renovate their team for 1 player and rather take him off the bench.

[@socks1684]

Same, i have literally Centurion Salah on 99 pace, and a literal nobody is outpacing him

[@deax2312]

Its actually a disgusting game. It doesn't matter how good you play. The game mechanics will always adjust things to help your opponent

[@RuddsReels]

You are right. Expect more games to go like this. Keep your old games!

[@onesevenninewest]

@@RuddsReelsDemand competency from EA.

[@rolloxra670]

It happens the other way around too, if you’re so bad the game seems to help you somehow. Doesn’t make it any better of course, I just want to play fair… it’s so annoying

[@hanijebali8819]

Not only that but those easy players who are helped after scoring a third goal they start greeding and juggling the ball in near their goalkeeper they push on all your buttons knowing that you have a better team and you play better , they make sure you’re perfectly frustrated like it’s their merit , while deep inside you know that if the game was fair you would win that player and with a large score as well !

[@hanijebali8819]

Like for God sake how could Cristiano Ronaldo 86 with 77 speed and 74 physicality can take off in front Cannavaro with 91 speed and 94 physicality and Cannavaro couldn’t catch up ??? Like how could this happen ??? He run from the midfield to my keeper and he scored ??? Seriously ????

[@Darwinedm]

The fun part about the game is, i get matched with someone that scores out of a ball that got rebounded 6 times in a row in his feet. he proceeds to pause 3 times in a row for max time in order to make me quit. i then stomp him 3-1 and in the last 10 minutes this guy scores 2 goals because defenders just stopped defending. really rewarding game.

[@accbcb]

The worst for me, is when your team feels heavy and it feels like you can't turn, move, pass, etc. It feels like a delay but it's not the connection (because I have the best internet fibre and it's not jittering or lagging) it's just extremely slow and lethargic gameplay - further the opposition is much, much faster, they closes you down, smother you, intercept EVERYTHING and you cant get out your half and you can't dribble, you can't pass it's horrendously bad, despite you having 'constant pressure" or "pressure on heavy touch" you just can't get near them and the gaps between your defenders and their attackers is huge. Its so obvious, that there's some type of AI interfering, some sort of algorithm happening, disadvantaging you. You can't play a game with the same team before, same line up same tactics, same instruction and it run smooth and play fine for it to be so obvious the next.

[@roronoadzoro9429]

Yeah and fifa defenders will say its your connection or your ping or the servers or whatever ... But I mostly only play carreer and even there if you win like 5 or 6 games in a row this happens players feel stuck in the mud / cant turn / cant pass and will just leave their position no matter the instructions

[@tombase-rd6xg]

I play offline and the most infuriating thing is when you are just about to shoot and score because the keeper is out of position, your player never shoots due to an input lag. When your opponent takes the ball away, then your player executes the shot but just kicks air.

[@astutechaos]

Bruh this just happened to me in my last three Fut Champs game 😢

[@accbcb]

@@astutechaos yeah same I lost fut champs 4 games in a row where I could literally do nothing, I've had to delete the game. I seriously can't stand it at the minute.

[@S-1_24-25]

I get what you mean. I rarely have lag issues etc but my players play like I’m on a laggy server when I’m not.

[@7eventhirty344]

Going from Career Mode to Ultimate Team you can feel an incredible difference in gameplay. It's actually so infuriating because the players become sluggish, AI are extremely difficult to get the ball off, if they want to score, they do! I literally seen a 35 yard freekick go in.. Alt F4'd

[@lionheart650]

And right corner 😞 same happened to

[@Lusitano1]

Career mode is also scripted as hell

[@killercroc9138]

BRO. So I play on World Class and in career mode I win most of my matches if not all. In FUT there’s certain games where I’m shooting 20+ times at goal and seem to still somehow lose. One on one situations that I usually make all of a sudden my 94 rated Messi can’t fucking get the ball behind the net. It’s ridiculous. It’s frustrating….

[@caen-un9cw]

@@killercroc9138 And the enemys keepers are fucking christ reincarnated somehow? Every shot I take with power and clear sight to the goal, the keeper just blocks it. I get 6 shots a match and only one of them score most of the time.

[@trapper7954]

I don’t play FUT anymore for a long time because I hate it but, career is also scripted AF indeed. But the AI isn’t as intelligent as a good player

[@stephenlooker1994]

I feel it every game, even when I win.

[@FUTMentor]

Yeah haha worst feeling is when you beat someone who you know is better than you, hella awkward lol

[@TrapKingz.]

@@FUTMentor happens all the time. One time I played a guy and he was bad at the game so he paused the game (and he obviously passed on the controller to his brother or someone who was a god at the game) this guy tried sooo hard to score a goal and he never could. He was sooo good. He just couldn’t. That’s how messed up this game is.

[@amilguria314]

​@@FUTMentor bro i rember when an 82 pulisic catched up with my 106 Fernandez . My fernandez had full stamina while opponent's pulisic had worked his ass off the match . But somehow his pulisic catched up , and my Fernandez was running even slower than base giroud

[@amilguria314]

​@@FUTMentoranother example is when my teammates can't even pass the ball properly, or just shoot the ball the wrong way . U try to use ur full potential, or try to use ur player's full advantage, but the game's scripting ruins it all , hence helping the opponent win . Opponents even are able to score a hattrick at the last minute, while my goalkeeper behaves like a beginner learning to save a goal . And when one of the opponent's players find an open opportunity to score a goal , while my player just behind him , My player just can't stop or tackle him out , no matter if my players have 129 pac and the opponent has only 65 .

[@elvismatara5411]

The algo kicks In hard after back to back defeats

[@أفلاكالأفكار]

In a way, I have to thank FIFA for scripting. After enough of this absolute garbage, I stopped gaming and my life became significantly better thank God. There's more to life than throwing a controller across the room because of a rigged video game.

[@flo2k932]

Haven't played rivals for the last two seasons so I ended up in division 7.After packing toty Benzema I decided to give it another go.I won every match easily but after 3 or 4 goals I would start hitting the post from easy situations 3 or 4 times a game,my 99 players getting outpaced by 70 pace defenders,and opponents actually scoring against me after multiple rebounds.Ginola would get 3+plus bounce backs per situation until reaching the box.Every iteration is designed to nullify the skill gap as much as possible and to get players to buy packs.

[@youssefazzam9778]

I can make a short list of what happens at every game : - Slow players - Passes intercepted 60% of the time - Can't keep the ball - Defenders slowers than an striker with the ball - Imaginary fools - Winning 4-0 at 55' and losing 4-0 at 90' - Defenders going away from striker - Can't select the player i want and the others go away, so when i finally have the player i want, he's fifty miles away - ....

[@LemonLizard.]

Dude I swear if I’m winning longer than 30 min in game time my defenders reactions and interceptions drop 50%

[@iNuja6es]

You most likely suck

[@FUTMentor]

Yeah bro it is almost like EA want the oppontent to get back into the game

[@kimallan7945]

Why don’t we all just sue? This is a scam. Even if I win a game, it really doesn’t feel like I deserve it. Cuz I know that my opponent is having a «scripted game».

[@hischransen8069]

A few years back there were some guys who took it to court. They were invited to EA Headquarters to see their Dev Team and they dropped the charges. Either they showed them that there is absolutely no way they can prove it exists in the game code and as such would be destined to lose a very expensive legal action or they paid them off for silence.

[@frudydoo7541]

He says, after clicking ‘accept’ and ‘I agree’ to the terms and conditions.

[@frudydoo7541]

@@hischransen8069they were sued for gambling mechanics (the multiplayer card game stuff) Not for their shoddy game code

[@robertobarcenas7834]

I had to delete this game from my ps5 yesterday. Although scripting has been obvious since i started playing. For some reason every time the new seasons reset I can’t win a single game and just face like crazy opponents thats get favored in every way.. this has been going on for at least the past three years and honestly yesterday it just felt so easy to delete the app even with untradeable wc owairan, cole, marchisio, also had zidane, jairzinho, maldinin and Lucio.. even that team didn’t help me keep the stupid game.

[@hischransen8069]

Not even a team full of TOTYs will help you win against an all Gold Team if EA wants you to lose.

[@ferro9929]

​@@hischransen8069 i lost 5:0 to an all-gold team (horrible gk and defense too) with a beefy defense and an attack with THREE pace merchants (all 99 pace and 90+ sho) i have no idea how that could happen, also my gk is 89 rated and usually destroys teams with people like mbappe and messi

[@KURD-1116]

It is 100% true. I’ve explained it to so many people who play fifa and who were oblivious to it. Now they realize that EA sports in general adds scripting to all of their games. UFC, Madden, FIFA, NFS

[@trapper7954]

I don’t think they script UFC tho, why do you think it is scripted?

[@icannotthinkofaname6248]

the one where walker loses the ball is 99% scripted. Passes activate on the next touch in 23, so the commentators actually said it right after the input, not after the ball, making it even more suspicious and likely that it is scripted

[@uchihanarutohd6407]

Bro literally the commentator one happen to me and I uploaded it. The commentator literally says the game will go to penalties when I’m up one goal into ET. EA aren’t even hiding it well at this point it’s ridiculous

[@w1nther930]

I play career mode mostly, just because i don't really enjoy online, and it is still there. Win too much and your players get exceptionally worse. I play with custom players a lot (Just because), and even if they have like over 90+ speed, somehow a defender can outpace them. Even non custom players like Mbappe is somehow able to be kept up with by a usually slow defender.

[@Gabrieljsings]

I love it when the commentators say oh that wasn’t part of the script I’m like come on 😂

[@FUTMentor]

Exactlyy

[@Adazaraku]

​@@FUTMentorYou're joking right? This is a real life phrase used by commentators.

[@kwilliams5260]

I've had refs ignore fouls too. Like blatant fouls going ignored.

[@MinhLe-xc5ld]

This is what happen when you have people who know nothing about football or video game make a football video game

[@RuddsReels]

Has anybody noticed the "next player select triangle" flickers on and off the player highlighted, just as you press the change player button, so you can't change the player it's pointing to?

[@jackmok6267]

the next player triangle sign is never accurate, I can never change to a right defender even do manual change, it’s awful

[@JohnSmithWesson]

Ever since i played FIFA 07, 08,09 i felt that there is some changing difficulty even when playing against AI, for example when the opposing team scores a goal it's much easier to score compared to when score is 0:0 or 1:1. Since Ultimate team was released in FIFA 10 or 11 iirc, it's obvious that EA would use same dynamic difficulty algorithm so even new players won't be very disappointed when playing against best players, if there were no such DDA scripting bad players would quit pretty quickly and stop bringing money to EA

[@goonerfactor62006]

Unfortunately these things happen in real life not always 100% perfect so it's more real....its down to you not being good enough at the game, cry less practice more

[@joses1680]

@@goonerfactor62006 this has happened to me twice this year. This last weekend league I was 10-0 and suddenly I lost the other 10 games in a row. My defenders were giving out passes even though I was trying to pass the ball to completely someone else that was wide open. Don't tell me that is because I am bad.

[@Cornell90]

@@goonerfactor62006 ah, miss braindead. Good take.

[@goonerfactor62006]

@joses1680 nope, don't be silly, the computer can't remember or have any effect if you are 100% on your game....you must be just bad at the game for those matches

[@potxtoe]

​@@goonerfactor62006lol you underestimate computers. A simple thing such as a win streak can be kept track of.

[@dylnchannelofficial]

That’s what EA calls it” The momentum is changing” or also dynamic change that means the scripting has change the game. Shame on EA 😡

[@ethermusic525]

I found a pattern where if I win 7-8 games in a row, I have a 100 percent chance of losing the next 3-4 games in a row and it just keeps repeating.

[@jackmok6267]

same as me, i can predict the result of the next game.

[@Miller_Lite]

I recently been playing fifa 23 and I noticed that whenever I score the AI out of now scores back immediately. Also whenever the AI loses the ball because of their mistake even though I can recover the ball easily for some reason they end up taking the ball back again without any issues.

[@captainsmoke1612]

Just played Ultimate for the first time. I won like 10 games in a row, then it matched me with a guy who only had icons. I went 2:0 up and then I couldn't do anything anymore he just walked through my defence no matter what I was trying. That was 100% scripted. I lost 10:2.

[@FUTMentor]

10 goals? Ouch 😭

[@rolloxra670]

I’ve seen several times that the ball deviates right before colliding with the gk, avoiding him and ending in the back of the net. Or viceversa, a trajectory that would be clearly a goal just deviates or curves unnaturally to end up colliding with the gk’s hands

[@smeekle2000]

Yeah, no matter how far into the corner you aim your finesse shot, your attacker with 82+ finishing will somehow shoot directly AT the keeper OR the shot will barely miss and just barely shave the goalpost just to rub it in your face 😅

[@wee_pizza]

In my career mode, it was 100% confirmed for me, it was a cup match in the semi final and at the start you can just notice the chance of pace straight away, compared to playing them in a league game, at first during the game, it would play fine, letting me get ahead by 1/2 goals then all of a sudden you can notice the change in the AI, the keeper starts saving absolutely every shot and 1 on 1 situation, or my player hit the crossbar or post. Then even in penalties he saves every one. Also at the same time the AI get insane, being unstoppable when trying to defend against, every through ball or pass to shoot situation results in a goal for them. They can hit it straight at my keeper and he will somehow not save it. To confirm this i sat for almost 2 hours rematch after rematch to try and get the win, and it was just impossible. The game did not want me to win simple as and its a joke. So obvious.

[@lexgo7834]

Sometimes I feel like im not the one whos playing

[@FUTMentor]

Yup I feel exactly the same 😂😭

[@rmonroe401]

That last one happened to me too. It said the same thing before I even made the pass. It’s all controlled by EA.

[@happytrailsgaming]

100% most evident when a bad player makes a mistake from a goal kick for example and the ball is taken away leading to a break away. The player will suddenly slow way down, trip, foul is called out of thin air or the ball will deflect magically to another player on the other team like a bullet!

[@samuelleenderts163]

my defenders instruction is to stay back while attacking. this does not happen most of the time in tight games.they are all up in the attack.

[@socks1684]

FR, MY DEFENDERS ARE ACTING LIKE THEY ARE THE ATTACKERS. I see maldini fucking stand ready to shoot the ball into the net, and then i lose the ball, and then theres no defenders to defend

[@S-1_24-25]

My defenders just fall asleep by standing back and not doing anything. They don’t even react when my opponent is close 😂

[@Xaxmetix]

I went from 16 wins in fut Champs to not Winning once in 20 rival games

[@FUTMentor]

That sucks, losing streaks can be the worst

[@deax2312]

Its not losing streak. Its called handicapping. All of a sudden your players can't string 2 passes together but before that you were playing like prime Zidane

[@michaelmaccrazy]

The only good thing about FIFA is that it has good resale value when you sell it on eBay. Seeing a 91-rated defender run in the opposite direction during an attack or seeing a player like Nuno Mendez getting outrun by a Nantes player with the ball on his feet isn’t what I paid for. Someone else can deal with the headache.

[@MulleDK19]

6:15 That's simple. He clearly gave a lot of power to the pass, so he wasn't passing to the closest player. The physics are deterministic and the game knows where the ball is going to go before the actual pass is performed, and thus also that it's going to be intercepted. The only bug is firing the commentary early.

[@eatdahl]

I can confirm scripting defo happens. I played someone back to back on seasons first time ever thats happened. First game he was on verge of relegation , he needed a point to stay up, i went 1-0 up and that was basically the biggest mistake ever after that everything went his way. I could even get out of my own half. He went 3-1 up and i lost, second game i was in verge of relegation and surprise surprise i went 3-0 up in 20 mins and he quit

[@binyaminabdulahad1294]

Context; 4:00 i was beating this guy 2nil and my team became disabled to let him get back into the game. The 3rd goal was as yiu saw

[@quex213]

while defending every sliding and normal tackle is an assist to my opponent. The game takes control of my player switching which leads to preventing me from taking control of my defenders and put them in a good defensive position so there are no openings. ea just doesn't allow me to switch my player not to mention they don't pass or sprint when i push the button. Thats my punishment for being good at defending in the game

[@FUTMentor]

I feel you pain bro

[@seanhomar5945]

100%!

[@globeubf4]

Yeah the scripting is absolute bonkers at times. Unexplainable how some people end up winning, but you can’t do much about it because of shit like this. When I see it going on in my matches, I’ll just turn off fifa and play something else for a few days before returning.

[@smeekle2000]

Time to break the cycle. It's a casino that's rigged against you and EA wins every day!

[@Buckettt10]

I probably won't get any reaction but this happened to me back to back fut champs , i was 3-10 with 7 games to go , my defenders were too slow , huge gaps for their through ball , they don't press , the passing so sluggish , i miss everything and they score literally every chance they get , it switched like crazy i won 6 straight games and most of em rage quits , my players became super fast and finally lost the last game and i was up 2-0 and lost in the final minute after missing and easy chance 1v1 , i swear on everything i love it happened to me exactly twice in 2 weeks , 3-10 to 9-10 then 9-11 to finish fut champs , it's absolutely insane

[@FUTMentor]

Crazyyy

[@s14records]

I'm going further, if you are not a pro player it is actually settled how many wwins you will get in fut champs

[@crazyboy98ish]

Every week im getting 59 points. Thats not random. Thats scripted. I can do whatever i want, i never reach the 60 points.

[@trashwhocares865]

Broooooo I can’t get past 45 I thought I was the only one

[@hischransen8069]

@@trashwhocares865 I wondered about that as well. I always capped at 9 wins, never beyond that. Went to Reddit and a majority of FUT users there reported about 9-11 wins. Last week I made it to 10 for the first time. It's sketchy. Someone posted on Reddit that the game makes sure that you will win a set amount of games.

[@cr4zysash682]

​@@hischransen8069 9-11 wins is 45-55% win rate. Thats literally the average wr of the player base in any game you play. You're simply average and not good enough to get more wins. I restarted fifa 2 months ago was doing 6-8 wins and now I do 12-15. Thats not luck thats just me improving and viewing how I can do better every game instead of blaming ea and their scripting. Even though I believe scripting is real you can still make a diff

[@Dulakx]

I think you focus to much on bugs and glitches. The scripting is more obvious when fresh 99 sprint player lose runs vs exhausted 80 sprint players. When passes only drop 3 meters and shots have no power and accuracy, even on 99 players. Not talking about a small chance to miss. Players turn to bronze in certain games or often when you lead.

[@FUTMentor]

Yeah true, many will use the excuse of chemistry styles, player fitness and other things though because there are many variables affecting the speed

[@doodoo871]

I feel like fifa doesn’t want players to play through all divisions easily so the force losses to make you play through seasons again the allow you to win for playing more. The game is clearly scripted.

[@azaretek]

In squad battles if you put on semi pro and if you win the ball back faster than 5 seconds they will start playing like prime Ramos out of nowhere

[@FUTMentor]

Yeah the AI can be very weird 😂

[@williamlillicrapp7601]

Scripting 100% exists !!! Never met anyone who doesn’t think so

[@mlycas7154]

i don’t think so, if your better you will win

[@christophergarcia8383]

@@mlycas7154 lol first time ?

[@FUTMentor]

True but I have beaten opponents who many times are better than me I just got lucky, and vice versa

[@williamlillicrapp7601]

@@mlycas7154 you’re obviously awful at the game 😂 I’ve won games against people way better than me

[@mlycas7154]

@@christophergarcia8383 nah i’m just good shun

[@ManCodeTV]

Also why does the game make you switch on to people you don't want to switch to when defending? And of course when all that is going on, the defender you don't want to be switched onto, gets blow by for a goal scoring situation for the opposing team. Happens every time

[@FUTMentor]

There is a new feature in FIFA 23 which is intended to solve this but it is difficult to get used to. Instead of switching with L1 or LT you use the right analogue stick

[@RuddsReels]

@@FUTMentor Yeah the stick doesn't work right sometimes either!

[@nassahrakim8136]

​@@FUTMentorthis isn't a new feature my guy, this feature has been present since like fifa 18 i think 😂😂

[@htxrique7622]

I leave the games sometimes even tho im winning 3-0 but as soon as i see my passing becoming sluggish and players run like theyre fat and go from special card to common gold dribbling i just leave the game i get on to have fun not to go thru this shit or when they tie it 3-3 even tho i have 13 shots on target and they have 4 shots on target i just leave i dont bother finishing it because i know the scrip is in play

[@dchsj]

I stopped playing this game because it makes no sense. It's a multiplayer game that you can spend countless hours playing, yet you never seem to improve. The AI always determines whether you win or lose. I have never experienced anything like this in any other multiplayer game. There is absolutely no incentive to continue playing because you have no control over the outcome. It's the only multiplayer game where a professional player can lose to a beginner.

[@FUTMentor]

I feel you bruh 😭

[@dominicvillanueva4228]

no denying it exists. especially if you play the game long enough in legendary to put 5 or 6 unanswered goals on an opponent. it will eventually seem like your defenders develop arthritis and they AI will run past them for quick goal, then they'll pass between your 2 defenders’ legs for a goal infront of keeper, then they'd score a header, then score on a cross, then the game will also give the AI a penalty despite your good defense. this happened to me a couple times, i'm saying try scoring 4-5 goals on legendary and the game will turn itself quickly in the second half around despite best efforts. but i found it more effective to still be on attack instead of switching to defend as the AIs seem to be dumb on their defensive end when the game goes this. best thing to do is avoid parity by scoring as they score when you’re ahead.

[@frankderksen9536]

Theres a reason why your not allowed to speak about matchfix or scripts on forum, Cause its all true

[@MrYD-my9eo]

i really want ea and fifa to get ruined by their potential oppenents like konami or UEL. ea don't listen to players at all and this game is already broken.

[@RuddsReels]

When my players start running really slow, you can literally see their legs running the same speed, but stepping small steps, like they are running on the spot a bit.

[@abhinaosingh41]

Just beat the shit out of my chair !! Was winning 4-0 . Finally lost 5-4. Players don’t want to run , do not want to receive the ball , keeper wants to take his hands away from a routine save , referee won’t whistle for a pen . Absolute shit of a game this fc 24 .

[@NinJa-vw1sr]

This is how EA predicts who's gonna win the world cup.

[@FUTMentor]

😂

[@armandolima823]

It's pathetic and irritating. When your winning a game you are not supposed to win, the script algorithm kicks in. Yours players become sluggish and your opponents become Usain bolt. It's really a sight to behold

[@ackattack4690]

everytime I go on a winstreak of any sort, I just stop playing for most if not the rest of the day. because I know if I would have kept playing, I would have lost in some odd way. 'sometimes the game wants you to win, sometimes they want you to lose.' thats a quote I made up for these problems..

[@FUTMentor]

Yeah it gets extremely annoying very quickly

[@youngcarti2560]

Today i had the worst Game in my whole Life. I always knew scripting exists and i just lived with it, it was okay but After what happened today i uninstalled fifa😂

[@FUTMentor]

😂

[@EmuGamesMaster]

Times you play the game will help you. Open your ports on the router. Play games nothing more than 16ms ping. If youre playing fut on a friday everyone else is so play rivals and play Saturday or non peak times and you’ll get better connections. If your using a PC disable nahemic services. Play on a wired connection, with static ip. Solves a lot of the issues people have but the game still sucks at times. Some teams are double the speed i think they’re mobile player’s. Turn cross play off. Disable upnp on your router if you open ports and set static ip. Drop a reply if you want the port numbers! State what platform you’re on also.

[@JGGuitarCovers]

Infuriating. I found World Class too easy but as soon as I put it up to Legendary its IMPOSSIBLE to win a game. Why can't EA fix this every year?

[@Peanutbutter83]

Scripting exists in rivals and Squad battles, squad battles on anything about professional is scripted to death with some extremely strange things going on to make the AI team score. Fraud of a game, it's an absolute disgrace

[@darrenmorris4878]

I get this in every game. I feel like I'm playing against cpu and player. I win alot but it gets annoying from scripting

[@FUTMentor]

Yeah bro it sucks

[@GaelOficial_]

If you add to that that sometimes you realize that your players are slow and there are games where it is impossible to pass, and it shouldn't be like that, I don't play últimate team, but I do play seasons and try to put together any team with my players and formation and strategy, and the game sometimes you realize that there is a feeling of slowness in the field and giving a pass, defending or trying to make a play is impossible, if the teams are more or less equal in quality of players the difference It should be the player's strategy and way of playing and not that the game determines the match. This game is super toxic.

[@juggerhuevo]

If I won on the 1st half the 2nd half becomes a nightmare specially on fut champions or rivals, the opponent finally decides he will get every pass on air, ground and will outrun all my defenders Im sure its the ai there is no way a guy suddenly changes his playstyle because he got owned

[@FUTMentor]

Defo lol, some games I still feel confident when I am down

[@meganoob12]

most of these seem like mere bugs to me. The real scripting can‘t really be shown on video because you can only feel it. It is when your team suddenly controls differently from match to match or even after halftime. When you just played 5 matches flawlessly and then in the 6th your players control like tanks, are stuck in the mud, need 4 touches to control the ball, wiggle in all dorts of directions when you haven‘t even touched the stick and need ages to move up the putch or just refuse to make runs into the box for no reason

[@ManCodeTV]

Every game is the same that I play now. I get up a goal, and I can never score again, no matter what I do. And of course my opponent eventually ties up the score. And if I score again to get ahead, of course I can never score again. And you guessed it my opponent ties me up again. This happens every game now. No matter what I do I can never get a 2 goal lead. And one time I get up by 3 goals and magically my opponent comes back and score 4 unanswered goals. This crap is so scripted it's a complete joke

[@FUTMentor]

Exactly, many times it just feels like EA is letting your opponent back in the game 😭

[@djlongy48]

Fifa say no scripting, fine let's call it "using old crappy algorythms to overcome poorly coded game play" then. Whatever 'it' is, is very real we all know it and ea know it. - 99% of games there's a 90min winner scored against me, seems no way to overcome this. And this is where 'it' is much more noticeable. Game just switches until they get the goal. Sometimes happens for me but only like 10% of the time at best. -Team and player stats mean very little anymore, constantly playing boring meta sweats using the same meta cards -Pace slow down so an 80 rated pace can catch ya 92 pace striker with ease even with a 2m headstart. -If ur beating the 'it' then even stranger stuff starts to happen, players teleporting, injuries in key moments of play, my 98 rated pele missing 6yrd open goal tap ins after hitting the post and cross bar 3 times.Not to mention the very dubious takles and ref leniency if ur meant to be loosing. -I've played a whole WL and lost 0-20 I couldn't do anything. Finally checked the settings to see keeper change itself to manual. This was recent and after the supposed fix btw. Also played a whole week last week getting bashed hard like properly. My players were shit, settings seemed OK. But it felt like it was all manual, deleted my settings profile, reset settings restarted console, changed settings and boom back in business. I do not trust the settings at all anymore and it plays on my mind in games now its happened so much. (Ps5) Truth is, there's alot of very dodgy game play that happens and which is completely out of our control and I could moan for pages about it but simply put the game is shite, it's made shite by a shite company only interested in extortionate profits. Of which we keep feeding to them.

[@jourdontempleton8771]

Every single one of the FIFA’s are scripted. I cruised through div 1 winning every game, then the next minute you can’t win a game. All of the same players playing the same formation become slow, every 2nd ball falls to the other team, you round the keeper and 10 defenders stop the ball going in, meanwhile they can shoot from anywhere it goes in, all their players are much faster, your defenders while anticipating a through ball, mysteriously push up the park even though theyre set to “stay back while attacking”. The game is corrupt as fifa itself, the fact they ban anyone who accuses them of scripting says it all really. Horrid game.

[@RuddsReels]

One thing I noticed, is that when the opponent gets the ball in their own penalty area, they kick the ball long along the ground, so it goes off screen (slow camera on this game) and it always goes to their attacker, with your defenders chasing back. BTW is there a way to get the midfield back, because they just stand there watching.

[@scottj.s1648]

Instructions.. I play ultimate difficulty in career and i cant play without instructions what helps for me is i have full backs stay back and i always play with a cdm on stay back while attacking should give you enough time for everyone else to fall back and for camera i play co-op the ball never goes anywhere i cant see try it

[@RuddsReels]

@@scottj.s1648 OK great! I'll give this a try. Lucky I found your comment since the message bell seemed to have ignored your message. Thanks!

[@connorbears3239]

Most of the times, I can tell I’m about to lose. My players become unresponsive and decide not to pass when I press pass or shoot when I press shoot. I have extremely fast internet over 1GB/s, my ping is 4-8 at maximum, and I have an Xbox series X with 3TB storage using only 13% hard drive space… brand new controllers and everything and it doesn’t matter. I notice that it happens more often when I’m playing against a Mexican player from Mexico even tho they’re technically not better than I am, my players just decide to not play and allow space between lines for absolutely no reason. Like their feet are stuck in mud and my controller has a heavy delay which isn’t even true. I can always tell when the opponent is about to score and then I lose 2-0 while they have 2 shots 2 goals, and I have 28 shots 2 goals and 5.5 XG but no goals. It’s absolutely insane how this is even allowed. Kills the game and I’ve been playing for 13 years.

[@Ralucakes]

In all honesty, I think this game is scripted. One game my team is flawless, perfect, I can make my opponent rage quit, and the other match my CBs (gold Van Dijk and Rudiger) bump into each other, my high paced players become slower than lower paced ones and I cannot defend/attack at all. It's so annoying. PS: I do not consider myself a good player. I'm currently a division 7 noob and I'm fully aware I still have a lot to improve. But the inconsistency is outrageous.

[@taliban223ms3]

I feel the same, I used to be average at the game and only around fifa19 did I start getting good and making people rage quit over and over. One game my players feel smooth and they flow really well, then the next game I can’t control them and my fastest players are being caught by players with no speed even when I get a head start running😂

[@anthonyholmes9007]

Hands up who's come here after rage quitting bc of scripting and being determined to be proven right?! 😅😅🙋

[@smeekle2000]

I just broke my disc. Breaking the cycle.

[@bigmoe44]

The games 100% SCRPTITED no doubt about it

[@FUTMentor]

EA literally have patents proving scripting exists so yes I agree

[@Franky.80]

I do record all games (with controller input) and have tons of evidence that DDA exist. Most of the times it happens when the other player is playing worse then me (huge stats difference in my advantage) and has a lower rated team. It feels like my players get -20 OVR to compensate the opponent. As well my players make stupid mistakes , run away outside the box and pass to a player i'm not pointing at. Combined with prime R9 that misses open nets and hit the post and pole like 50 times. Ofcourse EA does this to attract new players. No-one likes to get slapped 20 times in a row. Then they'll quit and never buy packs or tell their friends. You can beat DDA. But i'm so tired of those frustrating matches that feel like FC Barcelona vs Local Boys FC and the local boys win.

[@deaf_conformist]

I wouldn't take Squad Battles into account because, although sometimes it is loud, the game already warns you that depending on the difficulty level you choose, it will be more or less difficult (no matter CPU players quality). The problem is when you play online with another person. And if on top of that that person is a toxic trash who starts wasting time and celebrating with Griddy in the 20th minute, then even worse... Oh and by the way, today something very similar to the first clip happened to me, so I confirm...

[@ef3581]

Bruh one time when I was through on goal my player just cleared it 💀

[@mrbruv03]

growing up I started playing since fifa 13-14 up to 23, I always thought it was just me who experienced this until I talked to other people who played it and they’ve experienced the same thing. Players running away from the ball when in front of goal, goalkeepers walking out of the way leading to a clear shot, 90+ pace players getting outpaced by significantly slower players, lower divion teams turning into tiki take Barcelona and not getting the ball, defenders in the dying moments of the game just wandering off out of the defensive shape, passing into spaces where you didn’t even aim or intend and more. It’s a shame because I genuinely had fun with the game over the years, but like you can most definitely tell when the game wants you to win and when the game wants you to lose.

[@S-1_24-25]

My friend has been playing fifa for a long time and has deleted this game recently as he couldn’t handle the scripting and was raging too much that he almost broke his controller just cause of this game. FIFA is the only game I know where my friends have raged over and have actually broke their controllers compared to other games

[@MarryB-qj1do]

You can literally tell who’s gonna win by the gameplay in the first 5 minutes, for the amount of money ppl spend on this game you think dedicated servers would be a must.

[@ishtamusic5841]

this company should get a big lawsuit for doing this shit. most scripted game ive ever seen bullshit

[@axsfdhsam4034]

But why some players who are esports players win almost every match?

[@smeekle2000]

They spend hundreds sometimes thousands on microtransactions in the game and EA will actually give your bots an advantage in game so that you spend more money. Plus, esports players get special account privileges which gives them worse oppenents and better stats so that when they stream to hundreds of people, the game looks absolutely insane and FUN to play! Yippee!!

[@lisandroflores95]

This proves to me that for years if your kicks and clearances at min 90 for exceptional and offered you an attacking option then the game will let you take it. Same goes for cpu. Which is why you for sure sometimes think the game is over and yet you still get scored on. I started noticing this about fifa 13 or 14. And this was never fixed and addressed. Fucking bullshit i know more about all this bullshit game than most of their fucking creators

[@smeekle2000]

Yes, I agree. Scripring did happen in Fifa 14, especially with the OP heading mechanic. You could score easy, scripted, cutscene, Hollywood goals from headers or finesse shots outside the box 100% in Fifa 14 and over time it got worse

[@lisandroflores95]

@smeekle2000 very much, one time I saw the ref running to blow his whistle before the "FOUL" was committed almost as if it was planned already.

[@seanhomar5945]

I've been playing fifa from its first installment there's always been a form of scripting. It just so happens that since ultimate team came into being and online gaming became so popular that scripting has simply ruined the game. Sad thing is you don't win on this game without scripting having been in your favour. You know scripting is happening because the feeling of the game changes, your players can't pass, shoot, dribble, tackle and more. Also your apponents version of the same player becomes world beater, example Harry Kane for me was slow and cumbersome, his Harry kane became lighting fast with super human agility. If its not scripting then it's awful coding and the whole coding team for fifa game need firing.

[@FUTMentor]

Facts

[@RuddsReels]

You are right about Harry Kane. I can't dribble with him! I've upped his speed and agility in career mode, but his stats don't mean anything! He is currently a 94 player in my game!

[@tombase-rd6xg]

I remember playing 2013 Fifa and running into scripting. I was playing career mode so I just restarted the game and magically the feel of the game went back to normal and I won the game. The scripting only came after a string of wins. I got tired of resetting the game and just forfeited the game to have the gameplay go back to normal. Most of the time that trick worked immediately. Fifa 2019 is a much different beast and I just stopped playing Fifa and went over to PES and then eFootball to see a different but equally frustrating scripting. I haven't played either in a while now, even though I win over 90% of the time against the computer. Just was no fun anymore.

[@S-1_24-25]

You’re not wrong about Harry Kane, my brother was playing as him in rivals but Kane was playing utter dogshit, was too slow and couldn’t pass.

[@RuddsReels]

@@tombase-rd6xg There is scripting in efootball?

[@mohamadalsalman2485]

Commentators always call something before it happens, biggest hint that there is some form of scripting.

[@PacyLucasFC]

Even if you want to deny it, at this point the amount of good evidence is absurd. Hopefully next year the new fifa games coming will be much better, and we can all ditch EA in collective happiness

[@RuddsReels]

Scripting will never go away. because of FUT. EA want players to get frustrated so they buy points.

[@nassahrakim8136]

Thank god they've lost the licenses to FIFA. Fuck EA and their shitty scripted game

[@AvitHDGamer]

I've played fifa many years, and always said it has to be scripted, how else can it pull the correct commentary quick enough?

[@Superglitchym]

The cheater I went up against fouled with all his players at least 4 times and none of them got sent off. I had like 38 free kicks

[@TheRealCurtisWright]

It pisses me off because I have a lot of fun playing on the difficulty that I select. But then you literally feel the switch flick and all of a sudden you can’t make a single pass without it being intercepted, or you make 40 successful tackles in a row but somehow the ball always drops to the opponent.

[@pauldailey3941]

Its a known fact that player who are frustrated spend more money to regain their advantage, so the game developers clearly use your history to determine when to drive you toward a losing streak. The script is less about certain players having an advantage vs another and more focused on - you won enough lately, so time to get you on a losing streak and see if they can generate more revenue from your frustration.

[@BB-tx8ty]

The game is fkn $hit!!! Stupid little goals conceded, in FUT the cpu matches you against too highly rated teams, the game is the worst of all the football games in the last 10 years!!!

[@DisgustingOilFish]

When all your players start to play like Maguire,you know what happened

[@FUTMentor]

😂😂😂 facts bro

[@thiccchungo1041]

I had a really bad game recently, every single tackle would end up with my CB on the ground and their Julian Alvarez would still hold the ball after every challenge, and a very blatant incident where instead of making a clearance under zero pressure on a loose ball my LCB actually moved backwards to allow the opposing striker to run onto the ball and get a tap in, I knew scripting was a thing but that game was a really bad example of it

[@smeekle2000]

I despise when they take an extra huge touch when I'm literally just mashing the shoot button for an easy tap-in.

[@Gavabshdvshs]

This is why I quit fifa and play eFootball 2023. No scripting, pure skill. Whoever is better always wins

[@RuddsReels]

eFootball? I'll take a look! Is it good?

[@mstevenchapman]

Just incorporated Player locking into my gameplay and went from getting thrashed by Manchester City with PSG to having the system suggest I move up to Legendary because I was putting up near double digits. Got bored and played as Manchester City next and it was like someone put Diesel engine fuel in my Prius. The speed and response to my decisions were immediate and crisp. Then I chose AC Milan against Man City...and suddenly I'm running in mud, simple passes are missing open players, passing with player lock has a lag which makes time for interception even with R1 passing. I'm making trigger button presses and players are lagging to respond to my commands resulting in amateur steals or 'mistakes'. Man City's player just run past my defenders or through them, two defenders lock Foden down and steal the ball with him falling and then they just both trip over each other and fall and then Foden recovers now with two defenders down and out...as a result of my stealing the ball...🤷‍♂ At times the system wont let me move a player into necessary positions for headers or challenges. And the most annoying are defenders literally moving out of the way of passes or shots...WTF! The 45 min+ guaranteed scoring from the 'better team'. Or the winning by one and then some BS forces a corner and no matter how great your defense the ball just finds itself into the net for OT. I'm seeing that the whole game is designed to motivate you to spend money on collecting ranked players as opposed to just having fun playing with your favorite teams and winning based on your skill at the game. I miss the days where you bought a game system and a game and that was it, enjoy yourself and have fun with it. Now its all designed to get you to engage in other ways and eventually pursue some form of reward system that results in real world expenditures.

[@captainsmoke1612]

Never felt that way in seasons mode, but in Ultimate Mode it's extreme. They want to sell their shit to us that way.

[@FUTMentor]

Yeah playing against an online opponent it feels like their is some sort of influence from EA for sure

[@alberto6169]

I wish people would just stop buying their game and force them to get their shit together. I only play whatever fifa is available on game pass (It's not like the newest game will be any different anyways) and steer way clear of fut and just play season. I'll play on and off for a bit, eventually be fed up with the scripting and take a couple months long break. It's people who still spend money on their game that allows them to continue this shitshow