A few angry notes - from the person who most likes the game on this forum as well (if this doesn't prove I'm not a fanboy of anything then nothing fucking will).
First one. Remember this?
This morning, I've woken up to discover my Ultimate Team deleted. All of the players have just disappeared, and I have no way to start a game without deleting my team and starting again.
Well, I started again, carried on for less than two weeks, and guess what. My team has been deleted again. I go to "Ultimate Team", go to "Lineup", and all of my players have been deleted. So Ultimate Team mode can fuck off.
Second one. I played online at home (i.e. at my house, not at a mates) for the first time today. If all matches are like that, then the online mode can fuck off as well. People complain about switching-player lag offline, which I don't find a bother. In my two online games, it was a two-second gap between every button I pressed.
Two seconds; in that time the situation has changed completely and the button you originally pressed to cross ends up as a "mistimed tackle" and you're sent off.
Now fair enough, it could be that my internet is having a slow day (as it often does), but I didn't notice any jerking, so I'm assuming it was normal.
I love this game, I really do, but there's bugs and then there's
b-u-g-s. I think the core gameplay is fantastic, and I still think the game is better than any Konami efforts, but the lack of game modes and bugs like the previously mentioned really begin to grate.