To their credit, EA eradicated this monumental annoyance in FIFA 14, but that only forced players down another path, the path of the ‘sweaty’ goal. It has long been a tirelessly repeated plan for easy scoring opportunities throughout the FIFA franchise, but the 2014 edition enhanced the problem to a whole new level, and as a result the waves of rage grew far, far higher.
However, not all of this can be blamed on the mechanics of the game, nor on the developers; in order to carry out these trouncing strategies, you need the right tools, and thanks to EA’s occasionally comical inability to power certain players correctly, players looking to exploit are handed easy opportunities. Be it the overwhelming pace that Walcott explodes with (rather than the injuries he explodes with in real life) or simply the fact that David Luiz is arguably the best defender on FIFA 14, there are certain outrageous game ratings that feed those in search of sweaty play.
