Here is my take on it. EA just want the money, games they are behind are progressively getting less fun and more paying. Star Wars they destroyed the last game with loot box progression to pay for
Fifa 18 was the least enjoyable game I played. Every single game was an expertise in frustration and I played it all year
Every single EA game in last 2 years they have ruined. Look at battlefield v already. Need for speed had loot boxes in
What struck it for me though was the EA share holder meeting that they didn’t realise would be leaked out. They said they want to introduce loot box pay to win schemes in all their games going forward as they make so much money out of fifa ultimate team
There was no mention about gamers or making games fun to play
Then came Star Wars battlefront 2 and the loot boxes and look at gamers reaction to that, they said stuff you EA and didn’t buy it
I can’t believe people coming from fifa 18 are actually willing to spend £150 on packs just to buy standard gold players for fifa 19 to get them going. These players are now worth 150 coins in fifa 18. Jesus is going for 70,000 coins and it’s only a standard gold card in fifa 19 it’s a joke
In fifa 18 different variants and colours of cards were coming out every week, EA were really milking upgrade cards every week making you want to spend money to get them and the same will happen in fifa 19
Also the game mechanics are very dodgy I’m sure they incorporate casino style programming in letting you win and go on a streak, then lose a few making you see players in your side that can be improved so you spend money on upgrading the player, who then plays great for about 10 games where he then becomes average and it’s rinse and repeat, all about making you spend money
Look at Amazon reviews of fifa 19 and meta critic reviews by users, meta critic is currently rating at about 2.8 out of 10 for fifa 19. Go read these reviews
I say hit EA share holders where it hurts the most and don’t buy fifa 19 then they might stop the greed and think about the people playing the games