SWP's back said:
What was wrong with 12 or is it just the usual "the latest one is shite" bollocks we get every year?
- tackling was poor and unrealistic
- passing was weighted poorly and did not recognize player direction properly
- reffing decisions were baffling
- out of bounds was bugged
- throw-in's was dumb
- stadium was no lively at all
- online was slow as fuck. the game did not play anywhere like it should have online
- online head to head did not allow the player to choose kit, latency or opponent
- finesse goals were too easy and thus too heavily used
- keepers were tragic
- headers made no sense at times. more liked flick-on's
- tactical defending needs real adjustment. good idea, but one wrong push of a button and your player is hopelessly out of play.
- jockeying became the primary way to defend. from one easy system to another and player abused it.
- player collision system was ridiculous. players were recklessly smashing into one another like practice dummies.
- players lacked intelligent offensively and defensively. going offside too easily and not making realistic runs.
- bottom line, for me, 11 was a more enjoyable game in almost every way and I'm not even talking about the introduction of tactical. 12 was just poor and bugged and
very surprised EA would release a game with that many problems.