EA has decided to focus its efforts on the online game mode Ultimate Team more than the offline modes, mainly because Ultimate Team is how the FC 25 Coins game generates most of its income. However, this has led to the offline game modes suffering from a lack of attention by the developers. In recent years, EA has added a few options to the Kick-Off game mode, making it a more attractive couch co-op mode for fans, but the one area where EA failed to make any meaningful improvements was Career Mode.
While Create-A-Club was a good feature, the lack of depth within Create-A-Club ensured it was only as exciting as a regular Manager Career Mode with a new squad. The creation suite available to players in this mode also lacks depth, and the game mode offers little sense of progression. The only game mode that has a sense of realism to it is the Player Career Mode, where players must earn their spot in the starting 11 and will often be loaned out if they start with a high-profile club. This level of depth needs to be added to the other game modes to give FC players a real sense of progression.
EA has long been criticized by fans for not devoting enough time to the offline game modes of FC, and while it makes sense to focus on the money-making online game modes from a business standpoint, FC 25 Ultimate Teamure FC titles may have to give up on this approach since the upcoming free-to-play UFL game is set to provide competition.
Prior to FC 25. the success of the titles solely relied on offline or couch co-op game modes since online game modes were not yet introduced in the game. With new games like UFL ready to take on the football gaming world, EA will need to rethink its strategy and find innovative ways to recreate the success of older FC titles. By going back to its roots and building a better engine, like what Visual Concepts did with WWE 2K22. EA could revitalize the FC franchise and produce a game that meets the expectations of the fans and set up another successful FIFA Coins for sale run that could last decades.
