Momentum exists – but not in the shape of a hidden feature used to flip matches upside down. What I’m talking about here is the completely natural phenomenon which occurs when someone seems to have the upper hand and in turn perform increasingly well. What’s more, this effect appears to be strong in FUT compared to real football.
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FIFA’s automatic difficulty adjustment mode
A couple of times a year, the FIFA community is shaken by the revelaion that the game uses adaptive difficulty. As was the case first time it was “revealed”, the latest re-discovery instantly set off speculations about adaptive difficulty possibly being the long sought-after momentum mechanism believed to be present in online multiplayer FUT.
In this article, we drive the final nail in the coffin for the idea that EA has implemented some kind of logic to level the playing field.
We couldn’t find an example of a draw on google pic search. Perhaps not a coincidence?
Is momentum a myth or is it real? In this post, we have a look at some of the facts and speculations around the presence of a momentum feature in FIFA.
A popular belief in the community is FIFA contains some kind of logic, which makes FUT matches more even. As we will show below, the evidence tells a different story.
