FIFA 19 Beta: 5 Major Problems That Need Fixing

FIFA 19 is due for release on Friday 28th September and fans cannot wait.

If you're anything like me you'll have pre-ordered the game to get to play it three days earlier, used up all your remaining holidays to ensure work doesn't get in the way, and booked your other half a weekend away with her mother so your experience is uninterrupted.

As always, EA Sports have been boasting about their various additions to the game. The Champions League is now licensed to be used in the game; meaning you can play the tournament in kick-off and Career Mode, but also there is an entirely separate Champions League mode. There are numerous new features in terms of gameplay, and FIFA 19 concludes The Journey, can Alex Hunter finally reach the top?

Regardless, with just over a month to go until the game is released (and less than that until fans can get their hands on the demo), what final tweaks need to be made to ensure it's the gaming experience we all want it to be?

I managed to get my hands on a beta version of FIFA 19 and here are five things that need to be sorted ahead of release...

We've all used the excuse in the past that the "game selected the wrong player" as your opponent waltzes through your defence yet again, but that complaint may well ring true in FIFA 19.

Unlike in recent years, gamers have to be much more proactive in changing the player they are controlling to avoid having your centre-back running in the opposite direction of the ball because you presume the one closest to it would be selected.

The same issue arises when attacking too. For those of us who enjoy getting the ball wide, knocking it past a defender and whipping a cross in, you will struggle on the new game due to players resorting back to their defensive tropes unless the ball is at their feet. If a ball is loose or simply played further in front of the man as opposed to close-control dribbling, an attempted cross simply results in your player executing a slide tackle, even when isolated.

This is one of those unnecessary tweaks that FIFA have included when there was nothing wrong in last year's game.