“This can’t possibly be right,” FIFA players think in certain situations of the football simulation. A new clip from FIFA 22 perfectly illustrates why so many FIFA players believe in the famous “scripting.”
One of the biggest FIFA myths is the so-called “scripting” or “momentum.” The theory is that EA deliberately manipulates the gameplay with a “dynamic difficulty adjustment,” causing the leading player to eventually have no chance as actions and shots go astray.
This is not proven, and the developer even regularly denies the use of such mechanics.
What kind of clip is this? Reddit user reclining_buddah (via reddit) has published a video clip showing Manuel Neuer trying to catch the ball in front of the goal line. Then the goalkeeper collides with the opposing defender, causing him to fall and consequently lose the ball.
In reality, the ball should now jump behind the line and into the goal. But in FIFA 22, the ball simply cannot be scored. It defies all laws of gravity and even glitches through Manuel Neuer to remain on the field.
Here you can see the scene in question for yourself:
This is what the community says: While some comments in the reddit thread are based on “scripting,” others believe they have just seen a broken animation. Some users genuinely see a manipulation of the game in this case.
However, there are also voices that have a plausible explanation for the phenomenon, like user hoboman212:
People who call it scripting have no idea how games work. That was not a goal and the game registered it as not a goal. So an animation had to be shown without the ball crossing the net. Sometimes the animations look weird, but in a video game, there are no coincidences.
Indeed, in video games it often happens that animations look faulty to show calculated results that do not match the physics of the models. This leads to “glitches.”
We asked EA how such scenes come about. An answer is still pending.
What do you think? Is it an unfortunate animation or did the game simply not want the ball to go in? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
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