# EA Sports FC 27: what players say > EA’s yearly football game divides players almost evenly, and the reviews they find most helpful say it repeats FC 26 and launched with crashes and disconnects. Developer: EA Vancouver and EA Romania. Publisher: Electronic Arts. Released 24 September. 52% of 7,660 player reviews recommend it (as of 12 October). ## In short Players who recommend FC 27 point to manual defending, which makes wins feel earned, and to small-sided games in The Grounds with friends. The reviews players find most helpful mostly advise against it, over crashes, unreliable online play and how little has changed since FC 26, and many suggest waiting for a sale. Football fans who play with a regular group get the most from it. ## What players say Players see FC 27 as a modest step from FC 26. Manual defending is the change they notice most, and crashes, disconnects and cheating lead the complaints. We read these reviews in full on 10 October. - 80 most helpful reviews: 9 positive, 5 mixed, 66 negative. - 40 latest reviews: 8 positive, 2 mixed, 18 negative, 12 off-topic. - **Players see little change from FC 26.** The menus, cutscenes and core feel carry over, and The Grounds is the one addition most of them mention. Several buy every year out of habit and expect the same problems each time. - **Crashes and bugs lead the complaints.** Reports run from a game that won’t start to crashes every few minutes and frozen menus. Reviews posted after EA’s first fixes still describe them. - **Manual defending divides players.** Those who like it say defending now rests on their own timing, so a win feels earned. Those who don’t say small mistakes are punished too hard and matches turn into high-scoring games. - **The Grounds works best with friends.** Its 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 games play like street football and are fun in a group. Players on their own meet slow matchmaking, queues that never fill and a hub that adds little. - **Online play is unreliable.** Players describe disconnects even on wired connections, Clubs servers that fail in some regions and cheaters who go unbanned. - **Many advise waiting for a sale.** Players who started early with the Ultimate Edition say that counted against a refund, which makes others wary of paying full price. ## Questions ### Is EA Sports FC 27 worth it? Players are split. As of 12 October, 52% of 7,660 reviews recommend it. Those who do praise manual defending and small-sided games with friends, while the reviews players find most helpful advise against paying full price, over crashes, online problems and how little has changed since FC 26. ### Is EA Sports FC 27 different from FC 26? Players see it as a modest step. Manual defending and The Grounds, a hub for small-sided games from 1v1 to 3v3, are the changes they notice most, while the menus, cutscenes and much of the feel carry over. ### Does EA Sports FC 27 crash on PC? Many players report crashes, from a game that won’t start to crashes within minutes, though others find it runs better than last year. On 30 September EA said some crash fixes were already in update 1.0.1 and that it was looking into stuttering, input delay and frame-rate drops. ### What is The Grounds in FC 27? A new hub where players meet and play small-sided football, from 1v1 to 3v3, alongside other activities. Players enjoy it most with friends, and EA has said some of its activities struggle to find enough players. ### Is Ultimate Team pay-to-win in FC 27? Many players who write about Ultimate Team call it pay-to-win, and some compare its packs to gambling. The game sells FC Points, and the Ultimate Edition comes with up to 6,000 of them over three months. ### Is there early access for EA Sports FC 27? Yes. The Ultimate Edition opened seven days early, at 23:00 UTC on 17 September on PC and on 18 September on consoles. ### When did EA Sports FC 27 come out, and how much is it? On PC at 23:00 UTC on 24 September 2026, and on consoles on 25 September. The Standard Edition is $69.99. ### What PC do you need for EA Sports FC 27? The minimum is a Ryzen 5 1600 or Core i5-6600K, 8 GB of RAM and a Radeon RX 570 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which EA expects to run at 720p and 60 fps on Low. For 1080p at 60 fps on Medium it recommends a Ryzen 7 2700X or Core i7-6700, 12 GB of RAM and a Radeon RX 5600 XT or GeForce GTX 1660. It takes 100 GB. ## Sources 42. Steam: EA Sports FC 27, store page and user reviews: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4080220/ 43. Electronic Arts: EA Sports FC 27, release times, editions and early access: https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-fc/fc-27 44. Electronic Arts on Steam: EA Sports FC 27 PC developer launch notes, 30 September: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4080220/view/1845383656378268 45. Electronic Arts on Steam: EA Sports FC 27, The Grounds and Clubs developer launch update, 2 October: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4080220/view/1845383656386940 46. Electronic Arts on Steam: EA Sports FC 27 is available now, 25 September: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4080220/view/1844751498224183 Page: https://creativecult.digital/games/ea-sports-fc-27