For the first time i actually semi-agree with you. Fifa's AI is very good at attacking. But it's also good at defending in my opinion, especially if it takes the lead. On legendary defences rarely make glaring errors and you really have to work to break them down. On world class there is the odd error but you still have to work hard. On professional they're shit! The jump in difficulty is pretty large from Professional to World class. I'm talking manual by the way, world class is pretty easy too on assisted.
well thats the point m8 ive been making since day 1 ,if its easy to break down on assisted then playing on manual even though slower would still be easy(in theory)once your competent on manual passing then the game is cracked and thats where it does lack depth if you disagree with that then thats your oppinion
playing manual on fifa requires concentration but no more than i put into playing pes ,you need concentration just to string passes across your midfeild at first but so does pes if you pass manualy, even on legendary your still afforded enough time to pick passes
but i am taking my own viewpoint i get as much pleasure by winning a game 1-0 than what i do 5-1 ,i find theres just as much reward by keeping a cleen sheet ,as what i do scoring 5 ,simply because i beleive theres an art to defending like dribbling passing shooting
both games set out to simulate football both are playing the same game but acheive very different results simply because of the way AI plays