DLS 2026 Removed Bicycle Kicks and Skill Moves

June 7 10:23 PM

I have been an active Dream League Soccer player since 2018 and have genuinely loved the game for years, spending approximately $275 on it over that time. However, the changes introduced in 2026 have made the game virtually unplayable for me.
The balance used to be excellent — when I passed the ball, players could control it comfortably, and there was a clear, noticeable difference between a player rated 50 and one rated 100. Now the balance has been completely destroyed. There is almost no meaningful gap between a 50-rated and a 100-rated player anymore. Players cannot run properly, defenders cannot press, and ball control has noticeably weakened across the board. By the time a player turns around to take a shot, the opponent has already closed in and taken the ball with ease.
On top of that, the dynamic shooting mechanics and special animations that used to exist in the game have been severely stripped back. Moves like bicycle kicks and skill-based speed bursts where a player flicks the ball over an opponent's head and accelerates past them are barely noticeable anymore — or have disappeared entirely. The game has become sluggish overall and shots feel soft. The gameplay used to have an energy and fluidity that felt almost like PES at its best; now it has been converted into something more like FIFA in style, and these changes have completely killed my enjoyment of the game. When I played the ball out wide to the wings, the explosive pace of those players made the game exciting and fast — that feeling is gone now too. The variety of developable players has also shrunk dramatically; the game now feels like it only has around 50 players worth building, and player development should be unlimited.
I also believe the game needs a career mode added, and that in standard play I should be able to create my own custom player and include at least two or three of them in my regular squad. The fluidity, ball control, special moves — particularly bicycle kicks and the skill burst mechanic — and overall gameplay balance that existed before need to be urgently restored.
My request is that the game be brought back to its former balance and fluidity, that passing, ball control, defensive pressing, player speeds, and shooting mechanics be returned to their previously satisfying levels, and that signature moves like the bicycle kick and skill-based speed burst be fully restored to the fun, polished state they were in before. If the game is not going to be brought back to anything close to what it was, I want a refund of the approximately $275 I have spent over the years, and I am seriously considering uninstalling the game for good.

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