Matchmaking has been improved however. If you're playing with FIFA 23 Coins clubs outside of the European elite, you do not seem to find yourself drawn to your PSGs and your Real Madrids as often. However the occasional Ronaldo perve will still pop up in the form of Manchester United. Maybe that's more indicative of that Red Devils' fall from grace over anything else, however.
Ultimate Team - FIFA's playable fantasy football mode and the virtual version of the European Super League - now lets you build an elite team thanks to a more lenient approach to the way that its team chemistry system functions. Players of the same league or country don't need to be adjacent to each others in the formation you choose to increase your chemistry score, plus they don't suddenly lose their football skills even if they don't have much in common with their teammates.
Some may appreciate the extra freedom this gives when shopping on the transfer market but it feels a bit like a big part of what made constructing an exciting and challenging team was wiped out. However, FUT is still largely a pay-to-win racket that reflects the worst aspects that modern soccer has to offer. Oh, and the interface is about as warm as an upscale Rangers pub to someone wearing the Celtic scarf.
Career mode has received changed in its appearance to be more consistent with the game's other modes, but it plays largely the same as before. When taking control of players, there's now RPG-style points that you can earn depending on how you behave on and off the pitch and you are also able to inhabit the body of real-life players and coaches rather than creating one starting from scratch.
It's not as simple as career mode's continued attempts to let you play fewer football. EA has already added a load of training elements that just felt like admin and now you have the option of choosing to play highlights of games, rather than playing the entire 90 minutes. For football games it's a little confusing.
FUT 23 buy Coins might not be the best choice to show off the power of your console, but there are some cool new additions to 23 which will help you enhance that sensation of realism a little bit more whether it's the way the nets in the goal make ripples or the way that sliding passes can result in the pitch to break up over 90 minutes.
