While it's difficult to avoid the series' perennial problem of being a bit dependent on speedy players completely, FIFA 23 Coins does reward careful execution across the board. My fingers hurt after using the triggers in order to jockey dangerous counter-attacks. The force of a ball's passing has to be fine-tuned, which is hard to master but satisfying when you get on the right through ball.

The wrong tackle can also expose you to danger, as holding down the associated buttons for too long could cause a potentially dangerous hard-hitting commitment that often is rewarded, but usually it can result in the wrath of a penalty. The tackling of the last man back to an exciting, yet risky task.

The changes made are what make FIFA 23 a slower game that FIFA 22, but the consequence is that matches are always memorable. There's an abundance of drama throughout each half, with typically several goals in a match, both single-player and online, and there are very few draws that are 0-0. As with the adolescent drama and drama, every goal worth its salt will also produce a victory lap slow-motion replays with overlays of statistics to ensure that hard drives and feeds the world over will be full of viral footage of goals by the time the year is over.

Set Pieces can be equally convincing giving you more control over the power and curl of your corners as well as free kicks. It took some time for me to get used to the free kicks, but they became more appealing to me, as they're far more precise and more suited to the chaotic stick-pulling from previous years. Additionally, Penalty shootouts take place like a thrilling rhythm game, one in the hands of gods.

FIFA 23 also includes an overhaul in the visuals - but this is much more iterative gradual than last year's leap into PS5 as well as Series X - focusing this on scuffy grass and bouncier hairstyles. It's seen mostly in games with player animations rather than faces, which still vary wildly in terms of quality between cover stars or regular players as well as the cultish crowd.

Defenders will poke their legs against the back of a player they're jockeying, and keepers appear to be convincing when they're blind and FIFA 23 buy Coins dive to the ground when a defender blocks, or jumping backwards to attack the ball away.