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There’s a bit of bipolar syndrome going on with FIFA 23 and it’s FIFA 23 Coins a little FIFAing. There are times where I honestly feel like I’m playing FIFA 23. The way the ball moves, how attacks come together and even animations appear all-too-familiar, but then there are other times when it feels like FIFA 23 comes together as it was marketed as. The pace feels good, the AI is patient — going backwards to go forwards — and the game sparkles, but it’s a coin toss as to what experience I’m going get. Even my beloved Pro Clubs, which initially gave me an incredible experience with slowed down pace, weightier players and intelligent AI teammates, has given me the opposite feelings at times when it becomes plagued with legacy FIFA 23 Pro Club issues, namely the easily exploitable AI.

Where are they? As I’ve become better at strafe dribbling, shielding and more comfortable with the game’s mechanics, I’ve been able to feel more confident drawing defenders in on the ball, but I’ve still gone matches without even seeing a foul called. With a new free-kick system it would be fun to actually get one every now and then.

The collision animations are there as evidenced here:

Just as dramatic as Otamendi is in real life, but even when these interactions do play buy FUT 23 Coins out the infraction often goes missing. With stamina more important this year, fouls and stoppages are very helpful at replenishing stamina, changing tactics on the fly and regaining your shape, but unfortunately it seems that EA doesn’t think they’re an important part of the game. It’s a shame because fouls have been implemented well in the past before patches totally removed them from the game.