FIFA 23 Review

FIFA 23 reviewed on PlayStation 5 by Jordan Oloman. Also available on Xbox Series X and PC (note that the old-generation console versions have different features).

FIFA 23 is a bombastic swan song for the series (under its current name, at least) with a welcome focus on theatrical flair. FUT Moments, action replays and viral-friendly gameplay revisions like Power Shots make it a more considered, memorable game of simulated football with intentional defending and plenty of drama and goals. But EA's Spartan approach to the modes that don't make money ensures FIFA 23 is an all-too-familiar beast to previous years, and Ultimate Team’s offensive focus on microtransactions continues to take much of the fun out of it.

[Dexcelo]

FIFA never disappoint us when it comes to disappointing us.

[boomshorts]

EA should release a FIFA game every 4 years to do it justice while updating the current game for free for 3 years.

[justanormaldudeontheintern]

At this point these new installments could easily just be updates to the current game. The only reason there are still yearly releases is blatant greed.

[rakzplayz]

FIFA is basically a card collector game with so little improvements each year. It's staggering how minimal effort is put into these games.

[Centrinario]

EA never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity

[gimmibox]

Of course IGN gave it a 7, the most publisher friendly score for the quality we all know

[Sasso-pfmo]

Erling Haaland Scoring a goal for Newcastle United whilst wearing the number 3 jersey sums up the career mode in fifa!!

[theonefamily]

The passing through ball and dribbling has been horrendous

[nuggythebear]

Shits on the game all review long - 7/10 as to not upset EA who have vast wallets & no doubt put a lot of sponsorship money into IGN's site.

[Mspeg]

As an A League fan it’s hysterical you guys played as Brisbane Roar. Nothing like David Ball outrunning Sergio Ramos.

[rodders]

EA still think the best way to make the game harder is to make AI defenders terrible, they don't mark, they don't track runs, every game in career mode has 10 goals in it, too easy to score but impossible to defend, been broken for years and they don't even try and fix it

[ForcedRespawn]

Love how they are starting to call of Madden but are still too scared to go in on FIFA for the same stuff

[gunnerygroyper]

Can’t say it’s “a step in the right direction” when it’s the last one to be made

[patepic]

Only IGN would make an 8 minute review for a game in a series we got every year

[JediMindG]

It runs and plays like FIFA 94 on the supernes
10/10

[chrisdiggs]

So sad to see how far fifa has fallen 😢

[lacost]

Fifa is basically the biggest finesse job executed in recent history

[steincaron]

How do people keep buying pretty much the same game every year with the only change being updated player stats and clubs...

[abimanyu]

This is what happens when you have no competitors

[trzaer]

I’m actually preferring the last gen version, the pace feels a bit slower to me. Pretty fun game with the right settings though, for me it’s full manual and pro difficulty.