EA SPORTS FC 24 Review - ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT

This is a significant year for EA Sports’ annual football franchise, thanks to a complete change in branding, but EA Sports FC 24 sadly doesn’t take that opportunity to make any meaningful changes or improvements to the series’ formula. On the pitch, where it matters most, it’s thankfully as good as it ever has been, with marginal iterations continuing to make the on-pitch gameplay a lot of fun, but everything around that is a letdown, to varying degrees.

Not only does the game not make any meaningful changes, the few changes that it does make are disappointing in their execution as well. In the end, EA Sports FC 24 is a solid football sim, but one that feels like a real missed opportunity, given the context surrounding its release.

[PRYDEEE]

No one is shocked but the masses will still buy it...rinse and repeat

[jordansmith]

There's so many simple improvements they could make to career mode. Id love to see a players career stats and achievements. As NBA 2k has had for years.

[mrmoe]

People really just buy this game now to get the updated rosters and stats. If they updated the rosters and stats in the older versions there’d be far less incentive to buy the new one

[Mrdorf]

The only way EA will actually put some real effort into making this game truly amazing each year is if people stop buying it, including myself (I won’t buy it this year). There’s no reason for them to make any significant changes otherwise.

[ItsJunga]

Idk if anyone else experiences this, but I can’t seem to understand how defensive AI works. In Fifa 17, defenders would be able to steal the ball or challenge just by being in proximity. Even when you weren’t controlling them. Now, players will stare at the ball that is half a foot away and not budge (very “realistic”). I’ve never been great at Fifa, but the learning curve is wicked steep with defending this year, and it feels like I gotta re learn it after 23.

[zacktube]

No one at EA sees that players move so weird?! The essential thing is totally wrong!!!

[YTAnon]

I'll probably end up buying it when it goes on sale for ~$20 around Christmas. I hate the way the series has gone but I still enjoy playing online coop seasons.

[melcag]

It is unacceptable that there is no real competition in football games besides Pes who made good games but failed to keep up and now they make crap. Without real competition we won't get a good football game.

[DJGillman]

Played the 10hr Trial and resorted back to fifa 23. No doubt in my mind now EAFC25 will be exactly the same with updated teams etc…and cutscenes/new front cover

[hughmungus_]

5 seconds of looking at the player movement and you knew this was gonna be horrific

[Anonymous-rzvq]

FIFA 17 was the last great football game, it’s gone down hill quick since then

[bluechampx]

Did he say “the on-pitch gameplay is solid as it tends to be every year”? There are a dozen reasons why this game sells and is played - on-pitch gameplay is not one of them. If not for the licenses and game modes, no one will touch this game.

[fishler]

Game still has scripting. Women don’t belong in the Ultimate team. Seeing a female player muscle a strong male off the ball is stupid.

[damian]

Im not a 10 year old so I don't play ultimate team.
I hate how they take things away from career so they can add more to 10 year old monetisation mode.

[Chronocrits]

I can’t believe they couldn’t even be bothered to re-colour the menus in career mode. That’s just next level laziness.

[markostankovic]

FIFA / FC, is a game for 12y old Americans who know nothing about football and who think that pace and stupid skill moves is everything. When PES died, football games died as well

[flippero]

They thought changing the name wouldnt make it another copy of the last years game

[maejrmusic]

I just want a feature that a player can go rage whenever the referee makes an unhappy decision and going rage or accepting the decision peacefully affects the player's progression...like RPG element

[DROOPSTER]

EA FC 24 is an ice skating game. Players move like they are on ice.. controlling a player is like catching a big fish out of the water..

[ldope]

eFootball and UFL aren’t the best football games currently, but with time they will become the best with our support, since they actually listen to community and respect the beautiful game