September 29th 2023.
EA Sports FC 24 marks the dawn of a new era in football video games. With the demise of the FIFA franchise, EA Sports is now saddled with the bland, unimaginative FC brand. But, while the name may sound different, EA has worked hard to ensure that the game itself will feel reassuringly familiar.
The most obvious changes come in the form of presentational elements, such as the revamped main menu. Additionally, PlayStyles, a hugely detailed skill tree, has been introduced to allow you to buff specific attributes and gain access to specific skill moves. There are also tweaks to the underlying technology, such as ball physics and player animation, that make the game super-smooth and more accurate.
FC 24 offers a bewildering variety of ways to play the game. Manager Career and Player Career are likely to be the most appealing to traditionalists, while Tournaments allows you to jump into any of the world’s leagues or cup campaigns, minus the management elements. Ultimate Team has also been tweaked, with the integration of female players and the new Evolutions feature, which lets you take specific player cards and improve their stats.
The game’s five-a-side mode, Volta, tries to strike a balance between FIFA and Super Mario Strikers, offering a fun and energetic way to play. However, the inclusion of lootboxes containing virtual clothes for your footballer to wear feels a bit artificial.
FC 24’s gameplay is excellent, smooth, slick, and accurate. Matches proceed at a less frenetic pace than in older FIFA games, resulting in a truer-to-life experience. The systems for jockeying with opposition players, applying power-touch to gain a first-touch advantage, and through-passing have all been improved.
Once again, EA Sports has delivered a football game that is sure to captivate players around the world. With its smooth gameplay, extensive range of features, and intuitive skill tree, FC 24 is set to be a success.
EA Sports FC 24 marks a new era for EA Sports' football franchises. After a long-time of using the FIFA brand, EA has now decided to abandon the licence and use the bland FC brand. Despite this change in brand, EA Sports FC 24 is not a radical new departure from FIFA.
EA Sports FC 24 has made several changes to the game to keep up with modern trends, such as refreshing parts of the game which needed it like the main menu, and adding new elements like PlayStyles and tinkering with the game's underlying technology. It has also addressed the criticisms of recent FIFA games by slowing the gameplay down to a more realistic level.
At the same time, EA has also retained the familiar mix which has made FIFA games popular. FC 24 has improved ball physics and player animation, as well as introducing a variety of ways in which to play the game like Manager Career and Player Career. Manager Career allows you to set up scouting networks around the world, hire training staff, manage transfers, and take care of your players. Player Career is particularly addictive, as it allows you to pursue the virtual football career you weren't talented enough to have in real life.
FC 24 has also made changes to Ultimate Team. It now seamlessly integrates female players, and has introduced the Evolutions feature, which allows you to improve the stats of weaker players. However, the voracious appetite for microtransactions remains.
Finally, there are the online matches, which can sometimes be glitchy. This is something which EA will hopefully have fixed by the time of the game's launch, as it is out of keeping with the game's otherwise stunning level of polish.
Overall, despite the change in brand, EA Sports FC 24 is still very much a FIFA game at heart. It has made changes to address the criticisms of recent FIFA games, while at the same time retaining the familiar mix of features which have made FIFA games popular. It remains to be seen how successful the game will be, but so far, it looks like EA is off to a good start.
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