Right now, before the game is even FIFA 23 Coins officially out, that2019s not the case at all. Physicality and strength are more impactful than ever and for once you2019re not doomed if your center backs don2019t have 80+ pace. Having options is fun. Not playing the same match a thousand times is fun.

FIFA 23 is fun. Image via EA Now for the bad news: this has happened before. Players that come back to the series each year know that the first couple of weeks always feel a little more realistic than the previous game, which they probably last played mere hours ago. This phenomenon is depressingly easy to explain. We feel that way because it2019s true. Every new FIFA is more realistic than the previous one.

To be precise, every new FIFA is more realistic than the very last version of the previous game. That version is not the same as the launch version. It has gone through many, many updates that have morphed it into something else completely. The FIFA 22 we played yesterday isn2019t the FIFA 22 we played a year ago. Here comes the sad part. The FIFA 22 we played at launch a year ago was more realistic than FIFA 21 too2014until it got patched into what we played yesterday.

When you brand your game as a simulation of real life, one question is sure to follow: is your game realistic? FIFA 23 players have been asking that question following the early access launch of the game on Sept. 27, and there seems to be a definitive answer.

Realism is more difficult to pull off than most gamers care to admit. We want our games to be realistic, but we also want them to FUT 23 buy Coins be fun. How many times have we heard complaints of boring and grindy loot gathering in open-world games? Picking up spices and hunting ducks to feed your character is realistic, but is it fun?