What We Want From FIFA 23

When it comes to soccer video games, one series has dominated across many decades, and across many consoles. We’re of course talking about the monumental FIFA series, which has been successfully selling big numbers since its debut way back in 1993.

The many joys of playing FIFA against a friend, as long as you win

It has kept soccer fans entertained with its fairly reliable virtual recreation of the most popular sport on earth for nearly thirty years then, quite an astonishing feat, or at least a great example of the power of brand recognition. Interestingly, the next release, FIFA 23, will be the last time that the series will have the full licensing from the International Federation of Association Football, meaning we soon will learn if it’s in the FIFA name why the games continue to sell so well.

Whilst FIFA 23 hasn’t been officially announced by EA Sports yet, it’s expected to be released in September later this year. So, we’re gonna give a quick rundown of the things we most want to see in the new game.

Free Retro Kits

Ok, the series finally got its act together over the past couple of releases and allowed for players to purchase retro kits for a number of teams to walk out in. Although that was a refreshing change, and allowed for more of a fashion show in each match, we still feel it wasn’t enough. Especially when you consider that game series for other sports, like the NBA2K titles, have long included hundreds of retro kits, and what’s more, they’re actually built into the game for free.

So, we think that FIFA 23 should have even more retro kits, and even better, have them in the main game. This will allow for more variety when people play online, and don’t have to look at the same old teams wearing the same old kits each time. Hopefully then, they’ll have all the best retro soccer kits that were ranked in recent countdowns available for selection.

Better AI Controlled Defences

EA Sports have managed to craft pretty decent AI into the series now. Players make useful off the ball runs regularly, goalkeepers make fewer glaring errors that have you wanting to rage quit the game, and as long as you remember to raise the difficulty level high enough, you’ll always be challenged by a computer-controlled opposition that will seamlessly pass their way through your seemingly well-organized defence.

However, one area that the games still fall down on is when it comes to the AI controlled defenders.  They will constantly do things that would have their managers in real life slinging them off before they have a chance to explain themselves. The best (or worst) instance of this is when a defender that is chasing a ball towards their own goal, will suddenly pull up for absolutely no reason, allowing an attacker to nip past them and get a shot away.

Ahhh, it’s maddening, and completely kills the realism, and if it happened in real life, the defender would get investigated for match-fixing, as so many people bet on soccer across the world. It’s one of the top sports that punters try their luck on, especially now thanks to online betting sites.

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More Dialogue Options

It’s been a common bugbear of the recent FIFA games that the Career Mode often seems to be an afterthought compared to the online modes. This is super annoying for people who enjoy revelling in the single-player journey of creating a player from scratch and trying to make them a legend of the sport, or being a manager and hopefully crafting a winning soccer dynasty out of your carefully selected players.

One easy way for EA Sports to make the Career Mode instantly more engaging and fun to play through, is by putting more dialogue options in. There’s nothing more tedious than having to select between the same three options between matches time after time, and it quickly saps the enjoyment out of the process. Being able to communicate with your players as a manager, or vice versa, is a massive part of soccer success in real-life, and so they should reflect that more in the game.