For starters, the online career mode we’ve  FUT 23 Coins been requesting for who knows how long isn’t going to come this year. Perhaps crossplay is the first step towards achieving this, but I would also assume that’s an independent effort as I certainly wouldn’t expect cross-system online saves. Playing as a real manager is nice, but if there’s no Managerial Carousel what’s the point when we all know that by the time this article is published there’s a good chance that Watford has already sacked their manager.

And last but certainly not least, the biggest net positive I would have seen from this deep dive would have been to fix the bugs currently found in career mode, and none are as game-breaking as the AI’s poor roster management. From playing people out of position to stacking players at certain positions while also wholeheartedly ignoring other positions, the way the AI puts together a roster in FIFA would make Ed Woodward cringe.

Despite all of the gameplay flaws, this is the one area of the game that kills any sense of immersion for me. I cannot enjoy a career mode where horrible transfers lead to sides like Man City sitting in 9th because they have an outfield player in goal. I know “Fixed Legacy Bugs” isn’t a catchy marketing ploy, but truth be told, this would get career mode players more excited than new menus.

With each bit of information EA drops regarding FIFA 23, I see less and less to get excited about. Perhaps it’s a system/engine limitation, and years of bad code over top more bad code that has finally gotten FIFA to a point where it is today. Perhaps it’s the actual game development team being overruled by higher-ups focused on the . Perhaps it’s a combination of the two, but one thing’s for certain, the direction FIFA and soccer games in general are heading is a scary one for buying FUT 23 Coins those who want something that even slightly resembles the beautiful game.