EA Sports FC 24 Review

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It is the start of a new era for EA Sports. After almost 30 years of FIFA branded football games, EA has chosen to forge its own path, rebranding its flagship sports game as EA Sports FC 24, and with a new tagline ‘It’s the world’s game.’ When it comes to this new beginning, what has changed? Or is it more like FIFA in a new kit?

Updated 25/09 – This is now our full, scored review of FC 24.

The first thing you will notice when loading EA Sports FC 24 is that lack of FIFA branding, and the impact it previously had in the background. EA has clearly tried to carve out a new visual identity for the menus as part of this shift. Gone are the big blocks from seasons past, replaced with a cleaner list menu with the options in white, while animated players move in the background. It is much easier to navigate, and feels like EA has gone back to basics for this new era. In this menu, FC Live is the first option followed by Ultimate Team.

Ultimate Team has gone through an evolution of its own, as well. For the first time, teams can consist of players from both the men’s leagues and women’s leagues playing together. So if you want a strike partnership of Haaland and Kerr in your team, you can. It’s obviously not realistic, but is a big step forward to put all players on an equal footing. Chemistry has been altered slightly to accommodate this, but will still be familiar. For example, when having a striking pair of a male player and female player, the chemistry will improve if they are from the same nation, play in the same country, and even if they play for the same club.

Another update for Ultimate Team is player evolutions, which sadly aren’t as exciting as they are in Pokémon. You can get evolution cards and apply them to a player