Review: EA Sports FC 24 Rebrands But Provides Nothing New

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EA Sports celebrated the release of EA Sports FC 24 by announcing how 11.3 million players tackled the football video game in its first week of release, which is a million more than FIFA 23 managed last year. For all intents and purposes, this symbolises how the rebrand from FIFA to EA Sports FC didn’t harm the franchise one bit – despite naysayers predicting doom and gloom without the football governing body’s muscle behind it.

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From a marketing perspective, this is a major win for EA Sports. Unlike Pro Evolution Soccer, which vanished from thought when it transformed into eFootball, EA Sports FC demonstrates it is here to stay and shedding the FIFA skin did nothing to its popularity. It’s understandable how the first instalment in the new series didn’t try to veer too far from its predecessors – in order to still attract the same players – but it’s astonishing how this title doesn’t even attempt to do anything new in the slightest. Sorry, fans, but EA Sports FC 24 is a reskinned FIFA 23 sold at a premium price.

The memes exploded when the first footage of EA Sports FC 24 dropped, with fans laughing at how bad the player models were. A reasonable person would take a step back, though, understanding the game is still in development and to wait until the final product is released before making a snap judgment about it. Well, the memes didn’t lie, and no one overreacted. The graphics are worse than before.

While the stadiums received an upgrade and there are more venues to visit, the players look awful. From the nightmare fuel faces to unnatural body positions, there is an embarrassing number of players who look nothing like their real-life counterparts – despite them being