Another FIFA (with a different name) is released. Let me remind you that I haven't played since FIFA 22, and thanks to PlayStation Plus, I got the "free" EA FC 24!
What can I say about this game. I don't want to be mean, but sometimes what I see is not very good and I can't hide it under the rug.
Let's start with the good things about the game:
1) The visual aspect is amazing. The atmosphere you see in every football stadium, the detail in the design of the players, the grass, the net movement, I have no words to describe how beautiful the game is. It is perhaps one of the great highlights of the game.
2) It is enriched with game modes to engage with. Ultimate team, (Manager) Career, Pro CLUBS, Volta, tournaments (Champions League, etc.), all of these are a lot, especially for a casual gamer who wants to try them out.
3) It has a wide variety of football teams to choose from. Although some do not have the rights of the clubs, it still offers a plethora of options to choose a team to play with.
4) The game is fun to play with friends. You will laugh, get nervous, compete against each other, and much more. Time flies by and with the combination of the many game modes, there shouldn't be an issue with how you want to play the game.
5) Ultimate Team offers a great variety in how you can build your team, as well as how you can build your own stadium. It has a lot of content, which will require many hours of grinding to build a super team.
6) The gameplay is relatively good.
Now let's talk about the game's downsides...
1) Honestly, I don't know why, but I feel like the game does not obey the player's commands. You ask for a pass to a specific player, but it goes elsewhere. You try to tackle the attacker with your defender, but they collide and the attacker keeps stealing the ball and heading towards the penalty area. There are too many clashes, in a negative sense. I also felt that many times the players are sluggish. They sit. They don't move. They don't help. You are the only one moving on the field, and the others just wait for you to "shed blood" to pass the opponents and make an attack. Am I a bad player? Did I not set up my tactics properly? Maybe, but there should be a balance. Especially in online play, all of these issues are so intense that they are incredibly frustrating.
2) Microtransactions. Of course, I have to mention this. In order to have peace of mind without having to grind too much, you have to spend additional money to build a super team with players who have the best statistics, who can dribble, make tricks, pass through the defense, and shoot without missing. It's disgusting because as a player who started playing in May, I saw super teams. Yes, I am at the end of the game, so why isn't there a proper matchmaking system where I can play against players who have similar teams to mine?
3) The absence of the intellectual property rights of some teams (plus the absence of Olympiacos and the Greek National Team) is a ridiculous absence. I don't understand why they don't exist. The game makes outrageous sales, so I wonder why such teams don't want to participate in it.
4) Online play. Disgusting. I will divide it into two parts:
i) When you are in Ultimate team (and likewise in VOLTA, because I also dealt with that), many times it would kick me out or take a long time to load. Continuously, if it was only one day, I would say okay, these things happen. But to wait, for it not to keep the changes you made to the lineup, and to have to start all over again.
ii) Let's move on to online player versus player. The connection is disgusting. I need at least 100 to keep my head calm. It constantly lags. Many online games, even free ones with millions of players, are playable enough with a mediocre connection. In EA FC 24, it's just impossible to play because you constantly have a mediocre connection. Delay in passes, delay in everything, and in combination with the bad gameplay, you want to gouge your eyes out (and throw the controller against the wall).
CONCLUSION:
For me, this game is not worth more than 30 euros. It is quite mediocre and it's a shame because it is visually and acoustically so good that it saddens you. If you are with friends and just want to play and have fun, don't be afraid. It is very good. It also has its mods that you can play alone, but that's it. I'm not a good player, I would characterize myself as average on a "world class difficulty level of the game." Just a simple casual gamer. Seriously, I can't understand why people invest so much money in players just to open gambling packs and build a good team. It's a thousand times better to buy the game at full price and the money you would spend on microtransactions, to go to other games that deserve more attention. Similarly, why do they buy the same game every year. Anyway, I've said everything I had to say.