EA Sports FC 24 makes plenty of changes off the pitch - but what about on it? Read our hands-on impressions, gameplay interview, and jumbo roundup of everything new here:
Brace yourself: EA Sports has been at the proper nouns cupboard again. This year, EA Sports FC 24 - the replacement for FIFA 24 - is bringing a range of off-pitch enhancements, which I will smash through with as much combined detail and swiftness as is appropriate below. But on the pitch, having played quite a few games of standard, one-on-one friendlies against an old friend-slash-rival, I'm not sure it feels hugely different.
There's also been some significant work done on player physiques - Adama Traore was shown in one dramatic before-and-after, now looking appropriately jacked - and the addition of something called GPU Cloth, which despite the silly name did look fantastic up close, with kits, including shirts, sleeves, and shorts, moving considerably more naturally compared to the more static, waxwork effect of old player models.
You'll now get pre-match reports on every opponent you face, telling you how they play and allowing you to use drills to target specific things that might impact opposition strengths and weaknesses. The how of that takes me onto the one big change to actual gameplay this year: Playstyles. PlayStyles are also present in every part of the game, working differently in each mode. In your personal player career mode you can earn them for your player, in manager career it's these temporary buffs they provide, and in the dreaded Ultimate Team, there's another big change: you can now"evolve players" over time by completing objectives, giving you what EA described as"unique versions nobody else has.
For the lesser-spotted Pro Clubs and and Volta modes there are also some tweaks - for one Pro Clubs is now just called Clubs, but more importantly, cross-play is now available across all consoles, although it's locked to generations for now.
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