The new FIFA is not called FIFA. After 30 years of making games tied to football’s governing body, EA has branched out on its own – and mostly delivered the changes fans spent years clamouring for. Ultimate Team gets overhauled. Presentation receives a huge upgrade. Gameplay is slower, and subtler. Refreshingly, and surprisingly, that name change isn’t just a gimmick.
Where to start unpicking it all, then? Well, gameplay is paramount, so it has to be there. We’ll probably never see a game nail intricate passing football like Pro Evo did at its peak, but FC24 offers a
