It's fun to transform your own Shrek-adjacent FIFA 23 Coins goalie with a wardrobe filled with silly hats but when your progression is tied to your current rating, you're encouraged to perform dispossessing skill move moves that Saint Maximin would never take on.

Unfortunately, FIFA's street football vehicles, Volta, suffers a similar fate, as illustrated by the new 'Take-Flight' Signature Ability that transforms you into an aerial master. Since the power relies on crossing and teamwork, most players simply pick Power Strike and haphazardly smack the ball following a giddy run.

The positive side is that it seems EA was listening to my pleas for an enhanced Volta Arcade, so I can take full credit for the fact that it has now been expanded into an even more intense battle royale game with fun minigames and obstacles that remind me of some of the best things about Fall Guys. I'm still not convinced to only have it available during weekends but.

Quelle surprise, Ultimate Team has received the most attention. And the team training mode I've been looking for has arrived with FUT Moments. Moments is a small-sized portion of FIFA gameplay as well as exciting challenges designed to examine your form and determine how various cards interact.

It's still early days however there's an exciting opportunity to record the lives of players as well as recreate legendary moments from football's history using this type of game. The current edition showcases highlights from the glorious times of Jurgen Klopp and Kylian Mbappe. However, for the coming year's game, it would be amazing to see what EA's team will do alongside other legends of the game like Pele and "King" Kazuyoshi Miura.

Furthermore, there are radical changes to the system of chemistry. Chemistry will no longer be affected by the position of a player in the formation compared to other players, a change that enables greater diversification across teams and countries. I'm not sure it's going to change anyone's strategy too much, but it's nice knowing that you can throw in wildcard players and find more ways to connect them to top-division players.

Finding the ideal midfielder to hit that coveted "33" chemistry feels similar to an Squad Building Challenge now, which seems to be deliberate. Squad Building Challenges are still excellent ways to kill several hours doing nothing. However, EA's'sudoku for football fans' FUT 23 buy Coins is best played via the companion app, away from Ultimate Team's slow console menus.