Ultimate Team - FIFA's playable fantasy football mode and the virtual equivalent to FIFA 23 Coins the European Super League - now lets you build an elite group thanks to a more flexible approach to how the team chemistry system functions.

Players in the same league country don't need to be in close proximity to one the other in your preferred formation to boost your chemistry score and they won't forget how to play football simply because they don't have anything in common with their teammates.

There are those who will appreciate the extra flexibility it gives players when shopping on the transfer market, but it's a little like a large part of what made creating an exciting and challenging team has been removed.

Or, in any case, FUT is still largely a pay-to-win racket that reflects all the bad aspects of modern football. Oh, and the interface is as friendly as a Rangers pub to somebody wearing a Celtic scarf.

Career mode has received an overhaul in appearance to bring it into line with other game modes but it's played identical to the previous. When you control the player, there are RPG-style points that you can earn in relation to how you conduct yourself both on and off the field and you are also able to be a character based on real-life coaches and players rather as creating your own entirely from scratch.

It's not as simple as career mode's continued attempts to have you play less football. EA had already added a load of training elements that just felt like admin, but now you also have the option to cheapest FUT 23 Coins only play highlights of games instead of playing the entire 90 minutes. For a football game it's somewhat confusing.