Soccer simulation FIFA 23 is officially available. There are already many players at the release, but also very bad reviews, for example because of the new EAAC.
This year there will be a “FIFA” from EA Sports for the last time. Publisher EA has not extended the expiring contract with the world football association FIFA and will therefore send EA Sports FC onto the pitch next year. FIFA 23 has now kicked off. Play it on PC 51,000 Steam players, making the soccer simulation the number 1 steam new release. However, the predecessor FIFA 22 played on Steam at peak times over 100,000 players. For the first time, the PC version is based on the console version of the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. However, the PC gamers are not satisfied.
Not only the anti-cheat tool causes frustration
The cutscenes stutter for a number of PC gamers, despite the 11th generation Intel Core i5, Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 and 16 GB RAM. Only during the game itself does the utilization of the graphics card drop to 20 percent. Especially the new anti-cheat tool drives many PC-kickers insane. EA Anti Cheat is making its debut at FIFA 23 and means a kernel-based anti-cheat system. The tool digs deep into the system and runs with every gaming session. According to some unconfirmed user reports, EAAC alone uses almost 30 percent of the processor. In the eyes of many gamers, this is wasted potential. When launching the soccer game, EA’s anti-cheat tool may fail, preventing FIFA 23 from launching. As a workaround, the developers recommend restarting the game. In addition, the mode should secure boot enabled in UEFI to be able to play FIFA 23 on PC.
Overall, the PC version comes from FIFA 23 on Steam to only 27 percent approval, at least at the time the article was created. in the Test by colleagues from PC Games the EA kick is also only average. So it’s annoying that there are problems with the defensive AI, that the new chemistry systems in FUT cause frustration and that the career mode has not received any meaningful innovations. If you want, you can also compete as a PC kicker against FIFA players on PS5 and Xbox Series. With Hypermotion, the movements of all 22 field players are calculated individually. There is also one on the PC Rework of the Deferred Lighting System from the next-gen console version of FIFA 21, which was also found on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in FIFA 22 under a different name. FIFA 23 is available including Hypermotion 2 for PC, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The versions for Playstation 4 and Xbox One have to do without this technology. FIFA 23 on the Nintendo Switch is more or less just a roster update of the included teams.
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FIFA 23 Criticism Collection:
- FIFA 23 has kicked off and over 50,000 Steam players are already kicking the ball. For the first time, the PC version is based on the console version of the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
- However, PC gamers are not satisfied. Especially the new anti-cheat tool drives many PC-kickers insane. Making its debut in FIFA 23, EA Anti Cheat is a kernel-based anti-cheat system. Some players are unable to start FIFA 23 due to EAAC. For other players, the tool sucks 30 percent CPU usage.
- As a workaround, the developers recommend restarting the game. In addition, the secure boot mode should be activated in the UEFI.
- There are also problems with the defensive AI, the new chemistry systems in FUT and the far too few innovations in career mode.
Sources: Steam, Steamdb (1), Steamdb (2), PC games