Update: EA has now posted the official announcement trailer for EA Sports FC 24, which you can catch above. The faces look a tiny bit better in motion footage, but this obviously isn't actual gameplay.
Original article: EA has officially begun its marketing rollout for its big breakaway from FIFA, starting with the Ultimate Edition boxart for EA Sports FC. Attempting to replicate the "everyone is here" meme of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it features loads of famous footballers, both past and present. The only issue is, well... look at their faces.
It's not known whether the players will actually look like this in-game, but the cover art for the most expensive version of the PS5, PS4 title features some pretty questionable facial renders. Legendary Italian midfielder Andre Pirlo looks like he's seen a ghost, Arsenal sensation Bukayo Saka looks absolutely nothing like the real-life player, Virgil Dan Dijk seems to have a black eye, and Real Madrid maestro Vinicius Junior has his face all screwed up. Meanwhile, Leah Williamson deserves a formal apology.
We recommend opening up the tweet below and really having a good zoom in so you can see just how shocking some of these renders are. The likes of David Beckham, Jude Bellingham, and Alexander Isak seem to have gotten off very lightly.
The PS5, PS4 game is reportedly set for a 29th September 2023 launch, with more details expected soon. What do you make of the horror show on the front of the Ultimate Edition? Pick out the worst offences in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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What do you expect from a game that have lootboxes as the main component and offline play as side content.
Homeless Ted Lasso in the top corner is my favorite.
@Sekijo Pirlo looks suss
I quite like it!
Rudi Völler "calm down, calm down."
Fifa 2003 remaster?
Hahahahaha 😂
I don't think it looks too bad tbf. Not the most flattering graphics but there's something more real about it than the faces we've had previously
Oh cool, I didn't realise this was a horror game!
Gambling Simulator in disguise of a football game.
I'd say the boxart is better than the trailer in places. Check out Diogo Jota in squad photo at 01:15 (Liverpool #20)... he looks like completely different person. Is he even meant to be Jota??
Ironically, the cover art will be the best thing about the game.
Maybe I am missing it....
@Netret0120 im expecting another 8 out of 10 from the review here. Gambling mechanics don't seem to register as a reason to mark a game down. It's practically accepted by the media as ok. Even though its may be highlighted as an issue and acknowledged as predatory, the review score doesn't reflect that at all.
It's quite bizarre. In these mad times where games media outlets have become political in thier outlooks to the extreme where Eurogamer boycotts Hogwarts simply because its set in a universe created by a woman they don't agree with, games like FIFA never receive bad scores to reflect the predatory, psychologically manipulative, designed by pscho-analysts to maximise profits from desired behaviors, gameplay.
Oh this was a good laugh thanks for that
Not sure how anyone gets an "everyone is here" vibe from that box art. It's the opposite. No-one is there. Haaland is literally the only exception.
Anyway, I am holding back my judgement until I have seen the FIFA licensed football game that FIFA mentioned at the time of EA disputing the costs!
Is there anything more vomit inducing than reading about FIFA and EA falling out over money?
The one silver lining in all of this, for me, is that EA will all but certainly see a dip in sales, and FIFA will lose put on a considerable income source for the foreseeable.
Which developer is going to pay anywhere near the license fee EA paid to go up against EA? I suspect even Konami gave that a resounding NOPE!
Is that Saka in the arsenal shirt? Well meant to be him?!
If you are from the United States none of this article makes any sense.
@Cashews it's the world's number one sport so that's on them 😁
Faces look dreadful!
@nocdaes
Swear their football game is vaporware, non-existent fairydust. We've seen more of UFL since 😂
I… really like it? It‘s silly for sure using the in game models but I like that they have all those legends just hanging out together, it’s cool.
I like it, but probably not for the right reasons lol It reminds me of some of the terrible, poorly thought out 90s-00s game boxart that you just don't see much of anymore.
@JackiePriest Definitely, like when Sega and Midway used to make football games!
What's Nigel Mansell with a mullet doing in the back?
They are trying so hard to turn the fact that they don't have the FIFA license anymore into a positive thing. "Forget FIFA, forget leagues… Forget brands. You can wear any color you want. Your club is who you are. Your club is your family. This is FC. The best FIFA to date that is not actual FIFA."
TBH the gameplay will be exactly the same so it probably does not matter. But I know one thing. If NHL would go this route and they would name it HC, I would have zero interest…
@Sekijo I love me some Guess Who
I am from the US and know nothing about any of this, but I suddenly want to play as the "photo bomb" guy, top right
@frankmcma Pirlo is genuinely very good fun to play as in these games, just not sure why he has a massive beard here and not in the current game 😂
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Since the disaster launch of jedi survivor I decided I would never by an EA game ever again. I wish nothing but the worst for that greedy a$$ company.
@nessisonett yeah I'm a fan of this direction. Just give us all the players and let us have fun. Similar to NBA 2K
I would hate to have to try and render real people. Yikes!
@nocdaes Will it be realistic with payoffs under the table who can be the most corrupt.
I think they're making faces taking a pic, y'know people making different expressions, though Saka looks nothing like him.
This is so dumb at a closer look.
The likes of Pirlo, Pele & Cruyff are just wearing their club/national team colours without sponsors & the flipping badge.
Ea trying to cut corners…on a game that is the best selling game of almost any given year.
Rudi Völler is on point though!
This artwork is so weird!
@ShowerThoughts they took my favorite rpg series of all time in the 80’s and 90’s (Ultima) only to bring it back as a monetized mobile game!!!! Arrrrggggggghhh ruined. That and been waiting on Madden for a decade now to show me something worthwhile after they ruined franchise mode for me.
Sucks when these big wigs companies buy out or sell out a good game and just run it with it off the name
Looks good to me. Apart from the fact that it seems you can play with mixed teams, men and women. That’s ridiculous.
@MasterEMFG I feel you bro. We all know gaming is (or should be) a profitable business but seriously EA only care about money. A perfect example is Fifa's gambling system. It' s outrageous..
@riceNpea
Extremely well said!
people overreacting as usual, sigh
Like if an AI generator generated an AI generator, and then got fed data about cakes and pastries halfway through.
What amazes me more about this is the amount of people still playing FIFA, I haven't bought it since Fifa 96 on the SNES, i could tell back then they were robbing people with yearly iterations and 28 years later here we are.
I'll just stick to sensible soccer and renaming the teams with a keyboard.
They have more creative freedom away from the Fifa licence which may carry mixed results as they figure out what they want.
Beyond the name, The FifaPro and league licences are still all there so there won't be much difference. Expect Fifa 23 but without the name, new kits, updated sqauds and some tweaks to career mode and online modes.
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