When you're one-on-1 with FIFA 23 Coins the 'keeper this will definitely increase your chances to score, but your aiming can be switched to completely manual when you're ready to go as it's very easy to roll them up to throw them in if you do it wrong.
They can also take longer to get off than normal shots, allowing defenses to block as the camera zooms in a little to warn your opponent of what you're committing to, meaning that they're far from scoring.
Set pieces now require an understanding of the basics of Physics, with the game giving you complete control over the exact location where you strike the ball. It's easier to grasp corners than free-kicks, where you must be more precise in order to succeed, but it makes much more sense than the nebulous stick-flicking system that was used in FIFA 22. Penalties have been revamped too with a brand new timing-based system that puts greater pressure on the player in a way that is perhaps how this should go.
Of course, FIFA 23 still has the capacity to be absolutely irritating. Goalkeepers sometimes collapse in piles instead of trying to save, while there's nothing more frustrating than being faced with some dweeb on Seasons who is more interested in performing numerous complicated steps and tricks instead of actual football.
Matchmaking seems to have been improved however. When playing against clubs outside the European elite, you don't seem to get drawn against your PSGs or the Real Madrids as frequently, but occasionally, a Ronaldo perve still pops up with the name of Manchester United. Perhaps this speaks more to that Red Devils' fall from buying FUT 23 Coins the top more than anything else.
