Powered by HyperMotion2, Composed Ball Striking enables players to transition more smoothly in certain shooting situations that require the ball to be controlled first. Our goal with Composed Ball Striking is to make first time Power Shots shine, as well as other first time shots and any shots being performed to balls traveling in the air.
The new animations that result in the Composed Ball Strike system were enabled by our Advanced Match Capture, and this is a refinement of the previously introduced Composed Ball Control in FIFA 22.
FIFA 23 has also changed set pieces, with sizeable revamps of Free Kicks, Corners and Penalties. Penalties have changed a fair bit, and now have no visual aiming reference, whereas previously there used to be a reticle you could move.
When talking a penalty there is a ‘composure ring’ which expands and shrinks based on the penalty kick-taker’s composure stat. The lower the composure stat, the faster the composure ring will shrink and expand making it harder to hit a perfect penalty. The aiming still exists, except for the aim is set within the net and your aim is fixed, so no need to hold the left analog stick in place as the aim won’t re-centre.
If you want to aim the penalty to the top-left, for example, just move the left analog stick to the top-left and press the shoot button when the composure ring is green, and when it’s smallest around the ball. The top tip for taking penalties is that you can’t really miss the target, not unless you hit a maximum power shot or completely miss-time things. The key to shooting a perfect penalty is to aim for a corner and apply just below maximum power (around 90%) and shoot when the composure ring is at its smallest. The shot will stay on target, but will be a high-powered shot that, if the correct power and timing is applied, will go beyond the goalkeeper’s reach.