In FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, a bug with the new “World Cup Icons”, which initially caused amusement, now causes annoyance in the community.
Since November 25, 2022, the new World Cup Icons have been in the game, and each week additional new Icon cards are released. However, the cards of the football legends have a problem that is currently really annoying the community.
What kind of bug is it? The new WC-Icons have completely wrong faces, body types, and sometimes game faces of completely different icons in the game. They do not resemble their real counterparts at all. This initially caused amusement when a Didier Drogba ran around with the face and body of the Italian legend Paolo Maldini.
However, three weeks have passed, the bug still exists, and the community is disappointed that their expensive Icon cards are a visual disaster.
Which cards are affected by the bug? It seems that only the new World Cup Icons that were released during the World Cup are affected. The previously available baby and medium Icon cards are not impacted and have the correct appearance.
For example, Bastian Schweinsteiger looks authentic in his baby and medium versions. However, owners of his significantly stronger World Cup version have to deal with this:
This is what the community says about the situation
On reddit, there is a thread addressing the problem, which resonates strongly with the community. There are heated discussions about how the bug has existed for several weeks and seems to be ignored by EA.
We have gathered some interesting voices:
- Coadbreaker05: “I still don’t understand how this can happen. It’s crazy. My Zidane doesn’t look anything like him. I don’t know if any WC card has the correct appearance.”
- Smart_Tie355: “The WC Icon card of Drogba is just Maldini, lol.”
- Tacticalcheesewizard: “I agree. At first, I had to laugh when Maldini appeared on my screen. But as a Chelsea fan, it is slowly frustrating not to be able to see Drogba.”
- USBeatsMexico: “30 tokens for Cafu and he has a generic face.”
- DustInTheWind: “I don’t understand why this isn’t a bigger deal.”
What do you think about the problem? Does the appearance of the World Cup Icons bother you? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
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