21 feels far more like your team is supporting you either running forward or heading back, in a similar way to 18. I no longer feel like I’m running through jelly and being held back by an invisible rubber band. It’s better purely because running with the ball just feels better than it did last year. But then, that’s like saying getting punched in the face is objectively superior than being kicked in the balls. On a more positive note, FIFA 21 is fundamentally a better video game than FIFA 20. As it is, why would they innovate? What’s the point? Until their profits take a nosedive there simply isn’t one, and that’s the saddest thing of all. If people stopped buying into the mode then perhaps we’d see a completely new version of FUT and FIFA as a whole. It’s difficult to argue against, but the lack of innovation in FIFA 21 is an enormous elephant in the room that can’t be ignored and this entire generation of FIFA has felt like it was never once moving forward. EA Sports have made it pretty clear they have no intention of really revolutionising the legacy modes in FIFA anymore, safe for a few small updates, in favour of maximising FUT profits. The grind and the business model of FUT is what keeps me away. I just can’t get on board, for the purposes of this review though I wanted to see what the fuss was about this time around and the addition of FUT co-op, where you and a friend can battle against the AI and take on multiplayer matches with a mate is a welcome one, as FUT can be a tiresome process at the best of times, so being able to share the load with a buddy makes a good amount of sense. Over the years I’ve dabbled, and yes, 21 is no different.
#Fifa 21 review series
And those features that I once admired the series for are either removed completely or simply added to so incrementally you have to wonder why they even bothered at all.Īnd there’s where it’s worth starting because, naturally, FIFA 21’s biggest updates are within FIFA Ultimate Team and frankly, nobody should be surprised by this. As a longtime fan of the series (sup FIFA 94), it’s really rather sad to see what it’s become. The culture of FIFA revolves around FUT, you simply can’t have one without the other and EA Sports are obviously perfectly happy for this to continue, adding significantly less each season to other modes purely to fill up the value. The simple truth is, does any of this matter? FIFA has become very little more than a £60 entry fee into FIFA Ultimate Team, EA Sports billion-dollar mode that has seen the franchise become bigger than ever because for some reason it’s exciting to see teenagers open card packs on the internet whilst lining the pockets of EA shareholders. I argue that’s when FIFA was the last time it was hitting the heights of PES once more and taking the crown with a version of FIFA that was really damn fun, and a single player component I fell pretty deep into, mourning its removal in FIFA 20 in favour of Volta, which returns this year. The football game that became a fruit machine for teenagers. Cut to FIFA 19/20 and now 21, and there’s just so little to celebrate about the franchise that’s it’s become almost a meme at this point. It really wasn’t until the mid 2010’s that we saw worthy improvements that allowed FIFA to hold the crown for a fair few years. Is FIFA even a beloved franchise anymore? The series that came from behind in the video game football wars time and time again, despite having the licenses, the strips and the stadiums, the early 2000’s FIFA always felt years behind its arch nemesis, PES.
It’s difficult to know where to start with this one. FIFA 21 is an improvement on last year, but that isn't saying an awful lot.
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