FIFA 21

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Overwhelming dislike- based on 2129 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,957 out of 2129
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  1. Roob117
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    Is the same than fifa 20, the only thing that changes are the uniforms, although the graphics didn’t get better.
  2. Hoobs123
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    Absolutely dire. Career mode scripted to the point that you have no input into where you finish in the league. It's the same old scripting that has been evident for years and years. 45th minute goals , 90th minute goals , beating the top teams easily while losing to small teams, slow sluggish players that can't pass,tackle or shoot when it's the AI's turn to win , roles reversed when it'sAbsolutely dire. Career mode scripted to the point that you have no input into where you finish in the league. It's the same old scripting that has been evident for years and years. 45th minute goals , 90th minute goals , beating the top teams easily while losing to small teams, slow sluggish players that can't pass,tackle or shoot when it's the AI's turn to win , roles reversed when it's your turn to win. The gameplay is worse than last year ( if thats possible) Goalkeepers are completely rubbish, letting in virtually everything, especially near post shots. Defenders that can't tackle and get deeper and deeper allowing the scripting to let the AI score from 6 yards. AI don't cross the ball ever. Completely overpowered pace and counter attacking. Another lame effort that's not worth the money from a company that only cares about robbing money from children, disgusting!!!… Expand
  3. oromifja
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    FIFA is the worst soccer game.
    Same game as FIFA14 or FIFA15.
    EA is a very very shameless.
    It's a game not worth playing.
    They have no idea of strengthening defense
  4. MonkeyDYuri21
    Oct 20, 2020
    0
    Worst FIFA experience i have had,your defence becomes slow even if you have a fast and physical defenders.if you have fast and agile wingers,they get outrun by defensive midfielders who has 60+ pace,defenders who shouldnt be catching up either.Defenders gets pushed off the balls by wingers whom possesses no physicality nor defensive attributes at all.Attacking players became less meta andWorst FIFA experience i have had,your defence becomes slow even if you have a fast and physical defenders.if you have fast and agile wingers,they get outrun by defensive midfielders who has 60+ pace,defenders who shouldnt be catching up either.Defenders gets pushed off the balls by wingers whom possesses no physicality nor defensive attributes at all.Attacking players became less meta and defenders became more meta.In a game,either the ball keeps rebounding to your opponent or its the other way around,benefitting one of the sides in each games which is non sense.Defense keeps moving and cant stay put,no defensive support whatsoever unless you get a friend to tag team a player in divisions.Goalkeepers who are small became more OP than goalkeepers who are taller,covers more ground,faster and better in every aspects.Gameplay is dissapointing and not fun at all,FIFA 20 had this problem but by the end of the year,it became fun due to the amount of promo cards and the fact that they were fast and we were able to do what we wanted by then even if its the end of the year.… Expand
  5. Roberto10M
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    The very fact i find myself here to tell the world just how bad this game is speaks volumes in itself. Im 30 years old.. (sad act, i know)
    I have Experience in FIFA across all consoles and generations. Being a fairly good to quality player.
    Usually leaving FUT with 1000 more wins than losses by the time the new skin comes out. (Cos thats just how i roll) As for FIFA 21 in particular. I    The very fact i find myself here to tell the world just how bad this game is speaks volumes in itself. Im 30 years old.. (sad act, i know)
    I have Experience in FIFA across all consoles and generations. Being a fairly good to quality player.
    Usually leaving FUT with 1000 more wins than losses by the time the new skin comes out. (Cos thats just how i roll)

    As for FIFA 21 in particular. I seriously have very little idea what is going on for the most part. Its genuine carnage. If i wanted to play destruction derby 2 id play destruction derby 2.
    Likewise if i wanted to play a rugby game id play a rugby game. If you dont want to try play the beautiful game but yet u want to win matches on fifa i suggest passing the ball one player at a time to the wide position then run for a try just like rugby. Seems to be the best bet.

    Why is there no safe side to pass the ball too?

    You cant build an attack up theres zero way of moving the teams around the pitch using creativity it just doesnt work.. the reward u get for being clever in this game is punishment ..

    For example... Passing the ball around and its all compact and tight with very little room for manoeuvre,

    Ur opponent gets caught out From a lovely little move in the pitch now there is room to exploit finally you play the simple pass for it to be cut out somehow? 1 pass from what looked like aimless clearance
    To the furthest forward player that none of ur 11 men want to step in front of and mop up simply like they would in football for some reason The all new collision system kicks in turns it into some sort of winner takes all tussle (the rest of the team sit and watch they do not consider any sort of danger)
    Lucky irish striker rick oshea gets in on goal and scores. Rewarded for zero thought. Ive been told many of time to.. do it back to them.. but im sorry i want to play a football game.. ive had tellens in the past i grew out the aimless stuff yet im thrown back im just because im a fan of football!! EA STOP! You have proven you do not know what football is. Also i think you have glitched the nhl pitches into fifa because it feels like you have zero imput when it comes to player movement If football was kicking it unto an empty space for a fast guy then usian bolt wouldnt have been binned when he tried it.. give us a break! Swore in fifa 20 id nevee give them a penny again and i fell into the trap just because its gonna give u it on ps5 as well, this game has made my whole perception of the new console change completely because if this is whats getting sold for a brand new futuristic console then im sorry im either done with gaming all together or im the best game developer in the world, i just haven't tried yet!    … Expand
  6. Madzonga
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    defending is painful, tackles don't work, players run past the ball, let the ball leave the field because their first touch is horrible, gameplay is just passing to pacey forwards and running on the goal as if it was rugby because defenders can't do much against it, winning this way isn't fun
    on top of that, players fall over after minuscule contacts, no fouls are given, physics are    defending is painful, tackles don't work, players run past the ball, let the ball leave the field because their first touch is horrible, gameplay is just passing to pacey forwards and running on the goal as if it was rugby because defenders can't do much against it, winning this way isn't fun
    on top of that, players fall over after minuscule contacts, no fouls are given, physics are ridiculous, ball flies through solid objects, pass targeting is way worse than in previous FIFAs (i turned "tutor" back on to make sure i direct L3 properly because I couldn't believe the passes game was coming up with)
    I asked for a refund but was refused, last fifa i bought, remains of the DVD serve as an art installation on the wall    … Expand
  7. Brian_ehv
    Oct 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you are considering to buy this game, do not. The game is only built to frustrate football players on console or pc. If you want to compete online with others DDA will nerve your game play. Absolute shambles of a game and Fifa 20 all over again.… Expand
  8. Cri0leX
    Oct 25, 2020
    0
    Nao comprem o mesmo jogo que o fifa 19 só com novas skins e jogadores a EA precisa acabar
  9. Jari90
    Nov 8, 2020
    0
    Worst Edition ever.... everything in this game is wrong... Please, stop buy this trash...
  10. teddanreus
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    Worst Fifa to date. I’ve had every single one. Past three years have been horrible
  11. Ceptor02
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    Same old game with no changes, more boring than before. EA is just pure Evil.
  12. Slothicus
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    FIFA has been going downhill since Ultimate Team was invented. The developers literally couldn’t give a **** anymore. They just throw out the same mess every year, and somehow this year is EVEN WORSE. **** EA and their **** microtransaction gambling system. **** EA.
  13. Jaayohee
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    Same game from last year, but WORSE. Defending is none existent. The AI for defensive midfielders, is awful soon as the ball goes past them they stop working. Menus are sluggish and laggy, and that sharpness system is a joke.
  14. Darraghc
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    The game gets worse every year... I got hacked not so long ago and have been banned on the transfer over this with no explanation. I have been contacting Ea for over a month to try and resolve it but keep getting responses like “we will forward this to our technical advisor and to watch your email” with nothing happening. I have now switched to PES ( Pro Evolution Soccer) which I haveThe game gets worse every year... I got hacked not so long ago and have been banned on the transfer over this with no explanation. I have been contacting Ea for over a month to try and resolve it but keep getting responses like “we will forward this to our technical advisor and to watch your email” with nothing happening. I have now switched to PES ( Pro Evolution Soccer) which I have never really played before I can honestly say the work they put into the game is ten times better than all the fifa games combined. I will be staying on PES for the future and would highly recommend this game to anyone who is sick of FIFA’s game to the lack of help in customer services.… Expand
  15. lukefielding
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Terrible game! I hated every single second of playing it I'd rather work in a gay brothel and I'm not gay!
  16. Nappertandy94
    Nov 17, 2020
    0
    The game is completely broken, I enjoy the mechanics of FIFA which is why I play it. Those mechanics I like are a part of the franchise so I will not consider them in the review of a single title, it's like giving a car a good review because it has an engine. Since Fifa 16 the gameplay has actually got increasingly worse every year, there has been attempts to add some nice feature but eachThe game is completely broken, I enjoy the mechanics of FIFA which is why I play it. Those mechanics I like are a part of the franchise so I will not consider them in the review of a single title, it's like giving a car a good review because it has an engine. Since Fifa 16 the gameplay has actually got increasingly worse every year, there has been attempts to add some nice feature but each year EA have a habit of making the game suit the player who does nothing but play FIFA. To elaborate on that, I mean that they release the game with some decent new functionality and then a YouTuber finds a way to exploit a problem and then it becomes the only way to win. I thought that they might have learned from FIFA 20, the game went the entire run without 2 main mechanics ever working, heading and timed finishing. Last year stamina was a joke, people used team press and constant pressure to win games, the main issue being that for some reason those tactics effected the opponent's team and AI , misplaced passes from 2 yards, AI teammates running away from play and to make it worse there was no effect of the users stamina, it's the same this year. The free flowing and fun football experience is destroyed by every single player using the same completely unrealistic tactic. The worst thing is that when EA do fix it the same players start to complain because they don't know how to play the game without an exploited tactic and then EA change it back and call it "more balanced". FIFA 21 is another lazy, badly designed and maintained game that we have come to expect from a money grabbing company like EA. Will I play it, of course, it's FIFA and I will complain about the broken mechanics and refuse to use exploited tactics each time. Hopefully PES use this year off to bring a big challenge to Fifa. They have already showed how easily a major patch could do everything that FIFA does with its yearly title release.… Expand
  17. Dczy94
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    1. Scripted.
    2. Pay to win.
    3. Bad server connectivity.
    4. Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment.
    5. Low drop rate of good cards, even if you buy Fifa Points.
    6. Toxic player comunity
    7. Bad gameplay allaround.
  18. HateFifa21
    Nov 22, 2020
    0
    Another year another disappointment, FIFA 21 is far from what a Football game should be, they only care about numb nuts who wanna gamble money away on FUT & the rest is a re dress of 20, i've been an Avid player of the FIFA titles but this one is pure **** no emphasis on improving the game play, just pace pace pace, more of a sprint or 100 yard dash than a football game, for years fansAnother year another disappointment, FIFA 21 is far from what a Football game should be, they only care about numb nuts who wanna gamble money away on FUT & the rest is a re dress of 20, i've been an Avid player of the FIFA titles but this one is pure **** no emphasis on improving the game play, just pace pace pace, more of a sprint or 100 yard dash than a football game, for years fans have been crying for a more NBA2K-esque game, with legends & past dream teams not available to fans or casual users, need an Icon spend you monthy wages on FUT, nothing for loyal fans like me who hate FUT & wanna play with icons & dream teams on exhibition mode, i'm done with this year's game already, even before the end of this year, utter bull ****… Expand
  19. JDWS33
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    EA, you are everything that is wrong with this world. You disgusting money oriented diabolical *ssholes. I used to enjoy playing FIFA when I was a kid. But you turned this game into a money making gambling machine. You don't care if people actually have a good time playing it. Career mode has been neglected for so many years now, because all you f*ckers care about is making money throughEA, you are everything that is wrong with this world. You disgusting money oriented diabolical *ssholes. I used to enjoy playing FIFA when I was a kid. But you turned this game into a money making gambling machine. You don't care if people actually have a good time playing it. Career mode has been neglected for so many years now, because all you f*ckers care about is making money through gambling on FUT. DISGUSTING! 0/10… Expand
  20. piskot
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    The worst fifa by a lot. Gameplay is absolute **** The game has absolutely nothing to do with football and is more like table tennis.
  21. danialbm
    Dec 4, 2020
    0
    **** gameplay,very bad server,gg ea for this **** game u guys just want money
  22. Loop02
    Dec 5, 2020
    0
    Unplayable arcade for retards.15 goals per match.op dribbling skills no.logic no consistency .just worst game i've played in 20 years
  23. Gazzatron
    Dec 8, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Whoever changed fifa in this way should be sacked! Since fifa 16 they have all been rigged and awful.. It’s not enjoyable being robbed of wins by the game.. why someone thought this would be a good idea I don’t know. I still play because I’ve spent money but I can only play 3-4 games because I start getting annoyed. It’s a game.. should be fun… Expand
  24. Ozxw47
    Dec 31, 2020
    0
    Rebounds.. Running.. Flair.. This is modern football for EA.. Disgrace.. If football was like this in reality no one would watch it.. Not to mention the bugs.. Ridiculous game
  25. Ozgurbaran
    Jan 6, 2021
    0
    Worst fifa that i played in my life Lots of bugs You can just drible around
  26. Ivanyan
    Jan 7, 2021
    1
    Same game always with maximum 0.1% changes and the price is same like for all other games, stop updating numbers in front of disc and selling it! Just make it like game with updates for everyone who already has that game but without paying for same $hit!
  27. joshhpaynee
    Jan 23, 2021
    0
    A more detailed review below....

    You would think a game that came out every year could eventually get it right. Fifa has basically become a copy and paste from previous years, with minor changes. I'm not sure what game the professional reviewers are writing about, or is they have to say its good because it is very far from it. First up, the defence in this game is    A more detailed review below....

    You would think a game that came out every year could eventually get it right. Fifa has basically become a copy and paste from previous years, with minor changes. I'm not sure what game the professional reviewers are writing about, or is they have to say its good because it is very far from it.

    First up, the defence in this game is just...non-existent. They introduced more attacking "improvements" and once again have done nothing to make the defence any better. Often your players will just stand there and watch as the opposing players run past them, either with or without the ball. If you are playing with CM's then be prepared to have to control them ALL the time, otherwise the same above will happen, they will just stand there and rotate (not turn) as players walk past them. I cant even tell you how many times the ball has rolled only a few inches past them and they have done nothing, or had to watch as i control my cb to track a strikers run whilst my CM stands completely still as players walk past them.

    The game in an attacking sense is all about pace as well. Quicker players = better players. With the extremely over powered through ball combined with this pace and the inability to defend, it is next to impossible to defend, just sit back and hope for the best really. In about 95% of games i have played there has been over 5 goals in total. It becomes a game where literally every attack can lead to a goal.

    Goalkeepers may as well not be on the pitch, they are useless. Often they just fall under shots, and very rarely will actually save anything, let alone hold onto it. Most corners are punched out straight back to the opponent. If the ball goes back to a keeper from , say, an oppo bad through ball rather than being able to control the keeper they will normally slice the ball away for a throw in.

    Corners can be okay, but if the other team manages to win the ball it's very easy to score on the counter.

    In FUT (if you play that) the variety is gone. I remember the old fifas when this was about mixing teams up etc, now i rarely see a team i haven't played several times before (back 4 of mendy, varane, dijk walker).

    The matchmaking system is broken. It does not take into account the level of your team, only your skill rating, why not just combine the two? There is no point me with my average team constantly playing against people with in form ronaldo and other legends making up their team just because they have the same skill rating. The gap in sides you face negates the evenly matched skill rating. It also means there is no real point building any bronze/silver teams.

    And my final point, the broken mechanics of the game. A huge glaring one is kick off goals. For some reason after scoring, its very easy for the other team to simply run through your whole team and score a goal. Especially with the kick up "glitch", not necessarily a glitch but a player juggling a ball can travel from the halfway line through to the goal with relative ease. Its broken things like this that still have not been fixed, and ea probably wont bother until Fifa 22 comes out to do it.

    Before writing this i have played over 100 games, thinking that was a fair amount to give an honest and unbiased review of the game. It's completely broken. Defence as mentioned is pointless, the cpu off the ball do nothing to help anymore, instead just standing there and watching. Your best bet is basically to go for the all out attack. It isn't uncommon at all that i've found myself 3-0 down from 3 attacks in 20 minutes, only to win the game 8-3 in the end.

    Overall, the game is extremely bad, theres no way around that. FUT has lost any variety or need to build different teams as well.    … Expand
  28. dawe1499
    Mar 18, 2021
    0
    I created an account for rating dis game (sorry, ga*b*ge is a much more suit word here). Trust me, for your mental health, stay away from this game. I don't care about price, copy-paste sh*t about dis game, the most disgusting part is momentum system and DDA behind the game. You will never ever find a game or company trying to PLAY(FOOL) ITS PLAYERS so bad as EA and FIFA do here. EveryI created an account for rating dis game (sorry, ga*b*ge is a much more suit word here). Trust me, for your mental health, stay away from this game. I don't care about price, copy-paste sh*t about dis game, the most disgusting part is momentum system and DDA behind the game. You will never ever find a game or company trying to PLAY(FOOL) ITS PLAYERS so bad as EA and FIFA do here. Every year they claim there is a new AI xyz system, but actually, nothing changes at all. All scripting that manipulating the game stays forever. So please stay away from this stuff, it doesn't worth even 1 min of your life.… Expand
  29. milanelo
    Mar 21, 2021
    0
    Скрипты все в скрипты. Твои скил не решает игра сама решает кто победит а кто проиграет.
  30. rleme
    Mar 21, 2021
    0
    Worst fifa ever made. Ridiculous scores. All matches have 5 or more goals. Unfortunately I threw money away on this and have no way to get back.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 4, 2021
    60
    Game for fans who either need to work online at FUT every day, or instead want to try a modified career mode, which is starting to really look like Football Manager. Otherwise, it's a decent update for the full price. [Issue#307]
  2. CD-Action
    Dec 18, 2020
    70
    The FIFA series desperately needs a fresh start. Right now, it relies mainly on the Ultimate Team mode and marketing, while going around in circles. Instead of leaping into the future, FIFA 21 takes half a step forward and two steps sideways in an attempt to differentiate itself from its predecessor well enough to rationalize spending money. If you already own FIFA 20 and are not addicted to Ultimate Team, you can sit this one out. [12/2020, p.44]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 15, 2020
    70
    A consummate package of shooting, slide tackling and swearing, but with some familiar current-gen frustrations. The saving grace could be FIFA 21’s free PS5 upgrade. [Issue#182, p.137]
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