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  1. Oct 18, 2020
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    Is the same than fifa 20, the only thing that changes are the uniforms, although the graphics didn’t get better.
  2. Oct 19, 2020
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    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. Oct 19, 2020
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    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. Oct 20, 2020
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    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. Oct 23, 2020
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    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!
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  6. Oct 24, 2020
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    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
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  7. Oct 24, 2020
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    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. Oct 25, 2020
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    Nao comprem o mesmo jogo que o fifa 19 só com novas skins e jogadores a EA precisa acabar
  9. Nov 8, 2020
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    Worst Edition ever.... everything in this game is wrong... Please, stop buy this trash...
  10. Nov 14, 2020
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    Worst Fifa to date. I’ve had every single one. Past three years have been horrible
  11. Nov 14, 2020
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    Same old game with no changes, more boring than before. EA is just pure Evil.
  12. Nov 14, 2020
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    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. Nov 14, 2020
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    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. Nov 14, 2020
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    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. Nov 15, 2020
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    Terrible game! I hated every single second of playing it I'd rather work in a gay brothel and I'm not gay!
  16. Nov 17, 2020
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    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. Apr 4, 2021
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    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. Nov 22, 2020
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    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. Nov 27, 2020
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    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. Nov 30, 2020
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    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. Dec 4, 2020
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    **** gameplay,very bad server,gg ea for this **** game u guys just want money
  22. Dec 5, 2020
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    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. Dec 8, 2020
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    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. Dec 31, 2020
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    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. Jan 6, 2021
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    Worst fifa that i played in my life Lots of bugs You can just drible around
  26. Jan 7, 2021
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    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. Jan 23, 2021
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    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.
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  28. Mar 18, 2021
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    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. Mar 21, 2021
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    Скрипты все в скрипты. Твои скил не решает игра сама решает кто победит а кто проиграет.
  30. Mar 21, 2021
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    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.
  31. Mar 22, 2021
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    I really loved playing FIFA in the past. Man, I'd play for months and wouldn't be bored. But now, it has turned into a toy for teenagers. It's getting worse and worse.
  32. Mar 24, 2021
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    An absolute garbage. As soon as you start playing you can feel the incompetence behind making this game. Passing system is terrible. Player lock system is not related to the in game situations. Laws of physics dont apply to the players. Tackling system most of the times overruns to the attacking positions so when you want to shoot, the player makes a tackle even though he actually is inAn absolute garbage. As soon as you start playing you can feel the incompetence behind making this game. Passing system is terrible. Player lock system is not related to the in game situations. Laws of physics dont apply to the players. Tackling system most of the times overruns to the attacking positions so when you want to shoot, the player makes a tackle even though he actually is in possession of the ball. Gk are an absolute joke as times and times again the animation is in contradictory with the ball. Menu is slow and many times for us to actually play a match it takes 20 minutes of loading. Expand
  33. Mar 27, 2021
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este juego es lo peor que jugué en mi vida hándicap,bugs,rebotes de mierdad,goles imposibles Expand
  34. Mar 28, 2021
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simply a TERRIBLE GAME. The most stupidest game I’ve ever played. I really needa start learning how to play madden and never play this game no more. EA sports doesn’t care. Expand
  35. Apr 3, 2021
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. EA are a terrible company. How they can take the best sport in the world and ruin it with terrible servers and broken mechanics is just disheartening. Please get more/better servers even though your gameplay mechanics are broken at least make the terrible game playable. You make enough money from lil kids to invest in better / consistent game play. The gambling in your game is the only reason you have kids hooked. It's not because people enjoy your game. Such shameless scumbags Expand
  36. Apr 4, 2021
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    I cannot express in a post just how bad this game is. I’ve just tried FUT and as anyone who has played before knows your starting team ain’t great. I’ve been getting matched with 88+ ranked teams non stop while mine like 78.

    The games a complete money sink. Penalty and free kicks are completely unusable now, barely any long shots possible. If you have VVD he will just block everything.
    I cannot express in a post just how bad this game is. I’ve just tried FUT and as anyone who has played before knows your starting team ain’t great. I’ve been getting matched with 88+ ranked teams non stop while mine like 78.

    The games a complete money sink. Penalty and free kicks are completely unusable now, barely any long shots possible. If you have VVD he will just block everything. Buy the fastest winger you can it’s pointless doing any other sort of game play. Complete comedy at times.
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  37. Apr 4, 2021
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    This game is just a money pump for ea and they could care less what the fans want. all they care about is ultimate team which they have completely ruined with the excess amount of high rated cards they pump into the game along with the gameplay being HORRENDOUS. And I mean HORRENDOUS. the quality in gameplay has dipped every year since 2016 and the amount of cards and stupid events theyThis game is just a money pump for ea and they could care less what the fans want. all they care about is ultimate team which they have completely ruined with the excess amount of high rated cards they pump into the game along with the gameplay being HORRENDOUS. And I mean HORRENDOUS. the quality in gameplay has dipped every year since 2016 and the amount of cards and stupid events they hold for ultimate team has only increased. it’s clearly obvious what they’re doing, people actually NEED to BOYCOTT this game. if people keep buying and pumping money into this NOTHING will change. ea is just a money hungry piece of **** company that exploits its workers and most of all their consumers. consumers mean absolutely nothing to them as long as they’re pumping money through them. fut is 99% of their income, we NEED TO BOYCOTT this game. Expand
  38. Apr 4, 2021
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    Junk! This is the most expensive piece of rubbish in the world. This game here gets the worst out of you, makes you wanna kill somebody.

    Gameplay is horrible and scripting is obvious
  39. Apr 4, 2021
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    Worst game ever. I've been playing football games for 20 + years and never wanted to see a company go broke as bad as I've wanted to see fifa fail. It's what you deserve after ignoring your fanbase for so many years and having the audacity to charge full price. You could've been undefeated fit the next 20 years of you just did a bit of actual work and were innovative. RIP FIFA
  40. Apr 4, 2021
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    The worse game i have played. FUT is garbage. You don't even play. If you have to lose you will love. I hope they will not sell a single copy of 2022 .
  41. Apr 4, 2021
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Waste of money, no improvement, no reward for playing and no equal playing field for esports Expand
  42. Apr 5, 2021
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    An absolute disgrace of a game, ea should be stripped of the rights to fifa as they just produce the same scripted, pay to win gambling simulator each year. You have to spend money to compete otherwise everyone else is too far ahead. Absolute **** show
  43. May 13, 2021
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    One of the worst games... Gameplay just awful, referees are just as bad as ever... Wouldn't recommend this game even to my 'enemies' let alone my friends... EA should sell this game to anyone, because everyone will make a better game and listen to players
  44. May 30, 2021
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    the worst game I have ever played despite of my big love for football
    scripted so badly what will make you very very disappointed
    have the worst severs of all games I ever played which make the game unplayable
    very bad game regret paying a cent for ea actually
  45. May 30, 2021
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the worst game ever EA has produced , gameplay is biased, sometimes players play as division 1 sometimes the same players play as division 10 . Waste of money . Expand
  46. Jun 11, 2021
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    Just not a good game. Do not waste your time and money on this game because it is absolutely worthless.
  47. Jun 11, 2021
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    Terrible game. Forces crap teams/ players to win with last second/ miracle goals. Makes defenders foul or ignore the ball. Doesn't allow you to select players you desire to control often. All in the name of having you buy packs and spending money.
  48. Jun 15, 2021
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    Absolutely the worst game I've ever seen. No changes, no interest in playing, the game requires a lot of money
  49. Jun 17, 2021
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    Ridiculous how rigged this game is.
    It is unbelievable that EA milks his fan base with this freaking cash cow!! Well done EA to lose official teams and fans with your **** year after year.
  50. Jun 26, 2021
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    How bad is fifa gambling, look at it like this. You go into a casino or pub for the fruit machine. In England you need to 18 in America 21. Fifa you need to be above 3. The casino, you put money in, very slim chance of winning but the payout is big and a return its more money. Fifa there is no return,

    don't be fooled, in fifa you get a pack with odds that are ridiculously bad, in
    How bad is fifa gambling, look at it like this. You go into a casino or pub for the fruit machine. In England you need to 18 in America 21. Fifa you need to be above 3. The casino, you put money in, very slim chance of winning but the payout is big and a return its more money. Fifa there is no return,

    don't be fooled, in fifa you get a pack with odds that are ridiculously bad, in comparison jackpot in a casino where the rewards are 10000x better is more likely. In fifa the rewards which they now tell you are below 1% is to use a player for some matches before they bring out the next fifa and make hit redundant.why is this? I really dont know. its not like the payout will effect fifa in anyway or cost them money. The item they give us can only be there for a duration of the game because some poor sole has gambled god knows how much to get them. Yes in money and packs cost alot of money, 1 lightning round pack can cost nearly £30.

    Gambling is known to be addictive mature and sensible adults get hooked on it and can't stop its why there is an age rating yet fifa is able to get away with having a game that pushes it in your face and aim it as anyone above 3 that plays it.

    Obviously a 3 year isn't going to gamble. But what about a 12 year old or above? I have been playing fifa since I was 12 going back to fifa 09. When gambling was implemented into fifa I was starting secondary school, I couldn't afford packs and my parents wouldn't put their cards into consoles as they didn't trust them. Luckily.

    My team every fifa was about 50k in total after a year back in fifa 12 to 15 there was no weekend league or squad battles ect... there was seasons with bad rewards. Packs go through fifa points no one ever really spent coins. It was bad because you had to buy contract for players with match earnings and every so often you could afford a player. But it didn't matter even with my team of 2000 coin players. The game was fun and I could still win. Compare that to today's fifa. If you want to try a 50k team in fifa 21 in division 10 good luck to you. lucky to score 1 goal.

    I say this because even with that I dreamed to try players like Messi and Ronaldo but I couldn't get packs but if I could of done as a kid I would of without hesitation. Compare that to today's. A different world in a way. Most have bank cards on consoles. Kids have easier access to packs. This game does something that makes the gambling so bad I would genuinely say its a crime.

    Team of the season this is a big event in fifa one of thier schemes to try encourage you to gamble. They bring out a team of player that can beat any other player in the game with maxed out stats. They put them in packs and tell you the chance of pulling 1 is below 1% but they won't tell you how below it is. They then implement lightning rounds every hour there are packs with a still low but slightly higher chance of getting one these packs usually costs around 30 pound each. They run out after an hour so you have a limited time to get them obviously making you think you need them.

    For me on this game as it was impossible for me get good players and grind the game I had college and work so not alot of time for games so basically ultimate team was unplayable online. It wasnt fifa 12 you won't win with a bad team and everyone was grinding weekly tournaments I didn't have the time to gamble. So I put in the money and after 20 minutes nothing back. Just lots of 83 rated cards worth nothing. That's when I learned just how bad the gambling was.

    The gameplay this fifa is the worst it has ever been. And its for a reason to explain this fifa I have had time to grind because of covid. I only played online I had 556 wins to 432 losses. I don't feel like I win when I win and I dont feel like lose when I lose. Defending ai makes space for attackers and attackers sometimes are really out of place.

    For more experience I play fut champs usually finish elite 3 or gold 1 I hate playing it but given the time we are in I can't find anything better to do. The rewards from this mean my team for the first time ever is cracked.

    yet the gameplay makes everyone feel it isn't enough. You have a winning streak you lose so you sell your team, for some reason ea take a cut of the coins you sell your players for on thier own market and thier own game explain that me. No wait don't. The reason this is rhe game manipulates you in every situation to try and gamble and that is the crime. In every aspect of ultimate team weather its the rewards, transfer market, sbcs. Its all there to make you lose coins so that you eventually take the easy route and buy packs exept it isn't an easy route its a lose all your money for nothing route. To me pay to win is a crime and the game taking out enjoyment to force you towards gambling is even more of a crime. The development team are criminals to me and remember this is all in a game which kids are allowed to play
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  51. Jun 25, 2021
    0
    Terrible game, same old **** every year and unplayable and boring to name a few words. Utter crap
  52. Oct 10, 2020
    0
    Everything you've ever hated about Fifa is back plus more.. Scripting, Terrible defence, horrible passing, atrocious servers, gambling mechanisms are all as prevalent as ever but they added a new camera angle though...
  53. Oct 10, 2020
    0
    Fifa 15 but 60 dollars......................................................
  54. Oct 8, 2020
    1
    Same fifa 20
    Same fifa 19
    Same fifa 18

    I regret buying it and I will not buy it for the next year. The company is not trying to develop in graphic technology
  55. Oct 9, 2020
    1
    Terrible game should have been a roster change. It's the same as 20. They need to change their model
  56. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Don't buy this game it's literally same 20 and worse in defending I buy it then sold it and get ghost of tsushima it way more better than this ****
  57. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    EA once again provides a game that is tailor made for getting the player to pay more and get less. the game´s quality never improves, yet the price is rising. everything about the gameplay is designed to pander to the one who pays for fifa points. EA has made a game with real money gambling, horrible monitisation, and very little content for a higher price point than ever, for children. ItEA once again provides a game that is tailor made for getting the player to pay more and get less. the game´s quality never improves, yet the price is rising. everything about the gameplay is designed to pander to the one who pays for fifa points. EA has made a game with real money gambling, horrible monitisation, and very little content for a higher price point than ever, for children. It is a disgrace for gaming, a disgrace for the consumer and every shareholder, costumer or other should realize it now.

    I see people rating this 10/10 for being a "good football game as usual" or "not much different but still good" the absolute lack of developement and quality is getting good reviews because of people with no awareness or possible and addiction to the gambling withing.

    Do not buy this game. It is not worth the money or the time.
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  58. Oct 10, 2020
    1
    Di solito quando mi trovo a recensire qualcosa scrivo in inglese, ma stavolta farò un'eccezione. Questo gioco è la palese e più recente dimostrazione di quanto la EA sia il male dei videogiochi, una casa che produce una spazzature di gioco come FIFA 21 (identico al 20, ma non c'erano dubbi a riguardo). Hanno sbagliato su tutta la linea: sempre proposto una demo prima dell'uscita annuale,Di solito quando mi trovo a recensire qualcosa scrivo in inglese, ma stavolta farò un'eccezione. Questo gioco è la palese e più recente dimostrazione di quanto la EA sia il male dei videogiochi, una casa che produce una spazzature di gioco come FIFA 21 (identico al 20, ma non c'erano dubbi a riguardo). Hanno sbagliato su tutta la linea: sempre proposto una demo prima dell'uscita annuale, questo anno- magicamente- non viene proposta ma anzi se si vuole provare questa schifezza di "copy&paste" è necessario pagare un'ignominiosa tassa di 4 euro. La vergogna maggiore però sta nel gameplay sul quale mi limiterò a portare un semplice, ma efficace dato personale: da FIFA 15 (anno in cui ho iniziato a giocare, malauguratamente, al FUT) non mi era mai capitato prima di avere un rateo W/L di 14/50, mai in vita mia. Hanno provato ad abbindolare la gente proponendo una personalizzazione infantile e ridicola degli stadi, dimenticandosi però che il gioco è nel campo, non sugli spalti. Onestamente, per concludere, credo che le aziende interpellate nel valutare questo schifo, aborto mancato, prodotto dalla EA, abbiano ricevuto qualche compenso o altrimenti abbiano giocato ad un'altra versione di questo gioco, non ancora disponibile al pubblico, rimarrò col beneficio del dubbio anche se in cuor mio conosco già la risposta. Se negli ultimi anni FIFA arrancava ed era più simile ad una creatura moribonda che un gioco divertente, posso concludere in estrema sicurezza che FIFA 21 sia la definitiva pietra tombale su un gioco ormai morto da tempo e una ulteriore conferma della incapacità lavorativa della EA, che IMHO faceva schifo da ben prima. Spero vivamente che un'azienda così ottusa e criminale (il pay-to-win a mio avviso è un sistema al pari del gioco d'azzardo e per tale motivo proibito) trovi presto un epilogo rapido. Quando quel momento arriverà solo allora i videogiocatori potranno sperare in un videogame fatto da gente che capisca non solo di videogame, ma anche e soprattutto di calcio. La mia misura è colma e se potessi richiedere il rimborso per un contenuto digitale del genere, giuro che lo farei. Expand
  59. Oct 8, 2020
    3
    It's the same previous game with news players , bugs, fake dribblers .
    It's pathetic.
  60. Oct 8, 2020
    3
    Same game different year. Really lacking anything new that can be offered. Left intense longing.
  61. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Worst FIFA ever , the series are getting worst every year with frostbite engine.
  62. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Played the game for a few hours with a friend. Gameplay just isn't enjoyable at all. Feels kinda clunky like Fifa 17-20. Besides that FUT should be declared as what it is: GAMBLING. Therefore it should have at least a PEGI rating of 18. In my opinion the pack system how it is implemented right now should be banned. I also read that EA had Fifa-Points-Commercials even in a children'sPlayed the game for a few hours with a friend. Gameplay just isn't enjoyable at all. Feels kinda clunky like Fifa 17-20. Besides that FUT should be declared as what it is: GAMBLING. Therefore it should have at least a PEGI rating of 18. In my opinion the pack system how it is implemented right now should be banned. I also read that EA had Fifa-Points-Commercials even in a children's magazine. That's just disgusting Expand
  63. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    All you guys/gals saying "dont buy this game, same old stuff , poor graphics etc" what do you do every year to come on here and complain that its the same old stuff ? YOU BUY THE GAME!!!! .. EA have your money!!..they dont care that you've given it a low score .. DONT BUY THE GAME!!
  64. Oct 8, 2020
    2
    This game is bad like really bad, the defending is god awful, it's basically nonexistent and the AI won't hardly know their left to right.
  65. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    This a pantomine horses arse. Dreadful, arcadey mess of a game that is even more unresponsive. Full of scripting as always and the only changes from 20 made it worse. Good game for a simpleton perhaps.
  66. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Garbage. It's the same if you have Van Dijk & Pique in defense or some 51 ovr no-namers. Just get a fast striker & the goals are assured
  67. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Same **** as last year, only with a 21 instead of a 20, just **** EA, they have been doing the same **** 5 years straight
  68. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Didnt think it could be worse than fifa 20, but it is. Passing doesnt work. Defending isnt a thing. Finishing is trash and goalkeepers all feel 40 rated. The game is just lets see who scores the most, no football involved. Do not buy!!!!
  69. Oct 8, 2020
    1
    So I wasted £90 on the Ultimate Edition because the changes I saw in videos were positive, I thought EA actually listened to the community and tried to change features, gameplay and made it better. Instead, they've somehow made it worse. FIFA 20 was the worst in the franchise, however I actually believe 21 is much much worse. Defending is awful, it's RNG, you tackle someone, but you eitherSo I wasted £90 on the Ultimate Edition because the changes I saw in videos were positive, I thought EA actually listened to the community and tried to change features, gameplay and made it better. Instead, they've somehow made it worse. FIFA 20 was the worst in the franchise, however I actually believe 21 is much much worse. Defending is awful, it's RNG, you tackle someone, but you either win the battle or you lose it. I had Inaki Williams who has 90+ pace, but somehow Alderweireld with 60 pace caught up with him, pushed him off the ball, and lobbed a 50 yard pass over the top to Bale who smashes it in with his right foot from the edge of the box (Bale has 2 star weak foot).

    The only positive from this game is Career Mode. Many good changes which makes career mode enjoyable, from training your players separately, Simulating matches which allows you to watch without having to play, official licenses for the Champions League and Europa League. However, I don't think Career Mode is enough to spend a minimum of £60 on the game.

    Overall, don't buy this game. EA do the same every year. They will make one patch in a week or so, make the game even worse, then kill it off by introducing insane microtransactions and promote gambling non stop.
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  70. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Este fácilmente podría ser Fifa 30 o 40 y sería exactamente igual
    En fin
    Es EA que se puede esperar
  71. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Well what can I say, just a copy and paste of the last game and the one before. Gameplay is possibly worse, as a person who used to enjoy doing season after season on career mode I am again left disappointed by the exact same career mode as the previous few seasons. Especially the player career mode which hasn't even had any minor tweaks by the look of it.
  72. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Same **** as last year, only with a 21 instead of a 20, just **** EA, they have been doing the same **** 5 years straight Expand
  73. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    EA has destroyed FIFA over the years it is now a shadow of what it used to be. The game was fun but now they only care for ultimate team and earning money from coins.
    The game doesn't change for years. Terrible
  74. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Questo FIFA ha superato ogni limite, gameplay e grafica sono uguali da 3 anni e il pro club è uguale da 6 anni.
  75. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Well I mean it’s honestly just awful. Easily the worst gameplay I’ve ever experienced, just more garbage from EA $$$ making conveyor with scripted matches, buggy gameplay, and worst of all same old crashy EA servers. Tbh with all microtransactions this game should be free, yet you pay to get crappy experience to pay again to slightly lessen your pain.
  76. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Changed two things same script, same meta.... Booking!!! No football skills 630€ + 99 of the game to find Pogba and mertens.
    Matchmaking is horrible I lost 10 game in a row maybe I said maybe this a **** game as last year and the year before rebounds my keeper don't do his job the other player 19 saves world record every game .... Great job da another time you **** your clients hope they
    Changed two things same script, same meta.... Booking!!! No football skills 630€ + 99 of the game to find Pogba and mertens.
    Matchmaking is horrible I lost 10 game in a row maybe I said maybe this a **** game as last year and the year before rebounds my keeper don't do his job the other player 19 saves world record every game .... Great job da another time you **** your clients hope they loose every single court case they have this bastard deserve to go in jail for selling addictive games to 3 year olds
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  77. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Don't buy this horrible game. As long as everyone is buying FIFA, EA will not change it.
    Therefore you are part of the problem..
  78. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    one of the worst online games i have ever played if not the worst . The same game with new mistakes
  79. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Horrible. Seriously the worst ever sports game created, and idiots still buy this. If you are reading this and you bought FIFA 21 - this is your fault, not EA’s. I don’t blame EA for not changing their ways, if it works and makes money then well, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. If you have FIFA 17, 18, 19 or 20, don’t bother. Unless you can nab this for £5 somehow, this is a pass. SameHorrible. Seriously the worst ever sports game created, and idiots still buy this. If you are reading this and you bought FIFA 21 - this is your fault, not EA’s. I don’t blame EA for not changing their ways, if it works and makes money then well, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. If you have FIFA 17, 18, 19 or 20, don’t bother. Unless you can nab this for £5 somehow, this is a pass. Same old, same old. Expand
  80. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Lmao this game is even worse than 20, even more sweaty arcade BS that isn't related to football, every year this game strays further from the actual sports.
    #CancelEA
    (No i didn't buy the game, i tried my friend's)
  81. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Игра не изменилась, оцениваю новую обложку. Ждем пес на новом движке и забываем об этой куче нечистот.
  82. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Vai tomar no cu EA, mesmo jogo do ano passado sendo cobrado até 500 reais... Enquanto a Ubisoft e a EA existirem eu não serei feliz!!
  83. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Same crap as last year, ain't gonna buy a game from EA, or loot boxes for ****
  84. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Italian review:

    Do voto 0, il voto perfetto per questo gioco. Un gioco arcade, con movimenti dei giocatori troppo veloci. Inguardabile! Io cerco la simulazione di una partita vera. Poi presentarsi con lo stesso identico gioco dell'anno scorso lo trovo un affronto nei confronti di chi ci spende 70€. Spero solo che il prossimo anno EA sport rifletta meglio su quale strategia seguire. Serve
    Italian review:

    Do voto 0, il voto perfetto per questo gioco. Un gioco arcade, con movimenti dei giocatori troppo veloci. Inguardabile! Io cerco la simulazione di una partita vera. Poi presentarsi con lo stesso identico gioco dell'anno scorso lo trovo un affronto nei confronti di chi ci spende 70€. Spero solo che il prossimo anno EA sport rifletta meglio su quale strategia seguire. Serve un cambio di rotta. Konami ci sta provando a creare simulazione, EA sport invece si accontenta dei facili guadagni derivanti dalle microtransazioni su fut. Siete indegni!!
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  85. Oct 9, 2020
    1
    Unfortunately its more of the same, but with a £55 price tag. It's telling how all of the positive reviews are "Yea there's not much new but...", such as sad state of affairs when people have this low expectations and willingly buy into the same thing year after year.

    On the gameplay side, the main change is the increased focus on skills and improvements to the attacking AI, whereby any
    Unfortunately its more of the same, but with a £55 price tag. It's telling how all of the positive reviews are "Yea there's not much new but...", such as sad state of affairs when people have this low expectations and willingly buy into the same thing year after year.

    On the gameplay side, the main change is the increased focus on skills and improvements to the attacking AI, whereby any online game is about who can pull of the most skills in a row and flick skill passes left and right which defy gravity. For that reason, I wouldn't call this a football game at all, its more of an arcade game set in a football environment, and even that it does poorly.
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  86. Oct 9, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Par où commencer, déjà c'est clairement pas FIFA 20, c'est pire...
    FIFA 20 durant le mois d'octobre 2019 était vraiment bien calibré entre l'attaque et la défense il y avait un jeu bien réalisé et équilibré dans lequel on pouvait prendre du plaisir.... MAIS!

    Suite aux pleurnichards venant des anglais qui s'en sortaient pas, le jeu a subit une MaJ détruisant tout le gameplay mis en place dans le but de satisfaire les english wales (et ouais c'est l'argent qui drive le gameplay) du coup on a eu un jeu avec une vitesse de jeu augmentée, tellement que le GameEngine ne suit même pas, on peut le constater en regardant les animations des joueurs qui glissent sur le terrain, symptomatique que l'animation est trop longue par rapport à la vitesse du jeu, du coup l'animation est accélérée ou n'a pas le temps d'être jouée.

    Pourquoi tout ce bla-bla, tout simplement parce que FIFA 21 hérite de tout çà, ce n'est plus un jeu de football. Ça fait 3 années que c'est de pire en pire, le dernier jeu vraiment bien étant le 17. Avec cet opus le jeu est méga speed et full arcade (tu tires dos au but, t'inquiète le joueur va faire un 180° en calant une lucarne, ce n'est qu'un exemple parmi tant d'autres...). Le moteur de jeu gérant la physique est le même et commence à être à bout souffle, les joueurs patinent sur le terrain, font des dingueries avec la balle aimantée à leurs pieds... bref ils ont pas sorti de démo, on comprend mieux pourquoi. J'ai très peu d'espoir pour la version next gen, dev un nouveau moteur de jeu prend du temps (minimum 2 ans).
    Testez-le en EA access (c'est 4€ versus 50€), 10h c'est amplement suffisant pour se rendre compte de la nullité de cet opus.

    (perso j'ai annulé ma précommande direct, rdv FIFA 22 en espérant revoir un jeu de foot, l'année 2021 va être longue)
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  87. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Fifa 21 is absolutely garbage. The gameplay has somehow gotten worse. The graphics have barely changed. And the fact that they charge you 50$ for this is stupid.
  88. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    Its really outdated :( I was really hoping for something new... but i cannot find any new mechanisms ... Its feels like a pay to win game in stead of a Fifa
  89. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    (Passionate Rant) Don't Buy Fifa 21 it is a rip off & it's worst then Madden 21

    This is a passionate rant & i tell you something right now i am just about had enough with this lazy greedy company because EA are only good at making money & ripping us off & to think they have the audacity to promote Loot Boxes inside kids magazines in a toy store believe me i have looked into that sort of
    (Passionate Rant) Don't Buy Fifa 21 it is a rip off & it's worst then Madden 21

    This is a passionate rant & i tell you something right now i am just about had enough with this lazy greedy company because EA are only good at making money & ripping us off & to think they have the audacity to promote Loot Boxes inside kids magazines in a toy store believe me i have looked into that sort of thing & just hear me out on this one guys they are promoting children to gamble in Fifa 21 plain & simple & no Electronic Arts they are not surprised mechanics they are Loot Boxes & the FUT is infected by greed & it never should of been on Fifa in the 1st place & oh as for the game itself? it's the f*****g SAME GAME just Fifa 17 remastered but even more crap it is insulting of how we keep getting a roster update every year because they make no changes & let's think about this as well they make 4 billion dollars on Madden & your telling me that they keep improving these sports games? NO F**K OFF EA i have had enough with this & these scumbag Youtubers who keep playing this Ultimate Team garbage are EA's puppets & i only played 3-4 hours when this game came out & i was already done with it because the Gameplay is s**t the menus are s**t the FUT is s**t & the list can go on & on but like i said i had enough of this Evil company so DON'T BUY Fifa 21 it is trash & a massive rip off & one more thing to wrap this up IGN had the balls to give this piece of s**t a 7/10 haha yea 7 out of 10 my a** it deserves a ZERO at best end of story F**K YOU EA & F**K FIFA 21
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  90. Oct 8, 2020
    2
    EA ya ni piensa en mejorar sus juegos, solo te saca este juego a 60$ para estafar a la gente con un juego que esta cada año peor, si la proxima generación EA no se esfuerza más, Konami le llevará la delantera.
  91. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    It's baffling how selling literal copy pasted games like FIFA is still legal in this day and age, not even mentioning the highly advertised gambling simulator Ultimate team is. I've heard so many stories of people ruining their lives falling into the Ultimate team addiction and you're telling me this is E for everyone?
  92. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Low effort copy-and-paste garbage. It's a buggy mess and a blatant cashgrab. Don't buy this.
  93. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Esse jogo é uma ofensa aos verdadeiros fãs do FIFA. O jogo mantém até os mesmos erros do jogo passado. Não é um jogo novo.
  94. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Same 2019 FIFA with nerfed career mode. Avoid this **** until it gets 95% discount
  95. Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Thats the same **** from FIFA 20, the gameplay is one of the worst that I ve ever seen only been better then Nba 2k21
  96. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash trash Expand
  97. Oct 8, 2020
    0
    Same graphics, gameplay, and animations for the last 3 years. Numerous Glitches. Pro Clubs is still the same for the past 6 years, and somehow feels worse. This game is a disgrace to FIFA. DO NOT BUY!
  98. Oct 12, 2020
    0
    Cons - fifa 18 with a squad update ------------------- Pros - i got a refund
  99. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    sell fifa 19, again paying for the same game without changes see no reason ***************************
  100. Oct 9, 2020
    0
    I didn't think it would be possible to surpass the dire standards of Fifa 20 but congratulations EA you did it. A big case of same game different year yet again. I learned my lesson with UT as well, absolute rip off of a mode and can be a toxic environment online. Deleted it and bought PES, which actually plays like a game of football. Won't miss it
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 62
  2. 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]