FIFA 21 NXT LVL EDITION

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2.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 223 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 156 out of 223
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  1. tymqe
    Feb 23, 2021
    4
    It is basically the same game as FIFA 15 but with a bit better graphics and some new features. But i must say that the gameplay feels better than the previous FIFA 20.
  2. Moltobazez
    Mar 7, 2021
    4
    I am only playing the ultimate team regularly so the review is based on that! The only reason this is getting a 4 and not a 0 is because of better graphics and well-made menu items and objectives (some people think they need improvement but good enough for me). I have been playing FIFA regularly. The gameplay for this FIFA is terrible the AI in defense and attack is terrible the playersI am only playing the ultimate team regularly so the review is based on that! The only reason this is getting a 4 and not a 0 is because of better graphics and well-made menu items and objectives (some people think they need improvement but good enough for me). I have been playing FIFA regularly. The gameplay for this FIFA is terrible the AI in defense and attack is terrible the players don't move and when they move the runs are actually terrible. Please learn more from the gameplay older FIFAs. FIFA 17 to be specific. The game is becoming more like mortal combat or street fighters where you press certain combos to get goals. This is not how football is. Football is about being creative in different scenarios not just doing combos. Defending is just a game of luck! Games end in 6-6 scores 12 goals in a single game! Many times the attacker would just go through the defender bot AI and controlled defenders. The ball lock favors attackers much more. I really don't mind losing games. I enjoy when opponents score creative goals and I learn from my mistakes but the game play is horrendous !… Expand
  3. ColdSummer20
    Jan 7, 2021
    3
    Great features and gives you the feeling of a football match but the gameplay is truly awful and seems made by and for 10 year olds. Once you bypass the midfield the ai just stand and watch and once you see you can never unsee it which then makes this very unplayable. Broken mess well done EA
  4. Andresu
    Dec 10, 2020
    2
    Fifa 21 on PS5 is as good or bad as Fifa 21 on PS4, but this „graphical update“ is sham. When watching the trailers with Messis or Allisons hair moving or other star players like Mané are sweating, you expect that all other player getting the same graphical update... but nope! That’s not the case. 99,99% of all players look the same as on PS4, especially the ones from smaller clubs as wellFifa 21 on PS5 is as good or bad as Fifa 21 on PS4, but this „graphical update“ is sham. When watching the trailers with Messis or Allisons hair moving or other star players like Mané are sweating, you expect that all other player getting the same graphical update... but nope! That’s not the case. 99,99% of all players look the same as on PS4, especially the ones from smaller clubs as well as nearly all players in the squad of Barça (except Messi, of course)...… Expand
  5. Yzerman35
    Jan 11, 2021
    2
    It's been at least 5 years that EA has been working with the same game mechanics in fifa, and they are not able to fix this game. This game is broken. Shooting, movement, passing, defending: none of it makes sense in the game. Scripting/momentum still feels apparent. The skill gap feels more like I am fighting the computer than the player I am playing against. And please, can someoneIt's been at least 5 years that EA has been working with the same game mechanics in fifa, and they are not able to fix this game. This game is broken. Shooting, movement, passing, defending: none of it makes sense in the game. Scripting/momentum still feels apparent. The skill gap feels more like I am fighting the computer than the player I am playing against. And please, can someone explain why they still allow your player on a free kick to pass it to the opponent. This does not happen in football/soccer.

    Essentially, the game is still very broken and gamers have just learned to live with it and accept it.    … Expand
  6. Madgamer2020
    Dec 21, 2020
    2
    What a poor game. Incredibly frustrating. Patch after patch. Completely alters the gameplay (back to fifa 19imo) This is possibly the most unrealistic version yet. Need a 76 button combo just to get your player to sprint. Honestly avoid the P2P game at all cost. Just a horrible horrible game
  7. DieGuteSalsa
    Jan 4, 2021
    2
    Poor gameplay, nice modes. Gameplay as usually way to rng heavy (online), of course pay 2 win (I think players will now when buy …). Still you can earn now a lot of coins “free to play”, hard to say that about a game. However I deleted the game after two weeks. The gameplay just feels like fifa 2000 and FUT matches make me angry because everyone can run through with there OP cards (pay 2Poor gameplay, nice modes. Gameplay as usually way to rng heavy (online), of course pay 2 win (I think players will now when buy …). Still you can earn now a lot of coins “free to play”, hard to say that about a game. However I deleted the game after two weeks. The gameplay just feels like fifa 2000 and FUT matches make me angry because everyone can run through with there OP cards (pay 2 win). I only recommend this game to core FIFA gamers everyone else will have a hard time.… Expand
  8. Danisfast
    Feb 8, 2021
    2
    TL;DR - looks nice, but very frustrating and far too much like hard work. Please just simplify and streamline things to make it easier to get into.

    My last FIFA was 17 and before that 14. So, I'm pretty casual. I was really hoping that FIFA 21 would be a great opportunity to get back into virtual football, alongside getting a PS5. I also wanted to show off the new hardware with a fancy    TL;DR - looks nice, but very frustrating and far too much like hard work. Please just simplify and streamline things to make it easier to get into.

    My last FIFA was 17 and before that 14. So, I'm pretty casual. I was really hoping that FIFA 21 would be a great opportunity to get back into virtual football, alongside getting a PS5. I also wanted to show off the new hardware with a fancy new game.

    There are some things I like about it. For example, that there are some graphical enhancements. I don't expect huge leaps this early in the generation, so I'm happy there. The load times are close to nil; can't complain about that...! The DualSense function is nifty and that FUT isn't in-your-face all the time. I appreciate that. The menus aren't immediately intuitive, but you get the hang of them after a while - and they are very clean. The soundtrack is decent enough too.

    On the downside however is the important bit: the gameplay experience. Far too often, one is only a player selection mix-up or excessively laboured animation away from pure, unbridled frustration. It happens far too often and absolutely kills the vibe. Especially this year, as the defending has now also become far harder, this issue has become even more pronounced. I don't know if there is scripting, but after a few "miraculous" comebacks brought on late in games, I can understand why people would say there is. But there's no inbetween with the difficulty as a result of this. You're either thrashing teams, or in this quagmire of frustration.

    But I digress; so too have set-pieces become inaccessible. It's far too stressful and complicated trying to score a free kick or penalty. After a few games, I abandoned long corners altogether. The general direction chosen for this area of the game was the wrong one for someone like me.

    The result is a game that has needless barriers to empowerment and fun, which combined with the AI mix-ups, create a negative experience for the casual gamer like me. After approximately ten to fifteen hours I have uninstalled the game. Even Ride - the glitchy, stumbling motorcycle franchise at least has a spot on my PlayStation for when I want to go back...! But I won't be back for FIFA because I just do not have fun playing it.

    I miss the days of ISS on the Super Nintendo, which were simple, fun and challenging in all the right ways. You lost or scored a goal because of something you did, not because it remains impossible to work out how to tackle competently. Lots of goals went in, but it was fun. Now, it all feel so serious, complicated and laboured.

    I don't want to spend countless hours trying to master a free kick technique that I will hardly ever use and that won't be around if I buy another FIFA, I just want to have a bit of a challenge, but mostly fun with my fleeting free time after work...! Is that too much to ask for?    … Expand
  9. Michealscho
    Mar 3, 2021
    2
    The game is absolutely shocking, don't waste your money I won't be again. Worst one since fifa 17 just more expensive, worse packs and much more scripted games, you can be 3-0 up and just loose complete control of your defence and they will just stand watching as they walk past.
  10. Mattorious_swe
    Feb 1, 2021
    1
    The Ps5 functions the vibration is good, the trigger effect is way too strong (even on low) so I turned that off quite fast. Graphics and no load times are great, really. But there is an issue which ruins the game for me:

    I play a lot of career mode on world class dif, built up a club from Eng div 2 and all the way up to premier league, won some cups, and even beat liverpool and other    The Ps5 functions the vibration is good, the trigger effect is way too strong (even on low) so I turned that off quite fast. Graphics and no load times are great, really. But there is an issue which ruins the game for me:

    I play a lot of career mode on world class dif, built up a club from Eng div 2 and all the way up to premier league, won some cups, and even beat liverpool and other big teams and won champions league/europa league, however there is a BIG issue with pre-determined performance or scripting as some call it. Some games my players would miss every shot (even if i checked the replay and saw i aimed right), so I'd restart the game and my shots would go in. Other types of games are when the opposition is super high pressing, or games where every almost pass is missplaced. So those kinds of pre-determinded games happened sometimes and when they did i restarted to fix it.
    Once I got to premier league I had just won the Super Cup against Juventus 3-1, challenging match but we outplayed them. I then meet Fullham and Everton in the first matches of the premier league, and I get completely destroyed, when i tell my players to sprint they jog, every bounce goes to opposing player and my players are suddenly playing extremely poorly, against Fullham. So there seems to be some kind of factors affecting my players since it's a (premier) league game even if it's against (much) worse opposition than what I'd normally face. This was very, very, disappointing since i finally got in to the premier league and 5 games in I didn't see any point continuing and removed the 200+ match save that I'd been playing on for a long time. The scripting makes this game unplayable, at least against AI. I wish it was a setting I could turn off so that my players play like they can and my opposition is better instead of that my players are suddenly awful.    … Expand
  11. Piks_LDN
    Dec 13, 2020
    1
    Using the dualsense triggers when losing stamina feels weird now. The fact that pro clubs doesn’t carry over is a big miss and very foolish from EA. It’s literally the same game pasted each year don’t buy it don’t give them the money
  12. zho
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    I can’t with this scripted game. It’s seriously unrealistic. I play a lot of Ultimate Team and my 90 rated keeper cant save even the easiest shots. Srsly don’t recommend this game. 17 was the best.
  13. Fiiig
    Apr 4, 2021
    1
    AI auto blocks all cycle long. Meta geared toward auto defending. It’s all embarrassing really
  14. Uptonic
    Jun 8, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Having played the FIFA game since it’s very first version many years ago, I have witnessed a rapid decline over the last few years. What used to be a great realistic and fun game, has now become an unrealistic and poorly predictable mess. The AI intelligence is far from ‘football intelligent’ and gamers now simply have to go to YouTube, to find the cheats and tricks to win games. This game no longer allows a creative or football minded person to play football. It’s no surprise that this game is losing its place in gamers hearts and it won’t be long before it loses its place on shop shelves. The last 5 years has seen virtually no improvement in graphics or animation.. instead, a rearrangement of button configurations or instructions, to make you learn again, what you already knew previously. Waste of money… Expand
  15. Beanz007
    Apr 2, 2022
    0
    More of the same from EA. Trying to exploit the community and take all their money with ultimate team.
  16. samiseppo1000
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    Gotta give credit where it's due. This game is absolutely beautiful looking and the atmosphere on the stadium is breathtaking. The menus also work extremely well. Sadly that's where the pros end.

    The gameplay is such a coin flip and upside down it's beyond ridiculous. I have absolutely no idea why the players have stats because they mean nothing. Pace is completely random. Sometimes    Gotta give credit where it's due. This game is absolutely beautiful looking and the atmosphere on the stadium is breathtaking. The menus also work extremely well. Sadly that's where the pros end.

    The gameplay is such a coin flip and upside down it's beyond ridiculous. I have absolutely no idea why the players have stats because they mean nothing. Pace is completely random. Sometimes your 60 pace player outpaces 90+ pace players, sometimes the other way around. Passing? The hardest passes to complete are the ones that look the easiest. You have the most obvious chance to give a through ball to your striker with your player who has outstanding passing stats - DO NOT TAKE IT. It's guaranteed to go just too long. Sometimes the passes are incredibly slow, sometimes fast, no matter how you power it. The pass that will most consistently reach your own player is an offside pass to a player you didn't aim it to.

    Sometimes your player with 90 agility turns quick, sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes your cb with 60 dribbling turns like neymar, sometimes he doesn't. The 'dramatic moments' (read: dda) is turned up to 200 and if you end up winning 2-0 in the first half you won't get to see the opponents goal in the second half. Suddenly you can't get out of your own half because your players do everything to not be available for a pass and when they are, the pass will just randomly be a poor one.

    Tackling? The best and most consistent tackles happen when performed with your strikers when you are losing and using team press. Actually no, the most consistent tackle is when your A.I. decides to put in a random tackle. When manually tackling with defenders, be ready to tackle the ball 5 times before the opponent is suddenly through on goal and just hope your gk will save it. If the angle to shoot is bad, just be ready to skip the celebrations because shots from bad angles are more consistent than when shooting from the middle. Interceptions? A coin flip. Position yourself correctly and sometimes you will get the interception and sometimes your player will move out of the way for whatever reason. Long shots? Don't even try, definitely do not try if you hold majority of the possession because your opponent will be through on goal from the weirdest bounce you have ever seen.

    And the team press... Jesus christ... :D Turn it on when you are losing, you will get a goal. Turn it on when you are winning, the opponent will get a goal. The game is so unresponsive that every action is a coin flip that depends on the stupid animation the game decides to play. The time window in which that action will take place varies so much that you end up having no idea what to do and when. It's such a frustrating experience gaming wise and the only thing that keeps you coming back is their brilliantly well executed and extremely addictive system of (mostly poor and untradeable) pack rewards.

    I am absolutely certain that every positive review of this game is either paid or written by an idiot.    … Expand
  17. Lesiub
    May 7, 2021
    0
    **** this game. Nxjdjxdh3hehhe3heehehehehebhdhejebdbdj3j3j3bendjdjdndbdbdbdbbdx
  18. Arsalan99
    Mar 22, 2021
    0
    Same sh*t, different year. EA really needs to fix this game once and for all. Also the game is scripted as f*ck.
  19. brat_danila
    Jun 8, 2021
    0
    Game is nothing like football, it’s ridiculous to even watch gameplay, even worse to play it yourself. It should be free play at this point. Give us football SIMULATOR for the money
  20. DW0lf
    Feb 27, 2021
    0
    As a lifelong fifa fan I am truly disappointed in this, it's basically just a cash cow, the gameplay is horrible, the game decides who wins or loses regardless of player skill, just to make you spend more money in really bad packs for the hope of getting a decent card, it's not a game for the players, it's a game for the big suits at EA
  21. Arash13
    Dec 15, 2020
    0
    As a lifelong fan of FIFA, I've been pretty disappointed with EA's approach during the past few years. Unfortunately, they've changed a nice soccer game into an arcade one which feels so unrealistic. In terms of gameplay, which is the most important part of a soccer sim video game, efootball PES is far superior and it would definitely be my first choice next year.
  22. Lumic
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    don't mix politics and games, how do you treat us the way we treat you, now I know what kind of company you are and how you deal with players, I will never buy your games again
  23. Cjw1989
    Jan 4, 2021
    0
    This game is just all the scripted shannanigans that Fifa 19 had but it looks marginally better as in graphic wise. Like a snapchat filter.

    Will Mbappe run through 7 tackles and still score. Yes. Will you completely and utterly dominate your opponent and then lose 3-0 to a team that just came out of rehab. Yes. Repeatedly. Will your players run free like a Scotsman's balls and the next    This game is just all the scripted shannanigans that Fifa 19 had but it looks marginally better as in graphic wise. Like a snapchat filter.

    Will Mbappe run through 7 tackles and still score. Yes. Will you completely and utterly dominate your opponent and then lose 3-0 to a team that just came out of rehab. Yes. Repeatedly. Will your players run free like a Scotsman's balls and the next game feel like they’re towing a truck. Yes. Every second game.

    Will the team your playing block everything from your goal to his own goal no matter where the shot is and then score a nutmeg goal. Yes, absolutely. Will you enter a draft for 15k in coins, win the competition and win 5k in coins from the “rewards”. Yes, of course. What else would you expect. Will every pack you buy cost £20 and then you get back nothing. YES. We don’t even need money just take it.

    Will they delay the animation and point blank refuse to do the move you’re pressing. Yes. Obviously. Will every useless item that EA perceive as a “reward” lead you straight back to the store for kids to gamble on over priced lucky bags called “packs”. Yes!! If you like to play a competitive skill based game that gives you great rewards for the hard work you put in day in day out and offers you a great time playing it then you would be better with anything not made by EA. A ball and a string would be better time spent than this.    … Expand
  24. Smara1453
    Dec 10, 2020
    0
    There is no improvement. The same arcade unrealistic gameplay based on pay to win. It is not football.
  25. Mikesonic8
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es una mieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerda… Expand
  26. Sucate
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    The game now is quicker on the loading and have some cool scenes pre-match but it's still the same pay to win and scripted game we all know, unacceptable
  27. mrwaax
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    Much better than the ps4 version, but still a boken mess of a product. Would give the ps4 version a negativ number if i could. Scripting and momentum shifting is killing the series. Maybe it'll get better if FUT is cancelled
  28. Seken
    Apr 29, 2021
    0
    Worst fifa ever. Unfinished game with loads if bugs. A.I. Dumb as **** Sripted to hell
  29. dejhigh
    May 12, 2021
    0
    Worst fifa game just behind fifa 20. A cash cow EA is now. Passing goes to the wrong direction everytime, tackling inconsistent. Cant even get the ball when I predict the opponents 10 different moves. Goal keeper always deflects the ball to the opponents striker every freaking time. Major issue is that the games decision making/ ai is at the lowest low. Whats the point of even adding it?Worst fifa game just behind fifa 20. A cash cow EA is now. Passing goes to the wrong direction everytime, tackling inconsistent. Cant even get the ball when I predict the opponents 10 different moves. Goal keeper always deflects the ball to the opponents striker every freaking time. Major issue is that the games decision making/ ai is at the lowest low. Whats the point of even adding it? Players make runs and just stop abruptly judt when you decide to make a throufh ball. Virtually all lobbed through balls to the striker are overhit. I could go on and on. I am never buying a fifa game again!!!… Expand
  30. LogMan56
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Will we change the generation of consoles just to have faster loadings? This is unacceptable.
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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2021
    75
    Don’t expect a revolution. The PS5 version of the latest FIFA looks better, runs at 60 fps in 4K, and loads matches much faster, but the only feature truly worth focusing on is the creative use of haptic feedback (e.g. as your player gets tired, triggers gradually become harder to press). [02/2021, p.61]
  2. GAMES.CH
    Mar 3, 2021
    86
    FIFA 21 for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S is definitely best and most beautiful version of this years FIFA-outing. It gives a glimpse on things, that can become a big thing in the next couple of years, but also fails to make changes on certain lackluster gameplay-features of the game.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 8, 2021
    70
    While FIFA 21 is as good a showcase for the potential of the DualSense as we’ve seen so far, the underlying issues with this entry remain. [Issue#184, p.88]
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