![]() Volta is five-a-side street football, and what it lacks in depth it makes up for in knockabout fun. Career is a single-player pursuit that now has shades of Football Manager as you survey games from a bird’s-eye view and develop players by converting them to new positions as they mature. New stadium customisation and “live FUT friendlies” features are less exciting.įifa 21 also retains and evolves its Career and Volta modes. Fitness and training cards have been removed, too, which is a welcome bit of housekeeping. Both players receive rewards and progress for playing, but sadly there’s no matchmaking to find a co-op partner, so you’ll need a regular Fifa buddy. (I wouldn’t be surprised to see goalkeepers and refs updated before long.)Īway from the pitch, the biggest change to Ultimate Team is the addition of co-operative play. You can at least get away with the odd last-ditch leg-breaker, because refs are more lenient. The game offers less automatic defensive support, goalkeepers are calamitous, and while it feels to me as though there are fewer unfair rebounds, it still happens. This attacking emphasis puts the onus on learning to defend, where the odds are stacked against you. Christian Eriksen has been at the heart of my team, delivering perfectly timed through balls, and attackers help passers shine even more by making better runs. Moving the ball around has always been zippy, but is now clearly tied to players’ real-world capabilities. Skill moves can be chained together, but complex one are prone to coming unstuck, and though “Team Press” is now useful for pursuing the ball when you lose possession, it’s not something you keep up for 90 minutes, which feels true to life.įootball fundamentals feel stronger, too, most notably passing. Overpowered tactics have been reined in cleverly. Close control while dribbling with elite players is a dream, and you can direct off-the-ball runs using a suite of contextual controls that prove fun to master. Finesse shots are back! Headers are viable! You can even chip the keeper! In fact, you can probably chip the keeper too much. Goalkeepers are no longer easily beaten at the near post, but can barely save anything else. But by comparison, Fifa 21 is pandemonium. First impressions point to a subtle update of the kind you might expect under such strained conditions, but extended play reveals a game that is fast, fluid and full of ways to score spectacular goals.įifa 20 also felt fresh and exciting, before settling into a negative style of football, so we should be cautious about lavishing praise too early. But could a game cranked out on kitchen worktops deliver on the expectations of the football-starved masses? Fifa’s online fantasy squad-building mode, Ultimate Team, props up the whole EA empire with its morally dubious focus on microtransactions. ![]() Others spent small fortunes designing biosecure bubbles in order to continue playing, as much to avoid defaulting on huge TV contracts as for any other reason.ĭeveloper EA Sports was in a similar position. Some, like the Scottish Premiership, awarded trophies. Every major competition shut down at the height of the pandemic, leaving elite athletes to train over Zoom and fans to stare at incomplete league tables. This year, football had to work from home. ![]() Pick your club’s crest and choose from a mix of authentic and custom kits – including designs from big names in the worlds of music and fashion – to help you stand out from the crowd.N ever mind football coming home. Hit club milestones and unlock pitch trophies to put your FUT achievements on display on your hallowed home ground. Select Tifos, your club anthem, goal music, pyrotechnics, goal net colors and much more as you crank up the atmosphere. Take on the AI together in Squad Battles and play matches as a team to earn points that count towards both yours and your friend’s individual leaderboard ranking, team up and take on the world against other duos or solo players in Division Rivals, kick back and relax with your mates in FUT Friendlies, or take on a range of FUT House Rules against other players.Īlso new in FUT 21 is Live FUT Friendliess – where squad rules and house rules combine to offer you a range of limited-time matches that’ll change as your season progresses and offer you the chance to shake up your team and tweak your lineup.Ĭreate your footballing home with FUT Stadium – the one-of-a-kind home ground that you can make your own. Play together and get rewarded together in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team with FUT Co-Op, a new way to team up with friends online and compete for rewards.
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