Blog:Final thoughts on FIFA 21 by a FIFA player

I have played FIFA 21 and actually most FIFAs from FIFA 10 and up. FIFA 21 is a sports title that I got as a gift from my brother who I thank very much but this is the worst FIFA I have ever played and the best way to say why is by separating it by modes and the flaws.

Career Mode
Career mode is the mode I used to play a lot and the worst part is I enjoyed FIFA 20 career mode more despite the article I made about the launch disaster. One main problem with Career mode is that they took away the EA catalouge meaning you cannot get some bonuses for playing the games like making your players level up faster and finding a young player with high promise. They added financial takeover permanently which is good. The actual game play is the same and we go to the training in match sharpness. This is where the problems start. It is repetitive and boring to do but you have to do it to make sure your players match sharpness is up. It gets really repetitive and boring as you have to do this after every job you take. It also impacts the moral and the fitness of the players as they will complain if you train them too much. Atleast you keep your grade so if you get an A on the training for now on your players will always get that same rating which is unrealistic as sometimes players have average or good days. They should of made it optional or a way to turn it off but they force you to consider the match sharpness and the fitness. Growing a player to its full potential works the same way. In one career mode I got my CDM who is 38 years old to go up by 6 overall points. That is not realistic at all. It becomes a problem as you can pretty much have a team of all 80 rated players but just have them have good match fitness and sharpness and they will all be 86-88 rated. How is that realistic at all? I stopped playing my first career because of this and I was top of the league (I put Racing Club in the Premier league and even with the team I have they should be around 6th) Atleast they added simulation for matches which is a good thing but thats really about it.

VOLTA
This mode is dead. Thats it nothing going for it. I got bored after playing 2 games and there is really no point to have a story. They could of used the time of the story to improve other modes like career mode or Pro Clubs. Many people havent touched VOLTA this FIFA and its easy to understand why. Its not like FIFA Street which had its own charm. It literally FIFA but 5v5 and nothing else. Street soccer/Futsal is much different then outdoor soccer. I have nothing else to say because this mode gives me nothing.

Ultimate Team
If you want terrible servers and pay to win format then this is the game mode for you. They got rid of all the special limited Libertadores cards. They have the generic ones which are awful. Not to mention the meta is broken and only accommodates for certain players. Division Rivals is so competitive that it is just try hard for those who aren't good for FUT Champions. Friendly's are terrible and there was a big controversy that was discussed in the FIFA community, I wont be discussing it here. If your a casual player then there is almost no mode for you to enjoy online except seasons. And seasons is the same like it was in FIFA 13. Back to ultimate team we all know its a scam and in FIFA 20 there was a major discord server that had match fixing in the competitive parts of FUT Champions. Draft is mainly luck and you are better of using the coins or fifa points for a pack as Draft can screw you over. The market is the worst part as to get just regular Ronaldo you will need to spend roughly more then 90 days of continuous gameplay to get him in the transfer market. And that is if you win every game and their are no server problems.

Pro Clubs
This is the mode I play because my friends also play it. It is fun with friends but it is buggy and probably the game mode I've played with the most glitches. They made pretty much 0 changes and yet this game mode is 10 times worse. I wont discuss it here because I have an article in the making right now.

Customization
I wont go into more detail about this because I said what I had to in the FIFA 21 why this game sucks page. But this game took away many brands like Sells, Pandafora and HO soccer not to mention most of the products are just generic and Adidas.

Conclusion
If my friends did not play pro clubs I would return it in a heart beat. This game is not even worth $40 let alone 60$ it is a buggy mess but we never learn and I never do as well. I keep thinking something good will happen but they never do it. Its my fault for trusting EA since their last good FIFA was FIFA 14. This game sucks annd FIFA hasent been good since FIFA 16.