While the Madden NFL 21 community continues to criticise EA Sports for the lack of improvements to the series’ staple Franchise mode, it looks like the FIFA 21 team has been busy in the aftermath to last year’s dreadful Career mode. You may recall the soccer sim launching in an abysmal state, with all kinds of wacky bugs and glitches leading to a rather forceful #FixCareerMode social media campaign.
Perhaps the biggest improvement is the introduction of the Interactive Match Sim, which allows you to monitor match data and make adjustments on the fly. It isn’t as detailed as Football Manager, but the twist is that you can hop into the game at any time, taking direct control of the action on the field before hopping back out. Similarly to MLB The Show’s March to November mode, you can choose to control the “big moments”, like penalties and free kicks.
There’s also depth being added to player development. With the right schedule, for example, you can transform a plucky right-back into a devastating right-winger, and you’ll have control over how you want your entire team to train in between games. It’s important, because you’ll have to micromanage fitness, ensuring that your key players peak at just the right time.
Transfers are also being tweaked, with the addition of Loan to Buy options, and if you choose a more financially constrained club, you can activate a Financial Takeover option that will effectively provide you with direct access to Roman Abramovich’s account number and sort code. More will be revealed in August, but this sure sounds like a good starting point to us.
[source ea.com]
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A few decent steps forward for sure. Career Mode is still my most played mode in FIFA, but there's no denying it's been left behind by the devs to an almost embarrassing degree. Cautious but slightly hopeful.
Pfft. They can't even be honest for once and say at least due to the pandemic and a whole lot of uncertainty, we'll just offer an update like PES2021. No, they have to put out another £60 copy-paste which won't still look as good as PES.
@TheArt PES isn't an update, though. It's a new standalone game you have to buy, it's just named that way because it's literally identical to the last one.
@get2sammyb I know and it's £25. Anybody can guess FIFA21 will still be identical to 20. No matter the changes I bet you it'll still not look better than PES not to mention gameplay. I'm a FIFA fan since forever but EA are just getting complacent and focusing too much on FUT.
Sounds like a big update to the mode. Most welcome not sure what planet poster number 2 is on.
There is no man marking in FIFA if your Captain comes off as a sub you can't choose who wears the armband Electronic Arts has had many years to fix these important Gameplay bugs.
No amount of throwing money at licences is going to make any difference to gameplay truth is FIFA Without licences would be an absolute disaster...............so Fifa keep bloating the licences the real fans suffer .
Meh. Let's see what it's actually like come release.
I'm more interested to see if there are any gameplay improvements to the "next gen" version.
Career mode you say? You mean the mode they’ve been neglecting because they can’t pump it full of micro transactions. I bought FIFA20 but then hardly played it. Won’t be making the same mistake this year.
Dont buy it.
Ultimate team is their cash cow. This sounds cosmetic and basic AF.
Wait for the inevitable $7 sale of Fifa 21 and get it then if you want to get it.
This seems like a step in the right direction. The gameplay trailer didn't impress me though, they need to step it up
very much doubt the career mode changes will amount to much.. their main focus will be on how to entice the Ultimate Team players into buying more Fifa points... that mode really should be free to play
***** Fifa, I am not buying another Fifa game to be conned out of HUNDREDS of pounds on ultimate team
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