FIFA 21 for Nintendo Switch

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Mason Mount announced as FIFA 21 Next ambassador". Chelsea F.C. 6 August 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023 . Retrieved 11 August 2020.

FIFA 21 is an association football simulation video game published by Electronic Arts as part of the FIFA series. [1] It is the 28th installment in the FIFA series, and was released on 9 October 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Enhanced versions for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S were released on 3 December 2020, in addition to a version for Stadia in March 2021.Marland, Daniel (3 August 2020). "Another Serie A Team Will Be Missing From FIFA 21 Alongside Juventus". SPORTbible. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020 . Retrieved 12 August 2020. With all that said though, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 had very little in the way of new content (the visual style was also indistinguishable from the first game) and yet that received the same rating (8/10) as its predecessor. What gives? Why wasn't that bashed for being ridiculously derivative? Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the dummy-dumb-dumbs who bought the game, but I wouldn't exactly endorse it either, and if I were to cut the score down by virtue of its derivativeness, then Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 should also be given an abysmal score. The switch version definitely is a fringe case and they don't literally "release the same game over and over" normally. The same is said constantly about UbiSoft and even Nintendo as well, much to the same effect. Last year, I had this to say about FIFA 19’s gameplay on Nintendo Switch: “FIFA 19’s moment-to-moment gameplay remains, disappointingly, largely unchanged from last year’s under-par outing. Still running on EA’s Ignite engine (last used on the PS4/Xbox/PC version for FIFA 16), it simply can’t compete with the fluidity of movement and authentically animated players the Frostbite-powered versions display [...] All in all, FIFA 19’s gameplay on Switch appears to have been largely neglected when compared to last year, and especially when compared to its big brother.”

There was very little change from FIFA 19. The Volta game mode never made its way to the Switch, nor was there any update to Ultimate Team. a b O'Connor, James (18 June 2020). "Be Careful: FIFA 21 On Switch Will Be Another Legacy Edition". GameSpot . Retrieved 11 August 2020. It’s something which handheld FIFA players, whether it be PSP, PS Vita or Nintendo Switch, have been crying out for for years, a decent Ultimate Team mode.The community is slowly dying, it is very difficult to get the material, I don't know if this is my last contribution to the community, it is very difficult to carry out a patch by only one person , maybe I will make some tutorials on how to edit on this version of FIFA. I didn't have a Megadrive at the time, only a Master System, but a year or so later when my family got a PC I grabbed the CD-ROM version of the first FIFA which was a great port of the Megadrive game but added FMV sections and a full audio commentary. I bought it almost entirely so I could excitedly show it off to my grandparents, and they could see the best version of the game that had amazed them so much. I wish they were around today to see what games have become, it would blow their minds!

FIFA 21 Gameplay, New Features, Eric Cantona FUT Icon Unveiled in Reveal Trailer". Bleacher Report. 23 July 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023 . Retrieved 11 August 2020. A mode or two" is, at least in my opinion, not much less of a problem if said modes are sold for full price, not to mention the MTX shenanigans on top of all this. Middler, Jordan (9 October 2020). "FIFA 21 review". TechRadar. Archived from the original on 16 August 2020 . Retrieved 27 October 2020. By the end of it, we were frankly done with the series on Switch, with our FIFA 23 review concluding by asking “that you join us in paying our respects to the memory of the FIFA series, by leaving it to rest in peace”. So you can probably forgive us for assuming that EA Sports FC 24 would be little more than another sloppy Legacy Edition, albeit one with new branding this time. The same pig, but with sunglasses on it.Elland Road finally added to FIFA 21 for PS5, Xbox Series S/X, PS4 and Xbox One". 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023 . Retrieved 24 May 2021. It’s not perfect. As much as we appreciate EA’s decision to finally make the jump to Frostbite, and as much as it makes the game far more detailed than the previous FIFA games on Switch, the one benefit of the previous engine was that its primitive nature meant it could run at 60fps without a hitch. To accommodate the extra detail provided by Frostbite, this has now been dropped to 30fps.

Imo, a full, new release is only really warranted if there are major changes. New engine, vast render or gameplay overhauls or if the patchwork framework simply can't be tinkered with anymore. The popularity of the Switch continues to grow and, as a result, we were expecting EA to make big improvements to their handheld title and to be honest, it was more of a FIFA 19 2.0 than FIFA 20. Cardy, Simon (9 October 2020). "FIFA 21 Legacy Edition (Switch) Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020 . Retrieved 9 October 2020. The frustrating thing is that it’s a Catch-22 situation. If questioned about this, EA would undoubtedly claim that nobody is playing the thing on Switch so there’s no point in putting extra resources into improving it. But the point is, nobody’s going to play something that’s clearly undercooked and frankly inferior to what’s being offered on other systems. We aren’t talking about the gameplay on the pitch: of course, the Switch is a less powerful system, so that’s understandable. But in terms of features, there’s no technical reason why Ultimate Team can’t have every option the other formats do.Fitness and training consumable items have been removed from the game. [7] Players still lose fitness and stamina during a match, but automatically start their next game at full fitness. Healing items have been simplified to just gold common and rare items. [8] That ancient gameplay engine that was basically channelling the ghost of FIFA 13 on the Xbox 360? Completely scrapped in favour of Frostbite – you know, the one we’ve been wanting this entire time. It’s a big visual overhaul, at least in terms of graphical detail. My understanding is switch is slightly more powerful than WiiU, so I'm personally ok with ports that run the same as the Wii U; it's a port, not a remaster. FIFA 21 Legacy Edition will feature the same gameplay innovation from FIFA 20 without any new development or significant enhancements. a b "FIFA 21 Ambassadors". EA Sports. 6 August 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023 . Retrieved 11 August 2020.