While they seem to come to life around the edge of the box when a shot comes in (I’ve seen a noticeable increase in the amount of players realistically flinging their bodies towards to shots in order to block) they seem over reliant on the player moving each into position, which can be unforgiving at times.
“One contributing factor towards this may be that while the attacking AI may have improved positionally, the same can’t be said as much for defenders. Maybe I’m just cursed with bad luck, but this tends to happen far too often to purely be the work of the football gods. Then there’s the rebounds from shots that you’d like to think a world-class keeper like Alisson could catch with ease, which usually just deflect into a waiting attacker's path to be slotted home. Goalkeepers rarely hold onto a ball from crosses and corners and tend to punch and flap at the ball 99 times out of 100, with even some of the world’s best shot stoppers seemingly suffering from fever dreams where their hands melt in front of their eyes when a ball enters their vicinity. More often than not, these opportunities will turn into goals, largely due to the woeful goalkeeping on display. This, combined with significantly improved positional intelligence from AI attackers and ability to now tell them where you’d like them to make a run with the flick of the right stick, leads to many, many opportunities to score over the course of 90 minutes. It seems too easy at times to create openings with killer balls being played with ease all too often and needing little skill or vision to pull off. Almost too simple, as you create triangles of play towards the opposition box until a sight at goal appears. Fortunately, that won’t take too long to achieve, as passing your way up the pitch seems as simple as ever. When simply gliding past opponents isn’t the answer, though, becoming a pass master will be key. Overall, FIFA 21 on the new generation isn’t the leap that many would have been hoping for and are left waiting until next to see what EA can achieve with the power of these consoles.
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Also, considering the lack of changes it’s annoying that there’s no cross-generational play you’re able to carry your Volta and FUT progress over to PS5 and Series X/S, but if you have a group of friends you enjoy playing with and you all haven’t been able to get your hands on a new console yet there’s no way to join them without going back to the old version. That’s a bit of a disappointment, considering the revisions 2K made to NBA 2K21 in its new-generation version.
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None of this changes how you play, though and is pretty much a superficial upgrade on the more powerful machines.
There’s a heightened sense of atmosphere with crowds brought to life in more detail and contextual animations of making fans and players feel less like soulless AI and more like humans. There are no gameplay tweaks or improvements to talk about, but it does look marginally better due to a new lighting system and more realistic player models. “ FIFA 21 on PS5 and Series X/S Updated December 9, 2020FIFA 21 on the new generation consoles is a largely familiar experience.