FIFA 21 is considered a very realistic simulation of real football, made in the virtual world. Let’s take a look at the details that the developers have added to their latest game in the series to make it as authentic as the current technologies allow.
In real football, there are a lot of features that build a unique ambience. Most of the time they either have nothing to do with football itself or do not directly affect the gameplay, due to the randomness of the environment.
Such details aren’t required in the simulator, but the developers added them to the game anyway. Many of them most likely go unnoticed, and today we will show you most of such features.
Puddles
Water puddles are something that you most likely did not mention in matches. Water accumulates behind the edge of the field, which is difficult to notice during gameplay. But when it rains during a match such puddles always collect around the edges.
In addition to the puddles during the rain, water splashes were added. Moreover, these splashes appear at all points where they can be, whether the players are just running across the field, hitting the ball, or colliding with each other.
Also, the game developers worked very well with changes to the field during the entire match.
Ball boys
Another surprising detail. The ball boys kick balls when they fly away. In real life, there were even conflicts due to ball boys. In the game, they were simply given some animations. Did you notice them?
Sweat
The developers took into account how tired players change during playtime. For example, the athletes have drops of sweat on their skin at the end of the match.
Facial expressions
The developers paid a lot of special care to the facial expressions of the footballers. More often it is noticeable when shooting with the head or when the players frown strongly. In addition, emotions are shown when players perform an action that requires effort when they are happy and many more occasions.
Ronaldo signature nutmeg
Nutmeg is football slang, which means rolling the ball between the legs. This feature is well detailed in FIFA 21, although it first appeared in this part.
The developers even worked out a special style of rolling the ball between the legs for some players and even added animation to them. Ronaldo is one of these footballers, and there’s a question about his future in Juventus. News and options to check the odds of his transfer to the other clubs are available at https://bookmaker-ratings.com/.
New and improved blocking
Previously, FIFA games did not have different blocking animations, although defenders in real-life football often jump in the path of the ball.
Such blocking, or other movements in an attempt to catch the ball does not always succeed, so the developers also took into account this and made the animation of unsuccessful efforts to get the ball.
Inertia based animations
In addition, the physics and animation of the inertia force have been developed very well, which forces players to continue moving in a fall, or when they are already trying to stop.
New celebrations with the fans
Every year the developers are introducing new celebrations, but in this part, they went even further! Now the fans are celebrating scored goals with you. Different animations to interact with the fans have been added to the game.
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