FIFA 21 has made a raft of gameplay changes while retaining long-standing issues that drag the series down (more on that over at our FIFA 21 review). But one fix made on the down-low that most players will never notice, is that FIFA 21 has got rid of the giant goalkeepers that plagued FIFA 20.
It’s an issue that has been a part of FIFA 20 ever since it came out late 2019, but it went under the radar because it was limited to a single mode – one that doesn’t tend to grab the headlines.
With FIFA 20, EA launched a brand new mode called Volta. This FIFA Street-esque mode sees up to 5v5 matches on small pitches, with skill and style the focus. Here, you create an avatar, then build your squad as you play. Here’s how it looks:
FIFA 20 Gameplay – Quick Look at the 3v3 Volta Mode Watch on YouTube
In Volta, one of the ways you get new players is by beating other players’ teams, and then picking one of their players to add to your club as if loot. It’s this quirk that led to the virus-like spread a giant goalkeeper with an error message string for a name.