In any case, it doesn't make any sense to compare grades, especially between games of different genre. When the reviewer wrote the text, he didn't think "how would I compare Cyberpunk 2077 to FIFA 2021?"
I would disagree with that, obviously you can't compare them one on one. But in regards to Fifa, there ain't really a lot of competition to this genre since EA pretty much have monopoly on using the names of these players. And people that like these game cares about them being in the game.
If Fifa shouldn't be compared to others games in regards to how much it tries to innovate, please their customers, applying new and better graphics, gameplay etc. Then it should obviously have 9/10 or 10/10 and maybe that is why it gets 8/10 by them.
But it should only receive such score if it truly stands out as a game compared with other games and what capabilities are technological possible, gameplay etc. Given we are talking about a AAA studio.
This is from metacritic by players:
FIFA 21 is the same game like FIFA 20 and so on. Its the same recycled game that you must pay a full price game.
The gameplay is full of bugs, unrealistic and very very arcade style.
I won't bother repeating what many others have said, I agree with most that the core gameplay has not changed much from 20 and this is essentially a roster update for full price... again.
I felt obligated to tell the world how bad this game, because it is not only the normal kind of bad, but the worst kind of bad..
So what is fifa 21? Its a simulator made only to make money and the simulator is always rigged slightly against you because as you all know "the house always wins".
Please dont be a donkey like me and buy the game.
This game is only made to make money, and it doesnt care if you are 5 or 80 years old, as long as you can press some buttons and buy fifa points.
And the list go on...
How is it possible for these reviewers to not spot this? Clearly this can't be considered a great game, when so many players disagree. So to me games have to be compared to each other to some degree or you will get a very twisted view of what is a good game. Its not like they don't have enough Fifa games to compare to, so at least compare them to each other. That way people could figure out which games there have been put effort into and which there ain't.