Reviews
97 - TOTY
Maybe it doesn't belong here, but his inclusion is a joke. Messi is the first, but not the last example of players who were better last year. Still, being Ea, they chose him. He seems to be their future and I am not looking forward to it. I traded the whole year for a 20 Mil team and just went and bought CR7 and Mbappé. Sadly, as he was even better than CR7 for me, he is just even more meta. This means that this Mbappé TOTY will be the best card on the game (and it shouldn't be). I will sell him, as I got no sympathy for this card wahtsoever and buy Dinho or Cruyff who played at a level on the actual pitch that Mbappé will never reach (in my personal opinion and prediction) and obviously didn't reach last year which was despite impressive numbers not the easiest for him (which is the most normal thing in the world at his age). To put it simple: The joy of scoring with CR7 was such higher and after all going for the meta and sweating through games doesn't really make sense when you could also just have fun with it.
Having said that I obviously can't deny having enjoyed what the card does. Those two in front made me nearly finish Elite for the first time (normally Gold 2 with rare Gold 1 finishes). He is a game changer, he is nearly unstoppable on the ball and has an excellent attacking AI. This means he always runs in the right spaces so that you can pass the ball to him (and then he does his thing). He is broken, a true gamechanger and I hate it.
And all of this is why I chose to review a card for the first time: You can review what the card does on the field, which is of course broken and 10/10. But then you can review the existence of this card and what this tells you about this game and the company that is in control of the game and come to completely different conclusions.
-you can play god mode, he has it all
-bullies Varane (the one thing I actually liked and wholeheartedly enjoyed about him)
-speed at 111
-98 stamina which means his speed at 111 lasts for 120 minutes
-positioning
-shooting
-passing (with Architect)
-dribbling
-physical (with architect)
-glitches through defences, it's not really fair
-5* skills (although I didn't really take advantage of that)
-flair, outside foot and finesse shot trait
-high/low
-poor gameplay doesn't effect him the way it seems to effect other players (like CR7)
-defending for a striker: he even wins the ball quite often just because EA decided he can do that as well
-losing will in future be strictly connected to your defense
-price is off the charts (although he is cheaper than TOTY CR7 and mid R9 and better than those two, so I guess this is not really a con)
-undeserved, this card has no reason of existence and angers me
-if you have the coins consider using icons and your idols who may also have meta cards that they actually deserve
-you will most likely be facing versions of him the next 15 editions (which is like Fifa 2007 to Fifa 21, if you played all those games just think about that)
TOTY Mbappe has been my favorite card on every FIFA and this year, after having his gold card for more than 800 games, I knew I needed to get this card. I was using 95 Pele as my main striker and he was insane but I sold him to get the GOAT and it was 100% worth it; he is so much better than Pele and I can't believe that the difference in price is only 1 mil. I would like to start by saying he is fast as fuck, his weak foot is insane, it actually feels like a 5* and his amazing dribbling combined with 5* skill moves makes him the best dribbler I've tried this year. I also want to say that his physicality is amazing, insane strength and jumping, also his 98 stamina makes him never get tired. But for me, the best part about this card is his shooting, there are no words to describe how good his shooting is, he can score from anywhere on any foot. I think the 7 mil price is justified for what you get with this card.
Everything
Maybe freekicks, but not very relevant
i bought him after i finished top 200 in pl team of the seasson and i made about 7 m coins from it ... and let me tell you he is the best card i ever tried but there is also 1 thing i hate about him and you will see in the cons
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even if you dont play good his runs iss soooooo goood will win you games very easily
agility oh gooood you need to try to know!
his unique body type and how strong he is oh god unfair
super fasttttttttttt sonicc fast lmao
weakfoot i know its says 4 but time he miss easy chances with his 4 star weak foot but sometimes he scores with it in insane places
nothing else
He is a really good player. Extremely fast, shooting is great and his dribbling is a nice improvement from his base card. Having said all of that, he is not worth 6 million, or 5 or 4. If I had to chose between this card and IF Neymar, I would pick Neymar. This Mbappé just doesn't make the best of runs in my opinion, you have to force them quite often and when you do, it becomes fairly obvious during the game and your opponent will just read you. Overall there just isn't a massive difference from his base card, there will be those moments with this one that show the stats, but for the price of this card if you're not getting those moments every game, then its just not worth it. Id say, save the money and just buy the RB card and his base version.
Pace, dribbling, shooting, stamina.
PRICE! Shooting is good, but still don't expect it to go in every time. Still gets bullied off the ball.
He is so sick. Had him up front with moments r9 and cruyff up front. My tots varane and mendy at the back, along with summer heat Umtiti held up very well. The entire squad just seemed to jive to my wallet. Absolute beast of a card mbappe was. My shapeshifters joe hart at CDM sent long balls through and I cleverly used mbappes pace to run through my opponents back line. When he shoots, instead of dirt particles flying up after he kicks, fifa points go everywhere. Definitely should pick him up at this low price. I. Made sure to celebrate on my opponent and watch the replays, they were just so compelling! P.S with shadow he turns into a ninja turtle and literally beats the defenders to death before scoring a deflected tap in. So sick!
- Replays feel longer
- Celebrations feel longer
- Cheap
- Pace
- Defending
- Kinda underserved but who cares lol