With Ultimate Team having such a history, therefore, it’s always intriguing – particularly from a West Ham United perspective – to look back and see how players’ in-game numbers – and not to mention aesthetics! – have changed over the years. With the same appeal of collecting football stickers, coins or Top Trumps, Ultimate Team is all about vying for the rare player cards – the Ronaldos and Messis of the world – who’ll star in players' dream teams and help conquer all opponents that come before them.Īt the start of every season, EA assigns each player an overall (“OVR”) rating out of 100, which is a combination – weighted depending on their position – of ratings in six categories: pace, dribbling, shooting, defending, passing, and physical attributes. Since then, Ultimate Team has evolved hugely as a game mode, underpinning the competitive scene of FIFA Esports while being, for many – if not most – players, the first port of call in each new annual title. They did – and it was so popular, the servers crashed. The globally popular game mode has been a fixture of EA SPORTS’ football gaming title since the FIFA 09 iteration of the game, where it was initially released an additional mode for which players had to pay extra to access. Even if you’ve never picked up a controller in your life, if you’re a football fan, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of FIFA Ultimate Team!

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