It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, as we approach the end of the year, we thought we'd take a look back at EA's offerings in 2021. The company has given us nine new offerings over the past 12 months in all.
There have been some great titles amongst them, too. The year kicked off with the fabulous co-op adventure It Takes Two, and along the way we also were treated to the likes of Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Lost in Random.
So, which has been your favourite? Remember you can only pick one!
Let's take a look at what we're working with:
It Takes Two (March 2021)
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two, a genre-bending platform adventure created purely for co-op. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition (May 2021)
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced. Relive the legend of Commander Shepard in the highly acclaimed Mass Effect trilogy with the Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition. Includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC...
Knockout City (May 2021)
Team up and duke it out with rival Crews in Knockout City, where you settle the score with EPIC DODGEBALL BATTLES. Brace yourself for outrageous fun and intense competition in an all-new take on team-based multiplayer games.
F1 2021 (July 2021)
Every story has a beginning in F1® 2021, the official videogame of the 2021 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™. Enjoy the stunning new features of F1® 2021, including the thrilling story experience ‘Braking Point’, two-player Career, and get even closer to the grid with ‘Real-Season Start’.
Madden NFL 22 (August 2021)
All-new features in Franchise include staff management, an enhanced scenario engine, and weekly strategy. Share avatar progress and player class between Face of The Franchise and The Yard with unified progression. And for the first time ever in Ultimate Team, adjust Superstar X-Factors at halftime.
Lost in Random (September 2021)
Play the odds in Lost in Random™, a gothic fairytale-inspired action adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by the roll of a dice.
FIFA 22 (October 2021)
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 22 on Xbox Series X|S moves the game forward. HyperMotion integrates advanced full-team mocap data and machine learning to heighten gameplay in every match in FIFA 22, harnessing the power of next generation consoles to deliver the most realistic, responsive and fluid gameplay experience we’ve ever built
NHL 22 (October 2021)
Powered by Frostbite™, EA SPORTS™ NHL® 22 gets the superstar treatment. For the first time ever, experience EA SPORTS NHL on one of the industry’s most powerful game engines bringing unrivaled visual detail to every hit, deke and shot.
Battlefield 2042 (November 2021)
Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise. In a near-future world transformed by disorder, adapt and overcome dynamically-changing battlegrounds with the help of your squad and a cutting-edge arsenal.
Let us know which of these EA Xbox games from 2021 is your favourite below.
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Knockout City is my most-played game this year. Definitely my favorite multiplayer game of 2021.
Tough call for me. Revisiting ME was a blast but I think I’ll still settle for It Takes Two. Fantastic game.
I would definitely say Mass Effect Legendary edition..
My love for Mass Effect is Legendary, so that of course. I'm anxiously waiting for ME4 (Bioware, please don't screw this up!).
For once I have actually not played any of these.
I've played a lot of Knockout City this year, for me it's hands down the best game from EA in 2021.
For me F1 2021, even though personally I don’t class it as an EA game! Haven’t yet played Mass Effect LE - getting it for Christmas!
F1 2021 for me, although I think ME will trump it (waiting for game pass).
If this was the other way around though, BF 2042 was without a doubt the worst £79.99 I spent this year
People choosing ME over It Takes Two is everything that's wrong with gaming these days
I chose ME as it was the only one I actually played. Fell in love all over again.
Only game on this list I've played is Mass Effect. And it has new bugs such as deleting my save and a game breaking on the Collector ship that required me lose 30 hours of game play.
So yea..... Can't really vote anything here good lol.
@John117 yeah, for sure ME are fine games, but they are games from 2 gens ago, people complain about game publishers not taking risks anymore and then proceed to only buy remakes and remasters. EA has made a lot of bad decisions, but giving money to Hazelight Studios is one of the best they made in a long time
Of those games I have only played a trial of BF2042 and while I think there is a good game buried under all the technical issue I wouldn't call it the best by any stretch.
Only other game on there I have a slight interest in would be Mass Effect. However, I have no desire to play through games I have already played to death just because they have a new coat of paint. I didn't buy this new console to revisit the past.
So for me personally not a great year for EA game wise. /shrugs
It takes two has been the best game I’ve ever played in so long, I loved it.
I'm enjoying Mass Effect & I've not played the trilogy before. I find Multiplayer titles overrated & long for great single player stuff. F1 2021 would be a good second as the Demo was good fun so I'll pick that up at some point.
EA has actually had a pretty good year this year but yeah Mass Effect is Mass Effect so it's that one for me.
ME is a quality game but then again it always was back in the day. Been playing It takes two with my wife (that doesnt like video games) so hands down that steals it for me for that reason alone.
Hi there fellow gamers.
Definitely Mass Effect Legendary Edition, for sure.
The Mass Effect trilogy is a Timeless Gem and will always be apreciated for it´s characters, world building, sci-fi setting and story driven narrative. And the cool power combinations.
That said, I´m quite curious with It takes Two.
Seems like a good game to play with your significant one.
Cheers, stay safe everyone and happy gaming to us all
Even though I look forward to finally playing Lost in Random after buying it during the Black Friday sale and expect to highly enjoy it, I have to go with Mass Effect Legendary Edition. It would easily be my Game of the Year, but since it's a collection, I'd call it the Release of the Year instead. Regardless, it was great to be able to revisit one of my favorite series of all time and one of my favorite games of all time in Mass Effect 2.
@Mauzuri imagine paying 60 dollars for more than 10 year old games with just a resolution boost when you could play their older versions for really cheap or even free if you have gamepass. You really don't have nobody in your life to play it takes two? No friends, SO or family to play it?
@JohannVanDerSmut Nice try troll
@Mauzuri is couch coop or online coop. And the great thing is that if you play online only one of you have to buy the game, the other can play downloading the free friend's pass (doesn't matter that much now because of gamepass)
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