For years, EA has been accused of adding 'predatory scripts' to its annual sports games like FIFA 21, Madden 21 and NHL 21, resulting in a class action lawsuit against the company in November 2020. However, after After EA allegedly released "detailed technical information and access to speak with our engineers" to the plaintiffs, this class action lawsuit has now been withdrawn. This has led EA to once again state that it does not use such technology in its sports games like FIFA 21. For those who don't know, scripting is the process in which a game is manipulated by an in-game algorithm. which can make a game harder if you win or easier if you lose. This is a technique often used in video games, like in Mario Kart the processor "bounces" behind you at higher difficulties to keep things interesting. The problem that players have encountered with EA, however, is the hint that the scripts were present in their ladder microtransaction mode, FIFA Ultimate Team. Players have accused the publisher of manipulating the game in such a way that they would be encouraged to make more in-game purchases, which would obviously be a questionable practice if true.
DDA dispute
EA took a closer look at its proprietary ``Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment'' (DDA), but the publisher has confirmed that while it holds the patent for the DDA technology, it is never used in its sports games. EA made the following statement on their website, where they promised to never use dynamic difficulty adjustment in FIFA Ultimate Team. “Ensuring that the game is fair is essential to all of us at EA, and we have tried to be as clear as possible that this commitment applies to both us and our players,” EA said. "We have publicly stated that we do not use any script or 'Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment' (DDA) or anything similar that automatically adjusts game difficulty in FIFA, Madden and NHL Ultimate Team matches." The statement continues: "We would not use DDA technology to give players an advantage or disadvantage in online multiplayer modes in any of our games and we absolutely do not have it in FIFA, Madden or NHL." So it turns out that if you lose a FIFA Ultimate Team game, EA might not be to blame after all. Maybe it's your own soccer ability that's missing. No... that can't be. Today's best FIFA 21 deals