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Our FC 25 guide hub has everything you need, whether you’ve been playing since release or just snagged a copy amid the Christmas rush. Rush being the operative word: the new five-a-side mode really is fantastic. We’ve got plenty here on gameplay, career mode, Ultimate Team and other cosmetic details, like stadiums and the best kits. It’s all found in your comprehensive FC 25 guide hub.
Review
EA Sports FC 25 review
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Pondering a purchase? Then you clearly need to know how the ‘new FIFA’ (even though it’s not officially called FIFA anymore) plays. Read our verdict on Rush, career more tweaks, Ultimate Team innovations and all-important gameplay changes in GR’sFC 25 review.
Gameplay
FC 25 tips
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If you’re looking for general help across the board, ourFC 25 tipsguide should be your first port of call. It introduces you to Rush mode and bronze pack method, and contains two vital mini catalogues: the FC 25 best young players list, and FC 25 fastest players list.
FC 25 Player Roles
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FC 25 ratings
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FC 25 skill moves
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It wouldn’t be a fresh FC entry without new flicks and spins to bamboozle defences, and this year we get four: Big Feint, Stop and Go, Step Over Ball and Toe Drag Stepover. Find out how to do those, plus all the old favorites, in GR’sFC 25 skill movesguide.
FC 25 celebrations
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Just as it does with skill moves, EA loves to sprinkle in fresh ways to toast your latest 25-yard humdinger – or last-minute tap-in. There are more than a dozen this year, including the return of the controversial cup of tea. View them all in ourFC 25 celebrationsguide.
FC 25 stadiums
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In a welcome surprise, we get three new EFL Championship grounds to enjoy, belonging to Bristol City, Coventry City, and Blackburn Rovers. Other new additions include Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Feyenoord. See the full ten on ourFC 25 stadiums list.
Ultimate Team
FC 25 meta
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Everyone on social media pretends to hate theFC 25 meta– then goes and indulges in it anyway. Given the effectiveness of a 4-2-3-1 setup, and lightning speed of Micky Van de Ven, it’s not hard to see why. Click that link to see the most OP players, tactics and formations in this year’s game.
FC 25 Season 1 ladder players
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One innovation this year is being able to earn XP – or SP, as EA calls it – across all modes, to unlock rewards for FUT, career, and Pro Clubs. However, the major rewards here, such as Adama Traore and a loan Gareth Bale card, are for use in Ultimate Team. You can see them all on theFC 25 Season 1 ladder playerslist.
FC 25 RTTK tracker
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RTTK stands for Road To The Knockouts, and sees players such as Jude Bellingham and Ollie Watkins earn upgrades depending on how their respective clubs perform in European competition. Harry Kane and Virgil Van Dijk also get new cards. Keep up with their ratings on theFC 25 RTTK tracker.
FC 25 FC Pro Live tracker
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For the second year running, Ultimate Team cleverly incorporates a set of dynamic cards linked to its annual Pro Open esports tournament. Each time a contender progresses, their assigned real life player scores an in-game upgrade. See all the ratings, along with the pro matched to each card, on ourFC 25 FC Pro Live tracker.
FC 25 Thunderstruck tracker
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Continuing a Black Friday tradition, EA launched theFC 25 Thunderstruck tracker, mixing in past greats such as Ruud Gullit with modern favourites like Kylian Mbappe. Its dynamic cards could score upgrades based on the five domestic results immediately following the campaign’s start date. Hit that link for all the latest ratings.
FC 25 Total Rush tracker
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FC 25 Globetrotters
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The modern game is legendary for its cosmopolitan reach, with the best players in the game often spending their careers in multiple countries.FC 25 Globetrotterscelebrates that freedom. Every player in the promo, such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Mo Salah, earns a chemistry boost for having played in at least three different nations.
FC 25 Trailblazers
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In a neat idea,FC 25 Trailblazerssaw those who’d enjoyed fast starts to the real football season rewarded with new cards. The list was a formidable one, too, with Cole Palmer, Erling Haaland, Vinicius Jr and Aitana Bonmati all given hot fresh items. This is definitely one we’d like to see back next season.
FC 25 Centurions
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100 appearances or 100 goals:FC 25 Centurionsdid what said on the tin, celebrating those who’ve racked up one of those landmarks during their career. As a result it mixed in both Icons and contemporary players, with David Beckham, Franck Ribery and Rodri among the most attractive temptations.
FC 25 Ultimate Succession
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Not every new idea in the series slaps, and this one met with apathy.FC 25 Ultimate Successionmixed Icons, Heroes and current day players in a slapdash manner, tenuously linking Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal. Hmmm. It did at least provide two new Player Roles.
FC 25 chemistry styles
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Player Roles and PlayStyles are important, but Ultimate Team also enables you to customise ratings to your own liking. How? UsingFC 25 chemistry styles. The likes of Hawk, Anchor and Hunter tweak specific attributes to make key individual players even more deadly.
FC 25 best kits
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Career Mode
FC 25 career mode
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It’s all change for the mode that dominated FIFA before Ultimate Team came along. New this year are women’s teams, the ability to improve your wonderkids using Rush tournaments, a sim gameplay option, and plenty more. Master the ways of the dugout with GR’sFC 25 career modeguide.
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