FIFA 16 – Career Mode Preview

Don’t lie to yourself, you would buy it anyways. Simply because it is far superior to PES :D. Don’t get me wrong, I love to hate on EA for shitty iterations, but I have to give credit where credit is due to Fifa coins, and they have always 1up’ed Pro Evolution Soccer in every single regard since FIFA 07 imo.

I reckon PES and FIFA are actually pretty close on a pure gameplay level right now. In fact I’d put PES slightly ahead for my personal preference.
I picked it up on the cheap during a steam sale, and the PES gameplay just feels more like football. Hard to describe, but you actually have to work hard to create opportunities, using proper build up play. Contrast to FIFA, where I can buy a pacey winger with good finishing and basically tear every opposition apart.

That said, PES does lose on almost every other aspect. I’ve always enjoyed FIFA’s Career Mode more than Master League (except for one PES iteration a few years back, can’t remember what one it was now), and these new changes are bloody nice.

I just hope FIFA’s gameplay becomes a little less arcade-y. Would make the game amazing for me.

Same. This sub has opened my eyes to many of the issues in CM, things that have gone unattended to for several editions. But I still love it and play all the damn time.

These additions sound great and really looking forward to it – knowing it won’t be perfect, and every issue we’ve griped about on this sub for nearly a year won’t be addressed. Yet.

If you vary between training endurance(stamina) and pace, problems should be fixed , no ? I have no time getting sick physicals ( agility, balance, reaction and strength, its always the 50acceleration 58sprint speed strikers with 97 balance 89 agility and 94 strength that bother me).

They look like pretty decent changes. One questions I just need to ask, not regarding these changes, is will the stadiums from teams that got relegated still be in the game? Eg. Burnley, Norwich and QPR? Also got some more improvements I’d like but I’ve forgotten them completely.

FIFA 16 – Career Mode Wish List

– Better statistics
– all of your transfer history, goals scored, trophies won by year, or overall etc.
– Better transfer system
– let us add loans of 1, 3, 6 months etc.
– buy-back clauses, release clauses.
– Make it so we can buy recently purchased players
– Make AI make more offers for your players (Ask for loan without putting the player on the loan list, AI offering player+money etc.
– emergency loans during the season
– make it so fucking Mascherano doens’t go to ManU
every. damn. time. Also more realistic transfers..
– Youth Academy & Player Growth revamped
– Make the players actually suit their position, loving having a 50 pace winger with 2* skills and a fullback with shit defensive stats
– Add Youth Teams & Reserve Teams, so they players can grow without them playing in the first team
– Make older players decrease a lot in physical stats, but not too much in skill stats
– Remove the player potential – the way they grow should be dependant on how they play for you. Of course someone like Tielemans should be growing way faster than Gerrard..
– Make it so you can train the players to new positions, and make it so their skill moves & WF can be trained
– Realistic names for the youth players
– Simulation Revamp
– Remove the shit random number generator and make it so that your team matters when you simulate. Only things which seem to affect the result is if you’re at home or away and if your team is noticeably better than the other team right now…
– Let us make subs during the match, change tactics etc.
Also let us change the speed the simulation goes.
– Media & Galas etc.
– Add proper press conferences, not the shit that there is now which doesn’t affect anything.
– Don’t make them too long or repeative, and show the manager in the press room etc.
– Add Ballon D’Or galas and such.
– New Player Presentations, etc.
– Your Own Manager
– More customization options, just like when you create a player.
– Fix the damn bugs, made my managers skin colour Medium, but he’s completely black…
– Misc.
– Add the practise arena so we can play in it with our career mode players
– More injuries when you play, but less when you simulate. I’ve gotten one injury while playing in my Swansea career mode (played 1½ seasons most games), and simulated max 10 and gotten atleast 1 injury in 2 games..
– Let us completely customize the players in your team, shirt name, haircut etc.
– If playing in a unlicenced stadium, let us change it during our career (of course it costing money)
– More leagues and WAY more stadiums
– WAY more generic stadiums with customizable options. Maybe even a stadium creator.
– Let us change the money we get in career… It only affects you, of course we should be able to get more money for QPR.
– Proper. Fucking. News.