FIFA 11 Career Mode Q&A

[RaychelSnr]

We recently had a chance to speak with assistant producer Munraj Hyare about the upcoming Career mode in FIFA 11.

Operation Sports: Do the stats you accrue during your career determine the job offers you will receive when you become a manager, or can you just choose any club? Is it possible to coach a national team?

Munraj Hyare: Yes, how well you perform as a player will affect the offers you get when you retire and become a Manager. As an example, the club you’re playing for as a player will only offer you a role as Player Manager if you reach the status of Club Legend. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to coach a national team this year, but we are aware that our fans are really interested in this feature.

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[Airmaxpenny1]

I can't wait to try this out.

[KG]

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OS: For a scouted player that is not real, how does the system determine that player's personality style? Does it just use ratings based around whether or not the player acts like Ronaldinho when dribbling or would the player's origins also come into play? (An example might be that a Brazilian is a better dribbler while an English player is stronger on the pitch.)

Hyare: The scouting feature from prior iterations of Manager mode has not been moved across into our new Career mode. In FIFA 11 Career mode, it’s a new scouting system. The scouts will look at real players and can be consulted on transfer searches and decisions. Before recommending a player to you, they will look at the financial means your club has as well as the type of player you need the most to build a complete squad.

Niiiice

OS: What has happened to form: in, out, fixed?

Hyare: Form was on our list to refine, but unfortunately we were unable to get to it this year. We weren’t satisfied with where it was at and decided not to include it in the game. That being said, we still think it’s a great feature for Career mode and has lots of potential in the future.

On one-hand I like the fact that uers won't run unto a CPU club with all green arrows while their team has red arrows but on the other-hand that means that a club overachieving will still play like it's current ratings.

Changeable weather is + and so is the playoff system.

[Whitesox]

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He talked around the MLS a bit on that last question, so I'm gonna guess it's still a single table and playoff. Playoff system for England is cool, not sure if that was in before.

[Dazraz]

Good to see that the off pitch aspect of the game is being given an increased level of attention.

[Ermolli]

Good Q&A, really like to try this mode.

[KG]

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He talked around the MLS a bit on that last question, so I'm gonna guess it's still a single table and playoff. Playoff system for England is cool, not sure if that was in before.

Last year it was just Top 3 get promoted

[Whitesox]

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Last year it was just Top 3 get promoted

Oh, well cool that they got it in, then.

[KG]

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Oh, well cool that they got it in, then.

Yeah. For some reason I think I read somewhere that the playoff system was already in PS2. Can't remember though.

[rckabillyRaider]

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He talked around the MLS a bit on that last question, so I'm gonna guess it's still a single table and playoff. Playoff system for England is cool, not sure if that was in before.

that stood out to me also of course. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Everything else is sounding pretty good.

[Whitesox]

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Yeah. For some reason I think I read somewhere that the playoff system was already in PS2. Can't remember though.

Wasn't the Russian League also only in the last generation games? Which reminds me, is that coming to FIFA 11 on the new consoles?

I know the MLS had a playoff system last year, and it was pretty close to reality, but the table wasn't split up in to conferences.

[KG]

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Wasn't the Russian League also only in the last generation games? Which reminds me, is that coming to FIFA 11 on the new consoles?

I know the MLS had a playoff system last year, and it was pretty close to reality, but the table wasn't split up in to conferences.

Yeah the Russian league is in.

[dankerz_diabetic_kid]

I was hoping in the transfer market u could do swap deals with other clubs? and maybe add money on top? for example when ashley cole went to chelsea from arsenal in exchange for william gallas and however many millions it was.

[Grimbarian]

I'm underwhelmed, English Playoffs were already in since Fifa09 (the answer skips the part about playoffs for other leagues) and form was actually a good new feature of MM, it simply needed refining not removing completely, shoddy and lazy. So training, staff upgrades and now form confirmed as removed, anything else they aren't telling us they removed? Seems it's now more stuff removed than actually added, disappointing.

[KG]

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I'm underwhelmed, English Playoffs were already in since Fifa09 (the answer skips the part about playoffs for other leagues) and form was actually a good new feature of MM, it simply needed refining not removing completely, shoddy and lazy. So training, staff upgrades and now form confirmed as removed, anything else they aren't telling us they removed? Seems it's now more stuff removed than actually added, disappointing.

EA will bring it back and introduce it with a new name as a new feature.

I liked the training from last year. That's gone?