FIFA12 Career Mode Impressions

[Qb]

Please use this thread to discuss Career Mode in FIFA12. This includes the Player, Player/Manager, and Manager modes.

Please keep to the topic. If you choose to make a comparison, it must be done in a constructive manner and the majority of the post should FIFA-focused. Thank you for your cooperation.


EDIT: I forgot to add that I'm sure those who don't have Season Ticket would greatly appreciate some screenshots of the new player interactions, interface, menus, etc... if someone is willing & able.

[Bama_Fan_79]

Re: FIFA12 Career Mode Impressions/Discussion

in the new youth dev. team is there any interaction with the team? or do you just park your scouted players there and watch the rating go up or down?

[Krebstar]

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While I'm sure there will be bugs here and there, career looks pretty deep this year. More so than before. Perhaps it's just a better layout. Either way, just hired a scout and sent him to England. Also just grabbed a 19 year old Spaniard on loan for the season.

Currently playing as Bury in nPower League 1 just to test things out. Was already offered some cash for my best player from a Championship side as well.

I must say, in years past what kept me from playing MM/Career was the gameplay upsetting me. So far that hasn't so I could spend some serious time in here this year.

When I started my first game, they highlighted my new player when showing my squad. Not so much highlighted, but had a box appear with his picture. Very nice touch.

[therizing02]

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Something I noticed in the Career Mode set up is that you can set the Board Difficulty from Amateur to Legendary.

Not sure if that was in FIFA 11.

[ToTheLeft]

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Something I noticed in the Career Mode set up is that you can set the Board Difficulty from Amateur to Legendary.

Not sure if that was in FIFA 11.

It was. Still a nice feature, tho.

[Krebstar]

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Too bad the board are still pricks. They want me, poor little Bury to finish in the middle of the table. Ha. My goal is right above the relegation zone.

The menus just seem easier to navigate this year. It feels like even if it's the same things as last year, they're easier to access.

[Altimus]

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I went ahead and started a Chelsea MM for now. I'm holding off for a while before starting my Barca MM.

Either way, teams are really persistent if they want to buy certain players from you. Barca have been pursuing Terry relentlessly.

[Krebstar]

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I went ahead and started a Chelsea MM for now. I'm holding off for a while before starting my Barca MM.

Either way, teams are really persistent if they want to buy certain players from you. Barca have been pursuing Terry relentlessly.

I bet they're offering half of what he's worth.

[Altimus]

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Scouting is back is improved from years past.

You can hire different scouts based on skill and experience. You can not only pick the continent but the country as well. Right now I sent my scout to Ghana for 3 months looking for nothing specific, just "any" as listed in the game.

After your scout finds prospects, you're allowed to make three options; continuing scouting, sign player or reject player.

Drogba got injured. Right before healing up 100% I got message from him he is ready to go despite the risk if need be. Nice touch.

Transfers.

Here is what I did so far:

Lukaku loaned to Genoa.
McEachran loaned to Forest.

Here are some of the major transfers up until 8/18/2011 where I'm at now on the calendar.

Sneijder to Manchester City for €48,000,000
Modric to Manchester United for €43,000,000
Benzema to Inter for €35,500,000
Vidic to Barcelona for €34,000,000
Lopez to Liverpool for €24,000,000
Nani to Tottenham for €21,000,000
Song to Bolton for €15,000,000
Toure to AC Milan for €14,500,000

I haven't listed anyone for sale yet but I have gotten several offers. 3 for Drogba, 2 for Lampard, 2 for Ivanovic and some others.

[rckabillyRaider]

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I'm impressed with all the positive reviews so far. Can't wait till mine finishes downloading. Been downloading for over 3 hrs now! Servers must be swamped.

[Krebstar]

Re: FIFA12 Career Mode Impressions/Discussion

Scouting is back is improved from years past.

You can hire different scouts based on skill and experience. You can not only pick the continent but the country as well. Right now I sent my scout to Ghana for 3 months looking for nothing specific, just "any" as listed in the game.

After your scout finds prospects, you're allowed to make three options; continuing scouting, sign player or reject player.

Drogba got injured. Right before healing up 100% I got message from him he is ready to go despite the risk if need be. Nice touch.

Transfers.

Here is what I did so far:

Lukaku loaned to Genoa.
McEachran loaned to Forest.

Here are some of the major transfers up until 8/18/2011 where I'm at now on the calendar.

Sneijder to Manchester City for €48,000,000
Modric to Manchester United for €43,000,000
Benzema to Inter for €35,500,000
Vidic to Barcelona for €34,000,000
Lopez to Liverpool for €24,000,000
Nani to Tottenham for €21,000,000
Song to Bolton for €15,000,000
Toure to AC Milan for €14,500,000

I haven't listed anyone for sale yet but I have gotten several offers. 3 for Drogba, 2 for Lampard, 2 for Ivanovic and some others.

I love that you can scout specific countries. Can't wait for my scout to return from Spain. Looking for a few young midfield gems.

[Altimus]

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Transfer deadline day is really fun. They give you 10 hours and it gets hectic with the signings and the rumors.

However, once again EA denies us the opportunity to give us a menu of all transfer signings. Why? They give us a little tab with all signings on the right side but the menu transitions to the next one every 2 seconds and the team icons are pretty small. Why is this is difficult to do?

Anyway, here are some of the bigger deals from the beginning of July to the end of the transfer window in August.

Sneijder to Manchester City for €48,000,000
Modric to Manchester United for €43,000,000
Benzema to Inter for €35,500,000
Vidic to Barcelona for €34,000,000
Lopez to Liverpool for €24,000,000
Nani to Tottenham for €21,000,000
Song to Bolton for €15,000,000
Lescott to Arsenal for €15,000,000
Toure to AC Milan for €14,500,000
Defoe to Wolves for 11,500,000
Milner to OM for €11,500,000
Korlov to Arsenal for €8,500,000

[dickey1331]

Started a Burnley manager mode. Of course I got a transfer RB Hoefkens and after the first game he gets injured for 5 months. Ugh.


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[PeruvianPlaya954]

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Started a Burnley manager mode. Of course I got a transfer RB Hoefkens and after the first game he gets injured for 5 months. Ugh.


Do you really care where I sent this from?

Haha. That's awesome.

[dmacgreg37]

Re: FIFA12 Career Mode Impressions/Discussion

Transfer deadline day is really fun. They give you 10 hours and it gets hectic with the signings and the rumors.

However, once again EA denies us the opportunity to give us a menu of all transfer signings. Why? They give us a little tab with all signings on the right side but the menu transitions to the next one every 2 seconds and the team icons are pretty small. Why is this is difficult to do?

Anyway, here are some of the bigger deals from the beginning of July to the end of the transfer window in August.

Sneijder to Manchester City for €48,000,000
Modric to Manchester United for €43,000,000
Benzema to Inter for €35,500,000
Vidic to Barcelona for €34,000,000
Lopez to Liverpool for €24,000,000
Nani to Tottenham for €21,000,000
Song to Bolton for €15,000,000
Lescott to Arsenal for €15,000,000
Toure to AC Milan for €14,500,000
Defoe to Wolves for 11,500,000
Milner to OM for €11,500,000
Korlov to Arsenal for €8,500,000

This was going to be my #1 question. Too bad. Is that just on Deadline Day, or throughout the window you can't see all transfers anywhere?