FIFA 22’s career mode added the Create-A-Club option that proved to be a much-needed breath of fresh air. Gamers could now create a new team, fill it with talented stars, and rise through the ranks to make it a historic team, competing for the top trophies every season. While Create-A-Club did so well in shaking up the franchise, it left some room for improvement and expansion for upcoming releases like the anticipated FIFA 23.
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Career Mode Sponsors for FIFA 22
Back in FIFA ’08, Career Mode had a feature that let gamers pick a sponsor at the start of the season that would assign certain objectives for the team. The incentive was to increase the budget to purchase players and bring in more star quality to a FIFA team. In FIFA 22, however, this sponsorship feature no longer exists; instead, gamers create their team’s kit without the iconic shirt sponsor featured on the front. It makes the kits feel empty and lacks a certain, needed realism.
Adding the sponsorship feature back can improve the look of the stadium and add a lot more depth to the Create-A-Club game mode, as well as other offline Career Mode options. Gamers would have to focus their efforts on main objectives, set by the board of directors, but also the objectives set by the sponsors which could be more aligned with shirt sales and bringing in more recognizable talent.
Upgradable Stadiums in FIFA 22
Adding customizable stadiums in FIFA 22’s Create-A-Club would be a good feature that ensures a newly-created second division team is not playing in front of thousands of fans in the biggest European stadiums. It adds realism and more importantly atmosphere that elevates the gameplay experience. However, adding the ability for gamers to move into a new stadium as the club grows in stature would be an excellent way to not only improve the transfer budget available to managers but also give gamers a new goal to progress towards rather than only winning every title.
In-Depth Behind The Scenes Gameplay
One thing that FIFA Career Mode has been missing in recent titles is a lack of depth. Career Mode lasts over 15 seasons, and that can get extremely repetitive if the only choices that gamers need to make are to pick players, buy new players, and attend press conferences. Having a system that forces gamers to manage player morale, fan faith, and trust from the board can add a lot more depth and make the journey more interesting and worthwhile.
A lot more goes into managing a team than what Career Mode gives gamers. Adding these simple features that can have real consequences in future games, such as the fans booing a manager following a comment about a particular player on the team or a club sacking the gamer after they lost trust in the manager.
Better Youth System
Something that FIFA gamers have been asking for is a more robust youth system that lets gamers tailor pick youth squads that compete in competitions. This is a feature that will not only add more games to a single season but will also give gamers the chance to try out certain youth players before having to promote them to the senior team.
The current youth system in FIFA is fairly simple and does not offer much since gamers can simply buy the best talent in FIFA 22 and have a complete team without spending any money on the scouts and youth players. Changing the youth system could give gamers the opportunity to allocate funds to scouts, as well as academy coaches, while playing games as the youth team to provide a chance for gamers to test out their talent.
FIFA 22 brought about many necessary changes that made the game one of the best FIFA titles in recent memory. With a new focus on Career Mode, EA can attract gamers that abandoned the series after the introduction of Ultimate Team and rebuild the fan base that the franchise’s offline modes had. Create-A-Club is a great addition to the offline Career Mode, and with slight improvements, this game mode could become FIFA’s new standout star.
FIFA 23 is in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.
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