FIFA 18 Video - New Features in Career Mode, Including Transfer Cutscenes

[Steve_OS]

ChesnoidGaming has posted a new FIFA 18 video going over the new features in Career mode, which...

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[GoDucks1224]

Hmm... As fresh and new as the transfers are handled now.. I can see that getting tedious quite quickly. And I'm not sure I trust the AI to handle negotiations for me.

But, the presentation looks fantastic. I'm very excited about the La Liga presentation, and I'm curious how many of the managers have been licensed. Bummer that we've lost Mestalla and no others have been added in La Liga (aside from Atléti's new stadium at least).

[SteveFBC]

Pluses: EA are looking at Career Mode (finally) but like the poster above said this looks likely to get old real quick, cut scenes with limited options tend to wear thin in almost any game you can think of (the reason RPG's have now become a backwater amongst gamers)

I do welcome change so don't get me wrong, but this screams 'superficial!'. I would much prefer to see REAL control over a football club, i.e. psychologically dealing with players (we see unhappy players in the game all the time, why can't I try to appease those players and get more out of them...training that actually isn't just random nonsense...proper improvement of player attributes (weaker foot training for e.g.) and don't get me started on Player Career Mode which is a hot mess...and no signs that they have even looked at it.

[PPerfect_CJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoDucks1224

Hmm... As fresh and new as the transfers are handled now.. I can see that getting tedious quite quickly. And I'm not sure I trust the AI to handle negotiations for me. But, the presentation looks fantastic. I'm very excited about the La Liga presentation, and I'm curious how many of the managers have been licensed. Bummer that we've lost Mestalla and no others have been added in La Liga (aside from Atléti's new stadia at least).

From what I've seen, we have to use fake coaches again, this year. What's the point of having those beautiful scans and not being able to use them? Why can't I be Klopp if I wanna be?

[WooCRISPY]

I am really curious how delegating works... It's sad because in my head I can see house rules where you would be forced to delegate depending on how the Club is structured in real life, but I am sure it's just a quick simulation. However, if they make it so your Scouts ratings effect how great of a deal they can get I might be interested in it.

The new menus look pretty 'fresh'. I do like the fact they've atleast done SOMETHING with Career but I am not surprised it's mostly just cutscenes that we'll all get tired of quickly. I do like that the pictures from the news articles are now animated though that's a nice little touch.

If they haven't touched the AI at all I will be disappointed. It seems like programming the AI to not sign 8 Strikers and field a realistic looking team (positions-wise) shouldn't be too hard... At this point I would take every team having a cookie cutter "5 Strikers, 10 Midfielders, 7 Defenders, 3 Goalkeepers" strategy or something along those lines where they can still be interested in signing a Striker but the AI would sell off it's lowest rated/least promising one first

[JayD]

Quote: Originally Posted by PPerfect_CJ

From what I've seen, we have to use fake coaches again, this year. What's the point of having those beautiful scans and not being able to use them? Why can't I be Klopp if I wanna be?

Right! There should be an option to use the coach or create your own, Madden has it.

[ThrowBack]

Looks cool. I wonder if we'll get a cut scene when answering media questions as well.

[PPerfect_CJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayD

Right! There should be an option to use the coach or create your own, Madden has it.

Exactly! I don't see how that would be hard to include. I also can't see why they don't allow us to mix and match kit pieces like shirts, shorts, and socks at the kit selection screen. It would help us to prevent kit clashes. FIFA kills me the way they do things, sometimes.