FIFA 11 : Virtual Pro Details

Creating Pro Personality

If you’ve been following the info on FIFA 11 features so far you’ll know that increasing player ‘Personality’ was a major priority for our gameplay team this year. By ‘Personality’ we mean differentiating one player from another through their players’ style & skills. We also felt that Virtual Pro needed more personality, as in FIFA 10 while not everyone managed to max out their player those that did found themselves with very similar abilities to the next man.

Playing Styles

So one feature we have added to increase personality within Virtual Pro are ‘Playing Styles’ for each of the selectable Positions & Roles. Playing Styles, along with Position & Role determine your starting attributes & the maximum value that can be achieved in each discipline.

The following Playing Styles are available:

 

 

 

 

 

 

As with last year a Virtual Pro’s Physical stature will also affect their attributes with taller & heavier players gaining a strength advantage, whilst smaller leaner players will have that extra bit of speed. Community feedback on Virtual pro attributes was also taken into account to ensure any of the ‘monster’ Virtual Pro’s from FIFA 10 won’t be making another appearance this year.

Selectable Traits

In FIFA 10 there was 10 Traits that you could unlock that were automatically added to your Pro, which again reduced the amount of variety in the world of created players. This year there are 20 traits to unlock with the user able to decide to assign a maximum of 5 to their player at a time, meaning players will have to consider what they want their unique abilities to be, as well as considering what their team mates might have selected to ensure a good balance of skills across the team.

The 20 traits to choose from are:

And finally, when it comes to personality, we’ve increased the number of selectable commentary names by adding over 700 new ones from all around the world, so if your name wasn’t available last year fingers crossed Martin Tyler will be calling you out this time around.

Accomplishments & Unlockables

In FIFA 10 there was 230 Accomplishments to complete with your Pro, this has increased to 400 this year, meaning there is a lot more to do to max out your player. Other changes include difficulty based Accomplishments (Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced), with some now unlockable in regular 1-on-1 play with friends whilst others will require you to play well against at least World Class AI or online to add to your player. As with last year completing Accomplishments will increase your attributes, unlock traits, new kit & a selection of celebrations. Visual upgrades, such as coloured boots, goalkeeping gloves or helmets are unlocked as you reach Accomplishment milestones, so when you see a fancily attired Pro on the pitch you instantly know he’ll have been well trained before he even touches the ball.

There is also a new Accomplishment Book this year with which to track your progress & players growth. This year the book can also be viewed at half time in online matches, in case you’re left waiting for someone else to come back from a toilet break at the interval.

Well I hope that’s given you a good insight into what we’ve done with Virtual Pro in FIFA 11 & that you’re looking forward to building up your player & taking on the world again this year.