FIFA 12 Career Mode Details

  POSTED September 10, 2011

FIFA 12 producer Simon Humber, had a Q&A Live session at Twitter this afternoon. Click on Read More to check out some of the most important features announced about Career Mode.

• - Career Mode on PC is the same as on console.
• - International matches are not in Career Mode this year's game.
• - Commentary in the game mentions your club's expectations & how they are doing. Also about player stories going on.
• - Form is included this year, getting a good start to the season is important to get your players playing well.
• - GKs growth curves are set to be a bit later than outfield players, so they mature and retire later in life.
• - You can buy other club's youth prospects once they join that team's full squad. Watch the news for 'One For The Future' stories.
• - Some players are loyal to their clubs & don't want to move. If you are their manager then listing them gives them the message.
• - Transfers between rival clubs can happen but they tend to need big money to grease the wheels.
• - Players do demand transfers if upset.
• - There is an option to buy the player at the end of the loan. You agree the fee up front.
• - You can attempt to sign any player on loan, regardless of whether their club has listed them for loan.
• - You can renegotiate your player's contracts if they don't like the offer. They might not want to talk for a couple of weeks though.
• - Youth scouting is back, u have 16 places in your academy so you need to be careful which players u sign so you don't waste a slot.
• - Young players will develop even if you don't play them, but at a slower rate and they may not reach their potential.
• - Loan players will grow while they are away from your club, and you can see their attributes growing on the new Squad Report screen.
• - The minimum age of a squad player is 16, so once your Academy players reach 16 you can offer them a contract.
• - CPU teams will bid on your unlisted players. They can be very persistent at times.
• - Transfer deadline day gives you 10 hrs for your final moves & perhaps u receive offers u were not expecting.
• - You can talk to the media before important games. It's your chance to try to inspire your team or put the opposition off.
• - If you get fired from a big club then the offers you receive should reflect your slightly damaged reputation.
• - Being fired as a player or manager mid season isn't in this year.
• - CPU managers don't get fired.
• - Created teams and created leagues can be imported into Career Mode.
• - Rich consortiums do indeed take over clubs in the game, but only CPU ones this year. Stoke went mad in my game with their money.
• - Career Mode still lasts for 15 seasons.
• - The league badges are baked onto kits, so they don't change as you get promoted & relegated.
• - The energy recovery is different this year, so if you have a lot of cup matches to play you need to consider your squad rotation.
• - The new morale system may cause instability in your team, if you leave players out of the team or the team is under-performing.
• - A player doesn't disrupt the entire team's morale but he might constantly complain to you that he is unhappy.