FIFA 12 Hands-On Preview: Career Mode and Player Impact Looks To be Wonderful

A wise man once said, "with great power there must also come--great responsibility!". When it comes to the biggest football game in the world, that responsibility is to the 42 million fans who've made FIFA a huge success for publisher EA. And so in FIFA 12 a glut of new features have been introduced, many of which originated from--or were spurred on by--feedback from the community. An improved career mode, reworked tactical defending system, and a brand new player impact engine are all about "fulfilling the desires of our fans"--at least according to producer David Rutter. We spoke to the man himself to answer your questions about the game, and get a feel for its new features.

Precision dribbling promises to deliver greater control of the ball.

Much of the accent is on FIFA 12's bigger career mode, which promises added depth, decidedly for managers. Squads accept to be managed added effectively, with players accepting agitated if they're not paid enough--a absolute feature--causing their assurance to dip and achievement to worsen. Conversely, AI-controlled managers can appear in and accomplish offers for your players, adopting their morale, but ultimately costing you added money. Youth aloof has been alien too, so you can ascertain adolescent players from about the apple and alternation them up. This ties into an all-embracing set of enhancements to amateur growth. Younger players advance faster, and backpack a college abeyant than earlier players, whose achievement worsens as they age.

Transfer borderline day has additionally been anchored up. Added action takes abode during the alteration window, which includes added media action in the anatomy of bi-weekly reports, all advised to access the bulk of acknowledgment you accept on your achievement as a manager. All the improvements tie into the fresh EA Sports Football Club feature, which is an online account that connects players to a distinct assiduous online profile. You aces a side, and matches played online with that ancillary beyond FIFA amateur on Facebook, mobile, or animate will accolade you with achievements and a position on a basic alliance table.

While the focus is on career mode, additions accept additionally been fabricated to the bold on the angle too, including attention dribbling, appropriate arresting and a fresh amateur appulse engine. Improvements to attention dribbling are subtle, but accord you greater control, acceptance you to absorber the brawl from the opposition. Less attenuate are the tweaks to defending, which booty abroad the "homing missile" aftereffect that players had back activity in for tackles, replacing it with added astute movements such as avaricious shirts as players chase by, and coercing them into alarming positions.

. The new player impact engine provides the most change on the pitch. Gone are the days when players would weirdly merge into each other as they fought for the ball, or pass through each other during sprints. A heavy dose of physics means players crash, fall, and trip over each other during a match. It's impressive to see in it in action, and during our brief hands-on the new animations looked great. Players jumped over downed opposition, while push and pull mechanics saw heavier players given the advantage during challenges.

The new player impact engine lets you leap over downed players.

These improvements are just the tip of the iceberg according to Rutter, and there's more yet to be revealed. As for the often lamented problems with rage quitting, Rutter promised that more news would be coming soon, along with further details on FIFA's online modes. We'll be keeping a close eye on FIFA in the run up to release, Thanks GameSpot for more on the game soon.

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