Hey everyone, today is more of an old school Geografifa video where i’ll be telling you 7 Things You Should Know Before You Play EA Sports FC Career Mode! I made a similar video for FIFA 23 and it seemed quite popular, so hopefully you enjoy this one too! Let’s get started.
You no longer have to play training every week!
Most people didn’t do this anyway, unless they were planning to do a full 15 season career. You can invest money in coaches, and the better the coach, the faster your player will improve.
You can also switch between sharpness and fitness for each player, which means your reserves and substitutes won’t be useless for 3 games anymore. Training Plans can be assigned individually or to groups of players: Starting XI, Subs, Reserves, which makes this a way better solution to player development.
Try to avoid improving too fast
CM can be up to 15 seasons, there's no point signing 75 rated Mexican free agents in League Two, just to go unbeaten. Take your time and try to enjoy the process, while adding challenges if you think the game is too easy. While you’re at it, i’d also recommend you limit the amount of free agents too. It really does make the game more challenging and fun!
The AI still isn't very good at building a squad.
Having played the beta quite a bit, the AI will still make mistakes with positioning, either signing no one in a position, or having 10 LB’s. You can semi fix this by assigning a second controller to the AI, fixing their team and having more fun playing against a functional squad.
Tactical styles help with this, with AI being able to sign players that fit into their chosen tactics. No more Giroud running in behind while Ben Yedder plays as a target man.
Everyone enjoys career mode in their own way.
Before you even open EAFC, think about what you’d like to do during your save. Set yourself goals and objectives so you always have a target, or your save can get old fast.
Some of my favourite career modes have been adding objectives, you might have watched my pentagon challenge series, or my more recent mega career where each episode I had a specific challenge to try to beat. This kept the game fun even into season 8 or 9.
You can use the new tactical styles to create a tactical vision, which can easily be used with moneyball thanks to the new scouting filters. Why not see if you can turn Man City into a long ball team, or make a super high pressing Italian team.
There isn't a huge amount of randomness in Career Mode.
Most of the time you are the manager of a stable club, so storylines are a good way of adding unpredictability to the game. There are tons of them out there, including my own (geografifa.com/Tools/Storylin...) that can introduce scenarios to your career mode save.
Winning isn't everything
CM can be more fun when you’re fighting for points rather than crushing every opponent. I always recommend competitive leagues where you’ll have multiple teams fighting for titles or continental competitions, whereas leagues such as Scotland are really only two horse races.You can still have lots of fun in these leagues with the likes of Hearts, Hibs or Dundee, but only if you can accept not winning the title for the first 5 or so seasons.
I’ve had loads of fun saves trying to qualify for Europe with bad teams, even a 7th placed finish can be fun if you pick the right team and challenge. Even if you turn the difficulty up one level and pick Luton, you can still have fun without winning any titles.
Create A Club gives CM a breath of fresh air
For sure try out some real teams for your first few saves on the new game, but the real fun comes from creating abandoned, forgotten or defunct teams that will never be on FIFA again. I’ve made a series where I recommended a team for every single league, using the FIFA 22 create a club system. FIFA 23 has the exact same system, only with 3rd kits and more player customisation, so check out that playlist ( • Why you should Create ... ) if you want to see more!
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