FIFA 21: 10 Improvements To Career Mode We Want To See

Can EA finally breathe some life in to a game mode that so desperately needs it?

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FIFA's career mode was once one of the greatest aspects of the iconic simulation of the beautiful game.

I mean sure, in terms of detail and information, it had nothing on the Football Manager series, but the ability to able to fully customise the squad and tactics of the team that you built, and then take control as you lead them to glory on the pitch is a feeling that is truly hard to describe.

Unfortunately, what was once one of the great facets of the game has been sorely neglected for years now. With the popularisation, and immense profitability, of FIFA Ultimate Team it seems that EAs priorities have shifted away from almost all of the single-player modes, but none have been hit harder than career. Nothing illustrates this more than the fact that many of these features were once part of the series but have since been dropped in favour of focusing on milking the cash cow that is Ultimate Team.

Whether you're someone that likes to start at the bottom and rise your way up the ranks, or someone who chooses to immediately take charge of one of Europe's elite, you probably have more than a couple of gripes with the current state of career mode, that need to be improved in FIFA 21.

10. Expand Create A Manager

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EA Sports

One of the few aspects of career mode that actually received considerable improvements in FIFA 20 was the create a manager function. For the first time, players could take charge of a female manager on their journey to managerial superstardom.

In addition to this, the game finally allowed players to make their managers avatar their own, with a level of customisation akin to the one available in the create-a-player mode for years now.

However, there is more to a football manager then their appearance, (even in the case of bald Mourinho), and FIFA has consistently failed to address this in career mode.

A feature borrowed from the Football Manager series that could seriously benefit FIFA 21s career mode is pre-defined traits and experience that would seriously benefit the new title's immersion.

Was your manager previously an internationally renowned star player? Or did he raise his way up the ranks of many a backroom staff to earn his place in the hot seat? Adding predetermined features and traits for managers would allow and even greater array of options for the player to choose from when starting their career.

 
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