Although the release of FIFA 22 is still a bit in the future, we already have some wishes for the successor to FIFA 21. We will show you what the next FIFA installment must do better to become really good again.
This information is available about FIFA 22: So far, not much is known about FIFA 22. We do not know an exact release date, and there is little known about new features, new leagues and licenses. It is only certain that a new installment will be released in the fall.
And for this new installment, we have a few suggestions.
The Career Mode needs more attention
Although the Career Mode in FIFA 21 received some innovations that were not so bad. The integration of new player development as well as the new simulation were exciting innovations. However, the manager mode of FIFA has bigger problems and urgently needs a thorough overhaul with really cool new features. How about introducing youth leagues to provide young talents with game practice outside of league matches?
Here are a few wishes we have for the Career Mode:
- Online Career Mode: Many FIFA players are certainly familiar with it: playing against the computer loses its appeal over time, especially when it no longer poses a challenge even on world class. Online matches would be the solution. NHL and NFL games set the example; in the so-called “Connected Career,” it is possible to compete against strangers or friends.
- Adjusting ticket prices
- Hiring and firing personnel such as coaches and fitness trainers, which influence player stats
- Better transfer behavior of the CPU: It is often extremely difficult to sell players. The CPU clubs simply have no interest in the players on our transfer list. We would like to see increased/realistic interest in the players we want to offload.
- More customization: Stadium adjustments and kit design adjustments for each season
- Sponsor work
More stable servers
It’s a frustrating topic in every FIFA year: the servers. Although EA has provided tools this year to check your connection to the FIFA servers and verify controller delay, the game still struggled with complete outages and lag issues during online gameplay.
That must improve: To put it simply, we just need better and fundamentally more stable servers for FIFA 22.
The gameplay needs to be more versatile
For FIFA 21, EA introduced a few gameplay innovations, but overall FIFA 21 played like the much-criticized predecessor FIFA 20. Goals often happen in the same way, and players with creative ideas are often not rewarded.
That must improve: FIFA 22 finally needs gameplay that resembles real football more closely. Players should be able to score goals in creative and unpredictable ways. Scoring the same goals over and over gets pretty boring after a while.
Pro Clubs needs more love from EA
The Pro Clubs mode in FIFA is very popular. No wonder, as it is incredibly fun to create your own club with friends and lead it to the top. The appeal comes mainly from the fact that each player plays only one position, improves their virtual player, and as a team, you become stronger.
Therefore, it is particularly unfortunate that this popular mode is treated so poorly by EA. In FIFA 21, changes like the adjustment of individual tactics and the ability to adjust CPU players were added. However, these were overdue innovations that should have been implemented long ago.
We wish for fundamental innovations for Pro Clubs such as:
- Gameplay for CPU teammates must improve; too often the CPU acts reliably and squanders chances
- Better CPU teammates who do not handle sluggishly when we decide to play them
- More modes: multiplayer training arena, social area
- More information about opponents
Ultimate Team needs better rewards
For FIFA 21, we wished last year, among other things that fitness cards would be revised and that we would finally get a filter for special cards. And what happened? EA actually implemented both. The fitness cards were removed and the new filter finally allows us to search for precise cards on the FUT transfer market.
Perhaps EA will implement more of our wishes for FIFA 22, as we urgently want better weekend league rewards.
That must improve: The weekend league rewards need to be worth more. FUT players often struggle through the exhausting weekend league only to receive weak TOTW cards as a reward in the end. Because even relatively strong TOTW cards can quickly become outdated compared to much stronger event cards in FIFA.
Additionally, better ratings for cards in Ultimate Team are important. Here we show you which Bundesliga players in FIFA 22 urgently need better cards.
6 Bundesliga players from FIFA 21 who need much better cards in FIFA 22
