In FIFA 22 there is once again a pack animation. If you want to see early on whether there is a walkout, you should pay attention to a few details. But you have to be pretty quick.
What is a walkout? A “walkout” refers to players in FIFA Ultimate Team who walk through the screen when opening a pack. This only happens for high-rated players with a rating over 86.
However, even before the player runs through the screen, one could recognize in the past, based on animation details, what type of player is in the pack.
Especially with the long animations, like in FIFA 21, one could early on see whether to just skip this part of the pack opening.
In FIFA 22, you can again pay attention to details to see what kind of card you can expect at the end of the animations. However, this is almost no longer necessary.
Short pack animation in FIFA 22 quickly shows what’s inside
Here’s how to recognize the card types: In FIFA 22, the animation for the packs is currently significantly shorter than before. There are no more goals or a tunnel you drive through to reach the card.
Instead, we directly see a pedestal with the empty card, which is then quickly filled with the information about nationality, position, club, player, and rating.
Differences mostly look like this:
- A walkout (i.e., over 86) is recognizable by numerous flames shooting up from the pedestal. However, the player runs into the screen quickly anyway.
- A walkout with a value over 88 also gets spotlights above the pedestal. This is a sign that can be recognized early on.
- A player between 83 and 85 gets two flames on the sides of the pedestal.
- Under 82, there are no flames on the pedestal.
If you want to take a look at the whole thing, you can, for example, see an overview of the animations in YouTuber Vizeh’s video:
Community split on animation: If you look at the comments on YouTube or in the FIFA subreddit (via reddit), you’ll find mixed assessments of the new pack animation – already now, before the FIFA 22 release.
- Some are happy about the significantly shortened pack animation. It is pointed out that lengthy pack animations simply prolong the opening process. Those who skip will not see the walkout animation in the end. However, thanks to the shorter animation, this is no longer a problem.
- Others are annoyed that the animation is so short. The hype is lost, and the brief guessing about which player is waiting in a pack is gone. The slow revealing of nationality, position, and club built anticipation when a good player was actually in the pack. This has now been almost cut off.
Accordingly, it is no longer so urgently necessary to pay attention to hints regarding the walkouts. Because: The animation runs so quickly that you can see what’s inside pretty quickly anyway.
What do you think of the new animation? Would you have preferred it to be longer – or is the shorter version something for you? Tell us in the comments.
By the way, there is an important change regarding the packs in FIFA 22 this year, regardless of the animation: The important preview packs are returning in FIFA 22.
