FIFA 23’s career mode leans into your created pro’s star power

polygon.com:

FIFA 23 designers will update the game’s long-running Be a Pro career mode by leaning harder into the jet-set lifestyle of world football. Instead of the point-to-point career path that takes players from practice minigames to matches and back, they’ll pursue off-the-pitch opportunities and other role-playing scenarios to build a fuller picture of their superstar.

Created players will now develop along three personality types, the Maverick, Virtuoso, and Heartbeat, form a spectrum spanning mercenary, individual superstars to team players and franchise anchors. These paths are a kind of perk tree in FIFA23, with Mavericks gaining faster development in their sprint speed and goal-finishing attributes, for example. More team-spirited players will see boosts to their defense and shot-creation attributes.

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“Keeping a balance or focusing on a single personality is entirely up to you and how you decide to shape up your player,” FIFA 23 designer Alex Constantinescu said in a media presentation last week.

Off the pitch, players will be presented with regular outside-the-lines events that also develop their created stars’ personalities and playing styles. There’s a salary component, too, where earning bigger contracts lets players spend more on their development, or bling out their lifestyle.

Finally, FIFA 23’s career modes will introduce a play-the-moments option where players (and managers) can skip to the critical moments of a full match, rather than playing one in real time.

“It’s similar to the highlight montage that you’re able to view after a match,” Constantinescu explained. “The number of highlights available will be dynamic, driven by the attack quality of both sides. If your opponent has a strong attacking