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Last year EA Sports offered Ultimate Team mode as a post-release download for FIFA 09, and now it's coming to FIFA 10. The card-based team building game will be available as a download sometime in February.
The Ultimate Team mode lets you build up your squad by acquiring players, managers, contract, trainers, kits, tactics cards (and many more varieties) and playing them against others in online tourneys. Managing your team via your deck is key, and this year's version of the mode lets you manage multiple squads, so you can try out different strategies with different decks. It sounds like EA is going to cater to this functionality through various tournaments and competitions with different requirements.
Another new feature for Ultimate Team mode is a redesigned chemistry system between players on the pitch. Details on this aspect of the mode are scarce, but we expect you'll get bonuses for pairing players who play on the same club or national team.
FIFA 10's Ultimate Team mode will be available in February for $4.99 on PlayStation Network or 400 Microsoft Points for Xbox Live.
Did you play the Ultimate Team mode in FIFA 09? Any thing you want to see change for the mode in FIFA 10?
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I didn't really like this mode in the original. It just does not sound like an interesting mode to me.
Not for me. FIFA soccer games are an ok transfer from actually playing soccer but playing a soccer card game video game is just too much. Waste of time playing and producing this DLC.
I prefer to play the real thing. This mode though is like an All-Madden team mode. A little cheap if you ask me.
nah i'll pass
no
not a big sports fan, but ok.
What happen to playing with real cards. I don't know if this is fun to play. But they are at least trying something new in a sport game. Who knows it may catch on.
not a sports fan, but if they try something new then I'll be impressed. I still won't buy it or rent it though. I'd just like to see people do something wild and new with the sports franchises... it would shake the foundations at least.
I didn't try this or the Live Season in 09. If they are updating this mode they must have some data thinking there is an interest for people to play this or that the sales of a 4.99 feature will be worth the effort. I just hope they beefed up the other modes first, like BAP Online Team Play.
i was kinda mad when fifa took this from uefa champions league 06-07 and nobody recognized it. its the same exact thing as the one in uefa except you didnt have to pay for it in that one.
I dont even think I will use the mode.....
I don't think card games and sports games mix well. Most will probably try it a few times, then get back to their games.
Sounds stupid.
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