Another year, another challenging FIFA Platinum.
The "Virtual Legend" trophy, upgraded to a gold from FIFA 10, awarded for playing 500 matches with your virtual pro, makes a customary return, and is most definitely where the bulk of this Platinum is picked up, though the new emphasis on Pro Clubs makes it somewhat less of a grind than last time out.
However, even at the minimum of 8 minutes per game, the required total to achieve this trophy alone is 66 hours, but the new emphasis on Pro Clubs mode should nullify alot of the grind element, especially considering the new attachment of trophies towards various pro related modes.
On such a note, the "Club Glory" trophy, awarded for winning the cup as part of an online Pro club, is somewhat glitched and you may be kicked out of the tournament at any of the 4 knockout stages, despite clearly winning the match on some occasions, so this emphasises the importance of being part of a strong and active club in order to try multiple times if necessary.
Sticking with Pro Clubs, the "Virtual Football" trophy, awarded for playing a Pro Clubs match with a team of 10 or more, also returns in it's reduced form, but you'll still need to co-ordinate a session dedicated to this trophy, since all 10 players need to be part of the same club. It shouldn't be too difficult if you have a dedicated club already, but it will still require 10 people to be online and active at the same time regardless.
The "One Club Man" trophy, awarded for playing 50 matches for the same online Pro Club, is a good way to advance towards the 500 Virtual Pro matches you'll need, but you will need to do it with a single club, so it's important to make sure you're playing with people who are dedicated to reaching 50 games, and winning an online cup at the same time. Playing for another club will reset your progress entirely, so it's vitally important to choose the right team for both trophies.
In a definite backwards step from FIFA 10, the "Hundred and Counting" trophy, awarded for playing 100 ranked Head-to-Head matches, requires you to simply complete 100 games, rather than win them, but the match must still be completed for progression towards the trophy, so you can still expect a solid 10-20 hour venture for this trophy alone, as you no doubt have to endure a fair amount of rage-quitters who will deny wins towards the tally and negate matches you would have otherwise won.
Even still, you will achieve this naturally over time, since winning isn't necessary, however the "Good Form" trophy, awarded for playing 5 consecutive Head to Head matches without losing, will encourage you to play for victories, even if you're just playing for the sake of notching up 100 matches. It isn't easy to go 5 unbeaten online in FIFA, but you'll need to do it regardless of how many Head to Head games you play if you want the Platinum trophy.
The even more customary "FIFA for life" trophy, awarded for spending 50 hours on the pitch, would usually be worth mentioning, though in the context of FIFA Platinum timescales, 50 hours is largely irrelevant, and you'll most likely unlock it with a long way to go towards fulfilling every other task required on the list.
The Career Mode also has a fair amount of trophies dedicated to it, and although most of them are relatively straight forward, you'll still be looking at playing through a couple of seasons in order to earn all of them, although this is mostly down to a couple of trophies
The "It's in the Blood" trophy, awarded for going from being a player to a manager in Career Mode, requires you to make a transition from player to manager, and you will need to be dedicated enough to prove yourself as a player before becoming a manager, which will require playing through a few seasons as a player first, so it's still a fairly time consuming task.
Even longer still, the "Folklore" trophy, awarded for becoming a legend as a player in Career mode, is also a massive time-sink, and although it will vary in timescale from player to player, it took me 10 seasons to hit Legend status with my created player, which most probably equated to more games than the "Virtual Legend" trophy alone requires of you.
On that note, the Career mode is easily the best way to knock down the 500 game target with your Virtual Pro. Both of the above trophies are hugely time-consuming and you don't even have to play the games from the Pro perspective for matches to count towards the trophy, the only important thing is that the games you play include your Virtual Pro in the side, meaning you can control all 11 players at the same time and still make progress towards that big figure.
Just to add the gargantuan amount of time required, the "Around the World" trophy awarded for playing a match with a team from every league, which equates to 31, and similarly, the "Home and Away" trophy, awarded for winning a match in every stadium in the game, of which there are 50. It's best to go after these trophies in tandem with one another, in order to knock down the amount of games needed to unlock both trophies, since playing through both simultaneously will almost half the amount of matches you need to play, though it is important to note that you need to win in every stadium, whereas you only need to play a game with a team from every league.
The "Once in a Lifetime" trophy, awarded for scoring as the goalkeeper in any match is way too difficult to achieve under normal circumstances, and the easiest way to unlock this one is just simply have your goalkeeper take a penalty during the game. It'll still be tough, due to the fact the goalkeepers penalty taking skill will be near non-existent, but it's still the only plausible way to score a goal with your goalkeeper.
All in all, this is most definitely another couple of hundred hour FIFA Platinum that only the dedicated FIFA player will earn. There are a host of trophies that pile on the estimated completion time, and although the times will vary from player to player, you can definitely take 200 as an absolute minimum, making this list without doubt the longest FIFA Platinum to date. The skill element isn't as high as it has been in previous FIFA titles, but the sheer amount of dedication required more than makes up for it.
Notable Trophies -
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| Virtual Legend - Play 500 matches with your Virtual Pro Club Glory - Win the Cup as part of an online Pro Club Virtual Football - Play a Pro Clubs match as a team of 10 or more One Club Man - Play 50 matches for the same online Pro Club Hundred and Counting - Play 100 Head to Head Ranked matches It's in the Blood - Go from being a Player to the Manager (or Player Manager) in Career Mode Folklore - Become a Legend as a Player in Career Mode FIFA for Life - Spend 50 hours on the pitch |
Virtual Legend
Play 500 matches with your Virtual Pro
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