What a team sports game should be...

I've played a few mobile games - I've played the old Java PES, Real Football on Tizen, FIFA 19 from iOS App store, FIFA 22 from Playstore & I've picked up some things... In older games you'd unlock teams when winning a tournament & now you unlock players to build a team & to me it just doesn't feel the same. And now that FIFA has taken it's name off of the game (EA FC), I wonder why simple, older formats aren't used. 

• Initially, getting a lower ranked team in a tournament & unlocking teams as you beat them. 

• Tournaments available could be a multitude of international, continental & domestic leagues. 

• Creating your own fictional players. 

• Creating a team (with your own custom kit) from any of the players in the world which would participate in any of the available tournaments in the game. 

• Competing with other gamers online with your own team of stars & not players the algorithm chose for you. 

• Ability to play offline: Because while NBA Live on Android is a great game, you often can't play it offline.

I've played the NBA game on Android & the old Java AND1 game years ago... the old AND1 game was more fun & I think the above format above could be used for a FIBA game. 

Some guy surely wants to be Lazio competing in Serie A, or São Paolo in Copa Libertadores, TP Mazembe in the Club World Cup or even Azerbaijan in the World Cup. The thing is not everybody wants to build their own team, some just want to pick a known team, play a friendly or compete in a tournament. 

As an African football fan, I would love to see African tournaments being displayed in a game. I'd love to have the option of being Al Ahly, Enyimba or another African team participating in the CAF Champions League or even pick a national team to play in AFCON. 

Maybe there could even be an option to download any specific league you want worldwide. You could download the New Zealand league & play as a team in that league or a team you made on the game. 

If Konami, EA & especially Gameloft would get on to something like this. It could be one of most popular games around. Licensing issues & FIFPro would be worth it if the game keeps this simple format. 

The same for the FIBA game. The option of playing Euroleague, G-League, BAL or Intercontinental Cup & creating your own team, players & custom kits would be a breath of fresh air for all basketball fans. 

Some Xbox game covers I designed with some tournament endorsements so fans know what they're getting.