Overview:
Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10* - see the Important Note below
Offline: 635 (29/45)
Online: 365 (16/45)**
Approximate time to 1000: 70+
Numer of missable achievements: None
Do cheats disable achievements? No cheats
Does difficulty affect achievements? Possible, see ''Legendary''
Glitchy achievements? ''Club Legend'' is said to be glitchy
*Important note: FIFA 12 contains one achievement based on luck. This achievement is ''How Great is That?''. It requires you to get a Team of the Week player in an Ultimate Team pack. This achievement may strongly increase the time total to 1000
**Note: I've included the Ultimate Team achievements with the online achievements as Ultimate Team requires an Xbox LIVE connection.
Introduction
Welcome to FIFA 12, the latest installment of the popular FIFA franchise. In FIFA 12, we meet the brand-new Player Impact Engine, which makes the game even more realistic. Well, that's what EA said. We also face Tactical Defending, a new feature giving you the option to defend more advanced with more options compared to defending in previous FIFA titles, but also makes defending harder if you're not used to it.
FIFA 12 sees game modes like Career, Xbox LIVE and Ultimate Team return once again. Coach your favorite club, face other gamers in LIVE matches, play friendly competitions with your friends or put together your personal ultimate team, it's all possible in FIFA 12.
Now, for the achievements. The FIFA 12 achievement list is easier than previous titles (think of Virtual Legend, which is now 50 matches instead of 500) but it remains time-consuming. There's no such thing as playthrough's, since all game modes are pretty much never-ending. You also don't have to worry about missable achievements or glitched ones, because there simply aren't any.
So sit back, play the game and relax while you earn some additional gamerscore.
Breakdown
The only achievements that require some skill are 3 Points, Campaign Complete and Path to the Cup. All others can be achieved relatively easy, but some of them will require time.
The very first achievement you can unlock is Sweet Music. This is the only menu-based achievement in FIFA 12.
After getting Sweet Music, start either a new Career or go to Ultimate Team. These two are the main modes of the game. In Career mode, you can unlock the following;
Trophy Time
Procrastinator
Youth is Served
Fully Formed
Puppet Master
Massive Signing
In Ultimate Team mode, you can unlock these achievements;
New Club in Town
Tournament Victory
I’ll have that one
Friendly
Marquee Signing
Growing Club
‘’Big Cup’’ Squad
Pack King
We’ll Need a Larger Trophy Case
Club Legend
After Career mode and Ultimate Team, it's time to go online. These achievements may require more skill as you must win at least 2 matches, and it's very hard to boost. Online, you can get these achievements:
3 Points
Campaign Complete
Being Social
Friends now Enemies?
Path to the Cup
Virtual Debut
Last but not least, the miscellaneous achievements. These can be completed in any game mode exhept for FIFA for Life, which cannot be unlocked in Ultimate Team. These are the remaining achievements, including the two secret achievements at the bottom of the list:
Precision Tackler
Megged
Riding Bikes
Legendary
Don’t Blink
Comeback Kid
10 v 11
Ruud Boy
Block Party
Century of Goals
All My Own Work
Warrior
Quickly Now!
EAS FC Youth Academy
EAS FC Starting 11
Challenge Accepted
Sweet Music
Virtual Legend
FIFA for Life
Happy 20th EA Sports!
No Draw for You!
How Great of That?
FIFA for Life will most likely be your last achievement for 1000, as you must play matches for 50 hours and Ultimate Team doesn't count.
Conclusion
FIFA 12 is a relatively easy 1000 and will be more time-consuming than difficult. With some dedication and of course the fun you have at playing FIFA, reaching 1000 shouldn't be too hard.
If you are still missing any achievements, refer to the Breakdown or the actual Achievement Guide below.
Useful links
Achievement Trading Thread - by iMartin AFC
Growing Club Guide - by BIGbivvie
Cheapest ''Big Cup'' Squad - by DerFuhrer
Unlock All 16 In-Match Achievements in Two Matches - by iBuzz7S
Credits
colinamg - for providing most information
DerFuhrer - for the ''Big Cup'' Squad-thread
BIGbivvie - for the Growing Club guide
[X360A would like to thank Steelstick for the Road Map]