CASUAL
Free for all mode. Play with friends or against the AI.
ONLINE
Play competitively online to cement your standing on the global leaderboards via quick or custom game types.
CAREER
Take control of a star player and dominate the competition, or start off as a rookie and work your way through college all the way to the professional leagues. Choose a team to coach, manage finances, sponsors and day-to-day running of a team.
COMPETITION
Play a season of major Lacrosse competitions or create your own Leagues and Tournaments.
LACROSSE ACADEMY
Create and share your favorite Lacrosse players. Create teams, coaches, leagues and referees as well. View from thousands of creations in the online community.
SETTINGS
Adjust gameplay and audio settings, view controls and view credits. Choose a favorite team and view user statistics.
MOVEMENT
Move your controlling player by using.
SPEED BURST
Perform a speed burst with your controlling player by using.
SWITCH HANDS
On offense, switch the dominant hand your crosse stick is in for your controlling player by tapping.
PROTECT STICK
On offense, protect the crosse stick with your controlling player by holding.
GOOSE GROUNDBALL
Goose a groundball with your controlling player by holding when the ball is loose.
CONTROLLED MOVEMENT
On offense, slow down and better control your controlling players movement by holdingwith.
SWITCH PLAYER
To cycle between your defensive players, tap.
LOCK ON
On defense, to lock onto the nearest offensive player and better control your defending, hold.
In Lacrosse 16 during a career, if you choose the Star or Rookie Player options, you control one player in a team. In this mode you are able to call for your teammates to perform certain actions.
IN ATTACK
When in attack select the following options to call for an action to occur.
CALL FOR PASS
To call for a player to pass the ball to you, presswhen your teammate is in possession of the ball.
CALL FOR SHOT
To call for a player to shoot the ball, press when your teammate is in possession of the ball.
IN DEFENSE
When in defense select the following options to call for an action to occur.
CALL FOR BODY CHECK
To call for a player to body check the ball carrier, press.
CALL FOR STICK CHECK
To call for a player to stick check the ball carrier, press.
CALL FOR DOUBLE TEAM
To call for a player to double team the ball carrier, press.
In Lacrosse 16 Face Offs are an integral part to starting off a game, quarter and restarts after a goal.
FACE OFFS
Perform the following moves in a face off battle to try and outwit your opponent.
AIM PASS
To aim where your pass will go, use.
PASS
To pass the ball use. Aim your pass with.
FAKE PASS
To perform a fake pass, holdto wind up pass and tap to cancel the pass.
FAKE SHOT TO PASS
To perform a fake shot to pass, useand tap.
In Lacrosse 16 you can perform a number of different checks to attempt to disrupt the ball carriers momentum, rhythm and movement to force a loose ball and cause a turnover.
POKE CHECK
To perform a poke check, tap; The poke check is a ranged version of a stick check, aimed at disrupting the ball carriers rhythm and attempt to make the ball carrier lose control of the ball.
STICK CHECK
To perform any of the following checks, use stick check modifier by holdingand selecting one of the relevant stick directions or just press a relevant face button.
RUSTY GATE / KAYAK CHECK
To perform a rusty gate / kayak check, move while holding or press ; The rusty / kayak check is performed when the ball carrier is behind your player.
WRAP CHECK
To perform a wrap check, move while holding or or pressor; The wrap check is performed when side on to the ball carrier.
SLAP / OVER CHECK
To perform a slap / over check, move while holding or press ; The slap / over check is performed when front on to the ball carrier.
BODY / CROSS CHECK
To perform a body / cross check, movein the direction of the ball carrier; A body / cross check should be performed when in close proximity of the offensive player. An illegal body / cross check occurs when performing this move in the back of the offensive ball carrier.
In Lacrosse 16 you can shoot for goal with. There are a number of variations you can apply to shooting.
AIM SHOT
To aim where your shot will go, use.
QUICK SHOT
To perform a quick shot, use.
POWER UP SHOT
To perform a power up shot, useto wind up and thento release the shot.
DIVE SHOT
To perform a dive shot, movedown and in a downward semi-circle.
BEHIND THE BACK SHOT
To perform a behind the back shot, holdand movedown and in a downward semi-circle.
FAKE SHOT
To perform a fake shot, useand tap.
FAKE SHOT TO PASS
To perform a fake shot to pass, useand tap.
In Lacrosse 16 dodge and evade your opponent with. There are a number of variations you can apply to evasions.
FACE DODGE
To perform a face dodge, moveor.
SPLIT DODGE
To perform a split dodge, tap.
SWIM DODGE
To perform a swim dodge, holdand moveor.
BULL DODGE
To perform a bull dodge, holdand move.
ROLL DODGE
To perform a roll dodge, holdand move.
In Lacrosse 16 you can call formation changes on the fly during a game to help gain the ascendancy on your opponent.
OFFENSIVE FORMATIONS
To view and select offensive formations, pressor. Highlight the option you wish to select and use.
DEFENSIVE FORMATIONS
To view and select defensive formations, pressor. Highlight the option you wish to select and use.
Pressduring gameplay to display the in game Pause menu. From the pause menu you may select either Resume; Game Progress; Replay; Team Management; Side Select; Settings; Exit, or view the Challenges / Objectives for the current game. The menu options available will change based on the mode you are playing.
View your ranking compared to the rest of the world or your friends.
To select either the home or away side, move your controller icon to the side you wish to join and pressto confirm. Leave your controller centred away from both to spectate the game.
Move and left and right to select a league and team for the home and away sides. Pressto confirm.
Move and left and right to select the jersey for your team and pressconfirm.
Once you have chosen your teams and jerseys, you can choose to configure various settings, move and to choose an option, then and to configure it.
Select from:
PLAY GAME
Proceeds to the game.
GAME SETTINGS
Adjusts various game settings including Quarter Length, Stadium, Weather, Rules and Difficulty.
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Used to adjust the Team Line-Up and assign various player roles.
QUICK GAME
Play competitively with other players online. Skills are normalized and game settings pre-set to avoid any fuss from the users end.
CUSTOM GAME
Customize your competitive experience with other players online; adjust various game settings including Quarter Length, Stadium and Weather, while also
choosing whether to allow on-disk teams, custom teams and normalized skills. You may also set the game to private so that it can only be searched by name.
Allows you to take control of an existing player in any team and attempt to continue their career and take them to the ultimate heights of winning titles and MVPs.
Play as any player from any team. Select and pressto play.
Start a career at any age and make your way through the college system, right up to professional level!
You will first be asked to join a team. You will only be able to choose from college teams, a stronger team will be harder to get into the selected sides than weaker teams.
After selecting your team, you will need to set up the identity of your player, options include First and Last name, Jersey Number, Jersey Name, Commentary Surname, Primary Role, Country and Preferred Hand. When done, highlight Continue
and Press.
Next you will be asked to set the appearance of the player, which you can build from scratch or make a copy from the Lacrosse Academy or an on-disk visual. When done, highlight Continue and Press.
Finally, you will be asked to set the skills and attributes you wish to assign your player. Take note of your Position description to assist you in what areas you may wish to put your allocated points into.
Once you have spent all your points, pressto start your career.
The Career Hub consists of a number of areas which can be utilized to help manage and control your career game.
Coach career mode allows you to manage, recruit and train your team to the play style you prefer over a number of years. You may also choose whether to play the games out, simulate or spectate them.
You will be able to choose which team you will take control over. After you have chosen the team you wish to coach, proceed by pressing.
Once you have chosen a team to coach you will be given several sponsorship options to choose from. Each sponsor will have a sign on fee and bonus if you complete the given objectives, you can choose to risk
losing a big bonus for a harder objective or go for an easier objective with a lower bonus. Presswhen you have chosen your desired sponsor.
After setting up your sponsor you will then be taken to the support team options. Here you will be able to select from several support team options all with their own benefits. Each support team has 4 skills
that they can offer attracting players, retaining players, injury/fatigue recovery and form/confidence. You will be able to choose whether you wish to take a balanced support team in or whether you go for a support
team that specialises in a specific skill but may lack in other areas. Presswhen you have chosen your desired support team.
Choose squad numbers to assign to your playing roster. Once you have selected the numbers you wish to have, pressto proceed to the Career Hub.
Allows you to quickly skip forward to your next event. Before a game you will be asked to pick your squad for the upcoming game. You can auto-generate the squad if you wish.
After selecting your squad you can move forward to game day. From here you are able to choose whether to play or simulate the game. If choosing to play you will be able to select attribute boosts
for that game. To purchase a boost, highlight the boost you wish to purchase and press. If you wish to get a refund on your boost, pressagain on that boost. When you're ready to play, select the Play Game
tile and pressto proceed.
To spectate the game and have no control over gameplay, but be able to manage substitutions select the Spectate Game tile.
The Team Management screen allows you to view information about your playing roster. View a player's form and attributes.
Trading / Drafting will offer the opportunity to draft and trade players from both the collegiate draft pool and supplemental draft pool. Drafting occurs late in the year.
SEARCH / TRADE FOR PLAYERS
Search for players that you wish to trade into your team. Approximately a month after the season ends you will be able to offer to trade for the players you are searching for. To view a players overall attributes, press . To add a player to your watch list so you can keep an eye on their ratings throughout the year press . Swap between your watch listed players and the overall search list by pressing . Pressto filter players by surname, role, league and team. To confirm your filter
options, press.
WATCH LIST
View the players you have added to your watch list. If you wish to trade for them, press .
DRAFTS
The draft will occur at the end of the season, for Professional leagues only. You will be able to trade your draft picks in the interim before the draft. Once draft day begins you will be able to select from the collegiate draft class. After the collegiate draft, you will go through the Supplemental draft to pick up any unprotected players that are available.
Competition mode allows you to play major Lacrosse competitions, leagues and custom edited competitions and tournaments.
COLLEGE COMPETITION
Start a new College Competition. Upon starting a New College Competition you will be presented with your League's schedule, standings, statistics and tournament finals schedule.
Pressto play a game between the highlighted teams. Pressto simulate the game andto simulate the round.
PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION
Start a new Professional Competition. Upon starting a New Professional Competition you will be presented with your League's schedule, standings, statistics and tournament finals schedule.
Pressto play a game between the highlighted teams. Pressto simulate the game andto simulate the round.
CONTINUE COMPETITION
This will allow you to quickly return to your last played competition.
CUSTOM COMPETITION
In custom competition mode you can set up customized leagues or knockout tournaments. A customized league can be created with customizable teams, rules, how many times each team will play each other, the tournament finals system and the trophy that is awarded
at the end of the competition. The customized knockout tournament mode allows you to customize the rules, teams and trophy awarded at the end of the competition. Custom Competition mode also allows you to choose how many users can control each team.
LOAD COMPETITION
Select and load previously started competitions.
DELETE COMPETITION
Select and delete previously played competitions.
The Lacrosse Academy is a creation suite that allows you to create, share and download players, coaches, referees and teams from the community.
Edit any of the on-disk players or create your own custom player that can be a free agent or added to a custom team or an on-disk team.
The Player Editor allows you to edit a players' appearance, identity and attributes. Also allows you to customize a players' crosse, war paint and tattoos.
Edit any of the on-disk teams or create your own. The Team editor allows you to change the identity, roster, home ground, lineups and jerseys of any Team.
Create and edit the coaches that will coach your team.
Create and edit the referees that appear in your games.
Create and edit your own custom League to feature in Career mode.
View from thousands of uploaded players, coaches, referees and teams.
FAVORITE
Nominate your favorite Lacrosse Team.
GENERAL SETTINGS
Adjust gamma, gameplay, camera and controller settings.
AUDIO SETTINGS
Adjust audio settings and which tracks to enable or disable during menus.
CHANGE PRIMARY USER
Change the primary user for the current session.
CONTROLS
Select to view Offense, Evasion, Faceoff or Defense controls.
USER STATISTICS
Select to view earned statistics.
CREDITS
Select to view game credits.