i am very good at football management, being in real life to identify both as a football and a manager. the football is very good at managing, and the manager is very bad at being a football. such is the duality of man.

i digress. this simulation game is both loathed and loved in equal measure, and its probably fair to say for good reason. the die hard fans demand changes to the venerable match engine for it is too predictable, the newcomers shriek because it is too unforgiving. for myself, the answer is it is both too easy and too hard in predictable ways. the five goal lead at half time is bound to end in a cricket scoreline, the snore draw will end in a convenient penalty.

that's not to say the game is bad. if you played football manager previously, this will be familiar addictive territory. the data hub is as useful as any stats, ie not very. there are more options to express yourself at press conferences, which i'm guessing wasn't the most pressing issue with the game *clasps hands together*

if you're a newbie to football manager, you can rejoice that the game is almost playable on autopilot, depending on the team you pick. certain teams are a defined challenge, like crusader kings 2, but by and large the game is more forgiving than it was two years ago, both in terms of information given and tooltips.

a qualified thumbs up, bearing in mind that the data hub really isn't worth the full cost of the game.

i am very good at football management, being in real life to identify both as a football and a manager. the football is very good at managing, and the manager is very bad at being a football. such is the duality of man. i digress. this simulation game is both loathed and loved in equal measure, and its probably fair to say for good reason. the die hard fans demand changes to the venerable match engine for it is too predictable, the newcomers shriek because it is too unforgiving. for myself, the answer is it is both too easy and too hard in predictable ways. the five goal lead at half time is bound to end in a cricket scoreline, the snore draw will end in a convenient penalty. that's not to say the game is bad. if you played football manager previously, this will be familiar addictive territory. the data hub is as useful as any stats, ie not very. there are more options to express yourself at press conferences, which i'm guessing wasn't the most pressing issue with the game *clasps hands together* if you're a newbie to football manager, you can rejoice that the game is almost playable on autopilot, depending on the team you pick. certain teams are a defined challenge, like crusader kings 2, but by and large the game is more forgiving than it was two years ago, both in terms of information given and tooltips. a qualified thumbs up, bearing in mind that the data hub really isn't worth the full cost of the game.