‘Football Manager’ is a series that is extremely familiar to both video game lovers and millions of football fans. It has coexisted among them for two decades and served to set free their wettest dreams of governance. Fortunately at Prensa Ibérica ‘we had the opportunity to intensively test the final copy’Football Manager 2024‘ and after spending fifty hours with the title, we can bring you our impressions of the latest addition to the franchise. Developed by Sports Interactive and published by SEGA, the management series will continue to attract football fans around the world for another season thanks to its clear strategic formulation.
The aim of ‘Football Manager’ is to give you the opportunity to take charge of football. coaching role football of any team or national team. To comply with this, historically rules have been adopted in the image of classical European coaches; For example, in addition to all tactical and management responsibilities, you will also have the responsibility of seeking, selecting and negotiating coaching with the technical team. Contracts are the players you want to add to your squad. In addition to these concepts, the player also takes responsibility for maintaining the financial health of the club through the transfer market.
New modes and databases
The virtual coach now faces an unprecedented first choice when starting a game, as there are two new game modes that offer a completely user-tailored experience. In addition to the classic view that you take charge of the direction of your team, with all closed transfers completed since the last open market period, we now announce that you can do so. Select “Real World” modechoose a variant where transfers are only finalized when the date they actually take place arrives (e.g. Sergio Ramos’ transfer to Sevilla FC took place on 4 September) or they call it “Your World”; Take charge of the club with nothing to do with the end of last season, giving you the ability to take an alternative path to what’s happening in the real world.
Competition period
In addition to the new game modes, another highlight of ‘FM 24’ is the arrival of the long-awaited Japanese football league. If you have always dreamed of taking charge of Tokyo Verdy, which plays in the second league of the land of the rising sun, you cannot miss this opportunity. But relatively the most notable innovation is “Transfer Room”. One of the classic complaints about virtual coaches so far has been directly related to how difficult it is to sell unwanted players. To alleviate this demand, Sports Interactive has created this space where it is also possible to hire an agent, which is nothing more than an agent with certain conditions, who mediates and completes the player’s transfer to another club. But of course in exchange for a percentage of the final value of the transfer. This platform also allows us to communicate directly with managers and players and generate interest in their services for the upcoming season; However, as in real life, in some cases some persuasions and compromises are required.
Complete reformulation of fixed parts
Regarding gaming tools, one of the most notable changes in the reformulation How are set pieces processed?a component that so far simply involves the simple creation of routines at the positional level. In this case, the virtual coach has the freedom to create his own games, studied down to the smallest detail in terms of offense and defense. Alongside this functionality, a new role comes to your technical team: “Set Ball” coach. This employee is responsible for ensuring your team runs and perfects all the routines you feel have the biggest impact on the field.
Historically, another of the recurring problems in the franchise has concerned the behavior of coaches subject to the logical processes of the video game, particularly their reactions in the transfer market where it is common to see managers from other clubs completing player transfers. In many cases they did not have the opportunity to play as many games as expected during their career at the new club, often due to outliers. In ‘Football Manager 2024’ Transfers made by game-controlled coaches are made with greater attention to the tactical system of the teams that hire them.To ensure that the values of these organizations achieve their goals. The world’s most important clubs continue to contact and sign contracts with young players, but it has now become more common for these promises to be limited to the last minutes of matches, thus guaranteeing the opportunity to develop and grow in the football environment. somehow natural.
Logic in interactions
This is also possible in ‘Football Manager 2024’ Challenge your players during personal conversations It is used to achieve certain goals within a certain period of time. In this way, it is possible to retain motivated athletes who are not yet good enough to join your team, but who can improve and, who knows, maybe play an important role in the future of training.
Despite the announcement of a switch to the Unity game engine next year, Sports Interactive has not stopped loving the current technology used since 2009. Updates on player behavior and movementsespecially in terms of defence. On the other hand, the huge improvement in ball behavior delivers the most realistic viewing experience to date. In addition to these technical solutions, there is also an update to the way lighting is handled during gameplay, increasing the sense of immersion in matches.
in the community
What has always defined the franchise has been community involvement and their unique ability to share gaming content. possibility of import and export training plansDatabases containing alternate realities, tactics, modifications and even the game interface remain absolutely intact, strengthening an active community dedicated solely to this cause.
Results
Although it maintains the same foundation as in recent years and anticipates the profound changes heralded by the horizon, ‘Football Manager’ includes: Enough news to keep your community happy and especially in connection with franchising. It is true that when it comes to a game related to a sport, the constant demand for updates with hundreds of thousands of players listed in the famous database can encourage any developer to relaunch the same game every year with only relevant changes. But season after season, it’s clear that Sports Interactive isn’t looking to take shortcuts in its development cycles, providing fans of the series with a refreshing and solid experience once again. The recipe continues to work like a charm, and the truth is that it remains a particularly attractive game in which it is very easy to lose track of time.