Football Manager 26

Impatto iniziale devastante, ma dopo qualche ora ci si abitua. Tattica molto migliorata (fase di non possesso è essenziale per provare molte scelte tattiche) e anche la grafica che ha raggiunto un buon livello

I wish I could give this a mixed review, in some ways it improves significantly from the previous formula of FM games and in other ways it is such a massive step back. Like many other people have said the new match engine is nice, being able to download mods to get proper stadiums like: The Emirates, Old Trafford and more is very nice and definitely adds to the immersion. The new OOP tactics are also nice although I feel like you could already achieve similar results with more specific individual player instructions on previous FM's. Another nice change is with Unity processing and sim speeds are significantly faster I have a MASSIVE database and I can get through the days between matches very quickly which I like. The new match engine improves the visuals significantly the new animations are a joy to watch, its so satisfying watching your tekky wingers beat their man with the new dribbling animations. That's about all the positives I've discovered, but to be honest these 3 things are significant enough for me to not go back to FM24 because I've gotten bored of that style as I've been playing FM since 2020. As many others have stated the UI is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ atrocious, its so cumbersome to click through, theres so many BASIC things missing from the game such as Individual training not showing what specific stats they improve. No match day heat maps or other nice stats. The opposition report analysis is not as in depth as it use to be. The editor is also a straight up downgrade from previous editors and it's a joke they raised the price for an inferior product. The constant barrage of pop-ups does my head into I would rather they go back to the old Screens layout instead of pop-ups galore, you can tell they really tried to Consoleify the game and indoing so they've alienated both PC and Console fanbases. By trying to satisfy everyone they've ended up creating a UI that pleases nobody. Like any FM game the match engine has its own fair share of problems but my biggest gripe is players just straight up ignoring team instructions and individual instructions. I have discourage long shots for the team and I also discourage my Fullbacks from taking shots and encourage them to look for riskier passes and even then they still continue to cut inside and shoot instead of laying it off to someone better. I've scored so many goals with FBs in this game more than any other FM I've played.

Quite possibly the worst own goal in sports franchise history. Even if we ignore the bugs (which, months after release, are still plentiful), the design of the UI is ASTONISHINGLY bad. This isn't a case of someone getting over-ambitious but failing to execute (granted, the execution is also terrible, but that's another point entirely). The design decisions related to the interface, which is where 90% of the game is played, were simply bad decisions. The match engine looks nice (but not enough to justify all the delays and other issues) but the rest of the game is, by far, the worst FM ever made. I frankly don't understand how jobs weren't lost over this. It's that bad. Hopefully for FM27, if it even gets made, they go back to the old FM24 style of interface because the new one is simply unworkable. Making it even worse, the actual interface feels a bit sluggish when it comes to performance even on a NASA supercomputer.

Addictive

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FM26这代，真是让人又爱又恨，口碑两极分化到极点。 先说亮点，最炸裂的是首次引入持球和无球两套独立阵型，战术自由度直接拉满，进攻防守两套打法，玩好了能封神。加上换Unity引擎后画质飞跃，光影、球员动作都像换了个游戏，再配上英超官方授权，代入感确实强。新增的女子足球联赛也算是个新鲜玩意儿。 但槽点同样致命。UI彻底推倒重来，操作效率低到发指，老玩家找个功能都得层层点，直接懵逼。更气人的是之前还砍掉了国家队主教练内容，数据库还被吐槽偷懒。 总结：新人入手完全没问题，给差评多半是老玩家，他们花钱当测试员，给新人朋友们测试好了。

I was really excited to give this game a try. I was looking forward to creating my own team from scratch, way down in the English national league (below EFL2), and building up this ragtag band of nobodies to superstardom. Instead, after just 45 minutes, I'm doing something I almost NEVER do on Steam: I'm asking for a full refund. I got into the game before realizing you can't create a club on your own. But they have PAID DLC (for actual money) that lets you customize stuff. And now, I'm not even sure if I needed it to begin with, as you actually need to use some "pre-game editor", and I'm not even sure if that's included in the base game or what I paid for. Who cares, right? So, I go through all of this technical nonsense just to find and install and run the editor, and ... drumroll please ... Bupkis. You edit the team, you put in all of this effort, and then you go back to start a new career, and it doesn't show up anywhere in the game. I'm not sure how many times I've ever actually requested refunds on games, but it's rare. I literally own games I played for 7 minutes and never touched again, and I don't ask for a refund because hey, you win some and you lose some. I bought the game. It was my decision. If it stinks, hey, whatever, it stinks. But this is a game I couldn't even start to play, because you jump through all of these hoops just to realize you can't create a new team from scratch. Even EA26 lets you do that. But Football Manager? A game that SHOULD LET YOU DO THAT?! Nope. Not happening. Will I ever buy another Football Manager game again? Maybe ... if they advertise in big bold letters that you can create your own team from scratch, sure. If it's done in an actual, modern, intuitive way that doesn't involve doomscrolling through folders or opening a decrepit ancient game file editor straight out of 1997. But if it's not a core feature of the game and it isn't intuitive from inside the actual game itself? Nope. This franchise is dead to me before it even had a chance.