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Football Manager 2023
Released On: Nov 8, 2022
80
6.8
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
80
74% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
20% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
80
74% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
20% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The yearly release of Football Manager adds a few great features as well as overall improvements to its game engine and official UEFA licensing. Combined with an already complete and tight package, the result is the best Football Manager up to date. The full price may draw away players who bought the game in the last few years and they may skip this year's edition. As for new players, this is a must-buy.
If we talk about soccer simulators, Football Manager 2023 is simply perfect, the problem is that right now there is a ceiling that hasn't been knocked down for several years. For the franchise to really take a step forward, it is necessary to start improving other aspects of the game and continental licenses is a start, although somewhat insufficient. We'll keep waiting.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 71 User Ratings
6.8
51% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
31% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
18% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 71 User Ratings
6.8
51% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
31% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
18% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Like the other episodes before it, Football Manager 2023 has the daunting task of convincing series regulars to checkout and attract newcomers. A successful bet, for a title that is still just as complete, precise and addictive once a game has started... Without bringing any major revolution in terms of playability, this new component, in addition to playing it safe with the same winning recipe, poses when even new solid bases, with the arrival of a strong and iconic license like the Champions League and an interesting management of the supporters, until then a little left on the side. This is enough to ensure an even deeper immersion... but not to the point of offering us a major revolution.
A totally immersive management experience creaking under the pressure of annual release culture. It needs extra time.
If you already own Football Manager 2022, then it likely isn’t worth upgrading to Football Manager 2023. The changes it boasts do make for a better experience, but it feels more like a slight quality-of-life update than a whole new game to replace what came before it. That said, this is undoubtedly still the best sports simulation game on the market. And if you’re looking to step into the world of Football Manager for the first time, or you’ve been away for several years, you won’t be disappointed.
Sports Interactive never ceases to amaze us with the amount of detail in the Football Manager series, but regardless of the continued quality of the game, some significant improvements are needed to justify the price because this way everything feels like some kind of DLC or Patch.
The new Football Manager is a good game, of course it is - nothing’s gotten worse, some things got better, it’s once again the best instalment in the series. The advances, however, are so minuscule as to be almost imperceptible. We really cannot pat the developers’ backs for this effort.
These games do actually get better year on year with meaningful improvements where many other yearly sports games don't evolve or even get worse.
FM 23 is another great game!
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Hard to learn, somewhat hard to master. Takes time to learn and enjoy this game but once you find that point its fairly fun.
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The Football Manager series has lots of pros, like some depth and tons of replayablility, but its cons are obnoxious enough to merit a downvote as far as I'm concerned. My biggest gripe with the series is that it is released every single year as a new game with a AAA price tag. Do the annual upgrades or additions justify a AAA price tag of a new game? Not even remotely. This, alone, is so low, obnoxious, unethical, lazy, and predatory that it deserves a hundred thousand downvotes.
Other cons for the game include bad optimization or lack of responsiveness, regular loading times that definitely could've been eliminated or at least shortened with smarter code, outdated graphics, horrendous animations, and an obvious lack of user-friendliness in the UI design, like too many clicks to achieve things that could've been achieved with half the clicks if the developing company stops being greedy and hires competitive UI, UX, and user-friendly design experts to help design the interface and the whole game.
The main reason for the ratings being generally positive on Steam is the addictive nature of the game for some players, which makes those poor addicts keep buying the game for full price annually instead of demanding these crumbs of improvements as DLCs or expansions. The second reason is the players who try the game for the first time and give it a thumbs up; those are justified in their rating sometimes, but I hope that they change their rating once they realize that there are zero expansions, and next year's release shows up with the predatory price tag that hits them in the face and wakes them up from the addictive stupor. Oh, but even then, it could be too late to raise awareness about this scheme, because the developer asks Steam to hide the older Football Manager games from searches and only show the current year's release with every new release. You know, just in case you had any suspicions about their predatory policies.
If you are a diehard fan of soccer or football itself and its players, which is one of the main reasons you would play this game, then I don't think I can benefit you beyond what I wrote above plus adding that you may want to buy an older key for the cheapest price possible or try the game as part **** pass to which you subscribe for [other] reasons. Football Manager 2022, for example, would allow you to experience everything worth experiencing in this series without paying the highest price for the current year's release. However, if you like these types of games generally, my strong advice instead is to try, put your money in, and play Cities: Skylines. It is an even deeper strategy game with [actual] graphics and from a much more ethical developer.
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abundence useless information to create so-called "imersive" experience. the match video is impossible to analyze, unrealistic, this game is for geeks who never played actual football who just enjoyed calcaluating meaningless data
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Summary In Football Manager 2023, it’s not just about picking tactics or crafting a team. It’s about taking on challenges and breaking new ground as you establish your own style. Delve into unrivalled depth and detail as you take charge at your club. You’ll join the elite by writing your own headlines, earning the love and respect of the fans an...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- PC
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox One
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Nov 8, 2022
Developer:
- Sports Interactive
Publisher: Sega Europe
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