The other significant tweaks are related to recruitment, which has also been affected by real world events, though the game never makes a song and dance about that fact. passionately telling your team to get their arse in gear, though do help you to figure out what you’re saying and how much better than before. When you think about it, these are really upgrades on the way of saying things from last year, i.e. These gestures are, ultimately, small tweaks to the FM formula - I don’t think you can lose the league because you pointed a finger at someone instead of putting your hands on your hips - that work well to add just a bit more personality to the game. You sadly can’t spontaneously chuck things at players in Football Manager. And then throw a water bottle at th–joking. Feel like showing some appreciation to your players? Wrap an arm around them, or give them a handshake. Want to go absolutely ballistic at your players because they are losing to Bristol City away from home in the League Cup? Chuck a water bottle (I imagine a boot is DLC) and demand something else. The headline feature this year has to be the communication overhaul, which, while unlikely to stop some people from just wanting to hit continue until their space bar crumbles into dust, adds an extra level of role-playing overall. Sure, Football Manager 2021 isn’t a grand reinvention for the series, but almost every change it’s brought to the table has been worthwhile and adds to the destruction of your real life responsibilities. Question is: if you’re a long-time fan or looking to enter the franchise for the first time, is Football Manager 2021 worth picking up?Īs someone who’s already poured 110 hours into the game (I am not in possession of a “life”) since its November 10th beta release, it’s one of the easiest recommendations I will ever make. While there are quite a few headline additions this time out, there’s even more under the hood of this year’s Football Manager to get excited about.
Football Manager 2021 is the latest in a long line of Galactus-sized life devourers from Sports Interactive.