FIFA Manager 10

FIFA Manager 2010 is too shallow as a purely tactical coaching game to entice the real fans of the genre. However, the game has so many other aspects to lure in the more casual gamer. If you can create a gaming experience that suits you from all the possible options, then this game is worth a purchase.

The game completely failed to charm me and it lacks an addictive hook. A valiant but ultimately doomed effort to break the dominance of the old firm, FIFA Manager 10 is set for mid table obscurity.

Super-realistic and complex simulation. A dream for every soccer fan.

While FIFA Manager 10 is by no means a poor game, there's an underlying suspicion that the energy that's been pumped into the hit-and-miss multiplayer features would have been better spent on genuinely innovating the single-player game, which sadly feels a little too similar to last year and a little tactically thin compared to FM and CM.

It's a fun game, with its appealing look and a little background sound that gives it a casual air.

Fifa Manger 10 is a good game with a lot of stuff and hours of fun. You have the total freedom to decide to be coach, manager or president, or event every one of them at the same time. In the end the game has a solid multiplayer that can give a long lasting life during the year.

Even though it is a game falling slightly in the right direction, it doesn't feel like a serious attempt at making a proper sports-management game at all. It's way too much and way too little at the same time. EA seems to just have wanted to put as much stuff into the game as possible, without looking at the product as a whole. Fail.

The best FIFA manager yet but it lacks the depth to make the big time.

Quotation forthcoming.

FIFA Manager 10 brings a new visuals with a powerful 3D engine for the matches. We can be a football player, a coach or the president offering many options perfect for the soccer fans. Sadly It has several problems in the matches engine but the game is more focused to the spectacular way than realistic. The best addition is the multiplayer online mode. The best FIFA Manager untill now.

Quotation forthcoming.

Perfect presentation and great playability are no surprise in new FIFA Manager. Pity there’s not much improvement since last years version and players/teams database still sucks. [Issue#186]

The series is improving, which is certainly a positive. It still has some ground to cover to beat the Football Manager series however.

FIFA Manager 10 comes without extreme realism, but it is designed to reach our goals faster than other games of its kind. It is not necessary to trace a complicated path from the start of our career to our greatest achievement, because we will be able to get them from its own beginning. The graphics are superb, maybe the best we have seen in this game series. It is a smooth and enjoyable game, halfway between a simulator and a comprehensive management title.

Despite some lacks in the matches engine, FIFA Manager 10 is a step forward in the series, with tons of options and a nice look.

The best version of FIFA Manager I've played and has a level of depth I've not seen before from EA. [Jan 2010, p.93]

An almost overwhelmingly deep experience for newcomers, but the profound and vast number of features keep the game interesting for a long time. Different modes take care of variety, while almost every aspect of “real” football management is part of this excellent game.

A flawed gem. [Jan 2010, p.79]

The football side of things is fairly solid, but sadly the game includes too many duties that simply aren’t part of being the manager of a football club. Then there’s the personal life aspect to deal with and coupled together they really stop the title competing with rival games. Often leaving you overwhelmed and spoiling the playing experience on offer, which is a shame as it will probably drive football mad gamers else where.

Whilst FM10 tries its hand at all aspects of football management, it isn’t entirely successful in all its pursuits and does end up lagging behind its older, slightly more mature brothers.