Football Manager 2014

1. darksoul1111

   Oct 31, 2013

   10

   it is better than the other ff13 with some good improvement. it is not a perfect game by far but the best football sim out there. So if youit is better than the other ff13 with some good improvement. it is not a perfect game by far but the best football sim out there. So if you are a new to the serie get this one you will have a good time. my personal view is that this game can be compared to a civiliation serie not to pardox game such as the excellent crusader king 2 or the europa universlast 4. to sum up this is a halve way between a casual and hardcore simulatiob game.… Expand

   • 3 of 30 users found this helpful
2. theSamau5

   Sep 1, 2014

   8

   I've read a lot of these reviews and as well as others I've been playing FM since CM. The game has not improved since 2013 or prior in termsI've read a lot of these reviews and as well as others I've been playing FM since CM. The game has not improved since 2013 or prior in terms of the match engine and the interface. I get the feeling that because FM2014 is a lot more advanced than the others and you can't just put the best team out and expect to win, people are reviewing this from a perspective that they cannot win. As I've said it is a lot more advanced and there are many factors that need more attention when going into match and managing your club. I have based this review on a positive and negative perspective.… Expand

   • 0 of 3 users found this helpful
4. Gamercritic777

   Oct 31, 2015

   7

   I have spent many hours on this game. I originally started playing championship manager 2002 ( i think it was). The idea is great, gameplay asI have spent many hours on this game. I originally started playing championship manager 2002 ( i think it was). The idea is great, gameplay as good as can be i guess without competition. The big let down is the simulation aspect, which is a pretty huge part of it. During the match the sim is incredibly poor with odd things happening constantly. Tactics should be a big part of the game, but the game gives you an unfair/unneeded advantage at the start. You can play the worst team with worst tactics but still win 3-0 on all games. After those first 6 or so matches it changes, but as no matter what system you use you always win you don't really see how bad your tactic is. Making it very hard to tweak, or find a solution to your poor form. Don't get me wrong, i have gotten promotion with teams such as weston super mare several times, so i am not bad at the game. But that aspect ruins it a bit for me. Also attributes don't really do much. All the time i see pace 6 outrun a pace 12 player, or a 6 header head a ball past a 14 header defender. Players with low attributes become topscorers etc… Expand

   • 0 of 2 users found this helpful
5. AnonJ

   Nov 15, 2013

   2

   As a 10-year CM/FM player, after hours of frustration I decided to uninstall the game and never ever touch FM again unless there appears someAs a 10-year CM/FM player, after hours of frustration I decided to uninstall the game and never ever touch FM again unless there appears some fundamental overhaul which is very unlikely. I feel FM is already fundamentally broken since very long ago. For 14, the match engine makes me sick. I definitely can't find the successive works as classic as CM 03-04 which I first encountered. All the additional features seem to be doing some superficial "effort" but actually making the game experience more clumsy and bizarre because they are implemented scrappily. If SI isn't gonna make it hopefully another company can do it, though it's quite difficult. Somehow FM just feels like the Microsoft in football simulation game: Now almost everybody dislikes it but can hardly find an alternative. Sad.… Expand

   • 9 of 9 users found this helpful
6. Deano76

   Feb 15, 2014

   1

   The high scores this game received from so called professional reviewers shows yet again that these idiots are just on the take. They mustThe high scores this game received from so called professional reviewers shows yet again that these idiots are just on the take. They must enjoy a lot of freebies to ignore the fact that this is by far the worst, most buggy FM game ever produced. It's pathetic.… Expand

   • 8 of 8 users found this helpful
7. thalen

   Mar 2, 2015

   0

   Sorry i have to give this badly made excuse of a game 0 !!!!!! yes 0.
   
   so many things wrong i do not have the time to write them all down soSorry i have to give this badly made excuse of a game 0 !!!!!! yes 0.
   
   so many things wrong i do not have the time to write them all down so i will just give my 5 best reasons for rating 0.
   
   1. Ryan Giggs contact is expiring and the greedy sod wants 250k p/w the board will only allow 175k p/w so he plans on leaving, Everton put in a bid which i can do nothing about.Now when he leaves and next time i am playing Everton he is in their team and i looked at him to discover he signed for them on 20kp/w ????
   
   2. Wayne Rooney scores 5 in a game and has 2 assists in a 9-0 thumping of Fulham this is the one and only time i have seen a player get a rating of 10 for a match, i praise him in the after match team talk only for the rest of the teams morale to go to abysmal and almost all those who played in the match ask to leave!!!
   
   3. A 16 year old player at Inverness is valued at 26k so i bid 100k get refused and so on till i hit 1mil and at this point i ask to discuss and they say they will start discussions at wait for it 2.5mil !!!!! REALLY? as if.
   
   4. Lose the match that you totally dominate to an own goal, i'm talking 35 shots at goal 15 on target 10 ccc and yet still lose to that 1 shot at goal and this almost always happens to be the bottom club.
   
   5. Then we have the game that you know you are going to lose right at kickoff, one of your guys smashes the ball off the other then they both just stand there for what i can only assume is the other guy debating why his team mate just smashed the ball off him. Then we have EVERY pass will now just go to an opposition player(even goal kicks) EVERY defensive header will go straight to an opposition player EVERY throw-in will go to an opposition player. None of your defenders will tackle the whole match except that one time when he tackles the forward running into 2-3 defenders so he can just knock the ball into the path of his unmarked partner.
   
   I played this series through all the 90s when it was CM stopping 2001 and did not play again till this version and i have to say things have went backwards. I will never buy another version EVER that's how bad i rate this game.
   
   Some people tell me they like the 3D match engine but i will still give 0 as i have seen many games with better graphics.… Expand

   • 1 of 2 users found this helpful
8. PCDOCTOR

   Nov 4, 2013

   0

   Well I tired to write a review to warn people how rubbish this game is, it nothing even close to a sim of any sort, there are no tactics andWell I tired to write a review to warn people how rubbish this game is, it nothing even close to a sim of any sort, there are no tactics and the entire system is a dice roll.
   Also anyone that speaks out on steam or forums is banned and ignored.
   
   Its a tran wreck plain and simple, worst yet… Expand

   • 12 of 15 users found this helpful

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