Football Manager 2018

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6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 111
  3. Negative: 33 out of 111

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  1. Xextreem
    Jan 20, 2018
    4
    Its already 2018 and then this peace of trash comes. This is update update after update update same game over and over and over again. Still people keep funding sega. Stop buying poor games that still the same as last year.
  2. ferdelance
    Jun 25, 2019
    3
    Playing Football Managers since the early 90s. Bundesligamanager-Series, Anstoss Series, EA Fussballmanager Series. They where all better than this Thing. Here´s why:
    1. before you get to Play your first game, you have to answer like a Million Emails, and EVERY day there are many new mails.
    2. if you Play a game and lose, say 0-5, and then you re-load it, you will never have the same    Playing Football Managers since the early 90s. Bundesligamanager-Series, Anstoss Series, EA Fussballmanager Series. They where all better than this Thing. Here´s why:
    1. before you get to Play your first game, you have to answer like a Million Emails, and EVERY day there are many new mails.
    2. if you Play a game and lose, say 0-5, and then you re-load it, you will never have the same result. You´ll Play 3-1, or 5-1 or 0-8 or who knows - without chaning anything.
    3. when you get very successful and have a lot of Money, they will ask for a 19yo top Talent easily 150 Mio € or more. not world class Talent, some 4 Star guy
    4. everything is so detailed - but in a boring way - that it takes literally hours to manage everything between games.
    5. the gameplay itself, i.e. when you watch the two Teams Play in 3D - it´s just pathetic and you feel shame and pity for the guys who made this.

    Never buying one again until they do not Change almost everything.

    Pro: have the licenses, and, .....well, only that.    … Expand
  3. LordSigmar
    Nov 12, 2017
    4
    it is very laggy and runs poorly. Not much has really changed, wait for a sale.

    Also the amount of injuries in this game is shocking. Chelsea won the league last year using the same team every game. If you tried this in FM your whole team would be injured. Here's a case I lost 3-0 to chelsea in the first leg of the champion league. The second leg I conceded an early goal. So the    it is very laggy and runs poorly. Not much has really changed, wait for a sale.

    Also the amount of injuries in this game is shocking. Chelsea won the league last year using the same team every game. If you tried this in FM your whole team would be injured.

    Here's a case I lost 3-0 to chelsea in the first leg of the champion league. The second leg I conceded an early goal. So the match is lost so I put it on the lowest intentisty possible and said take a breather. Guess what, I still got 3 people injuried during the game. The sports scientist makes no sense, all my players have high injury chance even with rotation. Rotating a whole squad every match is not realistic, managers stick to their best 11 and 3-4 subs, not having to sub in full teams after every game.

    Also the match engine still needs work,. My full backs always seem to do this stupid shot cross which gets saved or goes wide. I am getting so bored of watching this that I have turned 2d on. I always miss penalties. I have scored 5 penalties out of 11 even tho I have neymar etc taking them.

    The new dynamics system is more of an annoyance than fun game play. For instance a rotation player demanded a new contract even though his average rating was only 7, I refused and half the team rebelled and called me out to explain, resulting in lost morale.

    Also the new scouting system is terrible and its better just to scout all the players from the top teams yourself.

    All in all don't buy this game, that are too many bugs and its laggy, I spent half my time on this game pressing spacebar and waiting for the next screen to load.    … Expand
  4. icefrom70s
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    I've played every single FM since the first release and every single CM since CM 2001/2002. You cannot be serious with this game, FM18. By far the worst game the series has ever produced. It's 10 days since it has been released and it's not yet ready to hit the market as a live game. Full of bugs, it's absolutely ridiculous. I'm leading 3-0 at half time and I'm getting equalized because itI've played every single FM since the first release and every single CM since CM 2001/2002. You cannot be serious with this game, FM18. By far the worst game the series has ever produced. It's 10 days since it has been released and it's not yet ready to hit the market as a live game. Full of bugs, it's absolutely ridiculous. I'm leading 3-0 at half time and I'm getting equalized because it won't make my substitutions. Once I make my changes, the substituted player appears on the bench in place of the player that should have gone on the pitch, but on the pitch is still the substituted player. So I have the same player two times (once running out of position on the pitch as I've changed the tactic and once chilling down on the bench). And many other bugs. Thanks SI for destroying all my trust in the series. I will think twice before I will buy any other FM. I think I will stick with FM16 as your work stopped there.… Expand
  5. LosOutlier
    Jan 4, 2018
    4
    None of the new features are enough to distract from the fact that this game is still FM. What I mean by that is that what you do as a manager accounts for about 50% of how well your team does, the other 50% is just the game randomly deciding what the scores in each game should be.

    6 seasons in with Whitehawk and the pattern is the same every season - I underachieve. I've lost count of    None of the new features are enough to distract from the fact that this game is still FM. What I mean by that is that what you do as a manager accounts for about 50% of how well your team does, the other 50% is just the game randomly deciding what the scores in each game should be.

    6 seasons in with Whitehawk and the pattern is the same every season - I underachieve. I've lost count of how many games I've had stolen from me against the run of play, where I've had more clear cut chances than the other team but don't get the win. This happens in football but only in a minority of games - IN FM THIS IS THE NORM, GAME AFTER GAME, SEASON AFTER SEASON.

    The devs contend that there is no anti player bias at all in the game but this is a pure lie. How else can it be explained that with 6 games to go needing 11 points to secure the league, I conceded 5 penalties in those 6 games, collected four points, lost the title to some inferior team. Did I win the playoffs? Ha!! You gotta be kidding.

    Unless you enjoy feelings of rage and frustration then don't bother with this game.    … Expand
  6. fourminou
    Nov 17, 2017
    0
    Not enough change. The 3d and graphic are even worse than last year I dont know how they can do this.

    The multiplayer game is unplayable for me playing from a different country than my friend...

    I bought all the football manager since 1998 but it's the last one I buy if they not make BIG changes.
  7. Dragon_Fly
    Sep 1, 2018
    4
    This game is really aggravating me with how players who get slightly bumped by other players will then suddenly stand there like an Army Figurine waiting for the team to get the ball. They mind as well have them lay on the floor and play the planking fad.
  8. oz4n
    Dec 5, 2017
    0
    FM series was fun up until a few years ago.
    Then with all repetitiveness it became funny of devs releasing it every year.
    Now neither it's fun nor it's funny anymore that this is literally FM2017 v2.
    So stop this sh*t please.
  9. alcof89
    Dec 8, 2017
    0
    Played it for years - this is the worst yet. Match engine is unbearable. They've mad things needlessly more difficult in a number of instances. Not enough progress on tactics.
  10. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    0
    Football manager barely changes anything and republishes their game for full price. Greedy cheap basterds. The game database is great, but if you play for long enough and understand the mechanics the game becomes easy to beat, because it requires little adaption to the opponent and the scouting system is easy to game. There is also always some game breaking problem, such as crossingsFootball manager barely changes anything and republishes their game for full price. Greedy cheap basterds. The game database is great, but if you play for long enough and understand the mechanics the game becomes easy to beat, because it requires little adaption to the opponent and the scouting system is easy to game. There is also always some game breaking problem, such as crossings working insanely well.… Expand
  11. Green59
    Feb 21, 2018
    0
    game is soo unreal,probably worst fm...waste of money,,,need 10000 attempt to score goal while enemy team score one goal with 1 attempt

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#46 Best PC Game of 2017
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#48 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2018
    90
    I’m delighted that after so many years the developers managed to find a room for improvements that enrich the experience in such meaningful and impactful ways and got another inch closer to blurring the line between Football Manager and reality. It’s hard to believe, but the game is even better than it was. [01/2018, p.66]
  2. Gamersky
    Jan 21, 2018
    88
    Football Manager 2018 builds a virtual world which can rival the real one, by using huge and complex database. Many new features in 2018 were designed just to let players experience a more and more realistic manager career.
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  3. Games.cz
    Jan 21, 2018
    80
    Progress? Sure. Nothing incredibly dramatic to move the football game world, but as you once jump into a new year, you will not return back to the previous one voluntarily.
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