Football Manager 2019

 PC
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Nov 2, 2018
User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 139 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 139
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 139
  3. Negative: 26 out of 139

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  1. Damedius
    Nov 22, 2018
    5
    Game is currently in beta conditions. Its playable but filled with game breaking bugs.

    There is a bug that can prevent you from saving. I lost eight hours of gameplay. Another big bug I ran into was being unable to increase the clubs youth level which made trying to develop youth players much harder. The worst is the Football Manager Community on the SI Forums. They are almost like    Game is currently in beta conditions. Its playable but filled with game breaking bugs.

    There is a bug that can prevent you from saving. I lost eight hours of gameplay. Another big bug I ran into was being unable to increase the clubs youth level which made trying to develop youth players much harder.

    The worst is the Football Manager Community on the SI Forums. They are almost like a cult. Filled with fanboi's and heavy handed moderators.

    They relentless attack those who bring up any shortcoming of SI and are quick to defend them. You will attacked by the community and have any threads that point anything wrong being closed.

    Members of the community were attacking people for leaving negative feedback in the official feedback thread.    … Expand
  2. EPMD
    Apr 4, 2019
    5
    What I Like: Tactical options, revamped team training, the usual comprehensive database of teams and players, and an improved user interface.

    What I Don't Like: Poor AI logic, unbalanced match engine, and frustrating player development. Player development is frustrating because teenagers develop extremely quickly even without match experience, while 20-25 year olds often show no    What I Like: Tactical options, revamped team training, the usual comprehensive database of teams and players, and an improved user interface.

    What I Don't Like: Poor AI logic, unbalanced match engine, and frustrating player development.

    Player development is frustrating because teenagers develop extremely quickly even without match experience, while 20-25 year olds often show no improvement despite playing all season. Uncertainty is good, but the aging curve needs to be less rigid. You might as well ignore potential ability once a player hits 20.

    But the match engine is the bigger problem. When you see your team has crossed the ball 60 times in a match (EPL teams cross 15-20 times per match in real life), despite you telling your two wide players to "cross less often" then you know the game mechanics are flawed. Even your opponents will cross that often because the game seems to hard-code into player logic. It's enough to make yo want to play an older version.    … Expand
  3. Manzanetti
    Aug 10, 2020
    6
    Got a decent amount of time from the game. Maybe it's not a great improvement from the last one I played (2017) and a lot of issues are still there (match engine above all), but I love this experience and can't help it!
  4. Crypt
    Sep 9, 2019
    7
    Not the best franchise game, but not the worst either. The game could have a higher degree of difficulty. No more fulfills your goals. Worth it.

Awards & Rankings

16
#16 Best PC Game of 2018
89
#89 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
50
#50 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    85
    A lot of new possibilities and features, new and improved UI, and good old contagious gameplay.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    80
    The most player-friendly edition of the Football Manager, which, unfortunately, can bore the veterans of the series with its slow evolution. [Issue#291]
  3. Critical Hit
    Dec 6, 2018
    70
    If you’re a die-hard football fan but also a lover of the behind the scene workings of football, this is a game that will give you all of that to your heart's content. For the rest of us football fans, I’d suggest sticking to the latest iteration of FIFA.
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