Sports Interactive returns as every year with an edition that consolidates the foundations that make it the best management manager today.
With the season started, Sports Interactive dedicates the first days to recreate its usual "reflection". Although at the beginning of the month we made a small visit to their offices through the lyrics, today we deepen this new delivery for “all lovers” of football behind the scenes.
Because Football Manager never misses his annual appointment. More than two decades knowing the ins and outs of the ballon universe allows them to face their developments with the certainty of having established solid, irrefutable pillars; From there, you can only go up.
Since the entry into force of the physical recreation of the parties, perhaps one of the biggest changes it has received in the last decade, methods have been sought that improve their representation with the minimum possible impact on their performance. We are not talking about creating the almost perfect simulation of its most “playable” rivals on the grass, but about being consistent with everything that happens in there.
Football Manager 2020 will not transcend by being a revolutionary edition, not even by including new developments; Being a continuity responds to your need to improve the quality of life of your players when they sit on the couch. Set simple goals, facilitate the design of your panels, have better control of what happens in the locker room, among other improvements. That is the secret of Sports Interactive all these years: knowing how to stop at the right time and to strengthen its structure.
The future is in the young
Managing the quarry is vital if we want to bet on a solid club for years to come. New blood, after all, that also allows us to have a constant influx of money. Called "Development Center", this new panel offers us a complete vision of all the young players that we have available throughout the institution: both in the first team, as in the lower categories and those who are on loan with other clubs.
Everything, absolutely everything that happens to them will be available for viewing here. Depending on the philosophy of the club, we must be more or less careful with the health of this aspect, because not all teams are equal (we will go deeper into this later).
And the impact of our actions will be relevant in the full spectrum of the ecosystem. If we are, for example, the Villarreal, the influence during the negotiations with the incipient promises will be greater, while if we are a portfolio team (that they say it to the City of Guardiola), we will have much more difficult to sow successful fruits.
Naturally, we can try to change the opinion of the rest, but that will take time and effort to prove it with facts. This was one of the points of conflict that we found in previous versions. With the arrival of this tab we will have total control, finally, of an aspect that until now was heavy to digest.
Your club, your responsibility
So far, working for a club conveyed a feeling of being aseptic. Beyond the different indicative and the players, nothing indicated that we were on benches with decades and even a century of history. There is much behind these panels that escape pure and hard labor terms: feelings transferred from parents to children generation after generation.
The club vision comes into play for this. The first thing we will see after signing the contract will be the president's office, in which we will be asked what we want to achieve at different times, within a roadmap of up to five years. Because, yes, working with a goal seen years ago will be easy to follow in Football Manager 2020. As in the quarry, opinion about others is essential, especially for the board of directors.
Therefore, we will now have to take into account the so-called "club philosophy", a feature that we must abide by if we want to save the skin during the renovation. And it is not the same to lead a squad whose game is based on the possession that another, say, rooted in counterattack and "long ball." Our style of play has to adapt to the circumstances that mark the traditions, as long as we dance within a logical range where we can put our signature of author.
If we are not allowed to work freely, we will always have the opportunity to fly further and sign for other leagues and even divisions. It is in our hand to choose the path we want to travel. As always, we will have a full range of options to include within the game; The more competitions we put in, the longer the waiting times to process all the movements, so we recommend that you throw low and adopt a classic style. In our case, at least, Europe.
Be the total coach
From the laying it may seem an almost impossible goal to be able to understand all the ins and outs to master the saga's formula. As often happens in other titles such as those of the Paradox factory, learning and understanding the full functioning is a goal that requires hours of dedication. As much as aids are deployed in the form of a tutorial, the reality is that the player must do a lot of his part if he wants to fully enjoy the experience, although he does not reach Crusader Kings.
Sports Interactive has wanted to help at least avid to the point where we believe this edition is ideal for those who have never decided to make the leap for the reasons stated. The staff will be essential when delegating certain aspects that make us ball. At any time we will have an option that will make our assistants take full part of that particular decision.
If you prefer, you can even, for example, make the workouts not in your hand. We will always have the last word, whose notices will appear in the mailbox; simply the steps will take the channel we want them to take.
Renewed visual appearance
As we said at the beginning of the text, graphic improvements are one of the spearheads that are offered this year. It was a shame to see a game in real time, especially for the erratic behaviors displayed by the players.
To our fortune, we have found a step forward in the image. All players, coaches, grass and climatic changes have been molded from scratch to polish the edges it formed so far.
Keep in mind the game we are in. It remains far from the naturalness that is assumed to title size, but it is neither its purpose nor is it sought to achieve realistic levels. The quality offered at this time is sufficient for a manager in which we will spend most of the time watching panels.
Especially when the initial surprise passes. We will always want to see the results as soon as possible with a view to further improving the way in which we want to represent the team. Teams that will have disparate licenses. All England divisions, except the Premier League, are officially licensed, as well as the Bundesliga and other smaller competitions. LaLiga will not have the actual iconography; Players do retain real names.
This is usually one of the biggest blunders of Football Manager since its inception. But it is something that does not matter much. Why do we say it? For the mods. Thanks to the inclusion of the Steam workshop, it has never been so easy to include community modifications. As with the Pro Evolution Soccer option files, shortly after launch there is already a review that allows you to play with all the licenses in the smallest detail. Players always save the day.
CONCLUSION
Football Manager 2020 is not a revolutionary delivery. His arrival serves to underpin a structure that over the years consolidates even more as the reference manager of virtual football. The improvements in the menus and the possibility of having greater control of your equipment make it one of the best editions to enter its formula. Everyone will be represented in another demonstration of the good work of Sports Interactive.
THE BEST
- The development center, vital for the quarry.
- Better aid to the less experienced.
- Greater influence of our decisions
- Visual enhancements …
WORST
- … that continue to leave inconsistent scenes.
- Missing weight news.
Very good
Remarkable game that we will enjoy and remember. A good purchase, highly recommended for lovers of the genre. It is well taken care of at all levels.
