Football Manager 2014
2013
- simulator
- sport
- strategy
- single player
- multiplayer
The story
FM 2014 features a rehauled transfer module in which opposing clubs and managers adopt a more realistic approach when making or responding to transfer offers. Additional, a host of new ‘real world’ transfer clauses have been added, such as the facility to loan a player back to the club he has just been bought from and the option to offer a combination of money and loan players, as well as new contract clauses such as a sub bench appearance fee. Beyond this, the old ‘turn-based’ system of transfer negotiations can now be accomplished two ways, the tried and tested system and a new ‘live’ system, similar to that used in Football Manager’s contract negotiations.
What it’s like
Clean, dense menus in cool blues and greys, with tables of player stats, transfer offers and fixture lists laid out like a well-kept ledger, and a soft amber glow when a deal lands. Match days play out on a tidy top-down pitch with dots drifting across green, while commentary murmurs in the background and a crowd hums under it. Nothing is rushed: the rhythm is set by the player's own pauses, whether that means studying a squad over tea or sitting through a long season one matchweek at a time. The mood is patient, studious and quietly absorbing, with a low thread of tension whenever a negotiation stalls or a striker's form dips. Its arcs are about slow reputation-building, a club clawing up the table through careful signings and small, hard-won improvements. Intensity is minimal: no violence, gore or fear, only the mild stress of a bad result and the occasional sting of a rejected bid. It suits a long, unhurried Sunday, a late evening with a cup of tea, or a long-haul flight, and it is made for football fans and anyone who enjoys systems, numbers and steady, strategic progress.
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