Football Manager 2023 Review (LordKalmus)
**FULL RELEASE UPDATE**
THEY DID NOT UPDATE MATCH ENGINE I REPEAT THEY DID NOT UPDATE MATCH ENGINE!
IT IS STILL SAME BROKEN ENGINE AS IT WAS IN BETA....unreal...
Original Review :
This should not be called Football Manager 2023. This is Football Manager 2021.8. That is it. I usually place around 1000 to 3000 hours per FM game.
Last years version saw very very few changes from FM21 so I recorded barely 400 hours on it. This years game? I mean...its more polished? Whoope!
So lets start with the good.
GOOD :
Supporters vision : Fantastic addition I actually really like it worthy of being called "a new Feature"
Smooth gameplay : Looks and plays smoother then last year
Manager face graphics : Looks way better and it was actually improved
New Animations : They look great! Players can dance now!
BAD :
Set Pieces : Not been touched in close to 10 years. No additions same crap, and they are so often exploited in tactics because of how ancient they are.
International Management : You are releasing a game in the same month as there is a World Cup...how can you not use this opportunity to make something great...unreal!
Tactics : You changed the names of few things so it looks news. BRAVO! Same thing as it has been for years.
Graphics: LMA Manager 2007 looks better than this game. I understand you don't want to make the game too graphically taxing but you have low, medium, high, and ultra settings. Use it properly!!
Sound : Sound has not been updated in 20 years. It's awful, generic, and boring. Not to mention the sound slider does not work properly at best of times.
Draw changes : I am sorry...WHO ASKED FOR THIS ?!?! It just looks sorry but stupid! You changed the wrong things! Draws were fine. You did not need to make them extra special...even then now it's just clunky and confusing at best.
Manager Pathway: Again. WHO ASKED FOR THIS?! HOW CAN THIS BE LAUDED AS A HEADLINE FEATURE? You should have added a feature where you can mold your character's history like what clubs did he play for? Why he retired and became a manager? We are not asking you to go the FIFA Manager route and give your entire life and stuff. We want new stuff that can be as simple as your manager's history.
Whoever greenlit releasing the game like this. With barely any changes. Knowing people will buy it in drowes should be SACKED. This is unacceptable. I have given you a pass for the last two years due to COVID.
I thought better of your Sports Interactive. I am truly disappointed.