Football Manager n00b advice

PostFootball Manager n00b advice by **Dowbocop** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:14 pm

Never played FM as the genre didn't really appeal to me. However after listening to an episode of Quickly Kevin Will He Score I kind of want to give it a go.

I'm not dropping £30-40 on a game I might hate so that rules out 2018 or 2019. I got a copy of 2013 from a charity shop but it's got a single use Steam code so I assume it won't work (I'll give it a go on the off chance it was an unwanted present). My options are therefore finding a pre-Steam version, or FM 2019 on Android (I have £20 Play Store credit and nothing to spend it on). Is the mobile version a good enough recreation of the full game for me to see if I'll like it, or will I be wasting my money?

PostRe: Football Manager n00b advice by **Preezy** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:19 pm

You'd be wasting your money. The mobile version is very watered-down in comparison to the full fat PC and semi-skimmed Touch versions.

Could you not try and get a demo of the PC version?

PostRe: Football Manager n00b advice by **Dowbocop** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:32 pm

Demo wouldn't be a bad shout actually, didn't even think of that :lol:

I remember reading that the mobile version was crap a few years ago, but didn't know if they'd improved it since.

Apparently CM 01/02 went freeware in 2009 so I'll get that installed as well.

PostRe: Football Manager n00b advice by **Dual** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:34 pm

Not played the latest mobile FM but the one from last year was serviceable if a little easy.

PostRe: Football Manager n00b advice by **jawafour** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:36 pm

I used to love football manager games. I've enjoyed Football Manager (C64), Premier Manager (Amiga), Championship Manager '93 (Amiga) and O'Leary Manager (GBC). But... in "recent" years I've always found Football Manager to be unfathomable (PC/Mac version; although, to be fair, I last played it around 2005) and pretty poor (mobile version). Tbh honest the complexity level of Championship Manager (Amiga) was just about right for me.

Dowbocop wrote:Demo wouldn't be a bad shout actually, didn't even think of that

I remember reading that the mobile version was crap a few years ago, but didn't know if they'd improved it since.

Apparently CM 01/02 went freeware in 2009 so I'll get that installed as well.

CM 01/02 is god tier.

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