The 3D match-engine remains one of my least favourite features of the entire game. It’s the same when talking to your players – make one wrong move and there’s no way to talk an unhappy player round. The awful Social Media feed still flows with terrible views on your signings from fans, while the canned answers in press conferences feel super restrictive. There might be a lot of new things here, but I still feel like certain areas that really needed improvement were left dormant. Take the time to read through them, as it will help you in the long run. Tactics also benefit from the same helpful instructions when you enter for the first time.
There’s been a light redesign, but it’s still familiar
If you’d rather focus on more pressing matters, at least you can always pass the training off to your assistant manager. This is fine if you play religiously every year, but for other players it just feels like too much information. Setting up regimes, like set-pieces, is time-consuming and confusing, and you’re bombarded with so much information is feels overwhelming. There’s also new ‘Mentors’ section that’ll coach younger players into hopefully becoming wonderkids.Įven though I like the new way training is handled, it’s still the part of the game I enjoy focusing on the least. Take the Training area: your current regimes are now more visually accessible than before, showing your week at a glance and top performers. This theme of accessibility runs throughout Football Manager 2019. These tips and instructions are in no way basic and they’re very wordy, but it does at least make a very intimidating game somewhat more accessible. This works well as both a primer for completely new players and a refresher for those who, like me, don’t have a lot of time to spend remembering how everything works.
The first time you start a game and begin to build a new tactic, you’ll also get a thorough overview into how everything works – and, boy, there’s a lot. You’ll still need the right players to make the most of the these options. Choosing the ‘Tika-taka’ style with Cardiff City, for example, just didn’t work and left me with a team that gave the ball away nearly at every pass. The ability to choose a notable style quickly and easily is nice – but it’s not a solution that will simply make you play like Barcelona. Once you’ve selected your chosen style, it will automatically alter mentality, player roles and more. There’s ‘Tika-taka’ for fast-paced passing, ‘Gegenpress’ for Jürgen Klopp-inspired pressing and ‘Route one’ for, well, Stoke circa 2013. The tactics screen, for example, now lets you choose your playing style from a selection of notable mantras. Fear not statsfans, the information overload is here if you want it
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