SlayerX

No. Haven't played Football Manager since pre-steam. It's the same every year. The game isn't perfect, even when it's time to release a new edition. It's a cycle. In an ideal world Football Manager would be perfect each year, but it's not, so I propose that Sports Interactive release the game every other year. SI should half the price for each edition and then release a mega-patch a year later for the same price. That way SI don't lose out on money and the fans get a better, less buggy game.

At last check 1/3 of the World is still internet-less. I'm sure some of those 2.7 billion people wouldn't mind playing Football Manager. I know. The fact that you even have to use Steam is emblematic of what I hate about the virtual world we currently live in. It Is what it is, though. I won't moan about it.

Cool. Thanks. Just looked it up. No. You can't play Football Manager 2022 without steam God help the poor sods who live in places with zero internet or people who treasure their privacy. *goes back to pre-Steam Football Manager*

Thank you. if I bought it via Windows Store would I be required to have steam?

A link? I don't. But at one point the majority of companies were implementing it. (If people are going to get away with something, there'll do it) I have no reason to believe that SI weren't one of them.

I'm lead to believe that Red Shell is implementing with all games that run with Steam. When it was leaked, several companies removed it from their titles (50 or so). SI (or football manager) is not one of them.

lol Sorry. Red Shell. (Serves me right for multitasking)

Yeah. I know that the vast majority of software contain a certain amount if spyware, etc. However, things like OS's and whatnot are pretty much essential to using a computer and/or using the net. Steam isn't essential. It's just another slice of your privacy being taken. Have you heard of the spyware called "Hard Shell"? It's in Steam. Hard Shell has the ability to detect what you're watching, your social media actities and it collects cookies, etc. Is that any different from Microsoft, etc? No. But as I said, I'm not going to offer up my privacy to play a computer game. The reason I stopped playing Football Manager in the first place was because of the introduction of Steam.

It's a piece of software that essentially spys on your activities It's glorified spyware.

I don't have steam. I'm not a gamer, nor will I ever be, so I haven't no desire to be a part of that particular cult. Is there any alternative to steam? I think if you buy a physical copy of a computer game, you should be able to play it out of the box, and whichever way you choose. I'm old fashioned like that.

I can see that. Like a reality show for Football Manager/Football fans. I'd certainly watch it ahead of the real reality shows.

No. I know what he was saying It's an interesting way of playing Football Manager.

Nah. I've seen people play 30+ seasons. What's the difference with playing that amount of seasons, at an accelerated speed, than someone playing a career day-by-day, if it takes the same amount of real time? I see the appeal in playing in on a day by day basis. It would make it more real. As opposed to watching highlights of a match and missing the nuances.

That's interesting.

Yeah. Even at my peak I could only fit about one or two matches in per day. Life has gotten in the way for the past decade or so.

I've played Football Manager since it was "Championship Manager". I vividly remember buying the first Championship Manager for the Amiga, in '92 or '93. Ever since the introduction of the 2D match engine I've watched the full 90 minutes of all of my matches. Even friendlies. Yes, it was time consuming, but the reasoning behind it is it's far easier to judge players if you watch them in 90 minute matches than watching them in highlights. Plus, it's more realistic. I mean, you don't get Sir Alex Ferguson (back in the day) or Guardiola only being attendance of 5 minutes of their matches. Yes. A season took a while, but it was worth it. I have taken a break from Football Manager for a while. The most recent one that I've played is the '13 edition. Does anyone else watch 100% of their matches?

Roughly, how many playable leagues do you think i could get away with? As stated, the graphic level will be the very bare minimal. I don't even care if the stadiums don't have any fans. I usually start my career with East Fife, so I wouldn't notice.

I think I'll do that. I know that the differences in editions are very much incremental, but with ten years of a gap... it might be one hell of a bridge to gap.

Very cool. Thank you.

Hi all. Here's the deal: I haven't played Football Manager since the 2013 edition, so it's been a long while before I've played FM. How much of a culture shock would it be if I leaped into the FM 20022 fray? I mean, what have I missed? Or is that list way too long to list? Up to FM2013 I used to buy every version, so the transition from the previous one to the new one was pretty much seamless. In this case it's been almost a decade, I fear the leap would be way too big to adjust easily.

I bought a new laptop. I didn't buy it specifically to play FM. I'll just be using it for word processing, etc. But I was just wondering how well it would play Football Manager 2022 if I leapt back into the fray. Bear in mind, I would play it with the lowest detail available: HP Elitebook 830 G8 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1145G7 @ 2.60GHz 2.61 GHz Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics 16 GB RAM 500GB SSD