The pre-holiday period at this time of year always brings interesting game titles, so the new Football Manager 2022 was released on November 10. Everyone who enjoys the role of coach, making tactics for the football team, and completing sound transfers will surely be delighted and will probably try to catch some of the upcoming discounts in the coming winter months to buy the popular football simulation (which should not be mistaken for football simulation video games classified as eSports, such as PES, and put on the offer of top Aussie betting sites).

Football Manager 2021 brought great innovations last year. It can be said that the new Football Manager 2022 continued on this path and tried to improve some earlier features that still needed refinement and, at the same time, introduced interesting innovations aimed at getting as close as possible to the realism of football fields.

The Familiar Features of the Game Are Retained

Football Manager 2022 has kept the already known features of the game and this is immediately visible from the beginning because all the most important elements are present as in previous titles. The player starts the season by choosing a club and is tasked with devising his team’s tactics, arranging training schedules, communicating with club staff and players, arranging friendly matches before the start of the season, and paying attention to the transfer market.

The beginning of the season is only the first stage of this simulation, which becomes more and more complex with the first matches, but it seems that the huge amount of data and categories in Football Manager 2022 is much more successfully edited this time.

The interface is even better compared to previous titles, and it will be much easier for many to search for certain information. Let’s be honest, when we play Football Manager, most of us go into the analysis of all the details – from the player profiles and various adjustments of tactics to the details related to individual teams. In Football Manager 2022, the path to the above information is faster and easier, with numerous links and shortcuts that in a very practical way shorten the time to reach the required results.

From the very beginning of playing Football Manager 2022, useful tips and instructions in the form of tutorials for beginners appear on the home screen, and in the first weeks of the football season areas such as transfers, scouting, staffing, finances, and other football segments are presented in an understandable and practical way.

Data Hub

Many are already accustomed to standard interfaces when it comes to team management, but in Football Manager 2022 there is one new section – Data Hub. It is a central place where each player can get really comprehensive statistics about his team: ball control during various periods of the game, various percentages of passes, shots on goal, possession of the ball, etc.

All the data obtained can be compared with other teams and it is great how much they go into detail. Statistics in the Data Hub can also be checked at the player level, thus identifying their strengths and weaknesses and comparing them with others. Data Hub is a great addition for anyone who loves an in-depth look at the game. The only question is what is the function of the analyst in the club, which in earlier Football Manager titles brought similar data, but to a much lesser extent.

An important novelty when it comes to information is the so-called “staff meetings”, i.e. meetings of club staff and coaches. They provide weekly reports related to coaching, player development, and many other topics that are part of the locker room. Each football club has its own way of working, so the experience of these meetings will always be different, depending on the club being run, the players, and the remaining staff. Meetings don’t have to be necessary and the player will be able to choose to have reports sent to his inbox, but their results and the decisions made at them will have an impact on the final results of the team on the field.

Deadline Day

The dose of tension in Football Manager is always brought by the periods when the transfers window is open. In Football Manager 2022, the tension reaches its peak during the last day of the transition period – Deadline day. With this novelty, the developers from Sports Interactive wanted to portray the drama of the last moments of the transfer window, so a completely new interface was opened for Deadline day, where the remaining time and free players on the transfer list are monitored.

The interface has a number of other categories where you can follow other news or details related to transfers. Players of Football Manager 2022 will experience calls from many agents on their virtual phones and numerous interactions with free players who will have their own requirements, so we believe that this is an interesting addition to the game that will bring the tense atmosphere of transfers in the last seconds before the deadline.

The display of a football match in the earlier titles of the Football Manager series has always been a part of the game that had room for improvement. The same can be said for Football Manager 2022, but some improvements are visible. A new animation system has been applied, which makes the movement of players look much more flexible and closer to that on real football pitches. Ball touches and dribbles have been given a wider range of applications and the pressing system is much more tied to the instructions given to players or teams in the tactical part.

What Are the Downsides of Football Manager 2022?

Although Sports Interactive is working hard to improve the player’s AI, it seems that certain bugs or illogicalities are still present during the game. It is not necessary to state what these situations are (many of which can be characterized as comical) because fans of the Football Manager series know this, but it can certainly be said that there is a lot of room for improvement within this segment.

Another drawback also falls under those to which the players of the Football Manager series are already accustomed. Too much text and repetition still seem to prevail in communication with players or the media. The outcomes of such communication can also be repeated, so it often happens that the player will react in the same way regardless of the dialogue with him or that the media will always interpret some of the statements from the same perspective.

The isolated shortcomings don’t have to worry users because they don’t really affect the game for which it can be said without exaggeration that many will literally get ‘glued’ to the computer screen with many hours of gaming.

The computer specifications required for Football Manager 2022 are as follows:

• * Operating system: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64-bit)

• * Processor: Intel core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 (1.8 GHz)

• * Memory: 4 GB Ram

• * Graphics card: Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 - 256MB VRAM

• * Hard drive: minimum 7 GB of space

• * Direct X version 11.