2016 video game
Football Manager 2017 ( abbreviated to FM17 ) is a football management simulation video game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released on Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux on 4 November 2016. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the fourteenth iterative installation to the Football Manager series .

Gameplay [edit ]

FM17 features alike gameplay to that of the Football Manager series. Gameplay consists of taking charge of a professional [ a ] association football team, as the team director. Players can sign football players to contracts, manage finances for the cabaret, and give team talks to players. FM17 is a pretense of real universe management, with the player being judged on assorted factors by the club ‘s AI owners and board. [ 3 ]

Development [edit ]

[ 1 ] [ 4 ] After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union ( EU ) on 23 June 2016, FM17 featured a form of brexit, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with three possible scenarios : “ commercial enterprise as usual ” with no extra work visa needed ; [ 7 ] current players will be grandfathered but raw players will need exercise visa ; [ 8 ] or a “ unvoiced Brexit ” in-game scenario, which has Scotland vote for independence in a second referendum and remaining in the EU, whilst EU players would require working visas to play in any English, Welsh or Northern Irish teams. [ 9 ] FM17 featured a new social media see, which would show a Twitter themed horizon of fans and players thoughts, that would change after events that transpired in game. A fresh front scanning option allowed the actor ‘s in-game embodiment to be customised to show a 3D watch of the actor ‘s real number life sentence font by use of a webcam, or brought from a painting. [ 10 ]

reception [edit ]

On the reappraisal collector Metacritic, Football Manager 2017 received a seduce of 80 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating “ broadly golden reviews ”. [ 11 ] GameSpot gave the game a 7/10, applauding the musician exploitation and bright transfers, and besides saying “ Football Manager 2017 is easy to recommend to the bud director ”, but not enjoying the tactics interface. [ 13 ] PC Gamer gave the game a score of 85/100, saying the game is a significant step astir from previous versions. [ 14 ] Trusted Reviews gave the game 4.5 stars, “ saying FM17 is a identical definite leap ahead. ” [ 15 ]

George Osborn of British newspaper, The Guardian, was less positive about the crippled, particularly citing previous releases in the series, and the miss of a significant addition over former instalments. Osborn wrote, “ Over the past four years, Football Manager editions have shaken up the way players create tactics, introduce in game coach stats or provide newfangled game modes to play. FM 2017 offers none of that. ” [ 10 ] Osborn was besides highly critical of the game ‘s strictly cosmetic addition of a face scanner, and inclusion of social media, calling it “ absolutely inconsequential ”. [ 10 ] User reviews of the game on the Steam service, however, show a “ largely negative ” position, the result of a recoil from chinese users protesting at the miss of an official translation in their language. [ 17 ]

Sales [edit ]

On 21 August 2017 personal computer Games Insider magazine published that FM17 had sold its one-millionth imitate. This would be the fifth meter in sequence that the Football Manager game had sold one million copies or more. [ 18 ]

References [edit ]

  1. ^ FM17 besides includes semi-professional, amateur and external teams