New Football Manager 2013 is Coming... Are you Ready ?

Hello Dear FMAddicteds,

September of every year is very special for the football manager players because, september means the new version of the game.. Uhmm maybe we can not call "FM" as game.. Football Manager is more than a game, close to reality :) At least this is valid for me.

Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive's Studio Director gave the good news about the release and the new features. By the way, FM 2013 will be coming with a totally new challenging feature called as FMC (Football Manager Classic). I will directly quoted from Miles' words :

“In recent years it's become clear that there's a large group of people who would like to play Football Manager, but simply can't devote the time required to get the most out of the game – in fact, now that they have families and other commitments, even some members of the SI team have found themselves in this position. We decided, therefore, to try to find a way to accommodate players with limited free time, without significantly diluting the experience. We believe that FMC achieves this beautifully."

"I would, however, like to stress to our many, many fans around the world that the introduction of FMC will not impact in any way on the game that they've come to know and love. For those who still want the full, 'hands-on' experience, FM13 offers exactly what they're looking for – a bigger, better and even more immersive version of the world's greatest football management simulation." -- quoted from www.footballmanager.com

What a pity I am also one member of the group that Miles mentioned above. When i was a student at the start of the millenium, the most exciting days and nights were the ones that I played FM, even slept in front of PC while playing FM.. But after years and years, I started to work and it started to become a luxury wish to play FM till the first light of the sun. So, now I am excited about this new  feature, FMC. But most probably, I will continue playing without FMC because FM means for me, every business related to football is my business :) But most probably this time i will be very slow.

Another new feature is challange mode. Indeed, it is not a brand new one, it was experienced at FM Handheld(for iPhone and Android). It should have been so popular that Sports Interactive decided to include five challenges into FM13. (for more details please click here )

Besides these new features, what FM13 is bringing us for better experience are mentioned below:

*I will partially quoted from www.footballmanager.com for the new features*

Improved 3D match engine
To be honest, I was not fully happy with 3D performance of FM12 (it was better than FM11) but at this version i expect more realistic 3D match engine and according to SI announcement in this year’s release, realistic approach will be the one of the most focused point.

New staff roles
Director of Football position will be introduced to us with FM13. This means that if you want to delegate some of your tasks like contract negotiations or the disposal of unwanted players, Director will do this for you.  In addition, the number of specialist coaches has increased and the manager has greater flexibility to choose which coaches to seek advice from and when to do this, as well as more specialised coaches and the ability to improve coach's skills as they qualify for their coaching badges.

Improved media interaction
A emotion mood will be integrated to the media interaction. Thus you will be stress your emotion with these moods. This is also another step for realization of the game.

Network game
Network game functionality will be improved by including a number of bespoke, one-off league and cup options alongside the standard career version, including one mode which allows the player to take the team that he or she has built and developed in their single-player game and test it in the multi-player environment.

Worldwide leaderboards
FM13's deeper integration with Steam also sees the introduction of worldwide leaderboards which means, for the first time, that players can see exactly where they stand compared to their fellow managers across the globe. In addition to the full global ranking ladder, there will also be a number of individual leaderboards covering the game’s different modes and every playable nation and division. The leaderboards use a sophisticated scoring system that takes into account a variety of factors including the level a manager chooses to compete at, his or her club's financial performance and even their in-game wages – making the new manager contract negotiation feature a really important addition to the game.

User interface
FM13 boasts a new interface and skin for 'career' mode, and a fresh new look for 'classic' mode, as well as lots of work on navigation, an animated interface and a new search system means that whichever mode you go for, FM13 will be the easiest to use and best-looking game in the series to date.

Enhanced training
In FM13 managers will have the ability to go deeper into their team's training and choose a schedule that suits their needs. Training is now managed through a simplified overview panel which combines general coaching with more detailed preparation. Managers can now choose where they want to focus their team’s training, whether that is on more general routines or in preparing for specific matches.

Realistic tax regimes
Another realistic approach in the game will be the tax regimes. As you know, most of the developing countries give extra benefits from taxes to attract the star players. As an example, while a player pays 40 percent of his income at Spain, this pay may reduce 20 percent at Turkey. This should have been another decision point during contract negotiations and with the new version, it will be added to game.

I will end my post with Miles' press announcement

Thank you SI Guys.. I am sure you did your best.

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