In a lengthy blog post, Football Manager developer Sports Interactive has mapped out what the next few years look like for the simulation series on PS5 and other consoles. While this year's Football Manager 24 will be an iteration of the 2022 instalment, Football Manager 25 is being billed as a "true sequel". The studio is talking a pretty big game here, with engine changes, deep dives into technology, and the introduction of women's football.
The most notable difference is Football Manager 25 will run on a new engine: Unity. The switch will grant the team more graphical power as well as better UI tools, which will "dramatically improve the ways you are able to interact with the game, both inside and outside of a matchday". Overall, Football Manager 25 running on Unity will offer a better-looking matchday experience, both on the pitch and the stadium surrounding it. "We’ll also have new technology for Newgens and manager creation which are already looking really promising at this early stage."
In addition, Football Manager 25 will benefit from a new animation tech. You'll actually get to see bits of this in Football Manager 24 with better ball physics and player locomotion, but then the big guns arrive the year after. "Simply put, the way that everything looks and moves will be far more true-to-life than ever before with FM25. This obviously requires considerable investment – but with the aforementioned growth of the studio in recent years, we now have the resource available to ensure both FM24 and FM25 are progressing simultaneously."
And finally, Football Manager 25 will allow you to manage a women's team. "The women's game deserves to be the best it possibly can be when it is released - and the new graphics engine will help deliver that." The studio is partnering with key members of the women's game, which will allow the developer to "deliver the most authentic experience possible".
More details will be shared next year, but between now and then, we have Football Manager 24. While this version will be based on a lot of the same tech, Sports Interactive reveals one big new feature: you can import your Football Manager 23 save into the sequel and continue your career on the touchline. You can then also carry that save over into Football Manager 25. You can read more through here.
Do these significant changes and updates excite you? Let us know in the comments below.
[source footballmanager.com]
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Is this gonna launch at Release on PS5 this time tho? Last one was delayey for like 6+ Months without given a reason lol
I do enjoy football manager.
I also like that more ‘PC only’ type games are getting console releases
I have played this since back in the "Champ Man" days, blows my mind to see how far they have come!
@Magnus_Selene it was due to exclusivity with MS no?
This game has been crying out for an engine overhaul for years. I know they did a pretty big one few years back but it wasn't really in line with the modern day in term of graphics anyway. The UI is so cluttered as well, always need skins on this so never touch the console version
So not much point at all buying FM24 then.
@theMEGAniggle No. The release was delayed shortly before it was due because of unnamed issues. It launched on Switch, Mobile and so on without issues
@Magnus_Selene you're right, their website says it was due to 'unforeseen complications which have arisen during the submissions and approvals process'. So an admin error supposedly
I honestly just play with the 2D engine anyway as the 3D engine right now doesn’t quite line up correctly. In 2027 now on PC with Bradford Park Avenue in the Championship, hoping for Premier League promotion but Eddie Howe’s bankrupt Man City stand in my way. I’ll probably play a game of the 97/98 mod for FM23 as well, it’s pretty cool being able to use the Champ Man 3 database in the new game.
Import your save? Or just keep playing the old game until the actual changes kick in 😅 I got bored of my save anyway, 3 promotions in 3 years and then getting into the champions league without really spending much money felt a bit stupid in the end. No time to actually grow and develop my squad properly and then forced to pay very large wages to very average players 😅
Atleast FM cares enough to have All leagues and not selected ones like fifa/ EAFC
@Magnus_Selene the devs said sony didn't give them dev kits. How true that is i dont know as sega own them. But they did say that... ive not helped at all have i🤣
My biggest gripe is that on consoles we get the mobile version.
These games far too convoluted and time consuming after the heyday of Championship Manager classics culminating in 01/02 (which you can still download for free and up date with modern data).
Add to that playing a game made for PC on a console with controller and it's a definite non-interest for me personally.
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