The graphical changes are a manner for Sports Interactive to address shortcomings in last year’s release (the search bar is now front and centre at the top of the screen), freshen things up (2015 sees a return to a basic shortcut menu on the left-hand side), but perhaps their most important function is to draw your attention to new and improved features, funnelling players into underutilised areas of the simulation. It’s hard to undersell the importance of UI in a game like Football Manager. FM 2015 adds yet more information boxes and sensible UI tweaks to make the experience more intuitive, and on the whole, this is easily the best-looking and easiest release yet. From the cut-down classic mode through to sensible deployment of tooltips in the main UI however, there are at least a few footholds for new players or lapsed veterans to clutch on to. From staff hirings to individual training programs, there are so many things to tinker with in FM that it’s a wonder anybody knows where to start. The multitude of layers laid on top of their core footballing simulation have, over the years, come to offer an incredible level of depth. The match engine is still a work in progress Discover a burgeoning talent in FM 2015 and there’s every chance you might see your 18-year-old superstar lining up for a top real-life team in the next few years, and then you too can bore your friends to death with “I told you so” comments. Hour upon hour can (and will) be pumped into its recreation of footballing life, and the recent deal with Prozone suggests their statistical database is continuing to increase its real-world authenticity. It almost goes without saying that - under the hood - Football Manager 2015 is still the premier best-in-class football simulation that you know and love. Football Manager 2015 continues that trend for slow but smart progress, and there’s little to suggest that SI can’t continue this trend for as long as they like. Their cyclical suite of UI updates and gameplay tweaks are largely dependable and smart, and although some of the alterations inevitably end up more successful than others, it’s rare to consider SI’s behemoth as truly broken. While most annual sports games occasionally falter under the overwatch of EA, 2K or Konami, Sports Interactive’s Football Manager series has remained of resolute quality.
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