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Football Manager 2022 lazily reacts to the football trends of recent years, but, unfortunately, does not add anything new to the usual annual cycle. So the dilemma between buying a new product and installing a fresh fan patch on an old version of the game remains the same.

On the move — a semblance of life

Anyway, the new part is always new expectations, especially since Football Manager 2021 was enthusiastically received by critics. Then it seemed that some kind of life was reborn in the series after many years of inactivity, although in practice the innovations were scanty. There was an opportunity to chat with an agent before buying a player, an xG system that calculates the chances of a team to score a goal, animations of gestures in dialogues — in general, sparsely. Against this background, in Football Manager 22 I wanted to see more large-scale experiments — well, or at least a corrected system for balancing tactics and slightly less scary faces of football players. In the end, it was interesting to see if Sports Interactive would take more risks than last year or hit the brakes.

The introduction of xG last year did not cause serious protests even among the most skeptical players, so the authors decided to develop the mechanics further. From now on, the manager has a whole analytical department at his disposal: his employees analyze the matches of the team and draw up graphs that clearly show why you scored three goals and scored only one (or vice versa). Moreover, you can even turn to the analytics center right during the match in order to see how deservedly your team wins or loses during the half-time break. Coaches of national teams, however, are deprived of such pleasure.

The text that accompanies gestures and movements sometimes reads like a manual on communication with earthlings, written by reptilians from Nibiru needed. Any player with minimal experience and no charts will perfectly understand whose xG is better: just follow the progress of the match and the number of chances. Statistics add a bit of realism, but in fact they only state the obvious. At the same time, passing charts and movement zone data really help to better understand who is falling out of the game. In my case with Manchester United, everything was even about the same as in life: Anthony Martial and Donnie van de Beek are bad, Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo are doing magic. Although to understand why certain players perform poorly, in any case, you have to do it yourself. The problem lies either in the lack of professionalism of the player, or in the wrong tactics — most often in the latter. Therefore, the essence of the analysis still comes down to the ingenious conclusion “it is necessary to change the scheme.”

The main sections of the menu are devoted to the main information about the team, plus there are separate plates about players, past matches and future opponents. Illustrative but no frills

The studio also finalized the engine responsible for the graphical simulation of matches — the most mystical component of the game. The curvature of the animations and graphics of Football Manager has long become a local meme, as well as the annual promises of the authors to correct the situation. To be fair, this time there are some qualitative changes that are really noticeable. Players stop and change course more realistically, perform Cruyff’s feint and back heel pass well, ricochet after hitting the ball looks more believable. The problem with numerous one-on-one exits, where the striker fails to punch the goalkeeper over and over again, seems to be a thing of the past. At the same time, skillful dribblers in the attack still stupidly run past the defenders, and sometimes literally seep through them (it is understood that the player circled them with a feint). Sheds are too easy, and trying to select the ball is like a date between two shy puppets. Of course, I have a rich enough imagination not to pay attention to such moments, but for 2021 the game looks clumsy — especially considering the annoying promises of the developers to fix the visualization.

Some moments of the matches look elegant, while others are frankly ridiculous even on freeze-frames

However, Sports Interactive did not limit itself to the visual part: when creating tactics, you can now put a new role on the field — full-back central defenders. This role, available only in a three-player defense scheme, gives the player in position offensive options. More dribbling, more flank and forward shifts, more movement — now the three-back setup has become more or less playable. This is nice, because earlier, with the ostentatious variety of schemes and arrangements, only one more or less constantly worked: the classic 4-2-3-1 (rarely 4-3-3) with counterpressing, aggressive tackle and high lines of the players on the field . Variations are possible, but it was these sketches that were the foundation of the club’s long-term success — and all other schemes, especially those built from defense, failed much more often, even if Atlético Madrid played against Shinnik.

I really hoped that the developers would improve the balance of constellations. Still, Nick Madden, who is responsible for the mode of matches, separately said that counterpressing should now become more difficult, since the players will be noticeably tired by the end of the game. However, in the short run, the same Russian team (not the strongest team in the world) did not have any particular problems with fatigue — well, or I did not notice them in 30 hours of play. Yes, the players really run out of steam for the final, but the result had already been obtained by that time, all the necessary goals were scored, and therefore the endurance of the players does not affect the outcome of the match. In this context, three defenders are good, but two working formations are still not enough compared to what the game offers in words.

Mbappe will not come to us? Well, okay, I didn’t really want to

Devil’s Assistant

Over the years of the existence of the series, the game interface has acquired many interactive advisors who are always ready to express their valuable opinion about the player, tactics or club development. Football Manager 22 gathers them all in one place — a few years later, coaching staff meetings returned to the game, where they discuss all relevant issues: from dismissal and hiring of personnel to selection and development of players. Again, out of context, this sounds great: all the employees came, talked about the turnover and left. But in fact, about a third of their statements are either meaningless or convey information that you can easily get at any time in the game anyway. When another adviser says that such and such a footballer can become the new Lionel Messi, you just want to shrug your shoulders and click through the dialog box, since there is zero practical benefit from this revelation — only extra informational noise.

Unfortunately, there is more than enough noise in the game anyway. Searching for talent and making up tactics is great, but much more often you have to sort through endless notifications in the mail, communicate with football players, sit at press conferences, chatter in the mix zone before and after matches, answer journalists’ calls … 50-60% messages are needed only for entourage. The game traditionally promises variety in dialogues with players, functionaries and management, but in reality this means that you will memorize all the answer options not in five hours, but in ten. Although Football Manager, let me remind you, is fun for hundreds of hours.

Three stars out of five is, of course, a great potential for a major English Premier League club

It is clear that in reality managers are really pestered with the same questions, they really have to work with a lot of information. Judging from this point of view, the series perfectly recreates the feeling of routine, where each match is a bright spot in the middle of dull everyday life. But such an argument in theory can justify any hack: one thing is similar questions, the other is literally the same, where only the proper name changes. Attending every conference during the season (there are more than a hundred of them in total), you can easily go crazy. In addition, if we are already talking about a full-fledged simulation of reality, then we should not forget that coaches also have personal lives, families, holidays, activities outside of work — everything that Football Manager squanders on the calendar. In this situation, the specific percentage of the «life» of the coach, who spends on communicating with the press, becomes critically high, and therefore the players sooner or later begin to send assistants to most of the press events in order to save time. The poor fellows have to take the rap for the coach almost always, which has become a separate subject for jokes.

However, despite all this, Football Manager 22 plays well — just like the previous parts. The wind of change barely affects the essence of the game: the opportunity to try on the role of a manager, feel the burden of responsibility for the result and change the fate of real celebrities from the world of football. Breaking away from the game, you go to bed and continue to think about how Fomin will play in a new role in the national team: will it work out, will the efforts go down the drain? That is why it is a shame that Football Manager 22 exploits its audience so brazenly: it feels more like DLC, but not a standalone game.

There are not so many bugs in Football Manager 22 (I didn’t come across any critical ones at all), it is nicer and more convenient than its predecessors – but the question of whether the game justifies its price tag is still open. On the one hand, the developers want to be rightly scolded for laziness, ignoring the old problems of the series and banal greed. On the other hand, if you forget about these nuances and be honest, I want to continue playing, despite the few pluses and usual minuses.

However, I wouldn’t buy it with my own money. And I do not advise you if you already have a previous release.

Pleased

• old good mechanics are not broken;
• some insight center recommendations;
• Bruno Fernandes figurine realistically celebrating a goal;
• is a more viable three-back setup.