This helps things simulate at a much faster pace, as does the simplified gameplay. That world is smaller, too, as launching a new career in Football Manager Classic allows you to choose just three countries in which to ply your trade. Important bits of news still come to your inbox, but the game also summarizes tidbits from around the world of soccer and presents them in a newsletter, where you can click on any story and blow it up in its own pop-up window. Though it’s similar to the one used by the full-featured mode, it’s easier to read – literally, as the font for every screen is bigger – and much of the information is presented in a more intuitive, highly visual fashion. The interface for Football Manager Classic is the first thing that grabs your attention. This mode is different enough that it could be (and almost was, according to the developers) its own distinct game, but it’s essentially a way to enjoy the experience of running your own team without several layers of the details that the series has built up over the years. To combat the problem of marriage-wrecking commitment, FM2013 introduces a whole new way to play with Football Manager Classic. Let’s just say there’s a good reason why memes popped up about wives threatening to leave their husbands over too much time spent with Football Manager. Any good sports sim can be a time sink, but not many can tie up hours of your life in-between each match. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as one of the traits shared by the last decade or so of Football Manager games is their daunting, all-consuming complexity. But while hardcore fans have a few new things to look forward to in Football Manager 2013 (FM2013), the big focus for the latest release is a host of features designed to help people who aren’t longtime devotees give the game a shot. As it always does, Sports Interactive’s labor of love attempts to capture the beautiful game, and specifically, managing a club or national team in pretty much any country that plays soccer, in more detail than any other title would dare to try. There’s no such thing as a worldwide holiday for fans of soccer sims (or football, if you prefer), but if there was, it would probably be the day a new iteration of the Football Manager series goes live. Still catering to the obsessed, but now with more to offer casual players.
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