Sports Interactive are tireless in their efforts to make their renowned football management sim smarter and more realistic every year. While there’s some big features waiting in the wings for next year, Football Manager 2024 takes a good few steps forward, building on everything that’s come before to still be one of the most in depth and complete experiences in the genre.
When you first fire up Football Manager 2024, you will be greeted with one of the first new features, as you’re able to import your FM 2023 save. All the work you have put in with your previous game can be ported over to take advantage of the other features of the new game, and that’s fantastic, with the only snags being that the game can run slower for a while as everything is imported in the background, and that you can’t earn FM24’s achievements. Then again, there’s always the appeal of starting afresh, and the new ‘real life’ setting means that actual player transfers are reflected in the game. Once you have started or loaded in your game, it’s then time to really delve into what the game has to offer.
Picking your team is the first step, and you have the option to pick from hundreds of teams around the world, each with their own goals, challenges and budgets. A big team like Manchester City will compete for the top prizes, while a semi-professional outfit in the lower leagues with a small budget and part time players might just want survival. The J-League has also been added to the game, offering a new competition to compete in. Whatever, your choice your goal is to meet the targets of the board and the fan expectations.
With any squad there are players that are key to the club and some that sit on the fringe or are not needed at all, and it is up to
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