Football Manager 2017 [Steam] is the latest refresh of the FM franchise and it has launched again with day-1 Linux support.
I've tested out the demo, since the developers didn't want to give me a review copy. Sadly, it seems that the game has no audio on Linux. Other than that, it seems to work okay.
Update: It seems the game isn't meant to have any audio unless you're in a 3D match. I'm surprised really, as some sort of music of ambient sound would have made it a far more pleasant experience, but I guess that's what our own music is for.
It's quite an overwhelming game, tons and tons of options available to you and it seems quite daunting. You have to manage player contracts, arrange meetings, sort out player training and so on. I do like that I could pick any team I wanted, even my local team.
I'm much more a fan of games like FIFA, over the spreadsheet management games like this, so it likely won't get any further thoughts from me.
About the game
Take control of your favourite football team in Football Manager 2017, the most realistic and immersive football management game to date. It’s the closest thing to doing the job for real!
With over 2,500 real clubs to manage and over 500,000 real footballers and staff to sign, Football Manager 2017 elevates you into a living, breathing world of football management with you at the centre.
You’ll have full control of transfers and decide who plays, and who sits on the bench. You're in complete control of tactics, team-talks and pitch-side instructions, and you’ll follow the match live with our acclaimed 3D match engine. You’ll also deal with real football media, solve player-happiness problems and the board will watch your every move. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I've tested out the demo, since the developers didn't want to give me a review copy. Sadly, it seems that the game has no audio on Linux. Other than that, it seems to work okay.
Update: It seems the game isn't meant to have any audio unless you're in a 3D match. I'm surprised really, as some sort of music of ambient sound would have made it a far more pleasant experience, but I guess that's what our own music is for.
It's quite an overwhelming game, tons and tons of options available to you and it seems quite daunting. You have to manage player contracts, arrange meetings, sort out player training and so on. I do like that I could pick any team I wanted, even my local team.
I'm much more a fan of games like FIFA, over the spreadsheet management games like this, so it likely won't get any further thoughts from me.
About the game
Take control of your favourite football team in Football Manager 2017, the most realistic and immersive football management game to date. It’s the closest thing to doing the job for real!
With over 2,500 real clubs to manage and over 500,000 real footballers and staff to sign, Football Manager 2017 elevates you into a living, breathing world of football management with you at the centre.
You’ll have full control of transfers and decide who plays, and who sits on the bench. You're in complete control of tactics, team-talks and pitch-side instructions, and you’ll follow the match live with our acclaimed 3D match engine. You’ll also deal with real football media, solve player-happiness problems and the board will watch your every move. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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PublicNuisance Nov 4, 2016
I may check out the demo. I'm not a football fan but the odds of Eastside Hockey manager ever getting a Linux port is looking very slim so it could soothe that craving.
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QuoteOverall:
Mostly Negative (1,482 reviews)
Release Date: 4 Nov, 2016
It seems now we have more games coming to Linux, we also have the bad ones. Fair enough.
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cRaZy-bisCuiT Nov 4, 2016
Do you have any ideas why the game isn't available in Germany? I can recall to have read about that in the past but I can't recall. Anyway, I'm not interested in buying it but I'd like to know what is the cause of it.
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Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTDo you have any ideas why the game isn't available in Germany? I can recall to have read about that in the past but I can't recall. Anyway, I'm not interested in buying it but I'd like to know what is the cause of it.I don't think they have the rights to be able to do it in certain countries.
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Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTDo you have any ideas why the game isn't available in Germany? I can recall to have read about that in the past but I can't recall. Anyway, I'm not interested in buying it but I'd like to know what is the cause of it.The only thing I recall was not having the German national team available due to licensing or something. But I thought that it used to be available, like in for sale, in Germany in the past. Or maybe we're talking about something else?
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[email protected] Nov 4, 2016
If you read the negative reviews, most of them are from existing fans.
The number one reason isn't because it's bad but because they don't see that it's worth it to upgrade from FM2016 since they feel that in terms of features, there isn't much new stuff. They feel that it's not worth it for the price as such for an upgrade.
Other than that, the game is comparable to FM2016.
The number two reason is because a Chinese language pack was promised but wasn't made available at release. So Chinese fans are up in arms.
Last edited by [email protected] on 4 November 2016 at 4:19 pm UTC
The number one reason isn't because it's bad but because they don't see that it's worth it to upgrade from FM2016 since they feel that in terms of features, there isn't much new stuff. They feel that it's not worth it for the price as such for an upgrade.
Other than that, the game is comparable to FM2016.
The number two reason is because a Chinese language pack was promised but wasn't made available at release. So Chinese fans are up in arms.
Last edited by [email protected] on 4 November 2016 at 4:19 pm UTC
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While it's not for me, I think it's great that they're continuing to release on Linux. Top rate developer. If they produced any other games, which I was more interested in, they'd get my money for sure.
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Nice to have it for Linux!
Although, I must admit that I felt a little shocked to see this at the top of steam "sellers-list", while Deus Ex is not even on the first page.
I guess I just can't get over the fact that a game like a "football manager", is *NOT* a small special interest gaming niché, only drawing the attention of a handful of harder-than-hardcore football fans. Lol.
Although, I must admit that I felt a little shocked to see this at the top of steam "sellers-list", while Deus Ex is not even on the first page.
I guess I just can't get over the fact that a game like a "football manager", is *NOT* a small special interest gaming niché, only drawing the attention of a handful of harder-than-hardcore football fans. Lol.
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Because of the negative reviews, Football Manager 2017 and Football Manager Touch 2017 was sold as a bundle.
if you pre- purchase Football Manager 2017 you got Football Manager Touch 2017 for FREE!
My experience on Linux is very bad on this game. Actually I Cannot even start it since it takes all over my 2x Monitors and I am not able to configure the game.
I have posted this problem on steam forums but I guess no one cares about it ><
if you pre- purchase Football Manager 2017 you got Football Manager Touch 2017 for FREE!
My experience on Linux is very bad on this game. Actually I Cannot even start it since it takes all over my 2x Monitors and I am not able to configure the game.
I have posted this problem on steam forums but I guess no one cares about it ><
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Well, for me the upgrade was more than welcome.
With all previous FM, which had much worse 3D match graphics, the fps with the free drivers (AMD 7870 and RX 480 paired with an AMD FX 8150 and an AMD FX 8370) were at about 20 fps (fps were the same at high and at low graphics settings). Now with this new 3D engine, graphics are much much better (SI Games are probably now using OpenGL 3 and therefore using another codepath of the mesa driver) and fps get to stable 60 fps (capped as per my preference of settings) with all graphics settings maxed out without sweating a drop...
Not that graphics matter that much in a FM style of games but watching the game at low fps is not enjoyable.
With all previous FM, which had much worse 3D match graphics, the fps with the free drivers (AMD 7870 and RX 480 paired with an AMD FX 8150 and an AMD FX 8370) were at about 20 fps (fps were the same at high and at low graphics settings). Now with this new 3D engine, graphics are much much better (SI Games are probably now using OpenGL 3 and therefore using another codepath of the mesa driver) and fps get to stable 60 fps (capped as per my preference of settings) with all graphics settings maxed out without sweating a drop...
Not that graphics matter that much in a FM style of games but watching the game at low fps is not enjoyable.
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DamonLinuxPL Nov 4, 2016
One of my favorite series but sadly new one with bad reviews. So Im stay for now with old 2016 version. Good to see they still releasing Linux version. They start in 2014, next 2015, 2016 and now 2017. This is 4 release with Linux support, nice.
Worth add, they also release for Linux Football Manager 2017 TOUCH.
New 3d mach looking very good, but Im still prefer old 2D view :D :D
Worth add, they also release for Linux Football Manager 2017 TOUCH.
New 3d mach looking very good, but Im still prefer old 2D view :D :D
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The reviews on steam were bad, but the main reason is that most Football Manager sales are done in China. The devs talked about a Chinese version that did not came out when the game got released. They downvoted it to death, and now people think it's a bad game, but it's actually along the 2016 version, the best football managing game ever released on pc. ;'(
Last edited by Jahimself on 4 November 2016 at 6:45 pm UTC
Last edited by Jahimself on 4 November 2016 at 6:45 pm UTC
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The one and only football manager simulator is Bundesliga Manager Professional from 1991 :)
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Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTDo you have any ideas why the game isn't available in Germany? I can recall to have read about that in the past but I can't recall. Anyway, I'm not interested in buying it but I'd like to know what is the cause of it.
EA still holds the exclusiv rights to german Bundesliga despite not releasing any own football manager.
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The game has definitly sound! Its just not in the management part. In the live match there is plenty of it.
For the 2017 version they reworked the match engine. The football simulation of the live match is based on the decisions of every player on the field, his abilities, personality, managers orders, match fitness etc. Every decision, of every player, with or without ball, leads to new situations, which trigger new decisions... With the 2017 version they doubled the number of decisions, which should lead to a better, more natural simulation of the game.
Thats whats promised. After Deus Ex, I will try it out much more...
The reason why its not availlable in Germany is EA Sports. They got exclusive license for german football management games. But thats ok. German Football leagues are completely accurate in the game. For real names in the national team you just have to change one file. Even german language is availlable via fan-patch if you really must have it..
For the 2017 version they reworked the match engine. The football simulation of the live match is based on the decisions of every player on the field, his abilities, personality, managers orders, match fitness etc. Every decision, of every player, with or without ball, leads to new situations, which trigger new decisions... With the 2017 version they doubled the number of decisions, which should lead to a better, more natural simulation of the game.
Thats whats promised. After Deus Ex, I will try it out much more...
The reason why its not availlable in Germany is EA Sports. They got exclusive license for german football management games. But thats ok. German Football leagues are completely accurate in the game. For real names in the national team you just have to change one file. Even german language is availlable via fan-patch if you really must have it..
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Quoting: killyouThe one and only football manager simulator is Bundesliga Manager Professional from 1991 :)
But that was a lottery, not a simulation :-)
Last edited by on 4 November 2016 at 11:54 pm UTC
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The full game's too much for me so I bought the Touch version last time. Despite trying hard to keep my team personnel up to date the "transfer market" is proving too difficult so I'll probably get the new Touch instead!
I'm hoping I'll notice the "improvements" in the match engine because the 2016 variety had some annoyances.
I'm hoping I'll notice the "improvements" in the match engine because the 2016 variety had some annoyances.
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