14 DAY TRIAL // Video game developer Sports Interactive and publisher SEGA have officially announced that they will be launching Football Manager 2015 on the PC on November 7, and the two companies seem to have a big list of changes that will be implemented to improve the overall gamer experience.
Gamers will quickly see that the user interface has been redesigned, with the sidebar now set to include all the main categories, which allows the team to deliver more information to players and to make it easier for them to see what they need to work on next.
Based on their style, gamers can choose to be either more involved with the tactical management of their clubs or focus on the man interactions and other types of strategic elements, with the choice determining their starting characteristics.
Despite the fact that the more hardcore fans still do not use it, the development team also says that it has made a big set of changes to the 3DS match engine, which includes more animations for all players and more realistic action, with much of it powered by a collaboration with the motion capture team at The Creative Assembly.
It’s unclear whether the 2D element of the simulation has also received upgrades in Football Manager 2015.
New roles for players, more options to interact with everyone
For a while now, the Football Manager series has been focused on expanding the range of interactions between the gamer and the other characters around him, including club players and the press, and on the consequences they have on their performance.
In the new title, the conferences have new question chains, and when addressing player concerns, there are new options to deal with their requests.
When it comes to tactical choices in Football Manager 2015, new choices include running playmaker, raumdeuter, inverted wing back and wide playmaker, all of them designed to give gamers more ways to make their team unique.
There are also new roles for forwards and there’s a layer of new depth for all the tactical choices, which in many ways determine the quality of the experience.
The new football title will also include full Twitch integration and a new charity, Movember, is supported on the advertising boards.
It’s unclear whether Football Manager 2015 will also have a PlayStation Vita version, like older titles in the series, or if there are any plans from Sports Interactive to also bring the experience to the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One.
