And that's the drug, isn't it? That's the fix. Some nights it's nice to be Batman. Others it's nice to be Andre Villas-Boas. A world I can control, one where a small Kentish team can win the Blue Square South and FA Trophy in their first season, is one I like to play in.

Read more

 

Football Manager is a game which I have been playing for as long as I remember, although in recent years, due to one thing or another, I haven’t really got around to playing it. So imagine my surprise when Football Manager 2012 popped through the door; it’s changed a bit hasn’t it?

Read more

 

Review: Why Football Manager 2012 Will Rock Your World

The 2012 edition of Football Manager can feel slightly overwhelming with the information overload but that feeling quickly gives way to excitement over how much control you have, and how good the game has become to allow you to manage your football club your way.

Read more

 

Review without score. The score is calculated by the review's remarks.

Overall we have to say that if you loved previous Football Manager games we are in no doubt at all that you will love this one, it adds more features that are not just there for show, but actually add to the game and that is hard to come by when a game is as detailed as this.

Read more

 

No one will doubt if i say that Football Manager Series is the BEST and the GREATEST EVER football management game today. The franchise began its life as Championship Manager way back in 1992, and now the latest installment in the series, Football Manager 2012, gives another top drawer game for hardcore football players.

Read more

 

Is Football Manager 2012 a revolution? Probably not, but in that respect it's a victim of its own success.

Read more

 

The best FM by far - the definitive football management simulator. Want to know the best thing? It can only get better.

Read more

 

This is the same Football Manager you know and love with a number of really good decisions running throughout to give more depth and more control.

Read more

 

Football Manager 2012 is a vast improvement over its predecessors. In terms of look, feel and even just the general graphical user interface developments, it marks a major overhaul over previous versions.

Read more

 

The improvements are significant without breaking the fundamentals, and it seems that Sports Interactive has thought long and hard about how it can implement changes that would bring back the disillusioned without enraging the devotees.

Read more

 

If you’re a fan of the series, you won’t be disappointed with this game at all. If you’ve never played any previous versions but you’re a big fan of football, then it’s definitely worth giving it a go. It’s not a game that will appeal to all, but it’s a very solid, well constructed game which is very easy to get addicted to.

Read more

 

Still easily the best sports management game around, and although most of this year's changes are fairly trivial they're all extremely welcome.

Read more

 

The widow maker that is Football Manager is back and with 800 new features, there are improvements across the board.

Read more

 

Football Manager 2012 has a vast fanbase eagerly awaiting it to arrive on the market, and the diehards will know exactly what to expect.

Read more

 

Football Manager remains as addictive as ever and continues to delve deeper into minuscule details, but it's also been too many years since the series has teed up a game-changing new feature.

Read more

 

The new interface can easily feel overloaded, and the altered tactical screen seems counter-intuitive rather than an improvement.

Read more

 

The usual incremental improvements and vast depth, but still too opaque.

Read more