Not far from the red card for Sports Interactive
The verdict is, to say the least, difficult to take for Sports Interactive, which was undoubtedly hoping for a better start for Football Manager 26 after canceling his previous game. On Steam we can see that the title currently only has 21% positive opinionsand it only goes down.
This dissatisfaction comes from several annoying details, such as performance problems which are mostly highlighted in the comments. We also find a lot of criticism on the user interface which is not very popular, while those accustomed to the license find the experience too geared towards newbies. As much as the first two details can be corrected quickly with a few patches, gameplay issues will be more problematic over time.
If the attendance figures are correct, with a peak of more than 84,000 simultaneous connections for the releasebad word of mouth could do a lot of harm to this episode. To see how quickly the studio can now react.
Football Manager 26 is available on PC, with a console version on PS5 and Xbox Series before arriving on mobile and Switch.