Football Manager 2011 Explained

Developer:Sports Interactive
Publisher:Sega
Series:Football Manager
Platforms:Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation Portable, iOS
Released:Microsoft Windows, Mac OS XPlayStation PortableiOS
Genre:Sports management
Modes:Single player, multiplayer

Football Manager 2011 is a football management simulation video game and the eighth instalment in the Football Manager series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on 5 November 2010. It was also released for PlayStation Portable on 26 November 2010.[1] A version for iOS was released on 16 December 2010.

Gameplay

Football Manager 2011 features similar gameplay to previous entries in the Football Manager series. Gameplay consists of taking charge of a professional football team (the game also includes semi-professional, amateur, and international teams) as the manager. Players can sign football players to contracts, manage finances for the club, and give team talks to players. The Football Manager series is a simulation of real world management, with the player being judged on various factors by the club's AI owners and board.[2]

On 11 August 2010, Sports Interactive published a video announcing a number of new features that would be included in Football Manager 2011.[3] It features enhanced agent roles, with agents all acting differently according to their personalities.[4] In-game press conferences received a revamp, with more in-depth questions being asked by the press.[5] Football Manager 2011 also featured improvements to match analysis, with information regarding different plays being shown in-depth.[6] [7]

Reception

Review aggregator website Metacritic gives the game a score of 85/100, with "generally favorable reviews" based on 23 critic reports. The German website 4players.de rated the game with 87% as "sehr gut".[8]

Sales

In February 2011, Sega announced that Football Manager 2011 was the company's third-highest-grossing game of the financial year, with the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Portable versions combined selling 690,000 units. Despite this, Sega called the game's sales "slow", alongside PlatinumGames like Vanquish and Sonic Colors.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football Manager 2011 (PSP) . Amazon . 5 November 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101107074608/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sega-Football-Manager-2011-PSP/dp/B0040QDY12 . 7 November 2010 .
  2. News: A league of their own: six of the best football video games . Boxer . Steve . The Guardian . 28 August 2018 . 22 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180905160554/https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/aug/28/six-best-football-video-games-fifa-pro-evolution-soccer . 5 September 2018 . live .
  3. Football Manager 2011 Announcement . . 11 August 2010 . 5 November 2010.
  4. Web site: milessi tweet . . 23 July 2010 . 5 November 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104165306/https://twitter.com/milessi/status/19374664354 . 4 November 2013 .
  5. Web site: Exclusive FM2011 blog with Miles Jacobson day four: new press conference questions revealed! . Mirror Football . 30 September 2010 . 5 November 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101008141155/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/football-manager-2010/Football-Manager-2011-blog-with-Miles-Jacobson-day-four-new-press-conference-questions-revealed-Exclusive-article592261.html . 8 October 2010 .
  6. Web site: Exclusive FM2011 blog with Miles Jacobson day seven: How player movement analysis will make you a better boss . Mirror Football . 5 October 2010 . 5 November 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019093357/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/football-manager-2010/Football-Manager-2011-blog-with-Miles-Jacobson-day-seven-Player-movement-analysis-and-heatmaps-will-make-you-a-better-boss-on-top-computer-simulation-game-article595093.html . 19 October 2010 .
  7. Web site: Exclusive FM2011 blog with Miles Jacobson day eight: 25-man squads, B-teams, Turkish playoffs and more... the latest rule changes . Mirror Football . 6 October 2010 . 5 November 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019093256/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/football-manager-2010/Football-Manager-2011-blog-with-Miles-Jacobson-day-eight-25-man-squads-B-teams-Turkish-playoffs-and-more-the-latest-rule-changes-to-top-computer-simulation-game-article595653.html . 19 October 2010 .
  8. Web site: Test (Wertung) zu Football Manager 2011 (Sport, PC) – 4Players.de . 4Players . 3 December 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131210231100/http://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht_fazit/Allgemein/Test/Fazit_Wertung/Allgemein/24083/70023.html . 10 December 2013 .
  9. News: Yin-Poole . Wesley . 4 February 2011 . Western Vanquish and FM11 sales . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160319191807/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-04-western-vanquish-and-fm11-sales-slow . 19 March 2016 . 22 October 2018 . Eurogamer.net . dmy-all.

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