Oh dear. Football Manager 26 has gone down about as convincingly as Luis Suárez in the penalty box. Released yesterday after a year-long delay and the cancellation of FM25, the latest iteration of the world's most riveting spreadsheet has immediately incurred the ire of players. Within 24 hours, FM26's Steam rating has plummeted to a mere 23% positive at the time of writing, putting it a whisker away from the rarely seen 'Overwhelmingly Negative' rating.
The complaints are multitudinous, but the general opinion is that, despite the delay, Football Manager 26 was not ready for release. "The game just isn't finished. There's still over 13k bugs on the forums," writes user Ally. "The polish the game has for a full priced release is an absolute scandal, misaligned text, inconsistent UI design, buttons not working, freezing, poor optimisation." User Saruwatari concurs. "From the most basic functionality to the actual match engine, there's not a single area of this game that is not ridden with bugs."
