

To start, I don’t want to come across as some kind of Football Manager 26 apologist — I recognize that the game was released in an abysmal state, and that the UI is incredibly rough and hardly legible, let alone functional. That said, I can’t say that I haven’t seen the vision. While not as refined as it possibly can be, I’ve loved the new tactics, with in-possession and out-of-possession shapes inventing all new ways you not just build a system and tactical identity, but build a team as well.