Football Manager 2019 Reviews

Football Manager 2019 is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
GameSpace
Adam
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Jun 13, 2018

Football Manager 2019 is the best the series has ever been but also the most complex. Your love of the beautiful game will dictate just how much enjoyment you get from this one or instead opt for its mobile brother Football Manager Touch. Now please excuse me, I have a suit to don and an FA Cup to win.

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Oct 29, 2018

The new and deeper gameplay mechanics, makes it a really fine game.

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90 / 100
Oct 30, 2018

Football Manager returns with a kitbag full of new and overhauled features. It's the best at what it does, and FM 19 is the best it's ever been.

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PCGamesN
Dave James
Top Critic
9 / 10
Oct 30, 2018

Sports Interactive has exposed more of the game's workings to players than ever. It feels both fresh and familiar at the same time, while being the best FM has ever played on day one.

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Oct 30, 2018

Football Manager 2019 is a game that'll get its studs into you early and you won't be able to shake it free for some time. A must-buy for football fans.

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10 / 10.0
Oct 30, 2018

The Football Manager series just goes from strength to strength. This is superb, sublime, and irresistible. It's not a game you play, it's a game you live.

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No Recommendation / Blank
Oct 30, 2018

Quality of life tweaks and vast depth can't overcome Football Manager 2019's uncharacteristically clumsy, all-consuming training rework.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 30, 2018

Despite the all-too-demanding hardware requirements, Football Manager 2019 is the ultimate managerial football experience, rich, sophisticated, able to satisfy all its players.

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Oct 30, 2018

A welcome refresh of the UI, more visually pleasing training and tactics menus, and all the addictive depth you'd expect from an entry in the Football Manager series.

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9 / 10
Oct 30, 2018

A game you will lose hundreds of hours to and although you can criticise the lack of development in certain areas, it remains the thinking football fan's go-to game.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 30, 2018

Football Manager 2019 doesn't bring anything revolutionary in the classic FM experience, but it shows an all around more tidy and comfortable user experience.

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Oct 30, 2018

The most realistic Football Manager game, is also the best release so far

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Chris Wray
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
Nov 1, 2018

With a clean, intuitive new UI as well as tutorials that introduce both new and veteran managers to all of the major systems in Football Manager 2019, it's never been as easy to get into the game. Thanks to a myriad of upgrades, both large and small, the series as also never been this good. Unarguably the pinnacle of the series so far, with only a few remaining issues like press conferences and player conversations, this is sure to be the highlight for all budding managers.

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Unscored
Nov 1, 2018

Football Manager 2019 offering the best experience the series has yet to provide thanks to intelligent, subtle changes in its form rather than its content.

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8 / 10
Nov 2, 2018

Football Manager 2019 redesigns its tactical interface to give you the tools to create a playstyle you'll spend the next 200 hours obsessing over.

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9 / 10.0
Nov 5, 2018

Football Manager 2019 takes the series to a whole new level and finally brings in some long needed refreshment. What we have is easily the most accessible Football Manager in recent memory but one that can still many moons to master.

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Nov 5, 2018

The Football Manager 2019 by Sports Interactive shows up with few innovations and surprises. The well-known formula still works, but this must not excuse why new features like the revised training do not work properly. The Football Manager still has the charm of a spreadsheet, with an old-fashioned graphics engine and new bugs. Fans will have their fun with Football Manager 2019, which despite all its weaknesses is the best version yet. However, Sports Interactive will not make the step into the mainstream with this game.

Review in German | Read full review

85%
Nov 5, 2018

While Football Manager 2019 doesn't have any direct competition, it still manages to prove that it's the king of sport manager games.

Review in Slovak | Read full review

8 / 10
Nov 6, 2018

Sports Interactive went further into realism by implementing novelties in particular in the training and the matches with the appearance of VAR for example. In the end, FM 2019 is the perfect representation of German football, which it obtained the licence: efficient, solid, and never disappointing.

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Oyungezer Online
Ege Sağın
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Nov 6, 2018

With its revolutionary training system, it's the best game of the series.

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