Football Manager 2017 Features Video (with Transcript)

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Hello everyone!

My name is Miles Jacobson, and I'm here to show you some of the new features in Football Manager 2017. We have many new features to show in this video - some of them are great additions to the squad, others are subtle touches that enhance the experience with Football Manager. But, of course, also we made many new features and improvements to discover for yourselves as they try to achieve glory.

Let's do it!

New animations and decisions and improved AI reactions and a new camera angle and improved graphics in and around the field. They are just some of the improvements to the game engine this year. In fact, the Football Manager 2017 game engine, besides being the engine with better appearance, it is also the most intelligent I have ever created. Let's start with the new camera angle that can now see on the screen.

It is called "Behind Goal" and brings you the action to the mouth of the goal. This angle can see the trajectory of the ball, with long shots to reach the fly to the net and have a good perspective on how your team if you are porting. The camera "Behind Goal" is just the first of a large number of improvements to the overall look of the game engine. They will notice visual improvements, whatever the level of your graphics card, improved lighting and shadows, player models with more bones that give them a more natural movement, improvements in stadiums and even the grass, all this improves the 3D engine aspect. You'll even see dynamic LED advertising placards in the biggest stadiums.

Football Manager 2017 also features over 1,500 new motion capture elements we worked with our friends at Creative Assembly. For example, goalkeepers are now able to perform spectacular saves reflexively and players cabeceiam and finish off the ball more intuitively and taking into account the trajectory of the ball as never before. You will also notice that players move more fluidly, improved models of players, which makes room for a more complete set of movements and also allows players to move more quickly toward. In addition to these improvements, there are other additions to the game engine, as the spray disappears, something that is now used in major world leagues.

Whenever there is a free kick in a dangerous position, the referee marks the spot where the ball is placed and draws a line with the spray on the spot where the barrier should be, so there can be no discussion of whether the ball is at 9.15 meters or not. There is also a better presentation before departure, showing the players to come out of the tunnel and to align themselves to the greetings before the game or finished warming up before kick-off.

Speaking of kick-off, also we incorporated the new rule that allows outgoing kicks only with a player, as well as changes that allow an injured player for a foul which existed disciplinary action receive treatment in the field, and changes to laws around the chances of denial, the fact of the lack of the last defense will not automatically be worth a red card, and of course also we have updated all data of the players and the leagues.

Football Manager 2017 also receives a number of improvements in the IA the number of decisions that a player takes a second almost doubled, which means that players are more aware of what surrounds them and the options available to you and will consider them when deciding what to do with the ball, as will all opponents. This leads to more last second decisions, as we see in the real world. Especially when there is a play near the goal and the player does not have much time to think before making a last-minute stand, some great goalkeeping or a shot under pressure. The defensive IA, in particular, has been greatly improved due to this work and other elements of IA where the game engine team has been working. Defenders now adapt better to opponents who are facing. Down more when facing fast advanced but go up in midfield when they are to control the game.

Go see the players to position themselves better, especially at intersections and corners, and respond better to loose balls. Goalkeepers also decide better whether to go to the ball or get between the posts. Not only are the players who are smarter. Coaches AI also use the positions of players smarter in choosing his team and when they make changes during matches.

Commentary has also been updated with hundreds of new lines of original and renewed text. And now they are more contextual. For example, the commentary will provide more detailed information on injuries suffered during matches, speculating about the injury and the cause of it. Staying on matches, but still related to them, have other details worth mentioning. The first is that we now see the number of visiting supporters detailed in total viewers, something I know you want some time because they are always asking me on Twitter! They will also see a greater variation in the number of spectators, especially when they have a big contract, since all the fans want to see their new hero in action.

We aim to develop each chapter Football Manager. Our aim is to expand this world realistically and live football we have created.

This year we introduced something that is part of our day to day over the past few years. Social networks. In the new tab devoted to social networks, they will be able to see the fans, the press, clubs and competitions to share their news and opinions on the hottest topics of your footballing world. Will they be delighted with your transfers? Or they will begin to press after a series of poor results? All this with a "hashtag" worked very well!

As part of a broader renewal of news and inbox, this is where we now find the survey results to the fans and their reaction to the big news, and it is also here that the big news reaches the public and which are beginning to emerge rumors of transfers. Up will find publications with links to videos of great goals and can play in the video player. Your personal assistant will recommend some content for your viewing, but can also add clubs, competitions and players who wish to pursue.

Your inbox is now the place where they receive emails from your staff, the management, entrepreneurs and players. In fact, all that is directly related to the club comes here. It is also here that your personal assistant will send important information to you, as interviews clips of your players or news about your club. As part of this refurbishment, we made major changes in the way certain types of information are displayed.

For example, it is now much easier to choose your captain. They receive more information on news articles, which allows make fast, informed decisions. They also receive more information to organize friendly matches and when they lead the team to a stage. In short, they will receive more information by email, reducing the need to leave the inbox when they have to make difficult decisions. Staff members also now give their views on a wide range of subjects. They have a player who does not want to discuss the renewal of the contract? Your staff will give you clues about what to do, even though they think they should get rid of the player. A player on Team B in a great moment of form? Well, your staff can call you attention to this and suggest that promote the first team. The members of your support staff have always been important, but from now on will be more important than ever.

We also introduced dynamic images for the first time. For example, if you hire a new player, you see a single image that player in your squad. Or if they have a match canceled due to bad weather, they will be able to see exactly what happened. These direct visual representations enliven the news in an unprecedented way. Another element that will change is how we calculate the odds of the matches. Now they will see dynamic odds throughout the season based on the performance of your team.

If they are to climb the table, against the pre-season press forecasts, will see your odds down. On the other hand, if the results do not appear, your chance will increase, which may be a categorical recall of the pressures that football coaches feel every week. As you can see, this is a major change to the way they deal with the press and your staff and will affect how they can discover things in the game world. They will be better informed, but an easier way to digest and more relevant to the contemporary football.

Strived to make Football Manager 2017 the transfer market the most authentic ever in the series, with various additions to replicate the situation in which real coaches are for the buying and selling of players. A major change to the way transfers and contract renewals are conducted is the addition of talks before agreements for players who may not be interested in joining to your team or that are in the sights of other clubs.

These talks will take place with the manager of the player or his own and allow explain how they see this player to fit in your team, what is your expectation of goals during the contract or the responsibilities that you wish to assign. For all intents and purposes, it is an opportunity for them to "sell" your club. After reaching an agreement, these conditions are promises that have to comply with. Summer a great focus on transfers, with sagas transfers that take place over a long period, sometimes even throughout the transfer window, while some clubs will identify a single player world-class as its only target transfer:

a 'Galactic ", as some call them. They can keep track of all inputs and outputs latest the new panel dedicated to the transfer window.

Clubs are now more intelligent to identify their targets and many of them even ask clauses which postpone the sale of a player until they hire a replacement or they may even decide to tie the decision if think you are able to get a better offer from another club. With all this in mind, it might be a good idea to treat of your transfers as soon as possible. But also we made improvements for those who prefer to engage on the last day of transfers drama. In addition to being approached by journalists more often, looking for the last "hole" also they will notice the bizarre rumours circulating on social networks.

We've added the ability to adjust your budget for transfers and wages in the last day, and those who fail a crucial transfer to the last minute. They may also be advised to opt for a loan with a view to a permanent transfer to reach an agreement if the deadline is the end. Players and entrepreneurs have more influence than ever in the transfer market and, as a result, can see some players waiting to get a better offer before deciding whether to sign for a club or not.

In addition, when several clubs are involved in trying to hire a player, entrepreneurs now discuss with the club to negotiate the best contract. Entrepreneurs can also be useful for coaches, as they provide feedback and more detailed contract negotiations and also contact you via email if your customers want to resume negotiations after the previous have failed.

New in FM17 is the option to block a transfer that to agree to a clause or specific bonus in transfer negotiations or contract, but without setting its value, which gives you more room for manoeuvre in the negotiations. Speaking of clauses, we have added several new, including separate wages in a loan agreement depending on whether the player plays or not, minimum transfer clauses if the purchasing team is involved in a continental competition

and mandatory future values ​​associated with loans.

Not only the players that can be transferred, this also happens to coaches, and can now make these happen at the end of the season if you do not want to leave your current club "hanging". Last year we introduced the novelty of the "coach on the sideline" allowing you to create an avatar of your coach. This time we will take this even further with the ability to put your face in the game directly through a photo. To do so, they just need to add a photo of your face to the game and add some guides. From there, the smart technology of our friends in FaceGen allows you to create an avatar of your single coach. As you can see by this picture of me. There is a much higher level of detail, such as facial hair and even glasses so can customise the avatar the way you want. We also made changes to the way your avatar dresses. So they have more freedom to shape and modify the dress according to your coaching style. They can use a stylish suit or approach more of the action with a tracksuit. And at the request of the public, can even change the colour of your tie.

Now, when they start Football Manager, will be received by your coach on the Home screen. We wanted to give you the feeling of being even within the game. We also made some changes to the reputations of coaches. The new coaches now have more realistic reputations. This ensures that the coaches will be chosen by the clubs that more realistically the would address. If you start as an amateur football coach, do not expect the big clubs you address to offer guarantees of success.

They will have to work hard to make note. This will give greater depth to the recorded games that begin in lower leagues. This will also affect the aspect of social game networks. Fans will be more skeptical and less vocal when a coach is hired reputation. The Fantasy Draft mode made its debut last year as a multiplayer mode that has proved popular. In Football Manager 2017 we added some new features to this mode.

One of them is the inclusion of coaches IA. So they can now play the Fantasy Draft as they wish. They can play alone against the AI ​​coaches, against friends or a mixture of both. They may even recognize some of the coaches of AI. Some of our friends were kind enough to let us immortalize them in the game. Coaches AI have their favorite tactics and can choose the coaches who will compete against.

Still can choose to play against up to 31 human players. Or get a draft with a mixture of human coaches and IA. In addition to the new ways to play the Fantasy Draft, also we changed the squad budget options. Now you can choose to start with more incremental options up to 250 million. When selecting your budget transfers can also choose to add a transfer window in the middle of the season in your draft. And this gives you the opportunity to dispose of unwanted players from your squad and recover the money they originally invested in them.

Then you can spend that money along with the money left over from the initial draft, players released by your opponents. Or players who were not chosen at first. When they reached the draft will notice several changes that make the choice easier and faster players. Can filter out players with unaffordable cost. And we have increased the size timer, to see the time left to make your selection. There is also a new dashboard that details the number of players who have chosen for each position.

Finally, you can now import and export your club and fancy equipment to play him in every game of Fantasy Draft you do. So no longer need to enter the details whenever you start a new Draft Fantasy game. Another new Football Manager 2017 it is that when you start a new game can choose from the advanced mode and the quick start mode. The latter, as the name implies, puts you to play faster than ever. To demonstrate, let's start a new game now.

And we expect to finish loading. As you can see, trickiest choose how your team and alloys in your game, so now choose your team before the game setup. The Quick Start mode uses recommended alloys according to the team of their choice to define the best database for you, your club and your computer. The game will load greater reputation alloys, as well as more relevant and local leagues to improve your experience as coaches and put a larger lot of teams and players at your disposal to discover and potentially hire players for your club. And we also have a technological novelty that many of you have requested. If you have an operating system able to handle it, there is now a 64-bit version of the game, besides the old 32-bit version of the guard. This allows the game to be processed more quickly and use as much as possible of your computer's memory.

Let's go back to the quick start. As you can see, the game is already set and we are ready to commence your career as the next great coach. Gather a good support staff has always been important. But with the changes in the advice given by the staff that I spoke of earlier, it is crucial to hire the right people to take advantage of your team the most. staff councils are now scattered throughout the game, instead of finding a single screen and relevant staff members have contextual advice according to the game area they are visiting. Now, when you click on the profile of a player can receive advice from a staff member about your workout plan. Or if you look at the screen tactics, tactics may get suggestions from your assistant coach. The staff's advice now cover more content, including suggestions on how to deal with unhappy players, as well as more detailed feedback and the ability to add all the recommended advice.

In addition to expand the staff's advice, we also opened new positions, specifically for data analysts and sports scientists. Data analysts are part of your exploration team and will provide you detailed reports pre and post-game, with attention to the tactical trends in previous games of the opponent and also looking at your performance. Sports scientists support your medical team and work to reduce the likelihood of injuries. And it was not only the new staff that was targeted attention. The staff returning from previous games has also improved. For example, the assistant coach will give you your recommended tactics, who can see the screen of the tactics the drop-down menu of training.

The physiotherapist will also point out how prone to injury is a player after medical evaluation. Also included in the game another trend that we noticed in world football over the past few years. Some players are now beginning to take the coaching course before retiring when they think to continue linked to football after hang the boots. Recent years have seen major advances in football prospect that places a greater emphasis on statistics, data analysis and video technology. This gives more tools scouts analysis beyond the naked eye.

Players have always had this power in our games, as many clubs also use our database as part of its exploration. But in Football Manager 2017 can use all these tools to have an overall assessment of a potential hiring. A major change in the prospection module are the reports of the "next opponent." These contain more information on the major players and general skill level of the opponents, in addition to the main statistics in the competition where they will face. We also added details in the report about the opposing coach.

We see the most likely tactic that will use a horizontal field and your playing style and mentality. Something real coaches do regularly is to see videos with potential signings highlights. When watching a player will receive a video player featured in action. The scout will provide it as part of their regular updates on the player, with highlights to appear in a video player. Scouts also warn when the injury prevents a player to train full time. But this is not limited to opponents or players from other teams.

The team's report panel has been refurbished and now the display of overview gives you a more detailed description of the strengths and weaknesses of your team. As you can see a player of a scout report. Also relevant statistical information that helps us judge the areas where our team is doing well and where you can improve. In the squad depth of the screen you will notice that we have put your current tactic in the graphics field to have a proper and clear view of who are the strongest players for each position. The search of the players has also undergone improvements and now even includes the ability to search for a player by the number of days spent in a country.

This is particularly useful to know how long it will take a player to become a citizen of that country or to naturalize themselves. Now you can also sort the players by secondary tables. For example, they can make a major search for the value of a player, but having a secondary search for the ordained. The matches analysis module has undergone a major refurbishment last year, with our partnership with Prozone to bring a variety of new events to see in detail. This year we follow up on this work and introduced several new features to the analysis of matches in Football Manager 2017.

And as the Prozone recently changed its name to Stats, also we made it in the game. Now, if you have an overview of where you won or lost a game, they can do so by selecting the new screen the general description. This screen displays activity maps for both sides and collects key information statistics illustrating what was the tactics and the most effective style of play over the 90 minutes. There are also new events and we can see where the ball was recovered and lost, and where the individual touches the ball were made. In addition to these new events, there is also a new graphic on the screen of the zone of action that shows the focus of attacks during the match. We've also added in assists as a selectable category, so you can see how that perfectly timed pass came about.

Press conferences can be all or nothing for a coach. One or two well-placed shot can cost you the appreciation of the press and give you more time when the pressure increases. However, a poorly considered response can turn the fans and the press against you. Football Manager 2017 features a range of new and more contextual issues. And with the presence of social networks for the first time they will need to think carefully about how it will be taken into account what they say. As part of the extra content on the issues, they will find more questions about the games, the transfers, the satisfaction of players and injuries, with journalists to seek news for your big headlines. They will also see the coaches of the other teams to produce their comments. For example, you can see coaches to give their opinion, extending the life of a narrative and creating some extra drama.

Football Manager 2017 also adds a new layer of depth to the personalities of the players, with improvements in the personalities and progression modelling. Personality traits were improved this year and are now more versatile. Working with a wide range of features, the ambition of the player, his loyalty, determination and professionalism, among others, has an even greater impact on the success they have throughout their career. For example, a player with a weak index adjustment will now be less willing to play abroad for fear of feeling homesick. We've changed the way players are changing over time. They will find that there are now more attributes that start down when the player enters the end of his career, as in real life.

The algorithms used to judge the decline of a player have also been greatly improved to take into account aspects as the training facilities of the club, it holds regular basis and how long plays as a starter. Players can now tell you who want to join a particular club. Even if a third club interested in them and willing to make a higher offer. This could also have repercussions on social networks, with some fans to turn against the player in question and others excited about the prospect of seeing it move to your club. Players can also give exclusive interviews to the press to try to force a decision if they are dissatisfied.

For example, if a player wants to be more times holder, he may decide to tell the press what it feels to turn public opinion in his favor. In addition to improvements to personalities, interaction and progression of the players also restyled the comparison screens of players and staff. Now there is much more information on the overview screen, including staff ratings and a clickable report coach, as well as the season statistics. The Create a Club mode made its debut last year in the Football Manager desktop version, which was previously exclusive Football Manager Mobile. This year, we've added some new features to this popular game mode. The first is something that many players asked.

The ability to add more players created a squad. Now, can form a complete squad with all your friends and lead them to glory. For those who prefer working with real players, We include the ability to search for specific players, as they can do in Fantasy Draft mode. Ingratiate the direction is crucial to be successful coaches. After all, the direction is who dictates how much money will have to spend, who can approve new construction projects and, of course, who has the power to dismiss you.

In Football Manager 2017, directions behave in a more dynamic and realistic and work most closely with the coach. Will notice that the direction contact with you more often than before with the intent to discuss a range of topics such as contract offers, budget adjustments and changes in the size of your staff. Some presidents also will ask your opinion about the budgets and club facilities after taking possession. The direction also inform you better about your relationship with affiliate clubs.

Now they can negotiate existing partnerships to ensure that they are making the most of agreement to your club. There is also more information about certain affiliations to get to whether the partnership is long term and how profitable is the agreement, for example. The "Interacting with the direction" in the transfer offer screen has also been refurbished. In certain circumstances, the directions will be willing to open the purse strings a player they have identified, especially if you are a big name. The "Sugar Daddies", those owners who like to invest enough in their clubs, work also now more realistically. First, they are now dynamic, which means changing the type of investment they make in the club as the team goes up or down division.

There is also a new type of "Sugar Daddy" this year, you want to see a return on your investment. This type of "Sugar Daddy" gets clubs out of the first division and with some debts, but with good prospects. Then they pay these debts with a loan that must be paid when the club reach the first division, and also want to make long-term profitable club. A final aspect is the fact that the magnates now use a more advanced logic when choosing a club to acquire. As always, there are a number of subtle features, but significant to help create the world of immersive FM game. Here are just some of those features that represent the level of detail they can expect from Football Manager 2017.

There are many more of these details that will be able to discover while they play. On the screen of the club's history, they can now see all the players who played for your club ordered by time and find out where they are now. It is perfect for those who like to stretch over your saved games. The screen of the club's history also now features many new records, including the highest number of goals in all competitions in a season, the fewest goals conceded in a season and the most wins in a season. And not only were the records that have been added.

There are now likely to pre-season for awards as top scorer and player of the year. The names also generated players now have changed to present double nicknames that reflect events in modern sports and the real world. And just to see how we are fanatics for authenticity, now there are even more choices in generating names for Danish players, something that caused problems in the past. They will notice that the bar of the statistics in the processing panel background is also more visible and shows even more statistics. In Australia, we restyled competitions the youth to reflect the new conference system opened late last year. However, the coaches of the MLS will notice that the coaches of AI are more clever with their choices in super draft and choose the players plugging weaknesses of their herds.

Kosovo and Gibraltar were added to the qualifying groups for all international competitions where they can participate. FFP rules were updated according to the new season and include a new series of restrictions that will make offers transfers within the parameters of the limits sanctioned by the financial fair play. columns have been added to the customisable tables of some leagues, allowing you to see the tables for the first and second half of the season. We also added the requirements for facilities and monetary awards correct for our league licensed latest, the Ekstraklasa, Poland.

This in addition to all updates to the rules of the competitions around the world and data from teams and players. As the game progresses also see that revamped the system of Steam achievements. The network game this season is faster and smarter. A number of new options allows progressing faster way in the game without losing any important decision. The hosts can now set the maximum number of times your game may stop on a given day. There is also a customisable new timer may be used to give coaches a certain period of time to deal with such things as meetings with the direction and choice of breeding.

If you choose to use the timer can also choose whether you want the game prevent you timer withdraw from certain events, as job interviews and meeting requests with the direction. There is an additional preference for the online game that forces all users to allow control-assistant coach the team in the friendly, to save time during the pre-season, if all agree to play this way. This year, the Football Manager Touch was separated from Football Manager 2017 for PC, Mac and Linux and transformed into an independent game that offers a distinctive experience of his older brother.

The focus, as always, is to provide a simplified management experience and focused on some of the key aspects of football management, such as transfers and tactics. The Touch Football Manager 2017 is the fastest version to date with new features and an optimization that allows you to advance in the game even faster way. Many of the new and improved features that we discussed for the FM 2017 are also in the Touch. The improvements to the game engine, transfers and contracts, social networks, inbox, improvements in the players and AI and much more. But let's also look at some specific new FM Touch. Now there is the option to jump to the bottom line in the middle of a match, which is ideal if you have seen enough of the benefit of your team or if no time.

The rest of the match will be simulated and will be taken to the final result. They can also use more effectively support staff, delegating more tasks than before to focus on team preparation for game day. Now have the option of allowing the sports director deal with the negotiations when the time comes to renew the contract of a player. They can also delegate responsibility for allocation of exploration tasks to your main scout, saving even more time. Speaking of exploration, this area of ​​the game received quite a few improvements on FM Touch.

Now a simplified version of prospection panel to see which parts of the world your scouts are placed is available. The news article scout has also been redesigned to be more similar to the way the news now appear in Football Manager. But the screen of the general description of the training has been redesigned to display more graphical information. There is much more to explore and more challenges for the Challenge mode, but with a simplified experience I ever expect to find in Football Manager Touch. And still share saved games between PC, Mac, Linux and versions for Android tablets upscale, iPad mini 2 and higher, Air and Pro game. And this is a sample of what they can expect to find in Football Manager 2017.

We are very proud of the improvements and renovations that made the game this year and make it the simulation more immersive and realistic management ever produced. And I hope you have fun playing it and discover other news.