Soccer Manager 2017

Being a manager of any kind is a lot of hard work, despite the fact that people associate managers with people who tell others what to do and just waste time all day long. In fact, actual managers have a lot of responsibility on their hands, as well as a lot of work. In the case of soccer managers, they are directly responsible for almost everything that makes a team great, which is a great burden.

Soccer Manager 2017 is a management game in which your goal is to take the reigns of a club and make sure you do everything right in order to obtain victories and keep the budget afloat. It’s no easy task to watch out for money and results at the same time, but it gets easier with practice. On top of that, you are also free to choose any team you wish from a list of many possible options.

The game is much more basic than the classics of the genre, such as Football Manager of FIFA Manager, but it certainly packs a punch as well. Granted, the number of features is more limited, not to mention the fact that it’s also a pain to navigate the interface sometimes. However, at least it’s free-to-play, which is a great thing if you do not want to pay full price for a game you may not be able to enjoy for too long.

As mentioned before, the budget must be kept under close observation, because it all goes downhill once you start running out of money. In fact, the game allows you to get out of jams using cash injections, which are actually done using real money. It’s not always profitable to do so, but sometimes it’s a lot “cheaper” than just starting from the top.

Transfers can be a bit confusing at first as well, mainly because they are not very straightforward if you do not pay real money. On the other hand, most of the other features are there for you to use at any time, so it’s not that bad. The graphics are non-existent, on the other hand, since all you can actually see is a basic interface and even more basic 2D simulation of the matches.

Soccer Manager 2017 has a few hiccups it needs to take care of, but the overall product is pretty great if you are a fan of the genre.There’s no real paywall either, so it’s nice to be able to enjoy the game for free.