Football Manager 2007 Demo/Trial

Football Manager 2007 aims to improve on the previous titles by adding more realism to the job, in the form of board decisions that overrule the manager, a more dynamic youth section and a lot of new additions to the match engine, consisting of new interview mechanics and better commentary during the game.

Although this installment does not bring forth any revolutionary changes in the overall mechanics of the game, there are enough improvements to make the experience feel different from the previous titles, especially in the case of your control over the club. Hence, thanks to the new boardroom changes, the investors can make decisions for you, such as to accept a buying offer without your consent. In this way, the experience comes closer to the real thing, although you should know that the aforementioned event does not happen too often, unless the offer truly is something special.

As previously mentioned, the youth section has been improved as well, since it now features and entirely new system that takes care of who and why makes it out of the youth leagues. The improvement sits in the way players are chosen, as well as the facilities that are available for every club. This implies that, if your team does not have high-end training grounds for the youth, then you are far less likely to stumble upon a legendary soccer star.

With every new title, the player and club databases become more and more consistent, with hundreds of teams and thousands of players from all over the world. A wide array of details is available for each one of them, ranging from nationality, age, salary and various other useful information that might give you an idea about what to expect over the course of their career.

On a technical side note, the game does not need to shine when it comes to graphical prowess, since, most of the time, you will be looking at statistics, squad formations and various other text-based information. The match engine has been a bit refined, though, and you can fully enjoy the new commentary sections during the games.

Football Manager 2007 contains everything it needed to in order to keep you playing for another yet, with enough gameplay adjustments and improvements to make it more difficult to take advantage of various exploits. Hence, the game is now much more restrained and realistic, which should make your eventual success worthy of praise.