Football Manager 2010

Critic reviews

• GameSpot

  Alex Sassoon coby · Nov 20, 2009

  8.5

  Football Manager 2010 is the closest you're likely to come to managing not only the club of your dreams, but almost any professional football club you can imagine be it a Premiership high flier, a new franchise in the MLS, or a team struggling in Japan's second division. While none of this year's additions are revolutionary, they result in a game that adds depth for veteran players while also becoming more accessible for newcomers--it's a great game that's accessible to anyone with the slightest interest in football from any corner of the globe.

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• Games Radar+

  Greg MacGregor · Nov 02, 2009

  9.0

  While we were underwhelmed by the series’ first forays into 3D last year, we’re impressed by the new stadiums, pitch degradation and cheering crowds now. These are the best supporters we’ve yet seen in a footy game – FIFA and PES should take note – and seeing them jump up and go wild at your team scoring adds the cherry onto this sheepskin-coat-wrapped cake.

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• Video Gamer

  Tom Orry · Nov 01, 2009

  9.0

  Football Manager 2010 is undoubtedly a high quality product. Sports Interactive has built on last year's game to produce the best version yet (we must say this every year), so it's easy to recommend FM 2010 to anyone with an interest in taking their team to league and cup glory. If you can't get into the wonder that is Football Manager Live or just prefer the more solitary experience standard FM offers, this will keep you hooked to your PC monitor for months.

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• Euro Gamer

  Martin Korda · Oct 26, 2013

  9.0

  Make no mistake, Football Manager 2010 is the best football management game on the market by some stretch, a game of unrivalled realism, depth and longevity, and the most accessible FM game we've seen for many years. For these reasons it just about scrapes a 9, just like Championship Manager 2010 scraped an 8. If you held off buying FM2009 then I wholeheartedly recommend you go out and buy this.

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• Game Watcher

  Emmanuel Brown · Nov 19, 2009

  8.3

  Outside of Championship Manager’s excellent scouting system then, Football Manager 2010 has left the pitch under a banner that displays yet another convincing scoreline. They had to work much, much harder for this one though, and we should have an interesting few years of competition ahead of us. Just what the genre needed.

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• IGN

  Orlando Parfitt · Oct 27, 2009

  9.3

  In short FM2010 isn't an evolutionary step in the series. Instead it's merely an incredibly well produced update. SI has lovingly polished the FM bodywork, added some spoilers, alloys and a couple of PS3s in the passenger seats, but underneath it's the same engine. Luckily under the hood everything is in full working order; for detail and realism FM2010 is - as usual - in a league of its own. It's the stat-heavy beast beloved by millions of PC Gamers, but prettier, more accessible and with some ingenious new tweaks.

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