Great game!
This is a great game, but it could be even better with a few fixes. First, let scouting be more open. I should be able to go into a team and click on any player and add them to my shortlist and have them scouted. Second, let the facility map be a little more interactive. Let me zoom in to look at the stadium or even tour the new stadium I just spent millions on. Third, quit having players get hurt ever freaking week. It’s so annoying. Other than that, nice game.
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Great game
This game is fun but I don’t like that money go down fast
It’s ok
The problem I have with this is that it’s so hard to boost the value of the club, because the transfers are so unrealistic, you need 60 million to get a decent player, and I’m basically stuck right now with a low value for my club, I can’t boost it and so I can’t buy better clubs, although it’s definitely a better soccer management game than others, and maybe, I hope, you could do some manager mode where you can actually play the games, idk, I just wish I could.
•you guys responded, and I kinda agree, but I swear I’ve tried buying younger guys and they’re so expensive, but I guess I’ll have a go at trying to upgrade facilities
•you guys responded, and I kinda agree, but I swear I’ve tried buying younger guys and they’re so expensive, but I guess I’ll have a go at trying to upgrade facilities
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Response from developer
I have to disagree, the transfers are very realistic. You cannot expect to buy superstars all the time. Try buying some youngsters with potential, invest in your coaches and facilities, and patiently nurture them.
Welcome Alternate to Football Manager!
This is lengthy with maybe a few of my tips.
This game is fantastic. It hits things, in my opinion as to what makes a great game...depth + simplicity.
This game is a welcome diversion to the Football Manager series, when you are wanting a simpler game, that you can go through seasons quickly.
First, I truly enjoy the fact that real leagues, teams, crests, ground names, competitions, etc. are already in the game (no real players).
Second, I enjoy the fact that transfers are straightforward and easy. There is no option for training schedules, and players develop based on specific staff ratings and player potential. This helps save time.
There is no in-game management, which can be viewed as a negative, but I personally like the building of a club and simulating straight to the match result. The more I’ve played (going on my 30th season), I’ve come to notice that the teams that have higher rated players do win more often, while there is the occasional “upset”.
Finances are an obstacle at the start, but that should be expected when you take over a club that is in a country’s third division, or lower. Throughout the seasons you receive “investment money” if you watch an ad. If you do not watch, no money. They start at low dollar amounts but increase as your squad is more successful and promotes to higher divisions.
I would recommend buying the in-app purchase, on this. Doing so removes ads and still gives you the investment money. A real nice way to give you extra money, to invest in players or facility upgrades.
I’ve seen reviews complaining about finances and not being able to compete because of debt. Well, welcome to lower league football. Watch the ads (or do the in app purchase as suggested). Invest in young players that are cheap and invest in facilities that help develop them. Sell them at peak value and restart the cycle. Over time, you’ll have banked enough profit to finally buy that one or two higher rated players that you need.
Be financially smart. You will not need a roster of 50+ players to win. That just eats at your money due to a high wage bill. My team is built for a 4-4-2 formation and I have 26 players, with 6 of them out on loan. This is not a game that will see you progress immediately, unless you are a bit lucky and very astute at investing. Have patience.
Overall this game is almost perfect for those that want depth, without too much thinking, combined with speed of getting through seasons.
A side note about the in-app ad purchase. I had a situation where it did not work. One e-mail to the developers and it was resolved within a few hours of them getting back to me, with a troubleshoot. Accessible, quick, and resolved. Just fantastic.
I look forward to future games Top Drawer Sports are looking into developing and hope that they may some day hit a college football sim.
This game is fantastic. It hits things, in my opinion as to what makes a great game...depth + simplicity.
This game is a welcome diversion to the Football Manager series, when you are wanting a simpler game, that you can go through seasons quickly.
First, I truly enjoy the fact that real leagues, teams, crests, ground names, competitions, etc. are already in the game (no real players).
Second, I enjoy the fact that transfers are straightforward and easy. There is no option for training schedules, and players develop based on specific staff ratings and player potential. This helps save time.
There is no in-game management, which can be viewed as a negative, but I personally like the building of a club and simulating straight to the match result. The more I’ve played (going on my 30th season), I’ve come to notice that the teams that have higher rated players do win more often, while there is the occasional “upset”.
Finances are an obstacle at the start, but that should be expected when you take over a club that is in a country’s third division, or lower. Throughout the seasons you receive “investment money” if you watch an ad. If you do not watch, no money. They start at low dollar amounts but increase as your squad is more successful and promotes to higher divisions.
I would recommend buying the in-app purchase, on this. Doing so removes ads and still gives you the investment money. A real nice way to give you extra money, to invest in players or facility upgrades.
I’ve seen reviews complaining about finances and not being able to compete because of debt. Well, welcome to lower league football. Watch the ads (or do the in app purchase as suggested). Invest in young players that are cheap and invest in facilities that help develop them. Sell them at peak value and restart the cycle. Over time, you’ll have banked enough profit to finally buy that one or two higher rated players that you need.
Be financially smart. You will not need a roster of 50+ players to win. That just eats at your money due to a high wage bill. My team is built for a 4-4-2 formation and I have 26 players, with 6 of them out on loan. This is not a game that will see you progress immediately, unless you are a bit lucky and very astute at investing. Have patience.
Overall this game is almost perfect for those that want depth, without too much thinking, combined with speed of getting through seasons.
A side note about the in-app ad purchase. I had a situation where it did not work. One e-mail to the developers and it was resolved within a few hours of them getting back to me, with a troubleshoot. Accessible, quick, and resolved. Just fantastic.
I look forward to future games Top Drawer Sports are looking into developing and hope that they may some day hit a college football sim.
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Wonderful Game, Massive Game-breaking Issues
This game is pretty good and arguably one of the best free football managing games on the App Store, but there are some massive issues that really kill the game.
•Why do I lose money every week in game during the off-season when I literally CANT play any games to make money back!? Please fix this massive issue immediately because it makes the game impossible to progress financially as I was in debt before I played even ONE game in my first season. At this point in my 5th season, I’m 700k in debt and have never even been close to making profit on a season. I understand losing money during away games on the season but NOT during the off-season. If this issue could be resolved it would solve the only issue I have in this game as the rest of my problems relate to this.
• Why is there a massive gap between the end of December and March where there are no games played? It makes no sense that no games are played for months in the middle of the season, and I also still lose money every week during that break.
• I’ve reached the point where since the finances are broken and I’m 700k in debt, when I try to get better players on Bosman Free Transfers they will agree to sign but the game blocks the deal because I can’t afford $0 to get a free transfer!
These are massive issues, but the only issues I have with the game as the rest is very well put together and is a really good game. I’d greatly appreciate those changes, thanks!
•Why do I lose money every week in game during the off-season when I literally CANT play any games to make money back!? Please fix this massive issue immediately because it makes the game impossible to progress financially as I was in debt before I played even ONE game in my first season. At this point in my 5th season, I’m 700k in debt and have never even been close to making profit on a season. I understand losing money during away games on the season but NOT during the off-season. If this issue could be resolved it would solve the only issue I have in this game as the rest of my problems relate to this.
• Why is there a massive gap between the end of December and March where there are no games played? It makes no sense that no games are played for months in the middle of the season, and I also still lose money every week during that break.
• I’ve reached the point where since the finances are broken and I’m 700k in debt, when I try to get better players on Bosman Free Transfers they will agree to sign but the game blocks the deal because I can’t afford $0 to get a free transfer!
These are massive issues, but the only issues I have with the game as the rest is very well put together and is a really good game. I’d greatly appreciate those changes, thanks!
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Response from developer
There are opportunities every 4 game weeks to watch a rewarded video for money. If you watch the videos, you will have plenty of money and this allows people to play for free. If you don't want to watch the videos but still want the money, you can buy the 'Remove Ads' IAP. I can only assume you are not watching the videos or haven't bought the 'Remove Ads' IAP. Do one or the other and your problems will be solved.
Great game but,
This game is highly addictive, but there is one thing that frustrates me. Every season when players contracts are expiring, it takes a very long time to renew all of them. I have over 70 players in my squad, buying cheap youth players, then selling them once they have developed. If a selecting option could be added on where you could just select the players you want to renew, then be able to renew their contract, just giving them the contract they want. It would make the process at the beginning of the season much faster when doing this.
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Great game
Addictive, NO ads unless you want an inflation adjusted cash injections, and balanced gameplay. Very good game overall. It’s possible to get farther into the game without paying. This is surprisingly rare in games like these. Props to the game dev👌🏾
Fun but random results?
I am using an Italian side that was in the fifth division. I now have the second most valuable club in the world behind only Barcelona. I’ve never made a champions league, or a Europa league, or even won a serie A title. In fact, never even finished higher than 7th in the league.
Juventus wins every year (like real life) and I usually finish 30+ points behind them every year. I compared the two teams and I have a much better squad at every position than Juve but I can’t even challenge them.
Juve’s top Gk is a 64 and mine is 77. Juve’s defense is 83, 78, 69, 68, 62, and mine is 79,78, 77, 68. Their midfield is 78, 75, 63, 59, 47 and ours is 83, 79, 78, 76, 76. Their forwards are 85, 72, 67, 65 and mine are 79, 77, 74, 73, 69.
I feel top to bottom, I have higher rated players than Juve but I can’t even get close to them. That is frustrating and makes me wonder how results are decided. Seems that they’re random or more than likely, heavily skewed towards certain clubs. I rarely beat Roma, Napoli, or Inter, even though I have far better players than all those clubs.
Juventus wins every year (like real life) and I usually finish 30+ points behind them every year. I compared the two teams and I have a much better squad at every position than Juve but I can’t even challenge them.
Juve’s top Gk is a 64 and mine is 77. Juve’s defense is 83, 78, 69, 68, 62, and mine is 79,78, 77, 68. Their midfield is 78, 75, 63, 59, 47 and ours is 83, 79, 78, 76, 76. Their forwards are 85, 72, 67, 65 and mine are 79, 77, 74, 73, 69.
I feel top to bottom, I have higher rated players than Juve but I can’t even get close to them. That is frustrating and makes me wonder how results are decided. Seems that they’re random or more than likely, heavily skewed towards certain clubs. I rarely beat Roma, Napoli, or Inter, even though I have far better players than all those clubs.
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Good but update a bit of a joke!
I enjoyed this developers soccer agent game although it did get boring after lots of seasons doing the same thing once you became loaded with money. This game is good but a bit flawed like many football developers who can’t seem to get injuries better balanced. I was getting unrealistic injury problems despite a good physio and medical centre and hoped that might change with an update promising fewer injuries, which came a week or so ago. I saw negligible difference. Then came last nights update! What a joke! Within two matches I sustained 9 injuries to my squad! You’re having a laugh developers! My team consistently do well, I have good staff and good buildings so I must be doing something right in the game that deserves better rewards. Sort this out and soon because you have a great little game that could be ruined by a poor injury algorithm!
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Response from developer
The injury algorithm is very realistic in the long term, but if you only analyse it for a couple of weeks in isolation there is of course the chance you could suffer a disproportionate number of injuries. If you wish to discuss it further please email admin@top-drawer-games.com
Great game but need optimised
This game is a really refreshing change to the usual money grabbing rubbish that is pushed on the App Store.
I liked the game so much I paid to have the adverts removed as my contribution to the project.
The only issue I have is that when you get to about 2035 onwards the game really slows in terms of the end of season update. I’m on my second game now as first time this happened I couldn’t get beyond 2050 as the game would crash during end of season update and I could not proceed any further. Had to reinstall app.
It’s not a space issue as I have 2GB+ space on my device. Once this process is optimised to the point where you can keep playing beyond 2050 it would definitely be a 5 star.
Or is 25+ seasons a rough limitation of the app?
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Thanks for the response, great stuff! 5/5.
I liked the game so much I paid to have the adverts removed as my contribution to the project.
The only issue I have is that when you get to about 2035 onwards the game really slows in terms of the end of season update. I’m on my second game now as first time this happened I couldn’t get beyond 2050 as the game would crash during end of season update and I could not proceed any further. Had to reinstall app.
It’s not a space issue as I have 2GB+ space on my device. Once this process is optimised to the point where you can keep playing beyond 2050 it would definitely be a 5 star.
Or is 25+ seasons a rough limitation of the app?
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Thanks for the response, great stuff! 5/5.
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Response from developer
The end of season update was optimised in a previous update. This eliminated the crashes which would occur after 20-30 season and has sped up the updates, so you should have no further issues. There are no season limits to the app, in fact there are people who have played over 100 seasons and are still going strong trying to win all 64 trophies!
