Still far from finished and with a myriad more features yet to be implemented before release (the details of which SI are keeping very much under wraps), Football Manager Live is already looking like succeeding in its goal of uniting the hardcore elements of Football Manager with the more mainstream auction-based features of eBay and Fantasy Football.
Granted, plenty of work clearly remains to be done in the aesthetics department. What’s more, the ranking system needs greater clarification, and perhaps a player fatigue accumulation system would be a better way of punishing players who play too many games in one day, rather than lessening the amount of ranking points they’re awarded for victories. However, overall, there’s a huge amount to be excited about here.
