Football Manager Classic is one of the new game modes that we will enjoy in FM 2013, and there will be a series of five videos explaining what it’s all about. All the five videos will be added to this post as soon as they become available.
What is FM Classic? Introduction
Miles Jacobson says the new game mode has the same database as the full game mode and the same match engine, but it’s designed to provide a quicker game play experience. Basically it’s Football Manager for very busy people. The game world will be smaller, details are kept to a minimum and there is no individual training for your players. Interaction with staff, board and media are also kept to a minimum while the match highlights can only be viewed in «key highlights» mode.
You can even simulate a match without having to play it, providing a match plan for your staff beforehand. In theory, you could go through a whole season in at most 10 hours of game play.
Here’s the first FM Classic Video:
FM Classic Episode 2 — Pre-Match
A quick look at the pre-match options in FM Classic, the quick mode to play Football Manager 2013.
FM Classic Episode 3 — Match Day
A look at match day experience in FM Classic, including what you can do when selecting to skip the match highlights and get an instant result:
FM Classic Episode 4 — Challenges
The challenges will be played only in FM Classic mode and most of them take half a season. There will be 4 free challenges and 1 paid challenge for now but more will be added upon request from the FM 2013 fans. Here’s the video:
FM Classic Episode 5 — Unlockables
The final FM Classic episode is about the unlockables that you can find in FM 2013, there are 12 of them. Some of them can be unlocked through your performances in the game, others can be bought for cash. Watch the video to find out what they are about:
In case you haven’t found out yet, the FM 2013 release date is November 2nd and if you pre-order the game trough our store you will receive access to a beta version two weeks before that release date! Interested? Click and pre-order Football Manager 2013 for just 27 pounds!
If you’re not too impressed with FM Classic, you can view the new features for the full career mode of Football Manager 2013here.
I will be sticking to the normal mode myself but I think this was a genius move, sales may hit record figures because of this mode. Its a shame you have to play challenge mode though this way though
Well, I don’t think that features like individual training would help you in a challenge since those might cover just a few months of game time. But we don’t have all the details yet, have to wait and see.
Agree with Saltwater, I think this is a fantastic idea and FMC will certainly open the door to many other gamers that may otherwise not buy the game. Like everyone else I may keep tp the full version but could have the odd network game going in this mode to hurry things along.
I’m not so excited about this «downgraded» version, unlockables and paid content could be a step in the wrong direction for the franchise; I’ll have a closer look at it during the beta weeks.
I don’t think that they took resources away from the match engine in order to develop FM Classic simply because stripping some of the features off the main game mode in order to make a new one shouldn’t really require too much work. Secondly, there might be different teams for UI and match engine anyway.
As I said we just need to wait and see, if for example the beloved corner exploit or the three strikers bug will still be here, it would be a proof of what I said before.
I think this classic mode can actually add some features to make the normal mode a bit faster, I mean, somethings are just too complicated for no reason.
Love it how in the recent video about addons, Miles mentions been asked to use a different word to ‘cheating’ when talking about the addons, yet he still uses it anyway :) Good lad! I hope that means that the FM Classic saves won’t count towards the overall leaderboard as that would be unfair for those of us that aren’t interested in the addons.
Thales De Mattos Oliveira
1 октября, 2012 at 16:08
I don`t think it will be thaaaaaaaat faster… but I won`t play this mode anyway…
Johnny Karp
1 октября, 2012 at 16:21
I think I’ll try it out of curiosity :)
saltwater
1 октября, 2012 at 16:28
I will be sticking to the normal mode myself but I think this was a genius move, sales may hit record figures because of this mode. Its a shame you have to play challenge mode though this way though
Johnny Karp
1 октября, 2012 at 16:47
Well, I don’t think that features like individual training would help you in a challenge since those might cover just a few months of game time. But we don’t have all the details yet, have to wait and see.
saltwater
3 октября, 2012 at 19:07
3 videos in and my opinion has changed slightly, I may just try it for a bit of quick fun. Was it just me or was Miles looking green with envy? :)
Johnny Karp
4 октября, 2012 at 05:06
I haven’t noticed the green issue, I was too busy listening :)
Darren Smith
1 октября, 2012 at 18:35
Agree with Saltwater, I think this is a fantastic idea and FMC will certainly open the door to many other gamers that may otherwise not buy the game. Like everyone else I may keep tp the full version but could have the odd network game going in this mode to hurry things along.
Niels Theis Bendtsen
1 октября, 2012 at 20:27
I think i will start with FMC during to find a suitable team and nation to play in.
TheZiggy
1 октября, 2012 at 20:37
I might try it out during the time I have access to the beta, but when it comes to my proper game I’ll use the full mode.
Nick
1 октября, 2012 at 21:11
This is tempting, but I`ll just let the full game ruin my GCSEs instead of this half ruining them
Johnny Karp
2 октября, 2012 at 06:28
Well, school comes first in my view, so you might want to try FM Classic this time :P
Bill Okpalor
1 октября, 2012 at 21:53
Football Manager Classic Looks Interesting
Tegar Triemanudigdo
1 октября, 2012 at 21:53
This is definitely worth to try, but just wondering, if we save the game on FMC, will it be compatible with the normal version?
Johnny Karp
2 октября, 2012 at 06:29
I really don’t know but I guess not.
Niels Theis Bendtsen
2 октября, 2012 at 07:34
That seems unlikely.
Paine
2 октября, 2012 at 07:06
I’m not so excited about this «downgraded» version, unlockables and paid content could be a step in the wrong direction for the franchise; I’ll have a closer look at it during the beta weeks.
Niels Theis Bendtsen
2 октября, 2012 at 07:33
As long as they keep the full version I see no harm.
Paine
2 октября, 2012 at 08:06
Time will tell, surely developing two different game modes will drain resources from the main game and its core: the match engine.
Johnny Karp
2 октября, 2012 at 14:50
I don’t think that they took resources away from the match engine in order to develop FM Classic simply because stripping some of the features off the main game mode in order to make a new one shouldn’t really require too much work. Secondly, there might be different teams for UI and match engine anyway.
Paine
2 октября, 2012 at 18:12
As I said we just need to wait and see, if for example the beloved corner exploit or the three strikers bug will still be here, it would be a proof of what I said before.
Darren Smith
2 октября, 2012 at 18:38
It won’t be if they have improved other areas of the match engine, but I see where you are coming from.
Thales De Mattos Oliveira
2 октября, 2012 at 17:51
I think this classic mode can actually add some features to make the normal mode a bit faster, I mean, somethings are just too complicated for no reason.
Jack
4 октября, 2012 at 16:34
FMC looks a really great addition although I’m not keen on paying for add-ons.
Aaron
5 октября, 2012 at 15:34
Has there been any indication of FMC working with the data editor?
Johnny Karp
5 октября, 2012 at 15:35
I don’t see why it shouldn’t be working, FMC uses the same database as the full game.
Darren Smith
5 октября, 2012 at 18:53
Love it how in the recent video about addons, Miles mentions been asked to use a different word to ‘cheating’ when talking about the addons, yet he still uses it anyway :) Good lad! I hope that means that the FM Classic saves won’t count towards the overall leaderboard as that would be unfair for those of us that aren’t interested in the addons.
Johnny Karp
5 октября, 2012 at 21:20
Yep, he’s a pretty straightforward kind of guy :)
Darren Smith
5 октября, 2012 at 21:36
My type of person. :)
Thales De Mattos Oliveira
5 октября, 2012 at 20:15
the g +1 buttons don`t seem to be working…
Johnny Karp
5 октября, 2012 at 21:02
Yeah, it seems you are right. I’m not sure what the problem is but I’ll try to figure it out.
Johnny Karp
6 октября, 2012 at 17:47
I think it’s sorted now, let me know if you have any problems with it.