Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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Hey, thanks for the suggestion! A sports game didn't even occur to me, that seems like a great idea.
Need to see if I can find any of the older Football Manager games, apparently the 2026 version is a bit rough..
Yeah I haven't played it but I heard the stories. I haven't played every year, but in general I would recommend either
FM 2024 The latest "classic" version, has the most support, mods, relevant player database etc. Probably recommended for most players. Most feature-rich while still not being completely fucked like 2026 apparently is.
FM 2017 I have this game still installed, though I haven't played it in over a year now I think. I have my longest running save on this edition. Often comes up on top in votes for which FM has the best match engine. It still has some exploits if you look for them hard enough (every edition does), but for the most part all tactics are viable, the match engine feels good and you're not forced into any one archetype.