Review | Review: Football Manager Mobile 2017 – the phone version keeps all the crucial elements of the full game, without the fat
Handset version of long-running soccer management game series offers just the right amount of gameplay – you can still build a team, decide how it plays, etc – without time-consuming minutiae of full PC version
Sports Interactive
4.5 stars
Hello, my name is Pavan and I’m an addict. I’ve been hooked on Football Manager in one way or another since I was about 12-years-old. The game’s taken some of the best years of my youth and all but wasted an expensive college education.
There have been long periods on the wagon, but my last relapse came about four years ago when I wasted a month-long trip around Europe on my phone, compulsively guiding A.S. Roma through seven championship seasons.
So what drove me back this time? It wasn’t because I had to review the game – I’ve been able to dip my toe into releases over the past couple of years without getting hooked. Maybe it was the disillusionment of our post-Trump-victory world, maybe it’s a Hong Kong divided – or maybe, just maybe, Football Manager is an addiction that never truly dies.