FM 2009 Feature Roundup

FM 2009 Feature Roundup

The videos to the left give us the first look at the brand new Football Manager 2009 (FM 2009) by Sports Interactive & SEGA. From the trailers some of the cool new features we can see are:

3D Pitch
- The pitch is now in 3D but not a over the top FIFA/Pro Evo style but a much smaller scale tactical view. It is still a work in progress though and may change before new release. The match engine has been in development for 3 years with the support of Japan's Virtua Striker team. For those who don't like change the 2D view will still be available.
Full Match Timeline
- There is now a timeline on display during a match which will enable the user to click on a certain key incident and quickly view it on the 3D match engine. This is very similar to the feature that is in Football Manager Live.
Widgets
- During a match you will be able to pick which 'Widgets' you want to display such as Player Ratings, Match Stats, Live Scores etc....
Updated Skin
- The look of the skin has been changed slightly with a few more features added for better user accessibility.
Assistant Manager Feedback
- Tactical & Motivational feedback during matches to help you see what you are doing right and more importantly what you are doing wrong.
Press Conferences
- Before and after matches and when you take a new job. These will play a key role and the answers you choose to the questions may come back to haunt you later in your managerial career.
Training
- More specific training on learning new 'Special Moves'. So players can now learn to do stepovers etc.. Very useful feature to help train youngsters up.
Female Managers
- No explanation needed, pointless feature.
Widescreen Support
- The game will now be able to work on those nice new widescreen monitors that you should all have. Gone are the days of 1024 x 768.
Transfer System Overhaul
- Complete overhaul of the whole system so it will now be much more realistic.
Full feature roundup coming soon.....

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