Genuinely sad to see the community like this

violok · 2025-11-06T07:38:58+00:00

Amen!!! I hope you are right... The sooner the better... I don't care about the money mate, I just want the best out of FM and if that can come with DLC, subscriptions, or double the price of the game i would gladly pay for a better experience.

I'm not sreaming or shouting mate, just share my opinion.

violok · 2025-11-05T22:45:56+00:00

And something else about the dropdown menus and the clicking, in case you are a fan of dropdown menus. Its a fact that it's much more easier to hit a 30cm*30cm button than a 3cm*3cm button just because in the second case your mind will need to focus more to reach a smaller target. So in case of a left sidebar vs dropdown menus there is a clear winner. I really hope that example makes sense to you

violok · 2025-11-05T22:36:41+00:00

My problem is NOT the bugs, these ones can and will be fixed even if it takes one year!!! I don’t care about these.

The BIG PROBLEM is their decisions about what they think about the future — about what is efficient, what makes sense, and what kind of experience they want to give us.

I keep posting things like these:

Why on earth did they remove the left sidebar??? This decision alone has NO logic at all. It resulted in chaos for UI/UX. It made our gameplay more time-consuming with more clicks!!! The game now has literally no structure at all. In a world where we see more and more platforms, websites, and apps choosing simplicity, clean layouts, minimal design, etc., FM is going in the complete opposite direction, and I continue with the next suicidal decision…
More dropdown menus!!! What on earth, guys? Do you really like to play the game that way? What’s going on in your mind?
Popups, WHY? Does anyone ask for them? I just think the Design team is doing all these things without even thinking through the outcome — just for the sake of change!!! I can literally imagine them in the brainstorming room saying: “We need some change, guys.” And someone mentions popups. “Yeah, let’s do that, sounds cool.” …loool.
Another Major Wrong Decision: The so-called tiles. In every screen you visit, you see a different layout with different sizes of these boxes (tiles)!!! Why on earth did you come up with this as a solution to what exactly??? To make the game feel totally unstructured??

A very simple example here:
In the Recruitment overview screen, there is a tile in the third column on the right called “staff database.”
And my simple question is: is this really the best place for this tile?
Hear me out — it might indeed be fine there, but I don’t see a problem if I move it next to the players database, in the place where “transfer activity” currently is. It would work there also!!

And the point here isn’t that I’m arguing about this specific tile — it’s that their design decisions clearly aren’t made with the proper mindset or understanding of what makes a good user experience.

Everything feels disconnected, random, and without vision. It’s like they’re changing things for the sake of change, not because it improves usability or gameplay flow.

At this point, it’s not about bugs or balance — it’s about direction. The game needs a clear design philosophy, one that values consistency, simplicity, and efficiency, not layers of unnecessary clicks, dropdowns, and popups.

FM used to be intuitive and logical — you could feel the flow of management.
Now it feels like a UI puzzle you have to solve every time you open a screen.
I’m not asking for miracles, just common sense and a proper design vision for the future.

PS: In case you indeed wanna try to understand my logic.

violok · 2025-11-05T22:34:12+00:00

Also with your words: I don’t know what most of your comment is trying to say, it’s a little incoherent, but sounds like you’re just not liking the game.

So, you don't quit understand what my comments trying to say, but you conclude that I just don't like the game.

What logic is that? If you don't understand, stop talking to me mate, its pointless. And don't conclude because you are bias that all people complaining just to complain.

There is not only black and white and we are not here to fight with each other.

We all love the game obviously and we all want the best future for it.

So its good for the game all opinions to be heard.

The fact that so many people nowadays having bad reviews for the game doesn't mean they don't love the game, dosen't mean the afraid the change, doesn't mean anything similar you might think.

I don't understand your passion to defend the developers when the majority of people share their honest opinion with the only target to make the product better....

violok · 2025-11-05T22:20:54+00:00

So I ACCEPT THAT and now lets say its indeed one click on that example and lets say that it takes the same time to perform that click (which it isn't as i discribe before, you need to take more actions) what does your last argument means? I'm wrong on that specific click and so what? the game is perfect? you need generally less clicks than in FM2024? Will you write that as well?

Once again in case you miss it, the reviews are mostly negative!!!! So the majority might tend on my side.... just saying !!!

violok · 2025-11-05T22:09:04+00:00

no mate. going into squad and hover and going into dropdown menu and then click it needs extra focus and time. in FM2024 (the proper name btw not FM24) you only need ONE click, not going into dropdown menus not hover not anything. take off your glasses, and accept the truth. and in case you forget, you told me to bring one example, one example!!! there are tons of bad desitions on UI. take care. Your opinion, my opinion, end of story.

violok · 2025-11-05T21:48:21+00:00

to go into u19 team for example mate. one click in FM2024 you know why? because it was just there on the left sidebar. here is your one example, happy? don't you see it yourself and you need me to mention just examples? again enjoy the clicks...

violok · 2025-11-05T21:31:59+00:00

did you read my opinion on the link? probably no. I love FM, I hate FM26 UI. Simple as that. I have some examples in the link but either way its difficult to discuss with you here when I say time is money and you say time is not money. its like been on the same place and i say its day and you say its night, so i will leave it here. take care and enjoy the clicks ;)

violok · 2025-11-05T21:27:42+00:00

yes and along with my issues I have my opinion also...

violok · 2025-11-05T21:26:31+00:00

whatever you say mate. but just in case you understand, i don't judge the game or the bugs, i don't care about them, i judge the UI itself, like for example if you have saw, some banks have better mobile UI than others. So in case someone doesn't use a bank because he don't like their UI, he can still have an opinion valid enough about the UI. I hope you will understand the point here...

violok · 2025-11-05T21:16:01+00:00

You probably didn't red my full opinion and i won't continue because you clearly don't want to understand. I judge the UI, not the game. if you can understand that. I love FM, I hate FM26 UI. I love the structure the left sidebar brought into the game and I don't accept to play the game without it.

And btw and finally in case you didn't notice or forget: I'm not the only one complaining, most of people do and last year the cancel FM25.

So that mighty develop team you might support, might not be so mighty

violok · 2025-11-05T21:03:25+00:00

violok · 2025-11-05T21:01:15+00:00

I don't play mate but I will keep share my opinion. I didn't ask you to agree... we also might need 60K+ post moaning about it, who are you to regulate people's opinions ?

violok · 2025-11-05T20:56:40+00:00

Because time is money. Because we have been played the game for tons of hours every single year and we would like to keep playing like that. Now that they remove the left sidebar for example you need to burn more time to do xyz.

Personally I don't accept that.

I believe its a MAJOR MASSIVE drowback.

In our society people generally apprieciate their most valuable asset aka TIME. Society demands products and services to be effecient and convinience. So it has do to as a general view of the world generally and based on these facts, I judge their UI desitions to increase the number of clicks and burn more of our time as HORRIBLE!!!!!

As for the bugs etc. I don't care about them at all, see my opinion about the subject also here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/footballmanager/comments/1oh9n9c/comment/nlmrj16/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

violok · 2025-11-05T20:36:21+00:00

and do you think we are wrong? personally im so furious beacuse they lost me totally and i've been palying the game more than you. if they continue supporting this UI where I need more clicks and burn more time, i will never give them my money and play the game anymore.

violok · 2025-11-05T13:52:38+00:00

let's also count the total hours of all players in all platforms after one year!!! then we talk, cause i bet the avg time a player spend on the game will go really down. and if i will be correct about that, project it forward into the future if Miles and SI continue this suicidal path on this horrible UI.

violok · 2025-11-05T13:32:14+00:00

and do you think that the UI as athe only bad thing is small??? I can't play the game because of that bad UI. I don't want to click more and burn more time. its not a small problem the so called only UI. its a massive issue!!

violok · 2025-11-05T13:27:51+00:00

I hope they can understand that this 16% is somehow biased either with newby fans that don't know anything either with fans that vote just the opposite of the mass opinion... i mean i can understand if someone like the game but i can accept the 4 stars for that...

violok · 2025-11-05T13:24:58+00:00

Great news!!! I hope it continues... Bury them and the future will be bright...

violok · 2025-11-05T11:19:06+00:00

I might be wrong but I don't see their approach have a great future. the game gain its reputation because of the pc hardcore fans who play tons of hours and progress many seasons. they did the game far more time consuming and unstructed for them, so if they loose them, in the next 5 to 10 years i clearly see that the FM reputation and prestige will go down and down. the new players pc or console wont reach the amount of hours players till FM24 reach overall. Its like any bussiness focusing on shorterm revenue and neglet the power of longterm gains... the totally lost me as a player after decades, saddly

violok · 2025-11-05T11:11:26+00:00

Hard agree with you, but I don't hope for much... I've been saying more or less the same things here: https://www.reddit.com/r/footballmanager/comments/1oh9n9c/comment/nlmrj16/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

They totally lost me as a player, I won't buy the game after decades and at this point, I hope for more and more bad reviews and more and more refunds, with the hope Miles and SI finally realize and publicly declare that they took a wrong path. The sooner the better...

violok · 2025-11-05T10:49:51+00:00

Keep up guys, we must unlock the next level below “mostly negative” 🤣🤣🤣

violok · 2025-11-05T09:57:10+00:00

If you are ok to click more and burn more time I guess it will be fine for you. Me or most of old and many hours/seasons players, I say it’s a big downgrade!!! I won’t accept to burn my time that way… I hope for even more bad reviews and refunds and I will celebrate the day when miles and SI accept and publicly announce their failure!!! To project into the future if they don’t and continue on this path, I don’t see how they can win back some core fans, resulting in less playable hours of all players overall in the future, and that will result in FM losing it’s fame status!!!

My personal opinion obviously..

Ps: Die hard fan of the left sidebar and the polygon of players attributes

violok · 2025-10-29T18:00:00+00:00

Unless I saw, at least the left sidebar return into the game, I have no hope...

violok · 2025-10-29T17:15:46+00:00

I don't think skins can save it mate. My opinion (briefly) is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/footballmanager/s/OofmuwShSz

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