First Look at FM25

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Here we go then folks, we've finally had some info on Football Manager 2025, a first look at the new user inferface, confirmation of new licences including the Premier League, the confirmed inclusion of womens football and some features that won't be making it into FM25 at all. What do you think of the new changes? Let me know down in the comments!
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First Look at FM25
First Look at FM25
First Look at FM25
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[@tinypardus]

If there are no touchline shouts how am I meant to accidentally piss off my team by clicking encourage

[@VRNocturne]

ikr - we can't play "the manager everyone hates and always trolls their players while winning constantly" story arc

[@mw56101]

By clicking it just before a highlight and goal...

[@TheDdvd1]

Bahahahahahah

[@tinypardus]

@@mw56101 but they’ve been removed I can’t do that anymore 💔

[@mw56101]

@@tinypardus did it feel like it made any difference? Apart from when there was a highlight as you shouted and it disappeared?

[@tino85011]

"What's a data chalk board?"- said by all of us!

[@belon2326]

It´s used when you scout players and want a specific player profile, e.g. I searched for Pressing forwards with certain % success rate of multiple defensive actions and added a threshold on minimal shots on target/90. It is skewed by the overall team performances / league quality though, just like real-life stats. It´s still good for new players not familiar with attributes and their synergy.

[@Jimmy2TheB]

Chalkboard - go to player search > new search > add condition > select "stats chalkboard" It's basically a way of using more in depth data then just attributes on the player profile. You can select a Centre Back based on headers won rather than jumping reach

[@Mallrat83Photography]

How have I never spotted that until I saw your message lol

[@alastairtemple]

I had absolutely no idea this existed. I definitely would have been looking at it.

[@savagef1racer471]

People need to learn to read big time. They literally state that the screenshots they sent are DESIGN FILES, i.e. concepts made by the game artists, and NOT the game build. Concepts are always supposed to look simple to communicate an idea from the artists to the developers. It does not necessarily mean that the actual game will look remotely close to these screenshots, but it does show a POSSIBLE direction of the new UI. Therefore, more data and features that have not yet been revealed yet are just not included in this screenshot release. SI are literally giving all the transparency they possibly can (without revealing too much in one go) and it is common knowledge that this game will never be as full or "finished" as future iterations.

[@Mallrat83Photography]

Come on, you expect people on the internet to read and not just be reaction andy's lol

[@savagef1racer471]

@@Mallrat83Photography Good point 👉

[@rockerfarm6445]

I aggree, my problem with this UI is that I somehow can't shake the feeling it meens simplification of the game, will wait for final game though

[@albertoamazing1]

Fm24 was the most complete version of FM ever and still had major bugs...

[@metrobar3367]

I said this on TikTok to him and he wouldn’t listen. The game will look nothing like that

[@liammc433]

It's finally happening, FM is getting dumbed down for the masses, it's hit the big time now.

[@jusatin]

While the uniform look across different platforms is good for accessibility, it means A LOT of wasted space and unoptimal solutions on PC.

[@SimonWakefieldUK]

In design uniform doesn't always mean exactly the same. For example most modern websites have a uniform design but they dynamically adjust based on the screen size. You still get the same core look and all the same functionality and data are on the screen no matter if you are using a 32inch 4k computer monitor or a 6inch phone but all that is arranged differently to give the best experience for the screen you are using

[@matellis206]

Its starting to look like a fifa career home screen and im not sure how i feel about it

[@stevenwinnie6501]

Stop procrastinating Kev and take your medicine in the new season of Wembley to Wembley!

[@tommybeatz2920]

I will miss the social media tab some comments were funny did get repetitive also shame about challenges going away loved doing them looks good so far though

[@mw56101]

Something else that ultimately seemed pointless

[@kumagawa3773]

They will still be there just that screen isn't. You can see them elsewhere

[@mw56101]

@@kumagawa3773 hopefully they'll have some impact

[@mw56101]

@layman-v8e a lot of the tone of felt like you got a mix of good and bad contractionary comments which ultimately told you nothing. Some kind of summary saying about the general feel on social media would be more useful

[@fjcracing1318]

If touchline shouts are out and my players are being moody how am I meant to fire them up?

[@verstappeningxhemilten]

shout at the screen new featureeee🤣

[@FM00771]

@@verstappeningxhemilten😂😂😂

[@romeo.3472]

Bang your mouse repeatedly on the desk whilst telling them where to pass the ball.

[@fjcracing1318]

@layman-v8e that doesn’t change in game morale…

[@verstappeningxhemilten]

@@fjcracing1318 that makes it worse cuz noone knows where they play and become annoyed

[@vincentv1432]

"I just want to get my hands on it and play with it." That's what she said!

[@thebeardedufoguygaz1109]

Maximum respect please

[@vincentv1432]

@@thebeardedufoguygaz1109 Why are you the way you are?

[@enjoyourjoint5012]

Read that you Michael Scott voice in my head 🤣

[@MrSamWilson1]

How quickly does someone make a skin that gives it the same UI as previous games?

[@HowellsYouDoing]

i wonder how large the database can be now before it starts getting slow

[@84Pisani]

No social media screen???!!! It was a fun thing to look at

[@waynewonder27]

I’ll wait and see how it unfolds but it’s gonna be very console/touch friendly I bet especially the interface. I just hope they actually put features that make sense and not just for the sake of it

[@philipmorgan819]

I imagine the 2d match screen is because they don’t want to show off the 3D one yet

[@Xilvan91]

September Gameplay

[@oliverterry5941]

because it will be the same as this year with no upgrades because most of the fm fan base have shit computers so they wont ever upgrade it to be actual 3d match where u have 1st person view from your actual manager and you have the view from the real managers on the side line! THATS THE GAME I WANT!

[@joshnewell714]

​@@oliverterry5941it's supposedly getting a big upgrade this year, was announced before FM 24 came out

[@mephisto40]

Imagine if there ARE the aliens in the new game...

[@ThreeRunHomer]

Zaphod from the planet Beebulbrix is an awesome target forward. Fingers crossed he’s in FM25.

[@IAmThatBit--]

​@@ThreeRunHomer*tentacles crossed*

[@droog8400]

​@@ThreeRunHomershout Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster from the sideline

[@samcdisney17]

Ngl i hate the ui screens they showed hoping there is more changes or skins can fix it

[@alexisphade4486]

Chill out, it's early examples.

[@danneey5]

@@alexisphade4486 Yeah but I totally agree with @sam as well... Taking out the whole overview and you need to open and expand stuff you want to see on one screen. They say modern coaches are on mobiles.. Well yeah, so be it, but we want a good looking game with all the depth there is to it to play ON THE COMPUTER. Doesn't look good at all, but I hope I will be pleasantly surprised.

[@neileo1540]

it feels very idk.. mobile gamey? bit blocky

[@juniorbarra8296]

Clicked so fast that my tablet said "hell neahhhh"...😂😂😂😂

[@BatteryBee]

Cheers Kev! A revamp is always exciting.

[@TheCSuiteReject]

Yo, first time, long time. Seriously, you should be in that tournament by invite (did they do ANY research into streamers and tourneys at all?). Will be like when Royce Gracie rolled up to UFC 1.

[@theqaz1828]

UI looks pretty but I sense a future frustration having to click through multiple "cards" to do/see something that was all available on the one screen previously. I hope the skin creators (like SAS) are still able to use the old skins or at least mod the new one like we could the older UI.

[@romeo.3472]

Talking about ui tiles and heres me staring at Matrix code showing Key Passes Per 90, Cross Completion Rate, Shots on Target per 90.

[@123joshpearce]

So they removed a dozen features (some not important, others pretty major) and made a new UI so far. Really hope there’s a lot more to come, but I’m guessing this new engine is causing a lot of development strain for the first release.

[@MrLott1225]

I guess I'll need to launch my controller at the wall when my players do something I don't want to them to do despite the best instructions now that touchline shouts are out. DEMAND MORE 🤣

[@garybamber4063]

No issues there , happy with what I have read so far.

[@czynx3196]

The close button does do something if you press it as you get in... stops any awkward social interactions

[@DanS33Toon]

Nevik with all the breaking news! Top FM creator!

[@StealthyAssassn]

Glad I wasn't the only old timer of franchise that was like what is the chalkboard Kev.

[@sorrynotsorry8224]

The close door button in elevators _definitely_ does something. At least in all the elevators I've been in in Australia. The moment the button is pressed in, the doors start to close. Even if they've literally just opened. Can't speak to the shouts though. 🤷‍♀

[@FieldMedic4077]

I'm very excited for FM to finally get a new look. Can't wait to learn more. It's going to be a loooong summer 😅

[@MazeMouse]

Worse part about the close door button is that I've been in Elevators where they did work (they closed the door instantly upon press) So you get skinner-boxed into using it in every elevator because some of them do payout.

[@darkprometheus]

the men and woman's league things, i do hope you can only select one or the other to be loaded leagues otherwise i feel like the database of players will be so insanely large that it's going to lag computers.

[@reddwarf63]

That was what I thought, I'd imagine you are able to load men or women's at the same time or separate, without having to start a new game

[@bullionsgaming]

I'm excited to find out more details for FM25

[@tibblesworth7522]

A well-produced, properly casted eSports scene for FM could be absolutely incredible. Theres definitely enough personality in the scene to support it, but it'll be tough to find a big audience.

[@joshparrish2010]

If it was on a youtube format, it will do okay. If its livestreams of events, then the audience may be limited. Alot of fm players play casually due to life/work commitments and it may be difficult to watch at specific times

[@lawrencefreeman582]

@@joshparrish2010 also, you'd get some players taking forever to make tactical tweaks in the 6th minute.

[@joshparrish2010]

@@lawrencefreeman582 cough cough, Zeland....

[@filipaxmer4286]

All they have Done is make the game look like a mobile game, like who was complaining about the inbox? WHO was complaining about the inbetween highlights screen! What an muppet

[@CoboIscool]

you do know its not the actual design of the UI, its from the design files put together, it will be a lot more complicated than simplistic upon release.

[@jakebm3213]

Excited for the new UI, hopefully it’s not ‘dumbed down’ for the sake of mobile

[@Lightflames85]

I hope they refine the blocks a bit for a more refined feel. It needs a bit of flair. I like the jump points through if they can bundle up a lot of information in a tight way. Also hope they get rid of a lot of messages in fm as its a bit much.

[@kappaslapper14]

You think if the Match engine looked great from a screen shot or 2 that it would only raise interest before release no ?

[@LeeCooke-tk1wx]

I thought I was going to be Rick rolled! I’m delighted I haven’t 😂 great video mate

[@globo5743]

If they can't change the touchline shouts, then the whole revamping is worrying...

[@user-ye3rv4fr6z]

I think the point is that the touchline shouts are vague and not very realistic, cos they were originally meant to represent several minutes of shouting orders at players. I'm still not sure what 'fire up' actually translates to. I'd imagine they're intending to return them as full extensive dialogue options, but don't have time for that much writing and coding for such a small feature before fm25

[@dibejac8391]

​@@user-ye3rv4fr6zI think that they should be able to react by themselves

[@dibejac8391]

​@@user-ye3rv4fr6zsimilar to how if your 6 nil up their morale increases auto should be based of team cohesion and their own personalty etc.

[@fjcracing1318]

Tf is the chalkboard 😂😂

[@lollujo]

I don't think anybody knows...

[@user-zm9zo1pc9z]

Its the thing when you going to ssasons stats that only saing goals and asssists

[@CRMDoodle]

Kevin Chapman, Football manager world champion has a nice ring to it don’t ya think!

[@WWebby]

I actually relly like the new UI, a lot of potential, highly customizable and delighted they got rid of that silly touchline tablet thing in the match day UI- excitement is building!

[@EQ2snorkle]

Looks like I'm playing FM23 for the rest of my life.

[@kevparkin4846]

It would be nice to be able to start a game on PC, then if you're travelling, just open the same game on an iPad, or the same save via xbox etc.

[@adam88-]

What I would really like is to be able to create a personality for my manager through interactions throughout the game. Me, as a manager in FM am very wooden, for example the responses and interactions with the media and players are all very generic. Let me create my personality, let me be a 'special one' and let it have an actual affect on how the media, players etc react and interact with me. I know you can respond in a somewhat "controversial" way but it doesn't really have an affect on the game. I do acknowledge it would require a pretty extensive AI within the game.

[@mw56101]

The social media aspect just felt like it was going through the motions like they thought it was a part of real life so needed to exist but had zero impact on the game

[@rockerfarm6445]

as i said under their tweet, I'll reserve judgement for the final release, if my worries about simplification of the game from the appearance of the new UI come true though I'm out

[@rockerfarm6445]

@layman-v8e Not because of the UI, i can Deal with that If IT doesn't affect the quality of the content, If that gets slimmed down though...

[@craigschweickhard8041]

October/November cannot come fast enough!

[@LeandroRamalho_]

Let's Go! So much time to FM25 ... 😆

[@MescudiBarton]

The UI seems better to me, looks cleana dm sounds like they will remove clutter. Far too many screens on FM that never got used or were slight duplicates

[@plus12gaming]

Player leaves FIFA for FM --> FM becomes FIFA

[@CoboIscool]

fm so much better tho

[@stoniptfosupersonic]

This looks and sounds like Blizzards "don't you guys have phones" moment

[@Belkak021]

What? How are they even remotely similar?

[@LiftandCoa]

Oh no, the design suggestions are so extremely consolified i wanna scream.

[@brianmccaul5205]

WOW tiles!! Me walking into Ikea.

[@nickda1]

lol that made me chuckle haha

[@MurrayC_11]

A fontfinder tells me Artegra Sans SC Bold

[@jamescaldow5608]

Challange mode should be rebranded as FM scenarios and have historical Scenarios to beat

[@DasIstDerMars]

"Mid-cycle feature releases" = DLCs.

[@DarthBoboFett]

@@DasIstDerMars incorrect. They release mid-cycke update every fucking game with the updated winter database. You're actual Braindead of you think that means DLC's 💀💀

[@vex355u_fan]

Here's hoping you get early access to it!

[@AllenWaitforitLockett19]

I've always wanted commentators in the match engine

[@Strictly_Meaningful]

no pre order until i see some gameplay from the new engine ^^ and the fact that they don't even show at least 10 seconds of one match might be because it sucks ...

[@timmoore8623]

Snuck this one in here Kev 🎉🎉

[@kal-el8764]

Crazy to think it's taken this long to get the licencing for prem teams

[@liamjones9115]

This is giving me efootball 2022. Dumbed down for mobile.

[@Braincleaner]

no touchline shouts? Zealand in the mud!!

[@lewishagan9319]

oww i like the data chalkboard, i found it yesterday🤣🤣

[@mitchellkeene847]

Would love a monthly challenge system, with leader boards and some way to lock out editors and save scumming

[@liamjones9115]

Ooh you 'ard haha

[@mitchellkeene847]

@@liamjones9115 I have no problem with save scumming or using the editor, but if they want to bring challenges back I think it would be more fun/used if they had one challenge per month that everyone can play on the same playing field and have a leader board so you know how well you've done 🤷‍♂

[@liamjones9115]

@@mitchellkeene847Yeah that makes sense mate.

[@aethelwulf20001]

It amused me that this vid is mostly Kev reviewing a skin.

[@Dcnotthecreator]

Bro it’s an interface and graphics upgrade but with simpler features I liked touch line shouts but with all those removed it sound more of a downgrade to me

[@liamjones9115]

Yeah seems like a long winded way of saying we want to make it more of a mobile game.

[@reddwarf63]

So Kev, with the introduction of the Womens league, will you be doing a NLTL save on the womens league, to increase content?

[@lollujo]

No, I’ll be doing NLTL as usual. Which could lead to me managing a women’s club.

[@SteveGSmith914]

Holy Mobile/Console adaption Batman!!!

[@mr_penguin3725]

I assume you never with profile that has good motivating stat thats why you Feel that shouts do nothing

[@sambrooks6103]

No more Jesus juice, but a new era dawns. I finally feel like my parents when new technology is introduced. Thanks Miles

[@dibsImp]

Too excited!

[@ralpherholland]

Unity as a game engine will be much easier to do that as it was originally an engine for mobile games that got adopted for PC and exploded.

[@SimonWakefieldUK]

No not wasn't. Unity existed before Smartphones were even a thing. It was designed as an engine for MacOS before examining to Windows not long after. It wasn't until near the end of Unity 2 that they added basic iOS support and then Unity 3 before it got fully baked support along with Android

[@0xcpp912]

That’s completely untrue. All of what you’ve just said is a blatant lie

[@smokii3789]

Caved to the console,but here pc players,your new ui 'Tiles',powered by Windows 8.1

[@iijaxkii]

i believe the new football manager logo is ATYP TYPE BOLD. altho i could be wrong

[@hazemore7192]

All looks good. Only thing im not sure on is the portal, doesn't look as clean as the inbox was but im sure it will be good

[@YakWaxLips]

Yes let’s go!

[@paulneville5111]

I feel highly uncomfortable with this. Hopefully SI have taken into account how players play the game and haven't over simplified the game for console.

[@Deadpool_2028]

Not for nothing but Miles has emphasised that how people play the game was key in the process - they have 10 million players' worth of data... I expect PC players will be just fine. 👌

[@shyguy1051]

Finally we are getting Manutd FC

[@greencontroller9692]

Did you lose weight? You look much better. Props to you dude.

[@lollujo]

I did! Down 50lb so far this year, maybe it’s finally showing in my face! Or maybe the beard trim and haircut did something…

[@greencontroller9692]

@@lollujo Awesome. I subscribed to you like years ago but haven't seen your videos for couple of months or so, so I definitely noticed the change, it's visible on your face absolutely. I also managed to drop some weight. Need to continue. Happy you're doing well.

[@jpwartist]

Not sure. All looks a bit dumbed down and basic to me. Are you sure those screenshots weren't for the consoles? 🤔

[@lollujo]

All versions of the game should look the same or they’re doing something wrong.

[@jpwartist]

@@lollujo that's what I'm saying, have they dumbed down the PC version to keep it in line with other versions.

[@nathanrowley8206]

Exciting

[@hashworld5492]

Well that’s a load of shit,touch line shouts have helped me massively and I hate the look of the portal

[@VRNocturne]

Me: Okay maybe I'll start getting more into FM since I like 22 and 23 and FM25 sounds like a whole new game. Also Me: *tries to sign up for FMFC* FMFC Website: lolololol error I feel like I just got red-carded.

[@george540]

Need to know how the womens leagues will affect player databases. Would be great to build a full club (M/W/Y) but i cant envision a way to include them (in my 200k player saves) without damaging performance even more.

[@joshparrish2010]

Maybe the simplified format will help with database size limitations, as there is less going on behind the scenes from a UI perspective?

[@jamber007]

Typical Fifa move. Remove features and then bang the drum announcing them as latest features in upcoming editions. We all know it. We all feel it. We all buy next years anyway. Dumb-money.

[@utuber1360]

big news would be : have they removed denuvo?

[@christopherjackson5275]

I don’t think I can trust them ,when they can’t fix a simple patch , still ongoing in 2024 . Happy to play 22 fully patched up me sen

[@kylejohnson1440]

Kevin repping England for FIFAe might be the only way football comes home

[@racerook7237]

I feel like if they bring the social media side of things back there needs to be some actual input into it. Like if you have a spare £2k as a non league team been able to do a social drive to bring in followers to grow your club would be such a great idea. Choosing to go abroad for your training camp as a championship team and spending £500k to grow your reputation that way. Currently the system is so slow at raising reputation that it does make it difficult to raise a team up from the bottom.

[@ShinySwalot]

Not necessarily negative but like who at SI thought it was a good idea to make a list about what isn't in like this as a post... ofc you'd get angry reactions if you don't first show what is good

[@wleon4068]

If the Premier League is involved now, does this mean that we will get the proper Premier League badges for all clubs?

[@lollujo]

Yes

[@Bippy964]

Looks very much more console/mobile style screen not convicted as a pc user

[@NoizeBlews]

so a title is "a first look at fm25" but there is a guy who just reads from a website article wow

[@lollujo]

And what does the article contain? The first screenshots of FM25…

[@H12Cxerti]

Hope they change the console version not make it so basic

[@joshparrish2010]

Pretty sure its simplified so that all platforms can use the same exact game. The limitation isnt the pc versions... the consoles are ( not that i see that as a bad thing)

[@fluxx-1603]

Why is every game trying to have the same UI as Hulu?

[@lollujo]

Maybe it's a good UI?

[@fluxx-1603]

@@lollujo It's bland and corporate to be fair, The current FM UI is bloated but that adds to the complexity and makes the game feel more in depth. I need my million buttons back!

[@hannahreed-yv6dx]

It’s not a final version so we’ll see how it develops, but I don’t like the portal, particularly the awful text message style interface. I don’t really see what was wrong with an inbox.