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New Patch/Data Update for Football Manager 2013 Stuck

Posted on March 5, 2013 at 03:08 PM.

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(H/t to I'mTellinTim for posting the update in the OS Football Manager forums)

In case you missed it, Sports Interactive has released a new patch/data update-- with January transfers included and players' attributes updated-- for Football Manager 2013. Traditionally, this is the last official release from SI until FM 2014, barring any extraordinary circumstances.

The changelist can be found here: http://www.sigames.com/news/14218/Fo...Update+out+now

As always, to take advantage of the data side of things (updated transfers, attributes), you have to start a new game for it to take effect. And since I always forget to do this after a new data update, a friendly reminder to remember to do some, erm, "deleting" to make the German national team available before you get too far into a save.

Few quick thoughts (I've only played the newly patched game since yesterday, so I haven't gone through a whole season, just yet):

- It's easier to bargain during contract negotiations. While that's a good thing in most cases, I do miss the occasional times when I had to bite the bullet and knowingly overpay a player just because he was the only decent option out there (and in my mind I justified his demands by thinking that he knew that). Is it too easy? In most cases, no, but if you're playing with City? Sure, you can sign a few more stars.

- More transfers. Star players in small(er) teams are quicker to get restless and request transfers. Basically, add Falcao to your shortlist right away when you start the game-- it's hard to see him staying in Atletico by the end of the first season in most new saves.

- Lots of work done to player attributes. Young, emerging stars got suitable bumps in ratings, and certain "stars" who have underperformed consistently (even with new haircuts and a new Spanish manager at the helm) have had their attributes lowered.

- As with most patches, the most popular placebo effect going around the FM forums is the idea that the match engine plays better with the new update, even with SI stating that they didn't touch the match engine at all. Who knows? Maybe there has been work done and SI didn't want to mention it (very unlikely), or somehow the changed attributes made the teams play more realistically (could be), or maybe some of us are just seeing things that aren't there. Occam's razor suggests the last possibility as the most likely.

What do you think of FM 2013's new patch?