dewhirst Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 One thing I would love to see added to the game is player narratives. Often in the media there is hype around a player, or a player is openly criticised. Even on social media there are lots of different narratives the fans can drive of a player. 'Boring' James Milner, McFred at United to name two. These narratives can often shape a players career and is now a massive part of the footballing world as we get closer to the players via social media. The 'Player Narratives' could be placed in the information section of the player profile and also come into your inbox (if requested). Different narratives could focus around: Game-time: e.g. Van de Beek at United Performance: Salah being talked about as the best in the world. Pogba being criticised repeatedly over the last few years. Personality: Afinfenwa with his infectious personality, or Eric Cantona with his hot-headedness. Lifestyle: (Old but gold) Beckham dating a popstar and having a crazy lifestyle, people getting into trouble for over-spending and living lavishly. Social media presence: Ronaldo with his big social media presence, or Rashford with his actions over COVID. Adding these narratives to the player information section with a few different player story archetypes, would allow the player to use their imagination more with regards to newgens, and build a clearer story of the players in our squad. These would also be easily added to existing players. It would help make for more interesting and engaging inbox content, and could help towards introducing more player-related content in the future. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewhirst Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 No love Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidmanSpliff Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Good idea, how it would be implemented (for the low rep players) is difficult. I also don’t think players over time developing narratives outside of footballing world is good idea. There is a evident focus FM being away from the rest of the things in footballer life, and focus on the football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gergo fmstories Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Love it since it would add depth to the storytelling side of the game. Althought I guess for real players it can only work in a positive manner. Much like personalities work now - no real player get bad personalities (worst is balanced ) because of personal legal issues. The is an element of this in the game now acually: fans favourite players, and the “touted to be the next Zinedine Zidane” thing wich appears rarely, these things are just there but nothing happens with them - could be developed to actually have some effect in game. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Abdullah Patel Posted March 16, 2022 SI Staff Share Posted March 16, 2022 Thanks for the suggestions, they are part our database of features to consider and may yet be rejected or end up in a future FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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