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[Murrr]

FM08 is a corker. The skin is fucking disgusting and without the beta patch there is a ridiculous closing down bug in the match engine that is very irritating, but if you get the patch and a new skin it's dynamite. Just completed my first season as Derby, finished 16th and the board decided to give me a £25m transfer budget for the second season . Kenny Miller managed to score a monster 2 goals in 25 appearances, but I still managed to offload him to Everton for £4m, ha! Sign Mika Aaritalo, he's a fucking titan.

Well worth investing in, just make sure you don't have any important deadlines coming up.

[Jesus.H.Christ]

I really like it, Although the disallowed goal bug is really annoying!

If I install the patch will it work with the saved game I'm already playing?

[Murrr]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

I really like it, Although the disallowed goal bug is really annoying!

If I install the patch will it work with the saved game I'm already playing?

Aye, it will.

[idol_wild]

Originally Posted by Murrr

Sign Mika Aaritalo, he's a fucking titan.

He is a demi-god in 2007, too. I thought they may have lowered his ability and stats for this version.

[idol_wild]

I just gave in to peer pressure and ordered me a copy from Amazon.

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Originally Posted by Murrr

Sign Mika Aaritalo, he's a fucking titan.

Quoted for truth.

First FM game I've ever bought on release, normally I wait a year or so. Enjoying it, though I'm still confused by all the buttons being on the top of the screen. Other than that, it's a FM game, so I'm addicted.

[soundian]

Personally I think a lot of the bugs mentioned in the amazon reviews are imaginary, people trying to play it like fm2007 and failing after half a season (3 games in one case) so they'll blame the software rather than their tactics and personnel.
There are bugs though, it's certainly not perfect but still more than playable. People say it's harder but I'm in pretty much the same position after 9 seasons that I was with fm2007, using the same starting point (unemployed sunday footballer in england). It's harder to get consistency but I think that may be down to the tactics and/or pitch size having more of an effect. I don't think you can use a "one size fits all" formation any more.

I tip for people with computers near the minimum spec: switch off the staff photos in display settings, so much faster in between games, especially if you're doing a lot of scouting.

[idol_wild]

Originally Posted by soundian

Personally I think a lot of the bugs mentioned in the amazon reviews are imaginary, people trying to play it like fm2007 and failing after half a season (3 games in one case) so they'll blame the software rather than their tactics and personnel.
There are bugs though, it's certainly not perfect but still more than playable. People say it's harder but I'm in pretty much the same position after 9 seasons that I was with fm2007, using the same starting point (unemployed sunday footballer in england). It's harder to get consistency but I think that may be down to the tactics and/or pitch size having more of an effect. I don't think you can use a "one size fits all" formation any more.

I kind of hope it's harder than FM2007. But I do hope they cut out those times when you know you're going to get beat because the AI has decided it's time. Almost every season I know exactly which game it'll happen in, so I save it beforehand and reply it over and over, with different tactics each time, in an attempt to conquer the AI. But it's impossible. Even if you dominate the game in terms of possession, completed passes, and efforts on goal, the AI will score an own-goal and give a last minute duff penalty. It's infuriating.

But hey. I'm looking forward to getting it in. I'm going to start as Wycombe Wanderers. Because I like their colours.

[Lucky Rathen]

FM07 can be predictable at times. You can always tell when you're giving a giving a heroic performance away from home you're going to get sunk with a last minute goal. Or if you watch the key highlights and you see one of your players get booked it's a fairly safe bet that as soon as they take the free kick he;ll chop someone down and get a second yellow about thirty seconds later. My only real grumble with it is the massive gulf in difficulty between playing at home and playing away. Sure it's gotta be a little bit tougher not having your fans there etc. but it's fucking almost impossible to get a result away from home if you're a mid table team. Even if you're playing as Chelsea it can be a struggle getting 3 points at somewhere like Bolton or Fulham.

Plus, it's virtually impossible to get the ball off that cunt Colin Samuell.

I think I'll download the 6 month demo of FM08 and see how I get on with it. I'm not sure I'll enjoy it so much if it's all tactics, tactics, tactics - I tend to find tactics at the start of the season that work best with the players i have in my squad then not tinker with them to much if it's working. Plus if you change formations you inevitably get slagged off in the press for trying a "previously untested formation".

The demo is here: FOOTBALL MANAGER 2008

[soundian]

Originally Posted by idol_wild

I kind of hope it's harder than FM2007. But I do hope they cut out those times when you know you're going to get beat because the AI has decided it's time. Almost every season I know exactly which game it'll happen in, so I save it beforehand and reply it over and over, with different tactics each time, in an attempt to conquer the AI. But it's impossible. Even if you dominate the game in terms of possession, completed passes, and efforts on goal, the AI will score an own-goal and give a last minute duff penalty. It's infuriating.

But hey. I'm looking forward to getting it in. I'm going to start as Wycombe Wanderers. Because I like their colours.

Doesn't that add to the realism though? It's not that unusual for a team to just be off the boil for a few games a season and lose/draw games they dominate (in real life). I reckon they set up some of the important parameters way before the team selection, probably after your last match, so you're flogging a dead horse trying to win a game you're already set up to do badly in if you're saving just before the match and replaying from there.