retired_dayizee

When you enter your final season, a news message stating that you intend to retire is generated. Then at season end, you click continue and get your career stats and some statement about your impact on football.

retired_Mango Smoothie

Great stuff ridley. Good to see you've continued with the game so long.

Did you experience some rough patches with the game or has it been smooth sailings mostly? And any memorable players to you which you'll always have a soft spot for?

retired_lmbruun

a lot of players were regens but like the stats show Wallwork was outstanding for me and so was Richie Jones found it hard to let both of them go
I had one or 2 small blips but towards the end i had managed to get everything under control spotting the next generation of superstars to turn my team in to legends winning title after title

retired_dayizee

That's odd. In my game Chelsea generally bought young South American superstars and the odd quality England 21 player. In fact all the big four did that. They battled it out for the league every year. The only opposition they got was from the big foreign teams in the Champs League and again it was the usual suspects like Madrid, Barcelona and Milan. Very rich clubs generally seem to stay very rich in this game.

retired_stuckinga

An amazing achievement ridley99 :thup:

I hope that I am able to get close to your stats as they are astounding.

After your 30 years did you think there is anything missing from the game?

retired_lmbruun

the only things that were missing is the way it ends, you get a message saying what happens and then your just stuck on the menu, i was waiting for credits to roll etc but nothing.
But still really enjoyed finishing the game and would reccomend everyone finishes a 30 year career.
Ive mentioned in the ideas for FMH08 thread what i would like to see to improve the game

retired_dayizee

I'd like to have seen some sort of rating at the end. I was never going to have a glowing record as I chose (only offered if I'm honest) to manage struggling teams. But I battled well with the teams I had.

I posted all my wants in the FMH08 thread as well but the commentary/ highlights balance was the biggest problem I had with the game. If you slowed the game so that you could read the commentary, you got too much of it. If you quickened the game so that there was less commentary, the text flew by so you missed things like why players got red cards. And as there was no match report, that was that!

Job offers were a bit meagre too. I started with Yeovil. Got bored after 10 seasons of mediocrity and applied for every job I could but had no offers. In fact Yeovil should have sacked me as I took them down from League One to the Conference and then back up again. Then about season 20 Notts Forest who were in the Championship offered me a job. With a decent squad I took them up to the Premiership but no top club offered me a job. We went back down. Then about season 27 struggling Leicester, who were in the Premier League, offered me a job mid season to save them but they were too poor and the budget too limited to save.

Also didn't like the way continental champs final were announced but there was no record of the final, never mind the other matches in those international teams fixtures.

The one thing I did like and which seemed even better than the PC version was that team wealth and reputations seemed pretty stable through all 30 seasons. So you didn't see Doncaster outbidding Chelsea or quality players going to lower division teams who make it to the top... unless very young.

I think if the game was a bit more comprehensive and may be had the 2D match engine it would rival the PC version for overall enjoyment and many managers might dump the PC version for PSP sofa action, like I did. After all it gives you most of the management experience without the fiddling about. Oops said more than I intended to.

retired_lmbruun

i played the full 30 years and didny get offered a single job from another team despite being miles ahead of everyone else in the hall of fame even if you had added the top 10 managers together i was still ahead.
Hope this improves for FMH08

retired_write2ebby

Me too. I think this has always been a problem in CM/FM.

retired_dayizee

Yes and I think I know what the flaw is – the game doesn’t always give you an accurate reputation score. If you've won the Champs League 3 times on the trot, I'm sure every club in Europe would take you on as manager as your reputation should be sky high. Any weaknesses in your make up would be overlooked because you can bring home the trophies. Only a bitter feud would stop you being wanted by a club.

Likewise if you win promotion with a penniless club which is expected to be relegated then this achievement alone should boost your reputation considerably but often it doesn’t because the game gives too much weight your career stats which might not be that impressive. These AI issues probably need more development.

The PC game is better and sometimes you do get surprising offers where a club does gamble on you but too often clubs don’t seem to recognise your achievements.