FM 09. I don't get bothered by the bugs too much, maybe because a lot of them seem to be about the match engine, and to make already long seasons run quicker, I have my matches set to commentary only and no replays so I never see the player movements on pitch, they're only slightly irritating if that, I mean the game still works, seasons progress how they should (what I mean by that is the AI teams performances aren't totally messed up, yes the balance of power changes over time, and you do get inevitable surprise results, but i mean you don't get the big 4 struggling for survival while derby and teams like that fight for the title in the early seasons before such long term changes of fortune should be occuring), the code for games like this much be very complex so it's hardly going to be perfect. If SI had to work at making everything perfect we'd only have FM's every few years, which is a very long wait for something that needs to be annual in order to be realistic and up too date.
To cut a long post short, the bugs aren't that bad when put into perspective, my players could be line-dancing on the pitch for all I care as long as matches and seasons progress normally, I still love 08, the game is too complex to get perfect so I don't thing SI should be too concerned with getting everything perfect (although if they can fix a few things.. great) because we'd never have 09 or any other games otherwise.
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