retired_orion81

Taken from oxm forum:

"- this game will take over your life!
- Menus are navigated with the shoudler buttons like LMA
- the game interface is easy to use once you get used to it, i found the menus during the game playing a bit odd but again once you get used to it OK
- the 2d game looks ok on a tv screen
- i dont have an HDTV but the screen layout is good on normal TV
- one thing which folk wont like is that when you choose a player to "view profile" you dont get a list of stats like in the PC version you get a spider diagram showing the attributes which i thought was crap
- the game plays really quick
- lots of achievements
- same licensed leagues as the PC version
- the speed of the game makes it feel more like playig LMA than FM which some folk might not like (i thought it was great) but it does have much more depth than LMA

One thing which i've not found yet (so i'm guessing they are missing) is that only the 1st team is available, ie no under 21 or reserve teams which might limit thing a bit. But as i dont have a manual (which is a pain) i cant confirm but i have'nt found it.

And one last point if anyone from SI is reading this.. WHERE IS ZANDER DIAMOND FROM THE ABERDEEN TEAM, he's only played centre half for the first team for last two seasons but hes not listed!!"

Not too happy with the sound of the 'spider' thing.

Surely the reserve and U-19 squads are present?

retired_orion81

By the way the review's not from me!

I'm hoping my copy arrives from Gameplay tomorrow!

retired_jonathant

I hope that reserves and under 19's are included! atleast the reserves!

Also, the spider thing doesnt sound too good, the plain old figures wouldve been better. Then again cant judge till i get the game on thursday

Alex2

The "spider" diagram is an alternative view and we needed to use something like this due to space restrictions on television displays. You can however still view the attributes by pressing Up or Down on the D-Pad.

There are also Reserve teams and Under 21s, although you'll have to search around in the menus to find them.

To ensure players are retained in the database it's a good idea to run the leagues from that nation. Running Scotland for example should yield more players from that region.

retired_orion81

Cheers for the info Neil.

I was getting a bit worried there!

retired_2symonds

You can access your reserve squad from your main squad...

Press RB
Choose Sections
Choose your reserves to select their Players, Tactics or Fixtures.

retired_aad-adelshebl2007

is the spider thing made because of the space of SD televisions? I have a HDTV will I be able to see the normal stats?

retired_2symonds

You can still see the normal attributes all grouped together, just none of the personal information (the section where the player picture, nationality etc are).

We thought the best 'Overview' would be displaying the Personal Information and the Attribute Analyser 'spider' or whatever it is you call them