jompyshy

Well, I've been playing FM08 from its release date in Uk till now and updated to 8.0.1. For a record i've been play in FM since its 06 version.

Generally I was just more than delighted about the way the game has been developing for these two years. A lot have been upgraded and it is more than approved that FM is no doubt the best of the best football manager in the market so far.

It is easy to handle, yet hard to play as for it supreme realistic engine. Yet I've read many people complaining about bugs such as unrealistic shot on target/goal ratio and stuffs, so I just have one thing to tell them guys, stop playing FM and find another game. You are just not suitable for the game. I mean, stop complaining about this and that like a mean girl. Personally, for your record, I've destroyed a laptop, a desktop monitor, 3 mice and countless keyboards ONLY for this FM08 version. Why? Because of losing key matches with relatively weaker opponents with uncredible match stat: My team 30 Shots , 20 SOT with 2 goals ahead but find myself losing 3-2 at the end with opponent 5 Shots, 3 SOT. But it's life mates. Don't moan about it. Don't say it's untruth. It is. A lot happened in real life. And if you lose, blame yourself, not anybody else. Especially not the game engine. For me, it is more realistic than ever.

Ok. So for me FM is the best game ever. But I just want to blame SI for one thing. Why on earth did you develop the game that get me addicted like that???? But well, i'm happy enough to forgive that.

But still, i still wanna make some recommendation. Maybe it will mean headache for you guys but recommends are just recommends...

1, More option for team talk. There's an absolute lack of option for team talk which only limit to whole team or single player. What about for a whole position such as for all defender, all midfielder, all strikers, like: "You defenders are lacking of concentration today" or "I want to see more creativity for the midfield" or "What's wrong with you strikers? You are lack of pace or your off the ball look miserable" ... stuff like that. Or maybe something using multiple choices like : "We are so far the best team / We are not performing like ourself recently - and today - we gonna crush them / we will show them what is football / we gonna tell them who we are / there is no pressure on us anymore" .... etc....
A whole lot of ways. Just please make it more complex.

2, Lack of player interaction. Please add more. And one BIG BIG BIG missing. I can't blame an opponent player. I think that is very important. Jose Mourinho is my idol. And I love the way he is making fun of opponent player. Stuffs like, "Cristialdo Ronaldo? Just a child who is good at dancing" or "Barcelona is great city about acting".

3, A duck out system. I have heard somebody asking about that before and hope that it will be included in the 08 version but nope. Nothing happen. A little disappointed

4, A more complex training system. The training system is just so simple. I would want it to be more specific. Even a little bit. It could be possible to add a session where we managers can take control and train the player the way we want with the things we want them to train to get to know more about the player. Once every month should be ok.

Well, I think I've written long enough now. And just realise I got an exam to attend in 2 hours. So hope to receive a reply or whatever from you, and fellow managers wannabes as well

dejasade

what's a duck out system?

jompyshy

oh... it's in match shouting such as: "Get your head up and play it like real man" or "What are you thinking you are doing? Get back" or "All out attack mate, we got nothing left to lose 1-0 or 10-0 make no difference"

retired_pissykrise

Dug-out?

jompyshy

oh yeh... my bad

dejasade

so which is it do you want?
the shouting during matches or a dug-out?

jompyshy

actually, I would want both... Shouting during matches and a dug-out... but are they really the same??? U getting me confused

retired_dellydoolittle

your suggestions are OK, but we have evry right to complain, when we get game such buggy as this year. I've been playing CM/FM since very beginnings and I can tell you it's not about winning or loosing. it's the way you win or loose. there is a big problem with ME this year and that's the fact. I don't know if you are watching your matches on full mode. than all things are clearer. this ME has great potential but at the moment it's flawed.

jompyshy

Actually, more than half of my matches are view with full match. I prefer that. I give me much clearer view about how my team are playing. And that is why most of my mice broke. Especially when you are losing and you team keep losing ball like amateur players. But well, after all, I'm the one to blame. Look at Svan Goran Erikson. His England team has lots of shoot on targets and much procession but still lose... It is what it is and the manager is always the one to blame. And what I did after I throw my mouse is to calm down and think of a better tactic. If you can't score much then make it harder for them to score for you. Anyways, I still be able to be the team which score the most and lowest conceded of Premier League. That prove it should be no bug. Another point, further your strikers stay in the league, less goals they will be able to score as the opponents get to know him so well already. I've try a few times with David Villa and Ibrahim (by cheat )and they score incredibly lots of goals the 3 first seasons. And the forth they just stop scoring. So I try to move Carlos Vela and Aaron Niguez in and you know what, they score like they never score before...

retired_nivea

You have the right to complain just as he has the right to say he likes it, why hijack the thread.

I agree the ME is flawed, but not fall all. For me playing the tactics I use its actually fine.

Im happy with the game and am totally hooked as are others, lets not turn perfectly good positive threads into a shots/ratio complaint thread.