Themistofelis

Being an old gamer i think that the best way of judging a game is reading negative comments , gamers are the best reviewers and they can give detailed info on the fields where a game lacks quality.Site professional reviewers will sell their soul to the devil for anything exclusive.

Playing the demo doesn't mean anything, my biggest concern in 07 was the super gray players teams used in European competitions, in the demo everything looked as it should but in the full game it was all crap again .

Of course there is a 3rd way of testing if you like a game or not but mentioning this will get me banned.

andygregory

me too, I tend to wait until the paying public beta test it for me, and SI have ironed out the problems that were missed by the pre-release beta testers. Still waiting to read the comments on 8.0.2 before I buy FM2008.

Silver Foxx

It's a great shame really, FM 09 (if/when it's out) will be the first FM game that I will not buy very soon after release date. I will wait and see what the feeling about 09 will be like on the forum. If SI are shoddy like I believe they were in October for the release of FM 08, then my hard earned cash will be well saved.

Let's hope SI get their act together and release a more 'complete' game.

something less annoying

Let's see what BGS come up with in CM09. This year's game is getting there.

SI absolutely have to package the game with a skin that doesn't offend my eyes next time or I'll have to wait for a user to come up with something before I'll even consider buying FM09. And that's before we even get into the game itself.

The 13th Duke of Wybourne

I decided to play FM 2007 untill FM08 is ready for long career game... probably never will. So FM07 --> FM09 should be nice improvement.

kav

I'l be buying fm 09 the day it gets released.

Powermonger

What is about FM08's skin you don't like may I ask? Personally I think it's the best one yet and doesn't make the game look like some shareware title. All past skins looked unprofessional in my opinion.

skanky

its going to take more than new features to tempt me to buy on release date next year.

working features on the other hand maybe, but if whats planned for 09 is implemented as badly as, lets see, the fan confidence then wheres the hook thats going to make me want to buy right away and not when it will be fixed, a few patches later, where the game's RRP will go down to about £10-15?

agreed, i actually like this years skin, last years green one looks very unprofessional imo and i changed it as soon as i could.

lovingthegreen

I know this was directed at somebody else but since I agree I figured I would answer - I personally do not like the 08 skin because it is just too bright and not that interesting to me while the 07 skin is more homey and the green color makes me think of the grass on a field and gets me in the mood to play (and to stick around for a while).

dasteam

I will buy it when it is released. Rather then waiting until mid season. When there will be no point in buying it later then Feb cause the football season is near its end.