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retired_happy1884 · 01-26-2008, 08:11 PM

If that was in the game it had to be much better done.
Start are much further south than that.

Dav1d · 01-26-2008, 08:31 PM

I'm a fan of FIFA Manager's layout. Fm does look boring and things like this would make the game better to look at. I also like the idea of a trophy room showing what you/your club had won. I love FM but it ain't the prettiest thing to look at.

Making it look better is not really needed but if Football Manager had the layout of FIFA Manager, it would be much nicer.

retired_sesmith0116 · 01-26-2008, 08:35 PM

Personally, I think that map is an absolute mess.

retired_2symonds · 01-26-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by heathxxx:
SI have "polished" the graphical attributes of the game over the years quite alot, but ultimately, I don't believe that's what the vast majority of punters are after.

It would be a great shame if SI went down this route for the PC version of the game, though I could understand it more for the console market.

If they did implement such things as this, so long as you had the options in the preferences to turn them off, that would be fine.

I think the problem is, although facegen is quite a nice feature, putting a "face to a name" with players, that it's now opened the floodgates for suggestions for more "shiny" graphics.

What are the vast majority of punters after?

I think it would be rather foolish of us to ignore the appearance of the game and not try and improve it each year.

If you look back to CM 01/02 it had almost no graphical content. Since CM4 the graphical content in the game has steadily got bigger, with the biggest leap being FM 2005 and now we have a lot more flair to a lot of screens (stuff like flags add a lot to boring screens for example) and I can't see us just stopping adding nice stuff and improving the appearance of the game.

Chicagoist · 01-26-2008, 10:06 PM

Imo this years version looks the best of all previous CM/FM's. I much prefer the skin for the new game and the graphics enhance the game. I went back to FM07 the other day because I don't think FM08 is ready yet and realised just how much better FM08 looked.

In fact so far it's the best bit about FM08, because the game just isn't there at the minute. I cannot wait until the patch comes out to finally start playing it.

retired_dchago · 01-26-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by Mike7077:
Personally, I think that map is an absolute mess.

Thats exactly what I was thinking.

retired_kabruhn · 01-27-2008, 12:42 AM

The FIFA management stuff always did have some really great features that made it feel a lot more lifelike and interesting than CM, with the manager interviews, newspaper reports every weekend, and a nice selection of world stats to look out.

Sadly, the engine was a right load of crap, all sorts of bugs like old players not declining, youth players not being any good - I won the CL 5 seasons in a row with Tranmere with virtually the entire Real Madrid squad, people like Zidane aged 38 :s

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