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Re: FM18

Post by Speedo » Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:30 am

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Mon Nov 05, 2018 10:36 am
I think this was a fault picked up in the beta alright should be fixed now.

I agree going Very Defensive when winning a game 2-0 just seems wrong compared to contain.
Ah perhaps I haven’t downloaded the latest update.

Still though, it’s a serious upgrade from FM18, and with those two systems plus dynamics from last year it feels so much more sophisticated and realistic than FM17 and earlier.
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Bodacious Benny » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:28 pm

I'm tempted to get the iOS version as it's simpler and only costs around £9, I don't really have the time to get into the full game nowadays.
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Re: Football Manager

Post by lassassinblanc » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:37 pm

Great for train/plane/bus journeys given the travel involved in my new job it's going to come in very handy
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Re: Football Manager

Post by PTAO? » Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:44 pm

lassassinblanc wrote:
Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:37 pm
Great for train/plane/bus journeys given the travel involved in my new job it's going to come in very handy
This is really tempting me to get it for Nintendo Switch

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Re: Football Manager

Post by ALF » Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:57 pm

Not got into an FM game since 2012. Think they've gone downhill to be honest.

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Re: Football Manager

Post by Speedo » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:37 pm

ALF wrote:
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Not got into an FM game since 2012. Think they've gone downhill to be honest.
Which ones have you got? I think there’s more of an up front time investment these days to get up to speed on it, but I find it pretty intuitive after about half a season’s play time. And the new systems are way better than the old ones. But I suppose it goes back to the old arcade v simulation debate - if you want the former, stick to FIFA, if you want the latter you want FM. (I know so few people who like them both...)
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Hjl » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:18 pm

Got this a while ago for Android. None of the player names are real. Booooo

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Re: Football Manager

Post by ALF » Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:47 pm

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Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:37 pm
ALF wrote:
Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:57 pm
Not got into an FM game since 2012. Think they've gone downhill to be honest.
Which ones have you got? I think there’s more of an up front time investment these days to get up to speed on it, but I find it pretty intuitive after about half a season’s play time. And the new systems are way better than the old ones. But I suppose it goes back to the old arcade v simulation debate - if you want the former, stick to FIFA, if you want the latter you want FM. (I know so few people who like them both...)
Had 14 and 18 since having 12. 14 just plain sucked and 18 was alright but not particularly good. On 12 I played about 17 seasons with Rotherham taking them from League 2 to 2 time Champions League winners <awe>

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Re: Football Manager

Post by lassassinblanc » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:25 am

Hjl wrote:
Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:18 pm
Got this a while ago for Android. None of the player names are real. Booooo
Are you sure it's the real Football Manager?
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Re: Football Manager

Post by beardface » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:42 am

ALF wrote:
Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:57 pm
Not got into an FM game since 2012. Think they've gone downhill to be honest.
This. Absolutely adored the games up until 2011 and got them every year. I kept getting them until about 2016 but couldn’t ever get into a save. It always just felt like such hard work <urgh>

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Re: Football Manager

Post by Valentino's fast feet » Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:33 pm

ALF wrote:
Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:47 pm
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Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:37 pm


Which ones have you got? I think there’s more of an up front time investment these days to get up to speed on it, but I find it pretty intuitive after about half a season’s play time. And the new systems are way better than the old ones. But I suppose it goes back to the old arcade v simulation debate - if you want the former, stick to FIFA, if you want the latter you want FM. (I know so few people who like them both...)
Had 14 and 18 since having 12. 14 just plain sucked and 18 was alright but not particularly good. On 12 I played about 17 seasons with Rotherham taking them from League 2 to 2 time Champions League winners <awe>
12 is my favourite <awe> I did a similar thing but with Crewe Alex. I think 14 and 15 were both a bit rubbish, I've not even bothered with 18 and won't get 19. 17 is the best I've played since 12, and been getting a lot of mileage out of it. Plus with the steam workshop you can just download a mod to update all the player databases and it's essentially like the next game, just without forking out 40-50 quid or whatever.
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Speedo » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:34 am

In a critical league game, my captain hit the crossbar 3 times and gave a way a penalty as we lost 1-0 <grr> <grr>
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Cal » Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:35 pm

2020. Won my first silverware <diva> (in my 3rd cup final) <neg>

Newcastle man of the match and signing of the season... Willy Boly <wah>

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Re: Football Manager

Post by lassassinblanc » Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:50 pm

<diva>

I unfortunately haven't had much time to play this year so haven't started a Newcastle save properly.

Might do when the transfer window update comes out though.
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Speedo » Tue Feb 12, 2019 4:56 pm

In my game I was playing as a Czech manager, won the league twice in the Czech Republic, and Newcastle were bought by a Czech billionaire who hired me basically as soon as I applied <awe> (though we were relegated just before I took over... luckily I could sell £200m worth of players who were good but old and wanted to leave, and replaced them all with U25s and Czech players on low salaries. Currently top by 8 points in mid-January 8))
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Bodacious Benny » Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:09 pm

Maxim Tsigalko was always a great signing for me on the games about 15 years ago...
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Valentino's fast feet » Fri Feb 15, 2019 11:27 am

I'm still using fm18, but just used a steam mod to do all the updates up to this January. Started a new game as Newcastle and Miggy is sensational <awe>. Fernandez and Muto been really good as well.
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Re: Football Manager

Post by Scott Kirkland » Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:23 pm

Every time I play FM I end up cheating by adding managers at all of the rich teams then buy all of my own players for a fortune.

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Re: Football Manager

Post by Bodacious Benny » Tue Apr 30, 2019 4:50 pm

Scott Kirkland wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:23 pm
Every time I play FM I end up cheating by adding managers at all of the rich teams then buy all of my own players for a fortune.
Used to do this too <laugh>

Gets boring pretty quickly tho :bandit:
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Re: Football Manager

Post by ALF » Thu May 02, 2019 6:55 pm

Bodacious Benny wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 4:50 pm
Scott Kirkland wrote:
Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:23 pm
Every time I play FM I end up cheating by adding managers at all of the rich teams then buy all of my own players for a fortune.
Used to do this too <laugh>

Gets boring pretty quickly tho :bandit:
I used to do that as a kid. I'd go mad buying loads of players then be fuming when I'd still lose a few games <laugh>

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