Bobby1234 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/footballmanager2012/1683/review.html Just saw that Football Manager 2012 has been given a score of 9/10 from Strategy Informer. Very good write up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiitastic Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 All feed back has been very good indeed, very impressed with the scores also. Lowest is 4/5 which equates to 8/10. I think a pass mark is 8/10. I for one can not wait till Friday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 How can they rate a game when only the demo has been broadcasted ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzair Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 They would have special review copies one would have thought? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I've tried to compare FM12 reviews to those of FifaManager which iirc is released in a couple of days, so far I've not found any reviews of EA's product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 They would have special review copies one would have thought? I guess they reviewed the demo instead. Otherwise all the Steam stuff to fight piracy would be vanished if someone already had gold copies in advance........they would be torrented in a blink of an eye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I guess they reviewed the demo instead.Otherwise all the Steam stuff to fight piracy would be vanished if someone already had gold copies in advance........they would be torrented in a blink of an eye No doubt this has happened in the past, those press types are right dodgy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemendur88 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Most likely they will have had a special review version through Steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 No doubt this has happened in the past, those press types are right dodgy. Yep I agree, sometimes also in the present times there are some nostalgic reviewer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted October 17, 2011 Administrators Share Posted October 17, 2011 All reviews are being compiled here guys - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/278561-Football-Manager-2012-Reviews-Thread Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 "Top Gaming Moment: Seeing Fernando Torres score goals." :,) .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbao Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 How can they rate a game when only the demo has been broadcasted ? A lot of medias gets full version for testing, same does many fm sites so the sites should soon come out with a lot of reviews of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainu Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I guess they reviewed the demo instead.Otherwise all the Steam stuff to fight piracy would be vanished if someone already had gold copies in advance........they would be torrented in a blink of an eye They could easily have a review version that only works while connected to Steam, which would be secure enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 They could easily have a review version that only works while connected to Steam, which would be secure enough. All Steam based games have been cracked with no mercy. Secure enough is a phrase that within hackers fields does not exist. Also FBI and NASA servers are " secure enough " ...much more then Steam believe me and they have been violated more than one time. Broadcasting " free " copies for review reasons is not a good practice in terms of security preservation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainu Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 All Steam based games have been cracked with no mercy. Secure enough is a phrase that within hackers fields does not exist. Also FBI and NASA servers are " secure enough " ...much more then Steam believe me and they have been violated more than one time. Broadcasting " free " copies for review reasons is not a good practice in terms of security preservation. You misunderstand me. When I say "secure enough", I mean in this context. If Steam isn't secure enough for FM12, it can never be released. Thus, Steam is secure enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 You misunderstand me. When I say "secure enough", I mean in this context. If Steam isn't secure enough for FM12, it can never be released. Thus, Steam is secure enough.Organisations rely on insecure software all the time... Look at Windows!Steam is apparently "good enough" of which security is just one of the many factors involved (the most important one, of course, is ££££££££££). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Styles Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 "Want to know the best thing? It can only get better. " How on earth is that positive?? Anyway the review is a decent sum up of the stuff marketing people have been spreading around here for a while now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainu Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Organisations rely on insecure software all the time... Look at Windows!Steam is apparently "good enough" of which security is just one of the many factors involved (the most important one, of course, is ££££££££££). Well that is what I meant. You can't guarantee 100% security, so you have to decide what is "secure enough" for you application. If SI trust Steam enough to release the final version, it's also good enough for review versions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlypop69 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I wonder if we'll have another wonderful review this year by someone who thinks it should play like FIFA... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPompey Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 the fact they have JUST issued the reviews suggests the reviews are based on the demo only or they visited SI in person to perform the review. I very much doubt any of the gaming press got free copies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbao Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 the fact they have JUST issued the reviews suggests the reviews are based on the demo only or they visited SI in person to perform the review. I very much doubt any of the gaming press got free copies Gaming press gets review copy of allmost every game there is released around the world, i can't remember an review written on the back of a demo. The press review gives the game free marketing in newspapers magazines and websites so offcourse the press gets a full copy of the game to review. It has allways been that way and it will allways be that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Reviewers get review copies weeks ahead of release. usually when a game goes gold or close to that depending on timing for release. there is also embargos that prevent anyone from releasing them out of order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scab Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 The gaming press gets free review copies all the time. It's normal. I believe it was mentioned in the podcast a couple of weeks ago that a few of the guests had theirs already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigfacemonkeyman Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Why do none of the boxes shown on these reviews have this essential information? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Because its a review of the game, not the specs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swirlypop69 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 For most gaming sites it would be considered the norm that a game required an activation process... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigfacemonkeyman Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Because its a review of the game, not the specs. The reviews show a FM12 gamepack minus the information promised by Miles Jacobson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Miles promised any place selling the game would have this info, not every site showing the game. You dont buy the game from a review site unless they sell games and each one will have that on the box and in the game specs before you buy it. You really need to stop looking for issues here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt ex SEGA Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 The full game was played by reviewers, not the demo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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