*Official* Football Manager 2022 Feedback Thread

[Tony Wright 747]

1 hour ago, Metal said:

Well in the beta, during nearly every match there'd be at least 4-6 contested VAR decisions which would have to be made and you would be hard press to guess whether it would be disallowed or awarded as a goal. Now I just see standard decisions and no consulting with VAR by the ref.

Granted I'm playing pre-season games but that shouldn't make any difference. As for injuries I don't want to get into that as I will say the wrong thing in here about what I think about them in the game

Not sure VAR is used in friendlies

[FrazT]

16 minutes ago, Rooneys 32nd minute headers said:

Annoying that I can scroll up and down the squad screen of other teams with the keyboard arrows, but not my own one

This is a known issue and is under review

[naterego93]

Played the beta but wasn't all that impressed, maybe by March it should be all sorted out. 
ME took a long step back, only selling point for me, not the fluff.

[renato.]

Have you guys had problems on signing players in the end of their contract? None accepts my offers, the agent reject them all.

[BarryTheLarry]

Nothing would make me happier than to have the next FM have literally zero changes to anything but the match engine. Imagine if they spent a year focussing on the match engine until it got to a very good place, then only making minor adjustments each year (e.g. adding new animations) and being able to focus on adding new other stuff.

Since I started playing back in FM17, it feels like FM becomes playable by around March, only to be broken again when the next FM comes out. I don't understand. FM21 actually got to a pretty good point (obviously still things could be improved), and was far superior to where it is currently. I'm sure it will get to a playable point in 5 months with several patches, but I don't understand why the game is only playable until about 5 months after release. This will be the last FM that I buy early.

Hopefully SI will eventualy understand that a playable match engine on RELEASE is COMFORTABLY the most important aspect of the game. For it to be in the state it's in at the moment is quite ridiculous.

[Lvpool]

I skipped FM21 as a matter of principle after the disaster that was FM20

Have just come to check early feedback on FM22 & I'm seeing that possession for/pressing against weaker/low mentality sides is STILL an issue?

Hilarious...this was a big issue in FM20 & 2yrs on it's still a problem. Makes you wonder what exactly SI have been doing for 2+yrs

Looks like I'll be skipping FM22 also. More users need to do this instead of blindly spending their £ on the game each year.

Company line on this below also just ridiculous: 

5 hours ago, Neil Brock said:

We're aware of a couple of issues which are very much being investigated and reviewed in the match engine, including in relation to possession stats for weaker sides, however match engine changes are very much related to balance and need a lot of time and reviewing by our QA and dev team before we can roll that out. 

What do you mean "need a lot of time and reviewing"...you had the time when you where making the game...what have you been doing the last few months when work started on the next edition? This has been an issue since FM20 so surely 2+yrs is enough time

Edited November 9, 2021 by Lvpool

[FrazT]

5 minutes ago, Lvpool said:

I skipped FM21 as a matter of principle after the disaster that was FM20

Have just come to check early feedback on FM22 & I'm seeing that possession for/pressing against weaker/low mentality sides is STILL an issue?

Hilarious...this was a big issue in FM20 & 2yrs on it's still a problem. Makes you wonder what exactly SI have been doing for 2+yrs

Looks like I'll be skipping FM22 also. More users need to do this instead of blindly spending their £ on the game each year.

Company line on this below also just ridiculous: 

What do you mean "need a lot of time and reviewing"...you had the time when you where making the game...what have you been doing the last few months when work started on the next edition? This has been an issue since FM20 so surely 2+yrs is enough time

This thread is the feedback thread for users of FM 22- if you haven't yet played the game it is hardly relevant for you to aim criticism at the developers

[jlammi]

Hi! I still cannot edit money with in game editor posted this to bug tracker also. any help?

[FrazT]

8 minutes ago, jlammi said:

Hi! I still cannot edit money with in game editor posted this to bug tracker also. any help?

I have had a look and cant see any other reports about this- it might be worth uploading a save to the SI cloud and let the Devs know in your tracker thread then name of the save , so that they can have a look for you.

[dannyfc]

56 minutes ago, Lvpool said:

I skipped FM21 as a matter of principle after the disaster that was FM20

FM 22 is a regression, but honestly the ME in FM 21 is great so worth giving it a go. Big step up from the previous games.

[jlammi]

9 minutes ago, FrazT said:

I have had a look and cant see any other reports about this- it might be worth uploading a save to the SI cloud and let the Devs know in your tracker thread then name of the save , so that they can have a look for you.

Yeah - i uploaded my save there now.

[Fettucine_Alfredo]

There's no change log to make it less obvious that 90+% of the reported issues haven't been fixed.

Let's face it, the biggest change this year is the massive price raise of the editor

Edited November 9, 2021 by Fettucine_Alfredo

[ianmatt15]

58 minutes ago, dannyfc said:

FM 22 is a regression, but honestly the ME in FM 21 is great so worth giving it a go. Big step up from the previous games.

Problem for 21 is the calendar. 

[russell9]

I have just tried the FM22 demo, it's so slow and laggy compared to FM21 full game.
I am now feeling very hesitant to buy FM22...

[craiigman]

8 hours ago, Neil Brock said:

It's an issue we're aware of and one we're currently investigating. The match engine is all about balance, so in some instances it may require some time in order to make these types of changes. 

This is exactly why you have people getting upset, the same as 19/20. Because it means that people beta tested the game, provided feedback, and yet the issue persists.

Which to some people it means you’ve put out a game with a known issue, which might not be a game breaking bug, but it certainly effects the experience, and have no road map of when it may be resolved, if ever.

We all get it, FM isn’t easy to make, small studio, big project, we do get it. But it’s still a full priced game, and to launch with a sizeable issue with no communication other than on a forum to say “we know about it” is a bit rubbish and it’s easy to see why people get frustrated with this.

Anyway back to FH5 for me.

[FrazT]

@TheQueenMalkova I have hidden your posts in here because you have already posted this issue in 5 other sub-forums.  I appreciate that you may be frustrated but you cant spam the forums with this issue- leave it till it is dealt with

[FrazT]

32 minutes ago, ianmatt15 said:

Very defensive on this aren't they. RULES say you can't as a customer assess the performance of Jacobson. Not great business practice I would say. Hopefully some proper competition comes along soon. I don't need warnings I am not a child. Nothing abusive was said. 

This is the house rule that we ask all users to read and abide by; https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/509042-providing-feedback-and-engaging-with-others/

 

[jc1]

10 hours ago, (sic) said:

Any reason why the in-game editor is now 8 eur instead of 5 eur? It looks literally the same, and it seems like SI are just trying to milk us even more, the game itself was more expensive this year and now the editor is too.

Yep up from £3.99 to £5.99

[FrazT]

1 hour ago, jlammi said:

Yeah - i uploaded my save there now.

Good- thanks

[kiwityke1983]

17 minutes ago, craiigman said:

This is exactly why you have people getting upset, the same as 19/20. Because it means that people beta tested the game, provided feedback, and yet the issue persists.

Which to some people it means you’ve put out a game with a known issue, which might not be a game breaking bug, but it certainly effects the experience, and have no road map of when it may be resolved, if ever.

We all get it, FM isn’t easy to make, small studio, big project, we do get it. But it’s still a full priced game, and to launch with a sizeable issue with no communication other than on a forum to say “we know about it” is a bit rubbish and it’s easy to see why people get frustrated with this.

Anyway back to FH5 for me.

The ME is nowhere near 19 and 20 levels of bad. People are entirely over reacting this year. It has some really nice build up and central play is plentiful if you actually set your tactics up properly to create space in the centre for your team to exploit.

[UI_Riven]

So the match engine is still screwed and possession is still not working properly? Damn. Y'all had two weeks of beta to do it. I had been waiting for two months to play with friends, guess it'll have to wait another few months.

Edited November 9, 2021 by UI_Riven
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[FrazT]

3 minutes ago, UI_Riven said:

So the match engine is still <snip>and possession is still not working properly? Damn. Y'all had two weeks of beta to do it. I had been waiting for two months to play with friends, guess it'll have to wait another few months.

No issues with the criticism, but please do not use that kind of language on the forums.- I will edit it this time

[RTHerringbone]

5 hours ago, Metal said:

I think they've seriously removed VAR contention goals  the same way they removed injury crisis's. I've played 4 games and yet to see a VAR decision stopped then awarded in my or the oppositions favor. Anyone else having the same issue? 

Not my experience. I've had a game with three offside VAR reviews and seen a penalty check too. They're possibly less intrusive than Beta for me but they're still there.

5 hours ago, Mr Tonio said:

10 matches played with the ME, does not show improvement to the IF, IW. This is not great, it was the main beef of the community with the new ME. I hope it's just situational, and in 30 + matches i've been shown wrong.

Again, this is not my experience. I couldn't use an IF in the Beta as it just did not work. In the ten games I've played on the Beta, my IF(A) with the ball is cutting in laterally as much as three quarters of the pitch width. In my opinion the difference in their on ball behaviour since Beta is significant. 

[Fettucine_Alfredo]

He didn't say the word. And it would be nice to have feedback on the feedback. We reported issues, we report the same ones, and the only answers we have are defensive comments and "don't use that language" comments. How do you expect people to be chill when you openly ignore people who paid for the game and ask for answers?

[FrazT]

3 minutes ago, Fettucine_Alfredo said:

He didn't say the word. And it would be nice to have feedback on the feedback. We reported issues, we report the same ones, and the only answers we have are defensive comments and "don't use that language" comments. How do you expect people to be chill when you openly ignore people who paid for the game and ask for answers?

As I said, I have no issues with the criticism- despite their frustration, users need to be able to post without swearing.

[styluz05]

Suddenly shipping goals from very direct over the top balls, and I'm playing a standard defensive line. Big slow target men being able to to run on to balls, or I'm also watching defenders suddenly unable to head the ball and just watch it go pass them... Not fun. 

[UI_Riven]

My bad for the swearing, I'm just angry that that issue has been reported since last year's beta. Probably will be fixed by FM23/24.

[FrazT]

4 minutes ago, UI_Riven said:

My bad for the swearing, I'm just angry that that issue has been reported since last year's beta. Probably will be fixed by FM23/24.

No problems

[Mr Tonio]

il y a 43 minutes, RTHerringbone a dit :

 

Again, this is not my experience. I couldn't use an IF in the Beta as it just did not work. In the ten games I've played on the Beta, my IF(A) with the ball is cutting in laterally as much as three quarters of the pitch width. In my opinion the difference in their on ball behaviour since Beta is significant. 

Nice, ok thx. I'm launching a new save and will give IF a try for a longer period. I will come back to testify if i was wrong. I will try on IF(s) though :p.

[TheQueenMalkova]

1 hour ago, FrazT said:

@TheQueenMalkova I have hidden your posts in here because you have already posted this issue in 5 other sub-forums.  I appreciate that you may be frustrated but you cant spam the forums with this issue- leave it till it is dealt with

Hey mate sorry for spamming that. But I thought that was the only way to get some attention for that issue, since the issue itself has been there for quite a few years now. Are you guys really going to have a look? Such issues should not even be there since you guys have researchers in China as well. Could you please HAVE a look ?

[FrazT]

1 minute ago, TheQueenMalkova said:

Hey mate sorry for spamming that. But I thought that was the only way to get some attention for that issue, since the issue itself has been there for quite a few years now. Are you guys really going to have a look? Such issues should not even be there since you guys have researchers in China as well. Could you please HAVE a look ?

You have raised this in at least 3 of the correct sections of the Bugs forum, so you will get a response there, one way or the other.  I am a forum moderator and have no knowledge of the game code so cant help directly

[RandomGuy.]

8 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:

Just been offered £900 for a player valued between £2k-£550k, he's 19yo and definitely closer to the upper end.

Don't mind the AI trying to lowball me at all but it definitely needs tweaking 😅

FWIW I changed his asking price to £400k, a figure that came about through talks with him and his agent, and the daft offers have stopped.

[MakeFMGreatAgain]

Really not impressed with this years game tbh. UI should be getting easier, not adding extra clicks to get to the same screens every year. Seem to spend more time having the same repetitive conversations/interactions with people (staff, players, journalists, board, agents) than I do actually playing a game of football. Tactics haven’t been improved in a few years, same options etc...more importantly the ME doesn’t reward good tactics. And don’t get me started on the graphics that have got progressively worse since FM17. 
 

There’s always next year for FM/SI to turn it around...but this years version is just not it 

Edited November 9, 2021 by MakeFMGreatAgain

[ca14g44]

Probably a dumb question and I'm not sure if this is the correct place for it, but how do I know if I'm on the full game and not the beta?

The start screen says 22.1, but I didn't notice any downloads on steam, updates, etc.

Any hell very much appreciated!

[DavyDepuydt1]

2 minutes ago, ca14g44 said:

Probably a dumb question and I'm not sure if this is the correct place for it, but how do I know if I'm on the full game and not the beta?

The start screen says 22.1, but I didn't notice any downloads on steam, updates, etc.

Any hell very much appreciated!

If the "report bug" button is gone in your sidebar on the left, than you are on the full version

[limey150781]

I'm really struggling to see what others are seeing. The only real issue and granted it's not ideal, is possession being OTT for defensive teams. Some of the actual football I'm seeing is by far and away the best ever produced by a FM ME. VAR is really nicely balanced top and the best thing of all is a genuine difference between high level leagues and lower leagues. You can see the huge difference in quality of play between the 2. I really liked 21 but 22 is just ahead and I'm sure will be well ahead with any little additions over the coming months.

[ca14g44]

9 minutes ago, DavyDepuydt1 said:

If the "report bug" button is gone in your sidebar on the left, than you are on the full version

Awesome. Looks like I'm good to go. Thank you.

[ScotsmanFM]

6 minutes ago, limey150781 said:

I'm really struggling to see what others are seeing. The only real issue and granted it's not ideal, is possession being OTT for defensive teams. Some of the actual football I'm seeing is by far and away the best ever produced by a FM ME. VAR is really nicely balanced top and the best thing of all is a genuine difference between high level leagues and lower leagues. You can see the huge difference in quality of play between the 2. I really liked 21 but 22 is just ahead and I'm sure will be well ahead with any little additions over the coming months.

People expect things to perform exactly the way they want them to, when they don't it's a fault of the company and not of their unrealistic expectations.

 

Played enough of the beta and enough of the final release since last night to notice that my IF's are moving in a different way than they did yesterday, I'm not hitting the woodwork as much as I was, my play is much more central (when I set it up that way) and I'm also not finding an issue with possession either. Last game was 62% in my favour, I struggled to get to over 53% or so in the beta. My only complaint is not having an attributes option on scout reports but that's merely cosmetic, I'll get a skin that sorts that out.

[Iakovenko]

Just 4 games in and have conceded probably the 2nd worst goal I've conceded on any fm. 

Their keeper hoofs it over my defence, my keeper comes running out and managed to get under the ball. Turns round and just ambles back towards the ball while striker sprints in and taps into the empty net. 

Was on a network game so will try and figure out how to load a pkm next time we play 

[bigmattb28]

The full game processes a lot slower than it did in beta...

[XaW]

Please let others have a different opinion than you. I've removed a few posts now, please don't continue quarreling about opinions.

[Fettucine_Alfredo]

1 minute ago, XaW said:

Please let others have a different opinion than you. I've removed a few posts now, please don't continue quarreling about opinions.

Conveniently you've removed only the messages not going in SI's way, but kept the one attacking people while going in SI's way.

The SI Army strikes again.

[XaW]

Just now, Fettucine_Alfredo said:

Conveniently you've removed only the messages not going in SI's way, but kept the one attacking people while going in SI's way.

The SI Army strikes again.

I removed BOTH ways actually. But please let this rest now.

[MrPompey]

6 hours ago, Rooneys 32nd minute headers said:

Annoying that I can scroll up and down the squad screen of other teams with the keyboard arrows, but not my own one

log it in the bugs section

[MrPompey]

1 hour ago, TheQueenMalkova said:

Hey mate sorry for spamming that. But I thought that was the only way to get some attention for that issue, since the issue itself has been there for quite a few years now. Are you guys really going to have a look? Such issues should not even be there since you guys have researchers in China as well. Could you please HAVE a look ?

The way to attention to game problems is to raise them as bugs, thats where the SI Devs will be looking

[FrazT]

2 minutes ago, MrPompey said:

The way to attention to game problems is to raise them as bugs, thats where the SI Devs will be looking

This user has already posted this issue in multiple Bugs forum threads

[MrPompey]

1 minute ago, FrazT said:

This user has already posted this issue in multiple Bugs forum threads

Thats great, over to SI then

[bigmattb28]

10 hours ago, Zemahh said:

Got to say, the game feels lightning quick. Very snappy!

what processor you got? I've got AMD Ryzen 7 4800H and the game is so much slower than it was in beta

[Pidge]

Seems to forget my preferences when I reopen the game.  Changing the text size and windowed mode each time is tiresome.  Just preferences for me, but some of these things would affect the accessibility for others.

[STaphouse]

2 hours ago, jc1 said:

Yep up from £3.99 to £5.99

There are other editors out there. There's a very popular one that has kept the same price.

Obviously I can't name them on here but you don't HAVE to buy the official one.