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As an absolute FM junkie, I would normally have done nothing since the new game came out but play it every moment I could get away from work, the wife and the kids, but...
...the balance of the comments, and the endorsements, seem to be very much towards it being relatively unplayable for someone that wants the ME to be immersive (such as Mane and Salah to score a decent chunk of their chances, or van Dijk to not get done by basic long balls over the top several times a game).
So, should I play now or wait?
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14 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said:
It does negate your point about game generated stadium names when you have used a real life one as an example.
Stadium Name Discussion Police 👮♀️
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4 hours ago, Novem9 said:
Well FM19 selled by 2mln+ copies. How many FM20 sales already? 1mln? So 46k = 4,6%. 500k sales? 9,2%. Not a big count even for Monday
Do we have alternative in this niche? This is answer why people still play even they dont really enjoy this right now
Exactly this. People want to play it because it’s the only viable football management option, but it does seem to be a poor ME at the moment with some (near) game breakers for people who want realistic football at an elite level.
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On 11/12/2019 at 03:09, davehanson said:
It stops being real life, but it is supposed to be realistic.
Van Dijk in the first season for £110m. Does that honestly seem realistic to you?
Kane to Man City for £119m. A divisional rival. Do you really think it realistic that Spurs would sell him to City in the first place, but then for such a low figure?
I personally have bought Maddison from Leicester as Man Utd for £35m and Chilwell between the same two clubs for £40m. Both in the first window of the first season. Again, honestly is that realistic?
The game is supposed to be a realistic football management simulation and at the moment it is failing miserably on multiple accounts.
I think it’s incredibly hard to code transfer fees because they are a bit random, particularly the Premier League.
In my save, Utd paid £80m for a decent, but slow, centre back just because he’s English.
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20 hours ago, Kazza said:
Still toying with the demo 20.1.4. Is it awaiting the update? Cheers
This is the 3rd time I have asked. I am showing 20.1.4.
Someone must be able to respond - is this demo going to get that upgrade!!!!!!
You need a question mark at the end of your last shouty bit 👍
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Don’t be too hard on yourself, friend ✌️
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I nearly always play with nothing else on, no radio, no TV, not even in between matches. Just me, deep in thought.
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I only buy players that my scouts find and recommend themselves, as scouting manually leads to a squad of 5* PA within a few seasons. If you do that, it won’t matter what you saw 👍
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On 26/11/2019 at 04:28, sixsecondsleft said:
It seems that most shouts never get a good response. "Demand More", "Get Creative", and "Show Some Passion" pretty much always work, and other than a very rare "Encourage" or "Praise", the rest have NEVER gotten me a good response.
If someone has received good responses from them, I'm curious how/when.
The circumstances for each seem pretty clear, but I'd still like to know what others experience.
I would agree with this 100%. I use those three every time.
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33 minutes ago, sporadicsmiles said:
Although nobody will particularly care, I finally did it!! It took 250 turns and over 150 battles, but I finally won a campaign! I felt the need to brag, sorry!
I care, man. Not played that game myself, but I know how good it feels to complete a game 🤛
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4 hours ago, SeaCarrot said:
Crap match engine. Side net shots 3 times a game, no one on ones scored, and players missing 70% of penalties they take. Its a boring, dull, crap engine that's worse than FM12. I've given SI $240 in the last four years and the biggest change is a new menu for injuries and a graph of a dev center. The games at a complete standstill and needs a desperate re-write.
Tie pin on the manager as well.
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1 hour ago, ThunderCelt said:
Good luck with the writing. I've managed to fit in both writing a novel and FM, so they're not mutually exclusive
Can you send a link. I’d love some inspiration.
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8 minutes ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
Do you ever stop?
That maybe was a bit crass.
Seriously, though, I can hand on heart say I have never made anything up on here. It is probably down to the fact that high pressing, aggressive football, that I’ve been playing for years on FM, is overpowered.
Let’s not fall out on a Saturday night 🤝
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1 hour ago, Dagenham_Dave said:
Do you know how I know you're talking absolute rubbish here? Chorley start the game in the Vanarama National, so wouldn't even play in the League Cup in the first season.
Cracks already appearing in your 'I'm too good for FM and the game is broken as a result' schtick.
Unlucky.
Fair comment, must’ve been FA Cup then.
I’ve got three kids, a good job and a massive house so trust me, I really don’t need to come onto a football game forum to lie to make me feel good about myself.
#lucky
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2 hours ago, upthetoon said:
My personal opinion and what I've seen, is there is little to no difference whichever level your playing.
Playing in an obscure league or with the elite teams, there is not much difference in the ME.
All of them are capable of the same things. Like obscure teams playing the op gegenpress to perfection to players playing crossfield passes like elite players.
Agreed. I played as a poor Chorley side in FM19 as I’d done Liverpool to death.
I played the same aggressive Liverpool tactics straight away and didn’t notice any real difference in quality of play, tactical familiarity even though they were part time, fitness or easiness of winning most games.
I even got to League Cup QF in first season before Chelsea knocked me out against the run of play.
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17 minutes ago, phnompenhandy said:
Ironically, I've retired this year. After 20 years of FM-ing I've decided to put all the time I could spend on it to write a novel instead.
Interesting. I was made redundant a couple of years ago and had six months off work (just after FM was released in November, paid, lovely 😊) and considered writing something... but played FM instead 🤪
What are you thinking of writing?
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8 hours ago, martplfc1 said:
My 4-week old daughter is hogging it (and me)
Nap time 😴
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2 hours ago, robinthebest said:
had the same feeling that wingers with good dribbling is too good, my Jarrod Bowen destroys Van Dijk multiple times in a single game which is strange, if they want to compensate the op dribbling by making them shooting into the side net, that's the wrong way to do it
Agree that van Dijk looks absolutely bang average on this game, which is a real shame. Playing as Liverpool, van Dijk, Firmino, Salah and Mane all look rubbish, which is what is so frustrating.
I presume if I played lower league football, the ME would look fine as I’d expect players to be individually rubbish, but when you’re playing as a very good team with some world class individuals, but they look poor on the game, despite the team grinding out wins, it’s just not enjoyable.
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4 hours ago, Rakosi said:
I'm sorry but I don't agree with this. All my defenders out paced the opposing forwards in that game, and have way better mentals than their attacking mentals too. Of course it is a tactics thing, because I know that if I kept tweaking and replayed I could beat them 8-0 or something, but that isn't my point. My point is that it is not obvious by watching the ME why this team were way more threatening than Barcelona and almost all premier league opposition. In the games I replayed their main striker was scoring one-on-ones like there was no tomorrow and their 4 man midfield were first to every second ball while pressing my team so hard that my players kept choosing to just go back to the keeper. A soon to be relegated League One team should probably not be able to do this because of the stat difference between the players. If Liverpool or Man City were doing it, it'd feel like it made sense. By watching the match I couldn't find one specific reason why this team were playing so well each attempt. They were just better at everything on the day, and the unintuitiveness of why that is feels unrewarding and wrong.
I know it was a tactic thing, of course, because everything is. But by watching the the ME we're supposed to be able to see how to change our tactics to improve the game, which wasn't possible here. Maybe I was just unlucky and in the 6 or so games I played the AI players just got stupid lucky with the math.The frustration in these games is that it’s not just that the weaker opposition are working harder, because you could understand that would be down to their motivation against a big side, and you could try to overcome it by touch line shouts, a few tactical tweaks like harder tackling and maybe a sub or two to bring on some players like Milner, in Liverpool’s case...
...it’s when a very poor side all of a sudden pass like peak Barcelona and their terrible striker turns into Pele. Again, you could understand one good finish or touch, but they do it for the full game.
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Watching Mane and Salah act like the Chuckle Brothers (RIP the dead one).
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1 hour ago, superposh said:
My wife, work and a slight addiction to internet pornography.
Can’t you combine the three to save time?
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2 hours ago, kandersson said:
One on ones are not necessarily the easiest chances but they're the most exciting to watch imo. You have speed, dribbling, technique plus an individual duel (striker vs keeper) which is always fun. Of course the beauty of this mostly depends on quality and creativity of the finisher. Going round keeper is in my view the highest form of finishing
. To each his own Ronaldo. I'll take this, with his one-on-ones!
PS Alcacer needs to play more
I think without injuries, THAT Ronaldo would’ve been the best ever; his finishing was insane (and that finishing would often include beating two or three defenders and the keeper).
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On 19/11/2019 at 23:30, rdbayly said:
Haaland is an over-powered, under-priced monster in this year's release. Basing your view on his performance in a hyper-attacking, aggressive user's system is not representative of what is actually going on in the football world this game is simulating.
Agreed. It would be good to be able to get decent scoring without using that kind of tactic.
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4 minutes ago, robinthebest said:
watching my wingers/fullback shot 7 times into the side net in one match and i lost by a single goal makes me don't want to play this game anymore.
this ME is simply terrible
I’ll see your side netting and raise you hitting the woodwork four times in a 1-0 loss
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Start a save or wait for proper update?
in Football Manager General Discussion
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Yes, the ME will update (but the player data won't update).