Fm 2008

[Wazza1989]

i've got fm 2008:D:D:D..anyone else wants it?:D

[Skele]

U may tell us some players;)

[reddwarf]

What's it like? Have they improved on FM07?

[Lawbreaker1944]

The faces of footballers are no longer photographies, but just an an awful pictures. Otherwise it seems to be better game than FM07.

[Keano4taoiseach]

I am managing sunderland.

I got Jonathan Evans and bardsley on loan from United.

Anyone else managing Sunderland?

[Red Devil]

I am managing sunderland.

I got Jonathan Evans and bardsley on loan from United.

Anyone else managing Sunderland? Roy Keane by chance?

[Keano4taoiseach]

Roy Keane by chance?


lmao for

[Ajant]

Haha

I have it, and just found out I get a free copy of it from Sports Interactive. Great so i spent money and will now have two games haha.

Anyway, I am ON the game. Always sign myself when I go my hometown team, Perth Glory.

[Justice]

im going to buy it today =]

[Keano4taoiseach]

do you need some money?

[The great dane]

anyone played on it...when does it come out guys ?
The last one was ****in class, so addictive
I hope this one is even more realistic, like being able to loan prem youngsters and etc

[rydersonthestorm]

It is ok but the patch needs to come out as it is unrealistic at the moment.

[Keano4taoiseach]

It's very good.

I expected more new features to be honest but it's still addictive.

My advice is to manage a weaker team in a low division or start unemployed.
This imho makes the game harder and more enjoyable whilst also testing your managerial abilities.
ATM I'm managing Shelbourne in Ireland second division......Impossible.

[PrinceZane]

Never played Footy Manager, but I think this should be in the pub instead :)

[Ajant]

Great game, I have it!

I was ***** for Manchester United...but am doing okay with my hometown side...having signed myself.

*Moved*

[carlyluvsunited]

I spent 4 hours downloading the torrent for this.

Then 2 hours trying to install it too.

And it wont work.

So right now I still dont know what it is like to mplay these bloody games !!

Not fair :o

[Ajant]

Buy it. Simple as. Worth the money.

I have bought all since roughly CM 99/00,

Wait, except FM 2007 where my mate gave it to me...

I will have two copies soon, pay for postage and send me a signed love letter and you can have one. :D

[carlyluvsunited]

Buy it. Simple as. Worth the money.

I have bought all since roughly CM 99/00,

Wait, except FM 2007 where my mate gave it to me...

I will have two copies soon, pay for postage and send me a signed love letter and you can have one. :DYou're offering to give me one :eek:

[Ajant]

hangon, we still talking about the game?

haah.

I don't know Carly..

[carlyluvsunited]

hangon, we still talking about the game?

haah.

I don't know Carly..The game of course........

What ever do you think of me Mr Ajant http://www.websmileys.com/sm/cartoon/1236.gif

[Lawbreaker1944]

I have never played any Football Manager. It seems to wasting of time for me.

[Keano4taoiseach]

I have never played any Football Manager. It seems to wasting of time for me.




busy schedule.....???

[Justice]

I love fm08 =] But I have a problem. Anyone know how to get those arrows to my wingers can get up more? The yellow arrows, i cant seem to get them =/

[Keano4taoiseach]

yellow arrows.........

I have three possible answers...

1. Set their player instructions to attacking....
2. Set the team instructions to attacking
3. Go to formations and pick an attacking formation...

I hope this is of great service to you.

[Lawbreaker1944]

busy schedule.....???
I'm busy because of other games and school.

[Keano4taoiseach]

I'm busy because of other games and school.






what kind of school are you in......and more importantly.....how did you get in...lol

[Ajant]

Justice - you click the right button on the desired player, hold and drag up to the position you want.

I believe.

[rydersonthestorm]

You are right ajant, and now your winger can make a different run which is curved.

[carlyluvsunited]

Football Manager 2008

PC £34.99
Sega
5/5

Paolo Bandini
Friday October 26, 2007

The game's appearance has been radically overhauled

Step aside, pretenders to the crown, Football Manager has returned. Rivals may
claim glitzier graphics or funkier in-game sequences, but, 15 years on from its
first conception (then as Championship Manager) in 1992, no other management
simulator can match the FM series for sheer, life-wrecking addictiveness.


"According to Men's Health magazine a couple of years ago we were cited in 35
divorce cases in one year," sighs Sports Interactive's managing director Miles
Jacobson. "Which is slightly worrying, but if people want to escape into this other
world then there's maybe something wrong with the world they're living in
already?"

Perhaps, but it's not hard to see how any football fan could become immersed in
Football Manager. Statistically far and away the most detailed game on the
market, boasting over 50 countries' domestic leagues and an impossibly vast
database of players, FM 2008 boasts enough statistics and minutiae to keep a
hardcore fan entertained for hours before they even get around to playing a
match.

Indeed, SI's scouting network - over 1,500 strong - is so good that professional
scouts have owned up to using their database when looking for players;
Jacobson even claims some of the games scouts have been signed by Champions
League sides, though he refuses to give out names.

"We know that clubs use our database. We're very proud of it," continues
Jacobson. "It's always funny when you see obscure players turning up at clubs
and you say 'do you reckon these guys have been playing FM?' But managers
use it too - Jerzy Engel, (Poland boss from 2000-02) said playing our game was
the best way for a young manager to learn how to manage a team."

The latest edition boasts range of new features and, more controversially for fans
of the series, a radically overhauled look. Lengthy consultations with usability
experts led to the dark green and grey skins being replaced with a far simpler
and brighter white and black look that is more than a touch reminiscent of
iTunes. The menu systems have also been moved around and tweaked to make
them ultimately more accessible, though veteran players will need a while to get
used to them.

Match days have been rendered more straightforward with a "match flow"
function that steers you through all the stages of getting ready for each match -
from selecting your team to giving a team talk and checking out the opposition's
tactics, and also more realistic with a new substitution system that forces players
to make real-time changes via a tactical screen while the game continues.

Interactions with the board have been improved, with more scope for adjusting
budgets between wages and transfer funds than previously, whilst players can
now also get feedback on recent performances from their fans through a
supporters' club representative. Other new features include a nifty face
generation system to create headshots for youth players the game generates
during later seasons, and the ability for managers to tweak their home pitch's
dimensions preseason.

But for all the changes the game engine itself remains fundamentally the same.
Jacobson reiterates time and again the need for "evolution, not revolution" for a
title with such an established fan base.

"As a developer we have two strands now. The first strand is games like Football
Manager Live (a management game specifically designed for internet play) and
Football Manager Quiz, which we call our mainstream games. Then we've got our
cult strand, which is Football Manager. Fortunately for us that cult strand
happens to be one of the largest cults in the world."

If they can continue producing games as playable as FM 2008, that cult will
continue to grow.

[Ajant]

Good review that, I love the FM series so much...except I'm pretty average at this one so far :P This weekend I may take the helm of Australia. And just leave my club commitments for a while.

[Keano4taoiseach]

Good review that, I love the FM series so much...except I'm pretty average at this one so far :P This weekend I may take the helm of Australia. And just leave my club commitments for a while.






I am magaing Ireland at the moment......

The players have brilliant attributes and are stars for their clubs but at international level it seems to be all about creating partnerships...especially central defense.....

[Ajant]

Has the International Management improved? They said they've made 'improvements'. I guess I'll find out...well the next time I can get online

[redmaster]

I dont know yet, I have had this game since release but havent bothered playing it yet until the patch is out to fix all the bugs

[Keano4taoiseach]

"life-wrecking addictiveness"

.....so true....excuse me while I quitely sob and regret the last 2 years of my non-existant life....

[rydersonthestorm]

Thats the way redmaster i have had a few games and they are just stupid at the moment, i had seven disallowed goals in one match and arsenal keep trying to buy ronaldo.

[Justice]

"life-wrecking addictiveness"

.....so true....excuse me while I quitely sob and regret the last 2 years of my non-existant life....
My mate quit school a year before GCSE's and pretty much ****ed up his life. He said it was because of all the pressure heaped upon him by the school, his parents etc. Alternative theories, he just wanted to devote more time to FM :P

I might just go the same way at this rate!

[Keano4taoiseach]

My mate quit school a year before GCSE's and pretty much ****ed up his life. He said it was because of all the pressure heaped upon him by the school, his parents etc. Alternative theories, he just wanted to devote more time to FM :P

I might just go the same way at this rate!




mate...I wouldn't blame you.....

But I am much more addicted to this place atm............God only knows why..:D














p.s....don't leave school.....get an education and the next 70 or so years of your life will be much easier....trust me......my parents keep saying it..

[Justice]

mate...I wouldn't blame you.....

But I am much more addicted to this place atm............God only knows why..:D














p.s....don't leave school.....get an education and the next 70 or so years of your life will be much easier....trust me......my parents keep saying it..
lol yeah im at 6form now, not really doing well :P FM Addicted Rating = Midly Addicted

[Teveth_32]

im going to stick with fm 2007

[Carlos Tevez]

Hows Everyone doing on it ?, Im in My Second Season With United after Winning Everything Apart from the FA Cup in my 1st season the board gave me 50 million to spend :D which i did and 14 million more :|

[reddwarf]

Anyone know when FM 2008 will be released on the XBOX 360?

[Keano4taoiseach]

Anyone know when FM 2008 will be released on the XBOX 360?



why are you getting it for xbox instaed of pc.....???

[redmaster]

Im still waiting for the PC patch to be realeased, had the game for weeks and havent even started it yet

[rydersonthestorm]

There has been a beta patch on the sigames forum for weeks if thats any help to you..

[Ajant]

I am going to wait for more patches, for instance, there has to be bug when every of my last 5-6 Australia games have played I've had a goal disallowed(one minimum) in each, and i find myself winless and looking to not make the world cup! lol

[reddwarf]

why are you getting it for xbox instaed of pc.....???

I don't have a PC at home - I only log on to this forum when I'm at work!!

[reddwarf]

Anyone know when FM 2008 will be released on the XBOX 360?

In answer to my own question(!)...

I joined the Sport Interactive forum and it appears that the development takes a lot longer for the 360 so it will not be out before Christmas :(

They have not announced a release date but have confirmed that reports that the game will not be released on the 360 are false :)

[Toybos]

does anyone else here own championship manager 01/02 i find it MUCH more addictive than this as long as you use the update, best FM ever!

[reddwarf]

does anyone else here own championship manager 01/02 i find it MUCH more addictive than this as long as you use the update, best FM ever!

I used to play that on my XBOX. Gave it away to one of my housemates a couple of years ago.

[reddwarf]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

The release date for FM08 on XBOX 360 has been announced.

28th March.

Hallelujah!

[SolskjaertheLegend]

lol nice rd........long time to wait though

[-zuco-]

I've just started playing FM08 on the PC. Never played any of the previous versions but I must say it's quite addictive. I've been playing a week and I've clocked up over 22 hours game time already, it's eating into my drinking time :(

[Jazz 16]

I've just started playing FM08 on the PC. Never played any of the previous versions but I must say it's quite addictive. I've been playing a week and I've clocked up over 22 hours game time already, it's eating into my drinking time :(

lol maybe thats a good thing ;) for your liver at least.....

[-zuco-]

lol maybe thats a good thing ;) for your liver at least.....

Liver's are over rated, when this one is done I'll just buy another one :)

[reddwarf]

I've just started playing FM08 on the PC. Never played any of the previous versions but I must say it's quite addictive. I've been playing a week and I've clocked up over 22 hours game time already, it's eating into my drinking time :(

You could have a few cans while you play and make it Drunk Football Manager 08 :D

Solsk - yeah it is a long time to wait (5 months after the PC version was released!) but I'm just really pleased I'll be able to play it!

[rehab]

**** i still play 01/02, had FM2006 then FM2007, then i went back to 01/02 as i found a site to get data updates and i love that one cause it's simple, and quicker to get through seasons.
Although when i had the FM2008 demo i couldnt get off it so might buy it sometime if i can be assed.