Football Manager 2005 Demo Out

[Greddy]

i've had a talk with red over dmb and johnny o and had everything sorted out.

Actually, people might find this hard to believe, but Damarcus isn't left footed. He can use his left foot very well, but he is naturally right footed.

[Redfoot]

Same thing happened to me. If you were able to find the preferences menu to change it to English, you need to confirm your changes. There are three words in the bottom left panel of the screen. Click the first of the three to confirm it.


Yeah I finally found it earlier today, thanks. The game rules too it looks really nice. I can't wait for the full game to come out.

[astabooty]

Actually, people might find this hard to believe, but Damarcus isn't left footed. He can use his left foot very well, but he is naturally right footed.


yes i have heard this before. he was naturally right footed, but then started using his left and now he is how he is. anyway, the point is he is better with his left and imo not deserving the 'either' for foot in the game.

i think i told red to make him left, not left only.

[UxSxAxfooty]

Just booted up the Norway quickstart in hopes to take Fredrikstad to the top and Wade Barrett isn't on the team!

IIRC, he was loaned 6-months from AGF to FFK and is looking to make the deal permanent.

Thanks, astabo0t.

[flmls]

I'm enjoying the demo, good work. I may have to buy 2 manager games this year if i don't like the new TCM product. Making it hard on me, i'm in grad school and poor ! :) But seriously, good work, I can just imagine how nice the full version is.

[Spoon]

Still imo the offsides call are sometimes just crap. Maybe it is just me but the offical really suck.

[Cannon]

I finally got a chance to try the gold demo. I didn't play the beta since it would not work with ME.

The game is better than CM4 but not by nearly as much as the hype over the last year led me to expect. The "improved" media is laughable. They don't even comment when I beat ManU by 7 goals despite being a man down for half the game. That score also points out another serious problem. It is quite easy to get insane scores on a regular basis. I've had 9-0, 7-0, and 5-0 scores with Arsenal (not sure why all the big scores are also shutouts).

There are a host of other bugs that I'm hoping they fix quickly ranging from serious problems with player stamina (Pires can't play more than 60 minutes no matter what you try), constant yellows for strikers diving (as many as 6 a game), errors in the database, inflation in player values that don't reflect real world (non-Chelsea) prices, and odd attributes scores.

Then there is the fact that they still don't have a release date for the US despite the fact that the game is already on sale in Italy and will soon be available throughout much of europe.

[ClevelandFC]

blah blah blah...

So, obviously it's not up to your standards so either don't buy it or, better yet, build your own.

Perhaps it's the management, but Pires consistently goes 90 minutes for me, is very actively throughout and has scored 8 for me in the first 12 competitive matches. I think 3 or 4 of those goals were well after your mystical 60 minute barrier.

[Cannon]

So, obviously it's not up to your standards so either don't buy it or, better yet, build your own.

Perhaps it's the management, but Pires consistently goes 90 minutes for me, is very actively throughout and has scored 8 for me in the first 12 competitive matches. I think 3 or 4 of those goals were well after your mystical 60 minute barrier.

Ok so I can't point out flaws in a game that I've been waiting over a year for unless I build my own? Ok. So how long have you worked for SI? :p

You might want to check SI's forums. There are many comments there just like mine and problems with Pires stamina have been mentioned by dozens of poster in different threads. Next time you might want to know what you are talking about, it makes these little discussion so much better.

BTW, since I posted other more serious bugs have been found including a host of bugs in the match engine (defenders can't mark, subs don't get into position for some set pieces, player instructions reset or are ignored, players rarely pass in the box, conversion rate are way off due to too many shots, etc), serious problems with attendence (esp. in lower leagues), financial problems that force many clubs into administration while giving others unrealistic cash additions, horrible regen attributes stats that cripple long games, scouts are useless (a problem for CM of the past), and many more.

I'm hoping that SI patches all of these problems because I still think they have the best chance of giving us a great football management sim.

[KDdidit]

I posted this in the release date threadArgh...thought I'd have at least a month to complete GTA:San Andreas (released October 25th) before getting immersed in FM 2005. Oh well, might just hold off on FM 2005 until the inevitable first "Enhancement Pack" fixes the intial bugs. Yes, I'm still bitter about CM 4 :mad:Looks like I made a wise decision in holding off for a few weeks.

Known bugs from the SI site:

1. News item only shows three players in Team of the Week when you have more than three.

2. Can't remember screen selection view

3. Squad selection screen skips off a player

4. Players out of position getting poor ratings

5. Player with squad status wanting clarification on role at club

6. Injury during match is listed as training injury in news item

7. Array Access out of bounds error when undoing changes to tactics

8. Goalkeeper not passing short to defenders when set in tactics

9. Extra time going beyond 120 minutes

10. Soccer AM Badgers team taking part in transfers

11. Milestone reporting unbeaten run in next line shows losing streak

12. Players complaining about lack of competitive action when injured

13. Clear selection option when submitting Champions League squad doesn't function

14. Yo-yo happiness

15. Short range goals dscribed as 100+ yard strikes

16. Danish, Swedish and Norwegian reserve leagues not including some clubs

17. Players miscontruing manager media messages

18. Justyn Roberts duplicate at Nottingham Forest

19. [Mac] Copy & pasting into search bar crashes games

20. Molly has a big bad dolly

21. Unrealistic high scoring matches

22. Everton going into receivership

23. Goalkeeper and outfield player swop shirts

24. Incorrect offside decisions

25. Add all option on training schedules

26. Players not given numbers assigned in the database

27. Assistant reporting incorrect score in Champions League report

28. Man marking not functioning correctly

29. Scouts reporting on clubs highlighting players that are out on loan or co-owned by other clubs

30. Club's favourite personnel not listed

31. Nation teams drawn against one another CL 1st knockout round

32. Midfielders not listed in Team Report when tactics only include defensive and/or attacking midfielders

33. Portuguese league player eligiability

34. Doesn't remember split view selection

35. An overabundance of diving

36. Time lag on network games

37. Player stats not completed unmasked

38. Royal League effecting European co-efficients

39. Regenerated players lacking in technical attributes

40. Multiple leagues (i.e. Conference North / South) going into single play-off final, game not continuing to matchThat being said, I still can't wait to play it.