So far, not liking the 3d, although one of the little players dove so realistically it made me laugh. Also, it's frozen up on me 4 times already.
This is my first time trying a demo version of FM so I don't know if this is normal but I find most players to be weaker than they actually are...
I'm giving it a whirl this year as they have 3d, that's why I've always gravitated more towards Fifa Manager, always liked that feature. Can't wait for it to download and start playing it.
There are a lot of bugs. Mostly injuries, thats a big problem. A lot of people have 5 or more players out with injuries. Also the typing bug is annoying. Trying to type a name into the search box and letters get repeated sometimes 3 in a row. Played the demo and despite the bugs I still pre-ordered it.
It doesn't come out tell the 18th for the US. I pre-ordered, should get here on the 21st. I'm really excited. The demo was fun, even with the bugs. I like it.
i like it, i'm downloading the fifa manager demo right now so I can see which one i'm going with for the year.
It was getting slaughtered during the demo. A lot of people are disapointed, especially with 3d. However, to me its a manager game. I don't care what the 3d looks like. If I want a next gen looking game I'll play fifa 09. Football Manager to me is just about managing, I don't care waht the matches look like. I love FM because I feel it is more realistic imo in terms of managing. You have to deal with work permits (depending on country), I think the transfers are more realistic, and you can play with lower league teams (one of my fav things about it,especially in england).
I just checked out the FM boards and its a zoo. Everyone, proably 85% if not more are having activation problems. I've read threads where some people have been trying for 10plus hours to get it to work.
for me it fails on the final step. The 2nd time you have to activate the product code. its a nightmare process .Took over 2 hours to get to that point and I have a fast connection. People with slower connections are doomed.
Wow that really sucks. Have you tried the phone activation? I can't believe this. This activation stuff is stupid. There are a lot of people who can't play it. I'm scared to get my game.
If you read the reviews in amazon.co.uk you will see that the phone activation process is also screwed up. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Ma..._1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1226758272&sr=8-1 The game disk only contains the installation for the STEAM program. You have to download the game from STEAM and that takes ages. Took about an hour or more at speeds of 700k . nightmare!!!
People who have actually managed to install the game have reported game crashes. This game is a monumental screw up.
Have you tried using the other option besides steam called uniloc? I've heard some people have had success using it. I've read that the people who didn't use steam have gotten it to work.
Im gonna wait afew days. In fact I might wait until a patch comes out ,seeing as the game is full of bugs.
Looks like another great SEGA cock-up. I feel sorry for those at SI who are going to be, unfairly, getting the majority of the complaints. I'm holding off for now until SEGA get themselves sorted out and SI release their imminent patch (which was delayed until the activation issue is sorted).
The whole activation thing is just stupid imo. You can only install the game 5 times. I realize they did it to stop cracks from being up on torrent sites but the cracks are up and working from what I heard.
update.. when you install there are 2 options 1)steam 2)uniloc pick uniloc because all the problems are with steam. I just installed comfortably with uniloc .
Good to hear. Mine should get here in the next few days, i'll def. use uniloc. I think most people were doing steam because 1.) they didn't know about the other option and 2.) with steam they would get automatic updates. However, steam really sucks. I'd rather manually do the updates myself than go with the hassle of steam.
the steam problem is the root of all the confusion. Uniloc is the same as all previous installations . these options should have been explained better to the users.. none of this mess wouldve happened.