Soccer Gaming Catch-All

Perhaps over-simplification was the wrong choice of words. What it really does is give you a clearer overview of what the choices you make will affect on the pitch.

This is the new team instruction look.

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Personally, what I have seen so far I enjoy. I am stuck on my laptop right now, so I don't really want to take any more screenshots to post, as it takes just short of an eternity for the whole process.

Everything seems streamlined from last year, and so far I like the changes. One big improvement I have noticed that always bugged me was past regards hiring coaches. If you find a coach you like, negotiate a contract and then find out you don't actually have space for him the transfer isn't cancelled like in the past. You have the option of cancelling it yourself, or selecting a coach the new guy will replace. Huge improvement, especially early in the game when I am trying to drop dead weight without creating gaps in my training.

I was trying to use reward points on Fallout 4 pre-order last night, but it wouldn't let me do it on pre-orders. Since they release the Steam code ASAP, I decided to get it. I didn't get time to play it, although I do like the one little feature I did see, where the game has more options on what date you start your game (can skip pre-season entirely if you want now).

Also, I've always wondered this, do people generally ignore the CPU performance star system? I always have, it doesn't seem to be that accurate considering I have a high spec gaming PC and it usually drops to 2 and a half stars with only 22 leagues and a small database.

Just wondering if anyone would be interested in a network game that could be played once a week, especially for the beta so it can be tested out!

I wouldn't mind trying that, Clusks - I am completely bobbins though, so it might not prove too testing for you !

davet010 wrote:

I wouldn't mind trying that, Clusks - I am completely bobbins though, so it might not prove too testing for you !

We only have to play each other twice a season

Beware the future, Chelsea!

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I think that would be wonderful.

Though I'm also really enjoying the real-world prospect of Mourinho replacing Van Gaal midseason.

Hehe - in my FM16 game, Moyes is at PSG...and they've just won the CL.

And Mourinho is back at Chelsea. Unai Emery is at Arsenal after Arsene retired. Liverpool have had more managers than soft mick, including Villas Boas and Roberto Mancini.

Is the Big Sam at Inter or Real?

Unfortunately, TBS retired after being fired by Sunderland in March '17.

Inter now have Jose at the helm (they won Serie A last season after 5 consecutive Juve titles).

Real Madrid are still managed by Rafa (so, realism not quite to the fore) - won 2 La Liga titles, CL.

Barca are managed by Massimiliano Allegri after Luis Enrique resigned. The latter is currently at Schalke, who he's taken to one Bundesliga triumph and the CL final. Which ended Man City 2 Schalke 0 (Sterling 34, Bonazzoli 81)

Liverpool have fired Mancini, Joachim Low and Villas-Boas - Klopp went to manage Germany. Which didn't go well. All they've won in 4 seasons is 1 League Cup.

Hey, uh, if you have PES 2016 or FIFA 16 for the PS4, drop me a line!

Line dropped, PES 2016 for PS4. Not much time to play it though I'm d3janzie on PSN, let's be friends!

Sometimes, you just know when it's time to move on. After 5 BPL titles in a row, 4 manager of the Year awards and entry into the World Hall of Fame, it was the day when I let Sergio Aguero move to Juventus. It was a good price (£35m, for a 31 yr old...), but I knew then that my time at City was over, and even my crop of regens who I'd spent years loaning out couldn't enthuse me. Even buying players wasn't an adventure any more - I was making so much money buying youth players and selling them 3 years later than I had a transfer budget for 2020/21 of £424 MILLION. Which Sergio was only going to add to.

So, after resigning and turning down offers from Arsenal and Chelsea, and England..and Spain...and Italy (but not Uruguay or Argentina, which I might have taken), I've found myself in Jan 2021, taking over the 14th placed team in the Bundesliga...Die Fohlen, aka Borussia Moenchengladbach. Only 4 wins this season, but some smart looking regens and a change of scene.

Other things I noticed - sometimes what players do in the 2d engine (which I use) really reflects what you think they do. The most unsung of my final year City team was an Italian player called Matteo Iaradi, bought 3 years earlier from Atalanta's u19s and loaned out. He's a ballwinning CM in my 4-2-3-1 formation, and whenever you see a highlight, there's a little number 24 snuffling about, nipping at the heels of the opposition, snapping up loose balls and laying them off to the more creative players. The very essence of the role once dismissively referred to by Cantona as 'water carriers'. He never gets a very high rating, but I've not found a player to replace him properly.

I have Fifa on the Xbox One if anybody fancies a game at some point. Tag is onewild99
Main reason I got myself a new console was to get back into sports gaming outside of footie manager.

dejanzie wrote:

Line dropped, PES 2016 for PS4. Not much time to play it though I'm d3janzie on PSN, let's be friends!

Did I friend you? I don't know.

Also, does anyone know how to win headers in FIFA? I'm baffled.

Prederick wrote:
dejanzie wrote:

Line dropped, PES 2016 for PS4. Not much time to play it though I'm d3janzie on PSN, let's be friends!

Did I friend you? I don't know.

Also, does anyone know how to win headers in FIFA? I'm baffled.

It's changed a lot this year, your cross has to be fairly accurate, and it's important to press the header button at the right moment for when you want to jump.

If you can, just experiment with different timings, it usually takes just a tap of it.

Prederick wrote:
dejanzie wrote:

Line dropped, PES 2016 for PS4. Not much time to play it though I'm d3janzie on PSN, let's be friends!

Did I friend you? I don't know.

Also, does anyone know how to win headers in FIFA? I'm baffled.

I believe you did yes. You're no longer in my pending requests.

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Ahhh, Football Manager.

Division 1 in Ultimate Team on FIFA 16 was won the other day. Only 15k coins and a special winner shirt for it though! Wish they'd give you a draft token or something.

Psych wrote:

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Ahhh, Football Manager.

Even more impressive that this is the second time your FM game has come up with that scenario.

Within a few days of each other.

The end of March 2017 may be very interesting.

Dimmerswitch wrote:

Even more impressive that this is the second time your FM game has come up with that scenario.

Within a few days of each other.

The end of March 2017 may be very interesting. :)

Ha! I forgot I posted that, clearly. So that save file became corrupted when my PSU went bad. I ended up reverting to a previous version of the save. I just reposted my own material! THE SHAME!

The dates are different, as are the most-recent results referenced in the release - so at the very least, that same had it happen twice.

Steam sale this weekend! FM 16 is 50% off! Join me you fools!

Join you ? JOIN you ??

I've already got 157 hours in it

I've struggled to get into this one, I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. I am managing in the Scottish League One, but I find it really hard to get my form consistent.

Psych wrote:

Steam sale this weekend! FM 16 is 50% off! Join me you fools!

I did last night.

The feature creep in the series is kind of something, isn't it? RPG elements and assigning pre-game stats to your manager, your manager as an avatar, even more interviews (in the tunnel?) which you can thankfully offload to your assman. Do these add anything?

Roke wrote:
Psych wrote:

Steam sale this weekend! FM 16 is 50% off! Join me you fools!

I did last night.

The feature creep in the series is kind of something, isn't it? RPG elements and assigning pre-game stats to your manager, your manager as an avatar, even more interviews (in the tunnel?) which you can thankfully offload to your assman. Do these add anything?

Really just depends on what level of immersion you want. I like the coaching attributes, only because it allows you to really embrace some lower level managing, and see how your stature and attributes chance and you gain badges and experience.

As for the interviews and avatar, they don't really add much for me. I am usually very diligent about interviews when I start a new save, but after a few months I just don't care. They aren't the reason I play the game, and the rarely give me the chance to Female Doggo when I want to.

That added 'realism' is what has turned me off from the series for now. I just don't have time to spend half my allotted gaming session 'talking' to the press about the same questions over and over, with none of the answers really what I would want to say. Sure, you can send your assman, but that runs the risk of the entire team suddenly becoming upset because of something they said.

Fond memories though.

omni wrote:

That added 'realism' is what has turned me off from the series for now. I just don't have time to spend half my allotted gaming session 'talking' to the press about the same questions over and over, with none of the answers really what I would want to say. Sure, you can send your assman, but that runs the risk of the entire team suddenly becoming upset because of something they said.

Fond memories though.

For what it's worth, I have never had my team get upset because of something my assistant said to the press. But yeah, I get what you mean. Most of the time I skip the press stuff because I have a time limit to play, and I don't really care about their questions.

I've always had my assistant handle opposition instructions, team talks, and the press but getting good assistants is always my biggest priority (high judging ability/potential, motivating, and tactics in that order) and I don't think it's hurt me. They seem to do better at team talks than me when I've dabbled there.

I think it's probably more of a problem for new players. You're not going to know you can automate that and finding your way to the screen to change who handles what probably comes down to randomly lucking onto the screen and understanding what the options are.

Anyway, coming from FM14 I'm pretty positive about this version, feature creep notwithstanding. The interface is a big improvement and the uncertainty in scouting is fantastic. In past versions it never seemed worthwhile to get anything more than a scouting report but now scouts actually watching matches seems to mean something. Oh, and the tactical screen is again a big improvement but that's something they've improved regularly since moving away from sliders.

Newcastle seem overrated again (Ayoze, Anita, Haidara, both goalkeepers, and holy crap Remy Cabella) but I guess that's unsurprising.

Bumpity bump...

Anyone else here play Football Tactics?

It's in many ways a Beer 'n Pretzels Football Manager, with a turn-based element tossed in for matches. I bought it on a whim and have enjoyed it a ton. The turn-based match system has a couple of layers of complexity to it, which in turn makes team development richer than it would seem for a system that uses only four characteristics per player.

I'm currently in my sixth season on hard mode, trying to get my team promoted to the First League.

The game is fairly straightforward and the march to Premier League seems inevitable, but it really scratches the sports simulation itch without requiring the huge investment of time that Football Manager involves. Life is pretty busy at the moment, so being able to play a game in just a few minutes, and get through a season in a couple of hours is appreciated.