Football Manager 2008

[chaodck]

Hey guys! I've just received an e-mail from SiGames with the features for the brand new FM 2008, to be released at first "before Christmas 2007". It is labeled to be the "most accessible Football Manager yet, without losing any depth for the more experienced player".

Features:

Match Flow – The largest change to match-day in a Sports Interactive game since the introduction of the second match engine. Match flow brings more atmosphere to match-days with match previews, team talks, opposition player instructions, the match itself, half time and post match. These now seamlessly follow on from one another, with no more pausing to make tactical changes, and a mini-radar pitch whilst making those tactical changes to keep you in touch with what’s going on in the match

International Management – The international management gameplay has been completely revamped for Football Manager™ 2008, including, but not limited to, media improvements, international retirements, player interaction, international scouting, improved pool selection, captain selection and a separation of international and club morale for players.

Easier to Use – A much cleaner skin, a brand new advisor system to help players through various areas of the game. A new notes and notebook system, better button positioning for simpler navigation and an updated tutorial and manual. Also, coach reports make taking over a new team easier, and the new calendar system lists all important dates throughout the season. These all help to make Football Manager™ 2008 the easiest Sports Interactive game to use yet.

Confidence – Players can now easily tell what the board and supporters think about their performance in the game through the new confidence section. This gives players feedback not just on their current progress in competitions, but also their financial management and signings.

Transfer Centre – A new way of managing all current transfer and loan bids for a players club, both incoming and outgoing, making it easier to compare bids and reject or accept them.

Match Engine Improvements – A greatly improved match engine, once again utilising the footballing brain of former Republic of Ireland international player Ray Houghton as well as other tools used by real-life managers to make the most accurate simulation of football in a computer game. The ability to change the pitch dimensions at the start of the season to suit players styles of play better has also been added.

Awards re-write – An overhaul of the awards system inside the game which is not only more accurate now, but also includes new awards such as the European golden boot, and a “best eleven”, which shows the all-time (in game) best eleven for all teams and nations.

Finances revamp – To reflect the changes in modern day football, Sports Interactive have updated the finance area of Football Manager™ 2008 to better reflect the ever changing football world, with more information available to the manager too, including, but not limited to, corporate match day income, season ticket news, investment funds, improved sponsorships, collective win bonuses, and the ability to move around funds from the wage budget and transfer budget (and vice versa) at any point to help you in your quest for the ideal squad.

Fan days – The board can now arrange fan days to boost ailing attendances, or for matches that are likely to attract a low crowd, with a long term affect to attendances if all goes well.

Expanded media – More media and feedback than ever before, plus more detail in existing media, and a new competition news section to find out what major things are going on in all league competitions

Regenerated player photo’s – All in game generated players now have pictures using FaceGen technology to give each player more personality, and the ability for the players to be seen to grow up in front of your eyes as the game is going on.

Faster – Saving and loading is now significantly faster, with network gaming faster and smoother to play, as well as tactical changes and match reports being quicker than ever before.

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I'm kind of fired up with this, I will regret to start over again (currently coaching Atlético Madrid and Spain in 2010, what a tandem Torres+Agüero!!!), but this is gonna be great I think!!

[Drex]

I can't fucking wait for this game!

Postea mas poh wno!

[Andreas Dahl]

Demo is out now
I haven't tried it yet, but I'll post some impressions once I have..
Have anyone else tried it yet?

[Drex]

Time to go to the "I'll be away" thread.

[J@3]

I haven't played it but the reaction at TheDugout is pretty disappointing. Alot of people saying they might not even bother buying it, just update the FM07 data.

[Drex]

I'm going to install it now, but apparently players don't tackle and ball control is pretty slow

[Ty-Land]

Can't wait for this to come out. Looking forward to having the game on my Mac rather than the 360. Should make life much easier and the game even more addictive.

Was going to download the demo, but I have too much work to do at the moment and can't afford to get distracted. Shame...

[chaodck]

Got my hands on the demo:

Started with Barcelona (hehe ), and my impression is that it's last years game with some improvements:

- Way faster loading times, I couldn't get up of my chair to get a glass of water, 'cause the simulation had already stopped.

-Nice addition in Transfer Center, you can easily keep track of your offers. (which are commonly lost when you have a large player shortlist).

- Captain Selection: Affects team morale if you choose the wrong captain.

- Nice match flow, you dont' have to stop the sim to make changes, it's all connected now, you use a lot of less clicks to make things happen.

- Graphics overhaul, a nicer red skin is default, which is clean and pleasant to see.

That on top of my head, I just played the first season match, but I have a nice opinion:

FM 07: 8.5
FM 08: 9.0

Not much of an improvement, but it's worth buying I think.

[SkipToMy_Lou]

I might wait a while before I get this, just started getting back into FM 07. Currently taking Leeds back to the top