Alright boyz, here we go! FM 2010 first impressions thread

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

you can. go into the "TEAM NAME" menu and go to "team settings" - set your ass man to be responsible for friendly matches.

[DaddyTorgo]

so in this picture i'm the chubby asian dude with the 'stache?

no thanks

[Neuqua]

Alright alright, I'm taking the plunge..

[DaddyTorgo]

umm...the "Captains" list you pick your captains from each year...is now ordered by suitability.

HOORAY!!!!

[DaddyTorgo]

preferred squad numbers...sweet

[MJ4H]

Dammit stop listing improvements I actually like. I am an every other year guy.

[DaddyTorgo]

i dunno MJ4H - there's some pretty damn good improvements this year. shit...i think the improved tactics-creation stuff alone is worth it.

it makes it much easier to get your team to play the way you want, and it's also much easier to make changes on the fly or make changes for a single game.

[DaddyTorgo]

if you try to sign someone but you don't have the money in your transfer budget because it is in your wage budget it now will give you the option to auto-adust it right there with one click of a button, and tell you the resulting change to your wage bill

[MJ4H]

Didn't I just say to stop it.

[DaddyTorgo]

LOL

[DaddyTorgo]

so i just beat xerez 5-0 in the first game of the league season as real madrid

raul scored (of course. raul has to score *cue serious man-crush on raul). and my other 4 goals were all by guys on their debuts (garay, benzema, ronaldo, kaka)

pretty amusing...romp. oh...and i was down to 10 men in the second half and still scored again

[Izulde]

I tinkered with it a little bit the other night. Seems to kind of drag on my laptop. And my desktop, while ultra top of the line about 5 or 6 years ago, is probably kinda slow too.

But this -does- look -very- good, what little I've toyed with it so far.

[Oilers9911]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

preferred squad numbers...sweet

09 had this too, no?

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Oilers9911

09 had this too, no?

idk did it? if so i never noticed, to be honest. lol

[Toddzilla]

wait until you get a load of the editor

[Peregrine]

I'm going to try the demo this weekend - I've always loved the idea of FM but been put off by the confusing UI, where I always had to navigate a million drop down menus to do anything. This sounds like they have made some changes that may make it more approachable.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

I'm going to try the demo this weekend - I've always loved the idea of FM but been put off by the confusing UI, where I always had to navigate a million drop down menus to do anything. This sounds like they have made some changes that may make it more approachable.

i think it's a lot more approachable than in past versions

[AlexB]

The reaction to FM from non-football fans is the same for me when I load OOTP - it just seems very overwhelming. But there's plenty of people on here, hopefully including myself when my machine can physically play the game, who can offer advice on football as required

[Celeval]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Hee hee

BTW, nice new option under squad "Make available for Reserves until Match Fit"

Hasn't that been around for a while? I use that all the time, and I'm two versions back...

[whomario]

damn you guys (and in other places) for your optimistic descriptions ... I was set to hold out on this years version to keep my 2 year cycle for FM, now i just might download the demo ... aaaargh

still playing last years FM and still having fun with it though, just now entered the 2022/2023 season after winning my 2nd champions league with Hoffenheim and entering major rebuilding mode ...

@ celeval : You could put them as available, but it was infinitely and not "until match fit" afaik

[Qrusher14242]

the new demo runs a lot better than 09. I stopped playing it after a while cause it slowed to a crawl after a few years. I hope the new one runs this quick with a lot a leagues loaded.

I dont like the new interface much. The Continue is in a bad spot and lots of wasted space. Cant wait for a good skin to come out to fix it. I had to change to the Dark skin cause i was getting a headache from the default one.

The match engine is much better and the tactics creator is awesome. I can finally feel like i can see the changes i am making on the pitch. Although i have to find out what some of the Touchline instructions mean(Get Stuck in?)

The 3D is better, especially the stadiums. I like how the net finally moves when you get a goal. Although i have seen like 10 shots off the crossbar so far. Cant wait for the full game!

[PilotMan]

I've been playing 06 but since this sounds awesome. I am finally getting a new laptop after almost 6 years, so perhaps this will find it's way to me.

[Chubby]

damn all of you to hell.......

[DaddyTorgo]

hehehe

[TroyF]

Originally Posted by Qrusher14242

I dont like the new interface much. The Continue is in a bad spot and lots of wasted space. Cant wait for a good skin to come out to fix it. I had to change to the Dark skin cause i was getting a headache from the default one.

I haven't hit continue in a long time. Space Bar continues just fine.

[Flasch186]

I refuse to play the demo so as to not get sucked in and have it all lost If/when a patch comes out that is incompatible or not applicable to already saved games. Ill wait for the full release...

in the meantime...

I hate you Marc Vaughan.

[sovereignstar]

Who in the world would continue a quickstart game anyways?

[Flasch186]

I get easily attached.

[bhlloy]

Obviously a demo is a demo, but holy crap SI looks like they nailed it this time. Tactics are actually fun, trying to find that perfect role for your player to fit into and the best combination of players without having to lose sleep over slider settings or whether a 14 here goes with a 7 somewhere else.

And yeah, I hate you too Marc. Might be forced to buy a new PC to play this one (although performance is great in the quickstart for me, better than last year)

[RainMaker]

I tried it last night and spent 3 hours playing. Was a blast. Never thought I'd get into a sim for soccer. Will definitely be picking this up at launch.

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

Obviously a demo is a demo, but holy crap SI looks like they nailed it this time.

But don't we say this every year? I swore I wouldn't get sucked in again this year but now I don't know anymore. I really never got into last year's game.

[bhlloy]

I don't remember saying it last year. Even if we were, this year is an incredible jump forward. It's actually a fun soccer management game rather than a fun management sim with a bunch of advanced features.

I'm just talking about the on the field product. The rest of the changes this year, meh.

[MrBug708]

It's kinda cool to see you guys list features in the game that were in last years game. And those are people who actually owned 09!

[DaddyTorgo]

lol - well maybe they're just easier to notice now in 2010?

[watravaler]

Question regarding the STEAM digital download service. I'm moving in a few days, and I'm taking a netbook that doesn't have CD drive with me. I'll be able to connect to the internet at work to download the game, but I'm reading that I may need to connect to the net to play the game as well, or some crap like that? Am I screwed here? As I don't want to pay for internet(fine with free wifi at work, don't need it at home)...

[SirFozzie]

I just hink you ahve to authenticate the game on Steam and then choose Play offline to play from home.

[Icy]

Originally Posted by watravaler

Question regarding the STEAM digital download service. I'm moving in a few days, and I'm taking a netbook that doesn't have CD drive with me. I'll be able to connect to the internet at work to download the game, but I'm reading that I may need to connect to the net to play the game as well, or some crap like that? Am I screwed here? As I don't want to pay for internet(fine with free wifi at work, don't need it at home)...

You can create a shortcut directly to the game .exe and you bypass steam. Of course that way you won't get told about available updates etc, but it's a good option if you don't have internet connection.

[cody8200]

Marc,

What can you tell us about changes/updates to MLS? Or if anyone here was on the beta team, any changes?

[samifan24]

Am I going crazy or did Amazon list the price as $29.99 a few weeks ago? I looked it up now and it's $39.99.

[sovereignstar]

Originally Posted by samifan24

Am I going crazy or did Amazon list the price as $29.99 a few weeks ago? I looked it up now and it's $39.99.

It was 29.95 when I pre-ordered on 9/22.

[Oilers9911]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

idk did it? if so i never noticed, to be honest. lol

I am managing Toronto FC in 09 and we traded for Landon Donavon (I just threw up a little typing that) and it said his preferred squad number was 10. So yes it is in there.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by samifan24

Am I going crazy or did Amazon list the price as $29.99 a few weeks ago? I looked it up now and it's $39.99.

Yeah it's changed. Guess that makes my buying decision much easier. I was debating Steam and having it for release weekend, or Amazon and saving $10 but having to wait a few more days.

With the price now being the same it will be Steam for me.

[Big Fo]

Damn, I should have preordered for once.

[Sweed]

dola,

WTF. On the same page as FM 2010 Amazon has WWSM 2009 listed as in stock for $63.97 Somebody fucked up!

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar

It was 29.95 when I pre-ordered on 9/22.

Ugh that's frustrating. It's still a pre-order so why wouldn't the same price be in effect until the release date?

[sovereignstar]

I see it's 34.90 over at GoGamer.

[RainMaker]

Does the game slow down after you get years into it? It's useable on my laptop but not great. Just not sure if it'll get worse over time and I should install on my desktop instead.

[aran]

It's hard to tell in a demo that only allows you to play for six months.

[Oilers9911]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

It's kinda cool to see you guys list features in the game that were in last years game. And those are people who actually owned 09!

Wait till I start listing features from CM 97/98.

[watravaler]

Well, I just downloaded the STEAM application, and it has been sitting on 0% on the STEAM - UPDATING screen for the past 10 minutes. It automatically goes to this screen when I start the program and when I try to install the Strawberry Demo...doesn't look to good.

Why did they choose to go with this company for digital downloads? I'm sure it's probably safer in some respect, but having to download an app, play the game through the app, etc? I miss the days of FOF, go to webstore, buy, put in liscense, game is yours. Sorry for the rant.

EDIT: It's working now, 20 minute wait was worth it! I love STEAM!(for now...)