FIFA Manager 12 Developed in Collaboration With Fans, Over 700 Improvements

[GregSportington1up]

I had to punch in for the first time to talk about this. There are a lot of features- a worthy try for EA this year. Not only this, but we have yet to hear from the SI camp at all, only suggestion forums (Which feature many of the same ideas featured here.. A huge pool for developers equals no excuses!). This is to me like waiting for your hot wife to come home from an international business trip to tear her clothes off but being tempted by the cute chick with lots of make up, next door. I am glad to see the features they've added this year for a few reasons:
1) This is a big copy/paste from the real FM2011. This means EA took notes and has reacted correctly.
2) EA is a prime American market company and with the NBA and NFL hanging from the cliffs, Soccer/Football could be prime to explode. More attention, fewer competitive markets, if EA gets serious, they can take a footie game to #1 in sports this year. This is the year to try!

I hope SI is sitting in office snickering right now, because they have the same classic greatness, with some of the same newer options EA is tossing on the table as well. The club facilities/ build new stadiums, host events, player tryouts and even some of their closer-in action graphics are a nice and needed strength this year. In SI's FM2011, the graphics can be kind of a whiner for me, because I can't always tell who are who. Other things like the sponsorships or using club money to build facilities your way, are dead on as well.I'd also like more off the ball action, authentic audio, a more varied conversations/ conference setup, and maybe manager/player on field/off field choices/consequences. Otherwise, kudos to EA for leading out of the gate this year. This makes them look like innovators and puts the pressure on SI to beat what's on the table. I am FM addicted, so I might look, but will be waiting for the 'wife' to come back to empty my 'managerial load'. Can't wait to see SI's retort to this!

[Hunkerdown]

Re: FIFA Manager 12 Developed in Collaboration With Fans, Over 700 Improvements

If you're a hardcore FM guy, you really won't need an alternative. I'm a fan of FM but not hardcore like some of the regular posters in this forum. PES is my #1 football game. I would say there are two things better and that's the 3d match presentation with audio commentary and the main user interface. FM is of course much more community supported as well. Also, EA should really drop the price if they wanna attempt to gain some new fans. It was an impulse buy out of curiosity for me.

This, like I said I use to play EA's effort, and it is just like a demo compared to FM, dont let the 3d graphics reel you in, nice, but like buying a porsche with a Kia engine.

[rckabillyRaider]

Re: FIFA Manager 12 Developed in Collaboration With Fans, Over 700 Improvements

Excellent post by Greg.

As I get deeper into my fifa manager 11, it really is a pretty deep game. I love the interactive match analysis tool after each match. My main complaint has to be the AI logic in the 3d matches. Boneheaded movements happen but it's not a game killer so far. FM has it's share of stupidity during matches as well but I still love playing it. Just like I buy fifa and pes every year, I think I'll be buying fm and fifa manager from now on. Competition in the gaming world is good for consumers. Don't believe me, then just look at what happened to madden without competition.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: FIFA Manager 12 Developed in Collaboration With Fans, Over 700 Improvements

Excellent post by Greg.

As I get deeper into my fifa manager 11, it really is a pretty deep game. I love the interactive match analysis tool after each match. My main complaint has to be the AI logic in the 3d matches. Boneheaded movements happen but it's not a game killer so far. FM has it's share of stupidity during matches as well but I still love playing it. Just like I buy fifa and pes every year, I think I'll be buying fm and fifa manager from now on. Competition in the gaming world is good for consumers. Don't believe me, then just look at what happened to madden without competition.

What does this involve? In FM, the analysis tool is rather robust once you know how to use it. You can click on any event (tackle, shot, foul, pass, etc.) in the match analysis screen and see the replay.

Is it similar to that?

[rckabillyRaider]

Re: FIFA Manager 12 Developed in Collaboration With Fans, Over 700 Improvements

What does this involve? In FM, the analysis tool is rather robust once you know how to use it. You can click on any event (tackle, shot, foul, pass, etc.) in the match analysis screen and see the replay.

Is it similar to that?

Pretty much. It also lets you see each players movement throughout the whole game and you can filter it by specific players, attacking movements your player made, defending movements, during a specific time frame, etc.. And once all of that is set, it then diagrams the movements in real time based on your criteria. So you can see who is slacking off or needs specific training.

[Steven547]

Re: FIFA Manager 12 Developed in Collaboration With Fans, Over 700 Improvements

I probably will pick up FIFA manager 12, but my question is, why is this topic in the Football Manager section? Shouldn't it be in the FIFA discussion? When I first saw this, I thought, "WOW...Football Manager has a new 3D engine!" Then I realized it was FIFA.