Fm2007 More stuff

KdjaCL

Sports Interactive's preparing Football Manager 2007 for release this Christmas, and aims to deliver over 100 new features across PC, Mac, Intel Mac, Xbox 360 and PSP.

New features include setting up feeder clubs, a revamp of the youth team structure, an easier to use default skin, reworked team talks (including pre-match team talks), and manipulation of the media to address your own players - and also to try and unsettle star players at other clubs around the world with a few words of pointed admiration.

SI says it's been focusing on fan feedback for the Xbox 360 version too, helping it to deliver a user interface that offers a joypad-friendly alternative to the PC without sacrificing the game's noted depth.
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Meanwhile, PSP title Football Manager Handheld will have more playable leagues, features, and network play - something absent from the first game, which came out earlier this year.

With the role of feeder clubs and the media's place in "tapping up" rows under greater scrutiny in today's football world, both features are likely to whet the appetites of FM fans keen to adopt the tactics of Wenger, Mourinho and others.

Feeder clubs will work as you might expect, says SI, allowing you to establish your small team as one that receives loan players from larger clubs or, if you're already on the big stage, to set yourself up to farm youngsters out to gain match experience. You'll have first-option on feeder club players in that case, as well as the option to schedule friendlies - you just ask your board for a feeder relationship and choose from the list compiled.

Meanwhile, player interaction through the media will allow you to praise your own players or hand down harsh rebukes, but it's the potential to make deliberately worded comments about world stars that's likely to tickle most football fans - particularly after enduring sagas like the one involving Ukranian star Shevchenko, who eventually joined Chelsea this summer after spending more than a year playing hard to get in the press.

Elsewhere, revamped youth teams now have full squads, offering a much better system for regeneration of players in the long-term game, SI says, while scouting offers more information on players and teams - with what's described as a more realistic methodology for player-scouting.

Naturally SI plans to reveal a lot more between now and Christmas, and managing director Miles Jacobson claims FM 2007 will offer the developer's "most authentic football experience yet" - paying particular attention to the new skin and its associated benefits.

"There will be a new, easy to use default skin, as well as improved hints and tips throughout the game. More in-depth feedback from your assistant manager and coaches, plus interaction with any player worldwide makes this an unmissable and very user friendly experience, and our best football game by a country mile," he said.

Expect more on FM 2007 in the coming weeks and months.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=65396

this is the good one yeah?


kdjac

besty

This is the good one alright.
Sounds promising. To be honest, I would probably buy the new installment if there were few new developments at all! It's merely habit now!

MrJoeSoap

"most authentic football experience yet"

They say that every year... and they're never feckin wrong!

Sounds class!

Nuttzz

i can imagine the system specs needed to run all that!

blu_sonic

sounds great, now form a que

bizmark

Lets hope they this one fun fm2006 was awful imho

shoutman

bizmark wrote:

Lets hope they this one fun fm2006 was awful imho

Why do you think this?

bizmark

shoutman wrote:

Why do you think this?

it just lost the fun factor for me compered to the older fm and cm game's

shoutman

bizmark wrote:

it just lost the fun factor for me compered to the older fm and cm game's

Fair enough, I thought that just because there wasnt any big additions it was just like playing an updated version of an older game, fm2007 looks very promising though.

jobonar

sounds very good alright! with the very few changes they made to FM2006 they kinda had to make some big changes in 2007 to keep people interested!

BadCharlie

Loved fm05 played it so much. Have not played FM06 all that much either after buying it. Dont know why it might be the fun factor and more of the same thing as Fm05.

Zapp Brannigan

Finally! They're updating the scouting system, thank Christ for that it was awful before!

Duras

Oh boy, I just looked at these screenshots . The player interaction looks just great. I know what Santa will get me for X-mass!

Big Ears

Football Manager(and formerly Championship Manager) and Pro Evo come out around the same time and I buy both every year and every year I don't regreat it.......not even for a second . The game will be good , they always are .

eamoss

Anyone here doing research for FM07?

DermoMIO

FM07 looks amazing been looking for those screenshots for ages

Makaveli

I'm really going to need to get a new pc if I've any chance of running this in a decent way.

jobonar

any idea what the minimum specs will be to run it?

DRakE

Can anyone post a few screenshots for people who have firewalls filtering out games realted websites?

jobonar

DRakE wrote:

Can anyone post a few screenshots for people who have firewalls filtering out games realted websites?

i'm in the same boat!! some screen shots would be nice alright!?

MrJoeSoap

Screenshots 1-5

MrJoeSoap

Screenshots 6-10

MrJoeSoap

Screenshots 11-15

MrJoeSoap

Screenshots 16-20

MrJoeSoap

Screenshots 21-23

DRakE

Quality, cheers.

Ruu_Old

Looking good, time to get rid of my copy of CM 99/00.

jobonar

thanks for the screen shots!! its looking promising!! i think it may be on my letter to Santa!

eamoss

I have the beta version of FM07 have to so I like the layout of it and the design(ie graphics) of it. But I got bored of it because of the data in the game was 6 months old so I sold all of my good players and signed players who wer in there 35+ just to see how I wud do. It didnt go to well lets just say I lost my job

dcarroll

where did u get that

Ruu_Old

I think you have to sign up on the Sports Interactive forum as a beta tester and hope you are one of the lucky ones to get to try it out. I don't think its available to anyone else.

Ruu_Old

Why is it that FM 2006 seems to be very scarce on Amazon.com but theres plenty of the "World Class Soccer Manager 2006", is the same game but just a different name? Will it be the same for FM 2007?

Zapp Brannigan

Thats because in America it was released under a different name. I think there might be some small differences.

muletide

anyone have a release date for this ?

MrJoeSoap

Football Manager 2007 is due for release on October 20 for PC and November 24 for Xbox 360 and PSP.

DermoMIO

the games looks amazing in those screen shots cant wait for the beta demo of it

besty

Anyone know when the demo is coming out?

Vokes

This coming weekend. 2 versions.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67898

Zapp Brannigan

Can't wait for this game! Should be a corker!

Vokes

FM is worse than crack, its ruining my life, and now SI are releasing a demo on Sunday - bugger

DRakE

woot demo tomorrow!

play in college all day monday!

woot!

Stoichkov

The vanilla demo was leaked a few days ago on play.com

Here it is if you dont want to wait a few hours!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KPIPI0NX

It seems to be a decent update but transfers are a bit odd, crap players going for loads while I signed Walcott for Liverpool for 7m. Scored on his league debut too. Its a pity Liverpool can't win in the real world though......:(

MrJoeSoap

Stoichkov wrote:

crap players going for loads

Stoichkov wrote:

I signed Walcott for Liverpool for 7m

Hehehe

Looking forward to playing this demo!

Vokes

Heres the link to everything: http://www.sigames.com/news.php?type=view&article_id=1248

Between this and my current FM05 game, im gonna get nothing done the next week

DermoMIO

http://rapidshare.de/files/35132644/fm2007_demo_strawberry.zip.html

thats my own link took hours to upload your welcome

s8n

excellent link Dermo. Thanks very much

boneslawton

bizmark wrote:

it just lost the fun factor for me compered to the older fm and cm game's

i wanna start a network game n e 1 up 4 it