Football Manager 2020

Would love an overhaul on international management

Seems very dull and boring nowadays on it

Available on CD Keys right now inc. BETA for 34 quid

A bargain considering the hours it gives you

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

I havent pulled the trigger myself so dont know what the exchange comes out at, but this should be a couple euro cheaper, saw it on reddit

https://www.shopto.net/en/dwnld54186-football-manager-2020-pc-download-eu-p175389/

I've used CD Keys for years and are reliable so stuck with them

Yakult wrote: »

Went from 1300 hours on FM16 to 5 hours on FM19..

I'll always buy it regardless but hoping this year can pull me back in abit. Excited some what!

2700 hours on FM18 to 61 hours on FM19

Age

*sigh*

Unearthly wrote: »

My 1st recommendation is Mandragora. Italian midfielder he can be got for just under 20 million.

Dictates the midfield for me

You might be shopping at M&S but us Leeds managers shop at Aldi

I threw it on for a few hours last night with Leicester, spend all that time identifying targets and negotiating deals only for 3 out of the 4 players to come back and say they have no interest and won't discuss contracts.

My screen is supposed to be full screen but it's not really. The top and left are not aligned to my full screen. Anyone have similar issues?

Edit. Read on SI forums it's a known issue for laptop. Workaround is to change to windowed mode then change back

OptimusTractor wrote: »

GPU for the beta is unreal around 85% and getting a 1 star computer performance. I'm only running Premier Division to League 2.

This is what I'm running in FM19 and getting a 4 star computer performance

Could be a bug that does seem strange , what CPU GPU are you running it on?

OptimusTractor wrote: »

Lenovo Ideapad 330S

Well maybe correct for an i3 but depending on the GPU installed , I think it’s a bit off though in the rating mine is rated at 3 stars for FM 19 on an i7 9750 with a GTX 2060 GPU which isn’t right either

The worst bit about FM is the downloading of the facepacks and logopacks. Extracting the files is the worst part, taking ages

Game is ready and waiting for me, but it's all bland and faceless and logoless atm

Yakult wrote: »

I haven't been bothered to do logo/face packs since 14. But I said this year I'll go do it again. Got them downloaded and went to extract but it gave me an estimate of like 48 hours for just the face pack alone. Will skip this year :P

I played hundreds of hours from 10-17 until I finally tried it when I had access to decent internet late in 17 and I don't know how you could go back after trying it

Annoyingly, the Man United badge is missing from the pack I downloaded

As a whole, facepacks/logos aren't going anywhere, you'll always be able to find a link to a torrent with instructions on reddit or elsewhere

I always assumed FM never bothered buying them because they know anyone who cares about them will find their ways to use them

The lack of faces and logos is why I put ~10 hours into the Switch version, once the novelty of FM on a tv wore off it got too annoying, and it's why I'm not going to give the Stadia version a go even if playing FM on a 50 inch 4k tv sounds amazing

Nokotan wrote: »

I'm not sure whether the game is too easy or Liverpool are too good because I am absolutely walking the league. It's definitely not because of me because I usually rely on getting a tactic that works online.

Might start with a different team when the full game launches.

I hate to say it but I think it might be too easy also. I went from the vanarama to championship playoffs in 6 seasons with a team that's tipped for relegation at the start of every season. I'm delighted to actually be winning in one of these games for a change but going on 25 match unbeaten runs just isn't realistic with the team I have.

Lord TSC wrote: »

Have to admit, seeing people say it's so easy encourages me to buy it.

My main love of FM has always been scouting and buying players. I nearly see it as a DoF simulator, rather than a manager one. But I found the last few years that it was quite difficult, and so I'd spend hours scouting players, only to struggle with motivation in between transfer windows.

I'd actually quite appreciate a game where results come easier :P

2019 was the first time I encountered this really. Players not taking that next step to develop despite having 4-5 star potential and playing in the PL and not getting above 7th or so. Maybe there was a mix and they made it harder for the likes of Oldham to make the final step but there were just inexplicable runs of results season after season. 1 or 2 you can accept as it happens in real life but when the quality regens aren't showing up 8 years down the line but the top teams seem to be just as good it was a bit frustrating.

and the full release is now live

Is the touch version any use ?

There's so many annoying things wrong with 2020 that you know won't be fixed, because there are some bugs in there from years ago that haven't been removed. Wide players still cannot square a ball. It wouldn't matter if they were on the byline and their 10 teammates were wide open at the penalty spot, they'd still shoot into the side netting. Despite what Miles Jacobsen might say, this is a bug. A player should not have to be trained for 6 months to square a football.



Players at lower levels this year cannot finish. Maybe it's the same at higher levels. I've scored 22 goals in 14 games so far this season, but I'd have at least 40 if it wasn't for the horrendous finishing. Most of the time they'll just smash it straight at the keeper when 1 v 1. I've seen others complain about this too.



There are other cosmetic things like regen faces or the hilariously bad animations in the 3D match engine that have been the same for YEARS. I don't particularly care about these things, but it's more evidence of SI's laziness and lack of effort. They own the entire market and have no competition, so why bother putting in the effort I suppose?

Jacobsen's trainwreck AMA on the FM subreddit a few years ago gave us all a decent insight into how they are at SI.

So is it not worth getting then? I find myself playing FM17 more so than 18 and didn't get 19

Ayala didn't get the memo about the change of jersey.