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RaychelSnr · 10-20-2011, 03:39 PM

It seems like the unofficial motto for Football Manager 2012 is “steady as she goes.” When firing up the demo initially, even though many of the interfaces got a nice coat of new paint, it still feels like the good old FM we know and love. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as over the years the franchise has steadily built itself up to be the gold standard of sports management games. But spend more time with the demo, and it’s evident that this is no FM 2011. Sports Interactive has tweaked plenty of things, many that may not be noticeable at first glance. And these slew of small changes add up to make the game an improvement from last year’s offering. No earth shattering revolutions, just consistent doses of improvements.

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ImTellinTim · 10-20-2011, 04:12 PM

Question about the match stopping when you move away from the game screen. Did you test this in windowed mode as well?

kelvinmak · 10-20-2011, 04:36 PM

Ah, good point. I should've made it clearer -- the match does keep going if you use windowed mode.

ImTellinTim · 10-20-2011, 04:57 PM

Thanks for checking. That would have been a major disappointment for myself and a few others here that have a chat window up while playing.

ps3veron · 10-21-2011, 02:37 AM

Love your impressions. Any luck on getting to test the Ipad/Iphone version?

jb1 · 10-21-2011, 06:50 AM

I also think the team talks upgrade was long overdue and on the face of it looks much better. The match engine graphically is fine for what it is, it's not fantastic by any means but in terms of representing the game I think it does it's job. I'll need to spend more time with the game to see what the interface changes are like, i'm not a huge fan of some of the changes but I can't really judge until I put a few hours in with the game, hopefully over the weekend.

Adzs K2 · 10-21-2011, 09:13 AM

Most addictive game series in history...and i've only been playing 2011 for 3 months lool can't wait man (Y)

10-20-2011, 03:39 PM	#1
RaychelSnr Executive Editor OVR: 57 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,846 Blog Entries: 490	Football Manager 2012 Demo Impressions It seems like the unofficial motto for Football Manager 2012 is “steady as she goes.” When firing up the demo initially, even though many of the interfaces got a nice coat of new paint, it still feels like the good old FM we know and love. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as over the years the franchise has steadily built itself up to be the gold standard of sports management games. But spend more time with the demo, and it’s evident that this is no FM 2011. Sports Interactive has tweaked plenty of things, many that may not be noticeable at first glance. And these slew of small changes add up to make the game an improvement from last year’s offering. No earth shattering revolutions, just consistent doses of improvements. Read More - Football Manager 2012 Demo Impressions Platform: PC / Mac

10-20-2011, 04:57 PM	#4
ImTellinTim YNWA OVR: 32 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 33,044	Re: Football Manager 2012 Demo Impressions Thanks for checking. That would have been a major disappointment for myself and a few others here that have a chat window up while playing.

10-21-2011, 06:50 AM	#6
jb1 Rookie OVR: 7 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bristol, UK	Re: Football Manager 2012 Demo Impressions I also think the team talks upgrade was long overdue and on the face of it looks much better. The match engine graphically is fine for what it is, it's not fantastic by any means but in terms of representing the game I think it does it's job. I'll need to spend more time with the game to see what the interface changes are like, i'm not a huge fan of some of the changes but I can't really judge until I put a few hours in with the game, hopefully over the weekend.

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10-20-2011, 04:12 PM	#2
ImTellinTim YNWA OVR: 32 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 33,044	Question about the match stopping when you move away from the game screen. Did you test this in windowed mode as well?

10-20-2011, 04:36 PM	#3
kelvinmak Staff Writer OVR: 16 Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 85 Blog Entries: 37	Ah, good point. I should've made it clearer -- the match does keep going if you use windowed mode.

10-21-2011, 02:37 AM	#5
ps3veron MVP OVR: 11 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Esterbrook	Love your impressions. Any luck on getting to test the Ipad/Iphone version?

10-21-2011, 09:13 AM	#7
Adzs K2 Rookie OVR: 3 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: London	Most addictive game series in history...and i've only been playing 2011 for 3 months lool can't wait man (Y)