Phumfeinz Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Crosses seem to be completely broken in this. Something ridiculous happens nearly every time which results in a goal. Edit: Got sacked in December. 20th in league, 3w 4d 11l. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I'm struggling on this. Gonna take some time and hopefully find a tactic that is effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Crosses seem to be completely broken in this. Something ridiculous happens nearly every time which results in a goal. Edit: Got sacked in December. 20th in league, 3w 4d 11l. It is a beta, you are effectively a tester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted October 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2012 I'm not sure on the skin yet, it's not exactly a case of getting used to it either as the other one didn't need changing at all. I think they've ran out of things to add to be honest, it's not their fault as this game is probably the closest to the real thing than any other game of any genre. I think that an Ultimate Team type game mode would work on FM, could make them a lot of money too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 3-0 up, 5 minutes to go. I think it's a good time to switch to defensive mentality Oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 The skin makes my eyes hurt and I get flashing. Means I have to wear glasses when playing First proper go tomorrow. Will post feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 The 3D match engine is a lot better, on FM12 I used to view matches in the 2D view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 6th in the league, on the cusp of Champions League in my first season. We lose the last 6 games and end up 10th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 So what formation are people using? Our squad is so unbalanced these days, we used to have such a great team for this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonslayer1981 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 im trying lots of different formations cant seem to find one suitable for the squad villa have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Just like real life, the Villa job is a tough one. Apparently Randy expects a top half finish this season which might be a bit of an ask, particularly as I've taken 1 point from the first 3 games with Man City up next. I shipped out Warnock to QPR and N'Zogbia to Fulham for a combined £7.5m, and managed to loan Hutton out to Celtic. I brought in Reo-Coker and Zambrotta on freebies, Nacer Chadli for £5.75m and Aaron Cresswell for £3.4m. Playing either 442 or 451, I think the latter will be the way forward once Gabby and Albrighton are fit as Holman is pretty useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I'm going with good old 4-4-2, seems to be working well now. Bought in McClean and Bentley for the wings, they're doing a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Just got beat 8-1 at home in the cup by Huddersfield, 7 goals from crosses. **** this for a laugh - I'll wait till the real version comes out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Ive started using 4-2-2-2, seems to work so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonslayer1981 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 think im gonna take a break till they fix all the niggly stuff was nice to see the game even though its frustrating to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 on first couple of goes it appears there's so much more to have to do before each match, it takes forever!!! Haven't even started on training programs etc and only dabbled with tactic builder. I've found it's very easy to piss off players during team talks etc, even when taking the easy option of taking asst managers advise - our squad attributes are a little too realistic it their naffness as well! Trying to find some decent gems (bearing in mind we have a transfer budget of ZERO!) have brought in the young Swiss RB Koch for less than a million and looking at a new LB and a RW. The squad is already riddled with pre-set injuries (just surprised Gardner isn't on the list though considering he's out for most of the year in the real world) The match engine looks better but it's going to take a little time to get used to the new look and navigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted October 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 22, 2012 I'd like to see how this looks and plays, particularly being as I didn't get last year's edition, but I've decided to wait until the full release. I'm enjoying FIFA at the moment, so it'll be nice to have FM to turn to - particularly when the full version is released and the main bugs ironed out - when I begin to get bored of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Gardner was injured during the season so his injury does not feature in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Andy did you have any say in what Randy thinks our target should be this season? I can't believe that avoid relegation isn't an option given our squad and transfer policy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 No, that is reputation related. The clubs reputation is high enough to be expected to finish upwards of 12th, but there is no provision for the first season, so even though we are very much in transition and rebuilding after a terrible spell, the game does not identify that. You may see Lambert get sacked at the end of the first season. Randy does appear to be more lenient with a human manager, somebody on the official forums did some testing with a save that had 4 games to go: Initial test was won 1 drawn 1 lost 3 - finished 11th (kept job - insecure) Then I did some more: Lost all 5 games finished 17th (fired June 4th) Lost 3 of 5 games, won 2 finished 17th (kept job - precarious) lost 3 of 5 games won 1 drawn 1 finished 16th (fired) lost 2 of 5 games, won 3 finished 12th (kept job - stable) lost 0 of 5, won 5, finished 9th (kept job - job status now secure) drawn 5 of 5, finished 13th (kept job - stable) I think all of those results are acceptable and it is good that there is a certain amount of variation on whether you keep your job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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