The football video games thread

[SM]

Yeah I'm convinced it's an issue after another week of playing. Go through games where I can score for fun and then the very next game I can't get a shot away.

It's very frustrating because if I knew that it was going to be more difficult, I'd bump it down a level and just get the points for the win, rather than the loss.

Yeah last night I had the same issue pop up after our conversation. Won two games 4-3 and 3-1 and then lost 1-0 in two games in a row where the goals were bizarre - first game my player was in front and should have easily won the ball to clear but they power a header past the keeper who just stands there, and in the second they foul me in my penalty area for no foul and then just tap past the keeper who again just stands there. Things like that just seem so weird when it's almost like it's the game saying "well you can't win every game" so it just makes things up as it goes.

 

[Cruyff14]

Oh. Why not play FUT instead? Career is so dull.

FUT seems incredibly time consuming.

I like career mode.

 

[SM]

FUT seems incredibly time consuming.

I like career mode.

It's as time consuming as you want it to be.

You can do an online season over the course of a month or in a couple of hours depending on what you're after.

 

[Magma]

fm 18 beta is out this friday at the latest.

 

[drd23]

The last feature video.

The ability to add in all these new clauses sound expensive for top level clubs. Hopefully the improved transfer AI will make it easier to sell players also

 

[Cruyff14]

Think I'm done with FM. I had a good run.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

My Fulham teams going really well. Won the prem on goal difference and the UCL. I have a pretty young team so just made the one signing this season, Pulisic for £55m and sold Marcus Edwards for £25m.

-----------------------------Lafont
Amian Adou-Upamecano-De Ligt-Sarr-Sessegnon
-------------------Pulisic------Aleña
Musonda---Lautaro Martinez---Angel Gomes

 

[Cruyff14]

Looking at getting Gomes. Still at United in mine and his rating is around 67 I think. What's he at on yours Boj?

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Looking at getting Gomes. Still at United in mine and his rating is around 67 I think. What's he at on yours Boj?

89. Absolute weapon because he's agile with great dribbling and tekkers so fun to play with. I play him LW. Just train him for a season.

Barca offered £130m for him in his 4th season but i ain't selling the angel.

 

[Jatz]

Think I'm done with FM. I had a good run.

I think I'm the same. Between not having the system to run it on that I'd want and just a general lack of time these days, I don't think I'll bother buying this one.

Feel like I'm getting old tbh haha.

 

[Cruyff14]

89. Absolute weapon because he's agile with great dribbling and tekkers so fun to play with. I play him LW. Just train him for a season.

Barca offered £130m for him in his 4th season but i ain't selling the angel.

Wow, yeah. I'll train him and play him off the bench.

I think I'm the same. Between not having the system to run it on that I'd want and just a general lack of time these days, I don't think I'll bother buying this one.

Feel like I'm getting old tbh haha.

I have a PC still, but it's on the other room now and since I've moved out we're mainly in the lounge anyway. And yep, time thing too. Need a lot of hours to plunge into it and I just don't have that anymore.

 

[Latro]

Anyone played Socialable Soccer?

 

[Magma]

the one thing that will continue to bring me back to fm is that imo it is absolutely incredible value for money.

 

[Magma]

beta has now dropped.

 

[jd2010]

I'll probably get sucked in and get the new FM instead of downloading a transfers update.

I'm the opposite to Cruyff where I probably play this more now than I used to because I can fire it up on my laptop while doing other things. Don't have the time for long FIFA sessions like I used to unfortunately. I probably should just sell my xbox all together

 

[Magma]

fun looking through some guys who have been given boosts. douglas luiz and yangel herrera have both been given the big sign with big club boosts. looks like roberts has been given a boost too.

in the tactics screen you can adjust player instructions to be for the position as a whole or specialised for a specific player in that position. beautiful.

 

[jd2010]

in the tactics screen you can adjust player instructions to be for the position as a whole or specialised for a specific player in that position. beautiful.

About time

 

[Magma]

the match screen presentations and the animations for the match engine are absolutely gorgeous.

 

[jd2010]

Regens in this fm can come out of the closet

 

[Cruyff14]

Anybody else find the ball hits the woodwork a lot in FIFA?

 

[Bojan KantKick]

No more than it normally would in a game.

 

[SM]

No more than it normally would in a game.

Definitely hits a lot more than in previous games. Very noticeable.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Definitely hits a lot more than in previous games. Very noticeable.

oh i thought that was just my s**t shooting

 

[Jatz]

Regens in this fm can come out of the closet

Lol, I saw that. What's that even change?

 

[Jatz]

Agree on shots hitting the post. Although for me, I think it's when I've powered it up slightly too much. Only ever seem to hit it from outside the box an I'm trying to finesse it in.