Head firmly in sand probably.
Gaming Football Manager 2025 | Delayed til March 2025
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Running out of time (as in, literally 34 hours left) to hear anything before the end of January as planned.
Don't know how they've messed this up so badly. Alright, I've never been involved in game production and don't understand a thing about it and the costs involved.
Still, I'm sure it was mentioned at some point on this thread, there was something where they were hiring people familiar with the Unity engine 3 years ago or something? It's not like there's big changes in the game from year to year, so couldn't they have just kept working away on it in the background with 1 team of people while another team took care of whatever current iteratrion of the game we were on? Might have been too costly?
Still, if they could have done that, they wouldn't have needed to announce it was going to be avialable on a certain edition, just spring it on us whenever it was finally ready and everything else would have ran smoothly in the meantime.
I see some of the content creators are gettinga bit worried about no gameplay reveal yet.
Still, I'm sure it was mentioned at some point on this thread, there was something where they were hiring people familiar with the Unity engine 3 years ago or something? It's not like there's big changes in the game from year to year, so couldn't they have just kept working away on it in the background with 1 team of people while another team took care of whatever current iteratrion of the game we were on? Might have been too costly?
Still, if they could have done that, they wouldn't have needed to announce it was going to be avialable on a certain edition, just spring it on us whenever it was finally ready and everything else would have ran smoothly in the meantime.
I see some of the content creators are gettinga bit worried about no gameplay reveal yet.
The fact that FM24 has been ripped apart has torn a gaping hole in it for me. Training, shouting, coaches, 80% of attributes, all basically useless?
I could then accept that it’s just a more basic game than I imagined, just about, but the lack of communication and respect for the fan base is startling.
Even if news does drop tomorrow, why not even so much as a tweet or acknowledgment? Their PR and marketing is a disaster.
I could then accept that it’s just a more basic game than I imagined, just about, but the lack of communication and respect for the fan base is startling.
Even if news does drop tomorrow, why not even so much as a tweet or acknowledgment? Their PR and marketing is a disaster.
They clearly announced it so early to have an excuse for basically releasing the same game 3-4 times in a row and charging the full price for it!
It’s hard to find an honest angle with it all.
Eh, it's probably a result of what it always is with these types of things:
Poor planning and disorganization.
I wonder where SI go from here. No game, 24 is being pulled from Game pass, I don't know about Steam, potentially minimum sales if they do release FM25 so close to 26. The knock-on effect for future releases, a distrusting fanbase, etc.
However, I'm sure Miles will find a way to blame the customer base, because he himself in all his divine wisdom has no faults and therefore all humans should bow before his holy presence. I imagine that's how he thinks.
Poor planning and disorganization.
I wonder where SI go from here. No game, 24 is being pulled from Game pass, I don't know about Steam, potentially minimum sales if they do release FM25 so close to 26. The knock-on effect for future releases, a distrusting fanbase, etc.
However, I'm sure Miles will find a way to blame the customer base, because he himself in all his divine wisdom has no faults and therefore all humans should bow before his holy presence. I imagine that's how he thinks.
Yeah since most stuff don't do anything it means they've just added a bunch of new features over the years which basically amount to busywork.
If anything removing arrows and sliders for roles, has given the player even less control.
This is a game that started out with 2 pages, one formation with the ball, one without and complete control of every possible tactical position, width height on a scale of 1-20, with arrows telling players where to make runs etc... and now its choose a box with less flexibility and do loads of busywork.
The real No Mans Sky "a mile wide but an inch deep" was FM all along.
This is a game that started out with 2 pages, one formation with the ball, one without and complete control of every possible tactical position, width height on a scale of 1-20, with arrows telling players where to make runs etc... and now its choose a box with less flexibility and do loads of busywork.
The real No Mans Sky "a mile wide but an inch deep" was FM all along.
Is anyone else really not even arsed at this point? I'm not greatly interested in starting a game when the season is virtually almost over... they might as well just forget about '25 and concentrate on next year's game at this point.
Monumental feck up from Miles and SI.
Monumental feck up from Miles and SI.
Yeah, but there isn't really much to be arsed about to be fair.
Same, its so far behind. They have to release cause of licenses etc.. so we'll definitely get some kind of FM25. I just worry its gonna be a dumpster fire of bugs, issues, and stuff they were unprepared for with Unity.
I think we've learned SI's hidden attributes are Professionalism 3, Controversy 20, Dirtiness 21, Loyalty 1, Pressure 0, Adaptability 0 (can't adapt to new engines), Temperament 0, Consistency 20 (consistently shite)
Gonna be a weird scenario if they keep to their release date for FM26, they will essentially finish 25 and move straight onto 26 if they haven't already and if they have they must have had to devote half their team to it rather than give it the proper attention. It's just a total mess really.
Feel like we're either getting a half arsed FM25 or a half arsed FM26 or possibly even both.
I have a feeling what we'll get is a 2 decrement, so early March 25, January 26, November 26 releases for 25, 26 and 27. So essentially 10 month game cycles, because they can't stick to a late Feb, early March cycle given the season will be essentially over and its unlikely they'll have 25 run for 6 or 7 months.
Yeah I got the random urge to start a save earlier but that was immediately gone when I remembered how broken the game is. I knew they were circling the drain but I did not expect them to feck up so soon or so badly.
In a way, I wish I could forget about it being broken.
There's literally no point playing it now because I'll never be able to look past the fact that all I need to do is pick the fastest players.