I'm interested to find out the things some of you love and hate about this game. Here's mine.
The things I love:
1. I like that they removed the feature where they force you to replace injured players. On FM 2013 if a player got injured, and you had only 1 more substitute the only player you could replace was the injured player, even if you was happy to replace someone else and continue with 10 men.
2. I like the fact that player morale matters so much. On Fm 2013 I didn't use to praise and criticise players so much, but now I individually praise and criticise players after every game, and it really does affect how they play.
3. How easy it is to keep a squad of players happy, by rotating game time and giving the worst players the least game time but they accept it because they know they are worse.
4. I like how stats are so detailed. It's not just about goals and assist. Can also see tackles, headers, shot accuracy, pass accuracy, cross accuracy etc.
5. I like how easy it is to use scouts to find good young players.
6. I like that they fixed the free kick thing where players take free kicks with their weak foot. This either happened to me on FM 13 or 12 (I'm not sure which one). But sometimes Messi would take free kicks and he would sometimes use his right foot. I found this stupid, but thankfully this has not happened to me in FM 14.
The things I hate:
1. The fact that players ability declines and the game pretty much wants you to forget how much he once was. I think it should always tell you. For example if someone has a stat of 20 strength in your first season, and it is gone down to 17 it should say -3. But instead you just get a red arrow, so you won't know how much it went down unless you remember what it was on. Plus after the season at the start of the new season, the red arrow will disappear so it really wants you to forget he was on the decline.
2. In matches when I set a player to be man marked, if the opposing team decide to replace that player then the player being brought on will now be man marked. Instead it should cancel the man marking, cause man marking is for players, not positions.
3. My goalkeeper takes free kicks outside of his penalty box, and sometimes he doesn't even kick it far and if the opposing team get the ball they have an open goal to shoot at while my keeper runs back to his line.
4. If one of my players have 2 goals in a match, and we get a penalty he will take it because he wants a hat trick. Even if he is not on my assigned list for penalty takers he will still take it. I would rather the game listen to my tactics at all times, not some of the time.
5. I never seem to see my players do much skill, even though I do have a couple very skilled players (Neymar & Iniesta). But to me it seems like players just dribble their way past defenders, instead of doing skills like step overs or maybe the 360 trick. It just would look much better if the skilled players done skill sometimes, instead of just gliding with the ball.
The things I love:
1. I like that they removed the feature where they force you to replace injured players. On FM 2013 if a player got injured, and you had only 1 more substitute the only player you could replace was the injured player, even if you was happy to replace someone else and continue with 10 men.
2. I like the fact that player morale matters so much. On Fm 2013 I didn't use to praise and criticise players so much, but now I individually praise and criticise players after every game, and it really does affect how they play.
3. How easy it is to keep a squad of players happy, by rotating game time and giving the worst players the least game time but they accept it because they know they are worse.
4. I like how stats are so detailed. It's not just about goals and assist. Can also see tackles, headers, shot accuracy, pass accuracy, cross accuracy etc.
5. I like how easy it is to use scouts to find good young players.
6. I like that they fixed the free kick thing where players take free kicks with their weak foot. This either happened to me on FM 13 or 12 (I'm not sure which one). But sometimes Messi would take free kicks and he would sometimes use his right foot. I found this stupid, but thankfully this has not happened to me in FM 14.
The things I hate:
1. The fact that players ability declines and the game pretty much wants you to forget how much he once was. I think it should always tell you. For example if someone has a stat of 20 strength in your first season, and it is gone down to 17 it should say -3. But instead you just get a red arrow, so you won't know how much it went down unless you remember what it was on. Plus after the season at the start of the new season, the red arrow will disappear so it really wants you to forget he was on the decline.
2. In matches when I set a player to be man marked, if the opposing team decide to replace that player then the player being brought on will now be man marked. Instead it should cancel the man marking, cause man marking is for players, not positions.
3. My goalkeeper takes free kicks outside of his penalty box, and sometimes he doesn't even kick it far and if the opposing team get the ball they have an open goal to shoot at while my keeper runs back to his line.
4. If one of my players have 2 goals in a match, and we get a penalty he will take it because he wants a hat trick. Even if he is not on my assigned list for penalty takers he will still take it. I would rather the game listen to my tactics at all times, not some of the time.
5. I never seem to see my players do much skill, even though I do have a couple very skilled players (Neymar & Iniesta). But to me it seems like players just dribble their way past defenders, instead of doing skills like step overs or maybe the 360 trick. It just would look much better if the skilled players done skill sometimes, instead of just gliding with the ball.
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