Football Manager 2009

[Carril]

Here's a video of the 3d match engine in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWM4XGP394

[TurkishSuperDepor]

can't wait to play with depor in fm 2009

[istike]

Only 3 weeks to go!!!
I am so excited!
According to some websites there will be a lot more additional options in comparison with FM2008. For example the relationship with the press will be more important as it has a massive effect on the players. You can arrange press conferences, where you can tell your opinion related to everything. The trainings are improved as well. You can tell to your player, which moves he has to learn - preferred moves (of course if he has abilities for that).
The database will be bigger (51 countries, 350.000 players). The AI (mainly related to transfers) will be on a higher level, so these stuffs will be more realistic.

However there are still gaps (which will be filled by some incoming patches), the game is ready to be released.
I can't wait for it, I think it will be the best FM made until now.

[The DK Blanquiazul]

System requirements and more released:

Mac System requirements
The game is currently only being supported on Intel Mac's only, and the minimum requirements are - OSX 10.5.5, Nvidia Geforce 7300 / ATI X1600 Radeon. 1GB RAM.

PC System Requirements
OS - Windows Vista or XP
Processor Speed - Vista - 2.0GHz, XP - 1.4GHz Memory - Vista - 1GB, XP - 512MB Videocard - 128MB Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra, ATI Radeon 9800, Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater.

http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=53492

I'll just be able to run it.

[Philip]

Videcard could be the problem, damn!

[The DK Blanquiazul]

No worries, you can just run it in 2D then. Videocard is only for 3d matches.

Oh, and looks like I'm gonna have to buy the game. Massive registrations required.

[Philip]

Originally Posted by The DK Blanquiazul

No worries, you can just run it in 2D then. Videocard is only for 3d matches.

Oh, and looks like I'm gonna have to buy the game. Massive registrations required.

Awesome, thanks!

What do you mean by massive registrations? I won't be able to use illegal copy?

[The DK Blanquiazul]

Originally Posted by Philip

Awesome, thanks!

What do you mean by massive registrations? I won't be able to use illegal copy?

Doubt it. You have to register it online;

Now, there's also been a lot of talk on the forums about copy protection, and how we are planning to handle it this year, particularly in light of recent press with certain other titles and Securom, which we have used in the past.

We have followed those stories closely, but already had our plan in place for this year, and are happy with the choices that we have made.

I am therefore happy to be able to announce today that, for the first time in the Football Manager series since we started making the game, you will not require the disc to be in the drive each time you start the game if you are playing on the PC! Instead, you will need to authenticate your game.

This can be done in 3 different ways.

The first is via STEAM, as mentioned above. By authenticating through STEAM, you will automatically receive patches as soon as they become available. The second is a simple online transaction, which will take less than 30 seconds. The third, for people who are not online, is via telephone registration, with local call numbers in each country where we release the game, and this will take about 5 minutes to complete from our experience in testing.

We highly recommend the online authentication processes, as they are quick and easy.

Despite the license agreement that comes with the game stating that you can only install on one machine, we are well aware that many people like to play the game on personal laptops, as well as desktops, and our licenses for Football Manager 2009 will work in a very similar way to ITunes.

This means that you will get 5 licenses for personal use, so you can play the game on up to 5 computers as long as you own them, and the owner of the game is the person playing on said machines. If you uninstall the game on one of the PC's you have the game installed on, you get that "seat" back.

As an example, say you have installed the machine on your work laptop, your work PC, your home PC and your home laptop. You would then have used up 4 out of your 5 uses of the game. Your home desktop has some problems, so you decide to re-install windows on it. As long as you uninstall the game from that machine first, you will get that license back, and when you re-install, will still only be using 4 of your 5 installs.

Please note that the license when you purchase the game is explicit that you are only allowed to use the game for your own personal use.

Also please note that on uninstallation of the game, everything is removed from your machine, including all remnants of the copy protection system which we are using, which was a bugbear of many of the other systems available on the market.

MAC users will still have the same protection system as with other years, although we are hopeful that this will change in the coming years when someone comes up with a similar system for MAC's.

So, what we've aimed for, and have hopefully succeeded on, is a system whereby the legitmate purchaser of the game will notice the copy protection even less than in previous years.

[Philip]

Well, lets just wait and see. I think there will be the way to avoid that. Or hack it somehow. If not I'm screwed I can't buy original here.

[The DK Blanquiazul]

Hope so, too.

But if not, we can get it for about 33 EURO here in Denmark, so it's not like it's very expensive.

[Philip]

Originally Posted by The DK Blanquiazul

Hope so, too.

But if not, we can get it for about 33 EURO here in Denmark, so it's not like it's very expensive.

Oh boy! I'll probably get it for something like 2 Euros. If it's not possible to play with illegal copy then I'll probably try to buy original one. Hopefully the only CD shop where original PC games are sold will get it. Price should be in the range 20 - 30 Euros.

VAMOS HACKERS!!!

[The DK Blanquiazul]

I agree with you. Games are way to expensive, so unless it's a game I really like, I normally download it. But 20 - 30 Euros is quite cheap, at least for standards here.

[Barkoty]

FIFA 09 has a similar protection, but our friendly hackers quickly found a way to surpass it

[The DK Blanquiazul]

Originally Posted by Barkoty

FIFA 09 has a similar protection, but our friendly hackers quickly found a way to surpass it

Ah, that's good news. Then I think we'll have no problems.

[Philip]

Originally Posted by The DK Blanquiazul

I agree with you. Games are way to expensive, so unless it's a game I really like, I normally download it. But 20 - 30 Euros is quite cheap, at least for standards here.

Last week I bought Samsung DVD player for 20 Euros.
What I wanna say is that it is pretty expensive to pay 30 Euros for a game for standards here. And that is why it is almost impossible to buy original CD here; nobody sells it because almost nobody would buy it.
Still I'm ready to pay 20 Euros for the only game I play last 7 years.