Football Manager released

Eugster

Did anyone buy it yet if so where is it in tesco or gamestop

Irishcrx

Got mine Wednesday night but servers weren't online, got it in gamestop €45 can't wait to get home and play it.

Mitch Connor

Anyone know the prices in XtraVision, Zavi and Game? Gonna pick it up today on the way home from work, dunno where to go.

Irishcrx

Check the websites, they might be on that.Argos probably a good bet aswell.

Unearthly

I got it in HMV Henry Street for €37.99

Pretty good imo

glenjamin

Unearthly wrote: »

I got it in HMV Henry Street for €37.99

Pretty good imo

FFS I paid €44.99 for it from GameStop!

CiaranC

Cant activate it till Saturday midnight.

*edit* Theres a crack out though

Mitch Connor

CiaranC wrote: »

Cant activate it till Saturday midnight.

*edit* Theres a crack out though

Surely that can't be right? Why would they release a game you can't play?

Draupnir

Installing as we speak, hopefully it will play on my laptop, considerable graphics card requirements for an FM game.

CiaranC

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Surely that can't be right? Why would they release a game you can't play?

Official release date is the 15th

Daemonic

No it's not, it's today and the activation servers have been online since last night

Carturo

Got from steam last night It's deadly!

CiaranC

ok, i stand corrected so. Hows the 3D match engine?

Carturo

CiaranC wrote: »

ok, i stand corrected so. Hows the 3D match engine?

I actually didn't get to play a match yet. I was pr1ckin' around with press conferences and coach reports etc! But the press conference feature is brilliant.

Vikings

Anybody having trouble activating it via Steam?

Keep getting an error message telling me "the application was unable to connect to the internet" .... yet if you are not connected to the net you cant connect to steam and this is through steam. Makey no sensey!!! :mad:

Daemonic

Still downloading the patch...can't be arsed starting a game before i've installed that.

Carturo

I'd no issues at all last night - I preinstalled it then played it a bit at midnight...kinda new to the steam thing so not sure where'd you go with that sorry.

Unearthly

Vikings wrote: »

Anybody having trouble activating it via Steam?

Keep getting an error message telling me "the application was unable to connect to the internet" .... yet if you are not connected to the net you cant connect to steam and this is through steam. Makey no sensey!!! :mad:

yep same problem

and for LOADS of others on other forums

****ing ****

Daemonic

Vikings wrote: »

Anybody having trouble activating it via Steam?

Keep getting an error message telling me "the application was unable to connect to the internet" .... yet if you are not connected to the net you cant connect to steam and this is through steam. Makey no sensey!!! :mad:

Not planning on using Steam but have a look on the SI forums. Someone there is likely to have run into the same problem.

EDIT: Just had a browse of the SI forum and the not connected error seems to be because the authentication servers are being hammered. Very unhelpful error message if that is the cause.

leninbenjamin

Vikings wrote: »

Anybody having trouble activating it via Steam?

Keep getting an error message telling me "the application was unable to connect to the internet" .... yet if you are not connected to the net you cant connect to steam and this is through steam. Makey no sensey!!! :mad:

it's probably simply overload of the Steam servers. anytime new games are release, or major updates for a game occur the servers get slammed for a couple of days and you can problems.

the other issue could be ports. Steam requires a certain port that isn't particularly common (can't remember off hand what it is). if you're trying to use it on a college network you'll usually have to go through a proxy (as they tend to limit the ports we have access to). certain firewalls might be blocking it aswell so make sure you've given it clearance.

Rob_l

I have no experience with steam but from my limited use of it with the demo i dont want to go near it, if i buy the disk do I still ahve to authenticate with steam everytime i want to play it

HalloweenJack

9% installed...

I got it in HMV for €34.19 with student discount. Was told two weeks ago that it'd be €53 so a nice shock.

CiaranC

Rob_l wrote: »

I have no experience with steam but from my limited use of it with the demo i dont want to go near it, if i buy the disk do I still ahve to authenticate with steam everytime i want to play it

No

d6

i got an invalid key code error it says on the website try Q or D instead of 0, i did this and still is wrong

leninbenjamin

Rob_l wrote: »

I have no experience with steam but from my limited use of it with the demo i dont want to go near it, if i buy the disk do I still ahve to authenticate with steam everytime i want to play it

nope. you can run Steam in offline mode. you go online to authenticate every now and then.

Vokes

Anyone try the alternate online method yet?

CiaranC

leninbenjamin wrote: »

nope. you can run Steam in offline mode. you go online to authenticate every now and then.

According to the SI forums, when you buy the disk you only have to authenticate online (or over the phone) once per install. It doesnt use steam.

Unearthly

Still no luck with SoftAnchor

Worst launch day ever

wandatowell

sh1tty game wont work on my mini mac, dont even wanna use that stupid looking 3d match engine grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

20 Times 20 Times

I cant get my installed either **** launch day , bought a game i cant play

Vokes

SofaK wrote: »

Anyone try the alternate online method yet?

Unearthly wrote: »

Still no luck with SoftAnchor

Worst launch day ever

Is SoftAnchor the alternate way? I'm not familiar with it. Was gonna use that way when in install tomorrow.