And so it begins.

[SALVO]

Review score was at a healthy 94% for most of launch day.

It's already down to 88%.

First weekend coming up. Players will sink time into this slop and start stumbling across its many issues. As bugs, glitches, clunky UI and illiogical madcap match engine shenanigans begin to ruin players experience we can expect to see a further swing towards the negative end of the spectrum.

Why are gamers so easily fooled? It's baffling to me. Baffling, but also hugely entertaining, watching the grim reality clash with their unrealistic expectations as it manifests itself in a tsunami of rage and butthurt. That sweet moment when they realise they fell for it again.

[AdahnGorion]

It has been released for over two weeks now (yes I count the free trial, the majority bought it after the free trial ended and have played it long enough to do day one reviews) but do not even have 2000 reviews.

Even FM26 had over 5000 reviews by this time and over 10k at the end of week one.
FM25 also had much higher amount of reviews.


So what is at play?
Well people that disliked the free trial, did not buy the game and hence are not making reviews, I did buy it in belief that they would fix the strobing issues etc. (they did not) so I refunded, I am a very very very tiny minority.

But even the players that like it (that is 15-20% less players than the last 5 iterations) still downvote the game due to the ME and more. Many FM fans (myself included) are kinda brainwashed to accept alpha gameplay on each iteration where we help the game grow and then come holidays or in the start of the new year, we have a decent game..

However.. with the change to unity, they have pretty much screwed over PC players, it is designed for tablets, with a tablet resolution, it has fonts, ui design and strobing issues..
Not all are affected by this, but some are and it is a widespread debate and the talks about headaches and discomfort from playing is not some troll attempt..

Again I played all other fms, love the series and never had these issues before. FM will die a slowly death if they keep pushing this broken release with a tablet focus.

[Defiant Squirrel]

Yep.

Smart move allowing free access, definitely helped to ensure an artificially positive initial response. But you can't keep reality suppressed for long. It's going to keep sliding.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Defiant Squirrel:

Yep.

Smart move allowing free access, definitely helped to ensure an artificially positive initial response. But you can't keep reality suppressed for long. It's going to keep sliding.

https://steamdb.info/charts/?compare=1100600,1263850,1569040,1904540,2252570,3551340,4530370
The game is not even as popular as the other iterations and it will most likely have a fast surge downwards after this weekend, then surge abit up again after patch, then down again.

I wish we had actual public numbers on console and tablet, but we don't what we do know is that it is not very popular there either, despite their focus and love for tablets.

[𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶]

Some of the reviews are from profiles that have only written one or two reviews in their lifetime... and it had to be FM27, hahaha. Many who complained last year didn't buy it this year, hence fewer negative reviews, hahaha. . Many people don't even get upset anymore, they ask for a refund and that's it.

Right from the first reviews that appear, I count 7 profiles with only one review lol They think they're fooling the kids, lol. kkkkkkk

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

Some of the reviews are from profiles that have only written one or two reviews in their lifetime... and it had to be FM27, hahaha. Many who complained last year didn't buy it this year, hence fewer negative reviews, hahaha. . Many people don't even get upset anymore, they ask for a refund and that's it.

Right from the first reviews that appear, I count 7 profiles with only one review lol They think they're fooling the kids, lol. kkkkkkk

If you go look at how many games they own and what games, you will see a pattern among those that just write "best fm ever" etc. I don't consider that much of a review.

My review is not a deep one this time either, it serves more as a warning, but atleast it is not just 3 words. I am sure that some of the veterans will do the same as in FM26, they will play 100 hours, call it bad and write a negative review.

Personally I never understood why they needed 100 hours, for something you can easily see in a few hours.

[𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶]

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

Some of the reviews are from profiles that have only written one or two reviews in their lifetime... and it had to be FM27, hahaha. Many who complained last year didn't buy it this year, hence fewer negative reviews, hahaha. . Many people don't even get upset anymore, they ask for a refund and that's it.

Right from the first reviews that appear, I count 7 profiles with only one review lol They think they're fooling the kids, lol. kkkkkkk

If you go look at how many games they own and what games, you will see a pattern among those that just write "best fm ever" etc. I don't consider that much of a review.

My review is not a deep one this time either, it serves more as a warning, but atleast it is not just 3 words. I am sure that some of the veterans will do the same as in FM26, they will play 100 hours, call it bad and write a negative review.

Personally I never understood why they needed 100 hours, for something you can easily see in a few hours.

This is nothing new... fake accounts and fake reviews have been around for years... some don't even comment... in fact, they even say "I've done my job" lol ahaha Others just put a "."

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

If you go look at how many games they own and what games, you will see a pattern among those that just write "best fm ever" etc. I don't consider that much of a review.

My review is not a deep one this time either, it serves more as a warning, but atleast it is not just 3 words. I am sure that some of the veterans will do the same as in FM26, they will play 100 hours, call it bad and write a negative review.

Personally I never understood why they needed 100 hours, for something you can easily see in a few hours.

This is nothing new... fake accounts and fake reviews have been around for years... some don't even comment... in fact, they even say "I've done my job" lol ahaha Others just put a "."

The fun part is, that said corporations (studios) get to use algorithms to report all negative reviews and if they are just a tad in conflict with rules (ie. if it said, FM27 is awful) it would be removed.

Nobody looks for positive review bombing, nor corporate paid ones. That is why I never really take much heed to the actual score (on steam you can only give a 0 or a 10, that in itself is stupid) but instead look at various longer reviews (both positive and negative)

The review system on steam is mostly focused on if the game has issues at launch day and not so much about overall quality (that is subjective after all)
The most important factor is if the game pulls significant player sales or if it is far behind what is expected of a series or the budget used. That is a much better metric.

[𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶]

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

This is nothing new... fake accounts and fake reviews have been around for years... some don't even comment... in fact, they even say "I've done my job" lol ahaha Others just put a "."

The fun part is, that said corporations (studios) get to use algorithms to report all negative reviews and if they are just a tad in conflict with rules (ie. if it said, FM27 is awful) it would be removed.

Nobody looks for positive review bombing, nor corporate paid ones. That is why I never really take much heed to the actual score (on steam you can only give a 0 or a 10, that in itself is stupid) but instead look at various longer reviews (both positive and negative)

The review system on steam is mostly focused on if the game has issues at launch day and not so much about overall quality (that is subjective after all)
The most important factor is if the game pulls significant player sales or if it is far behind what is expected of a series or the budget used. That is a much better metric.

Just passing by, I've already counted 100 fake reviews lol

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

The fun part is, that said corporations (studios) get to use algorithms to report all negative reviews and if they are just a tad in conflict with rules (ie. if it said, FM27 is awful) it would be removed.

Nobody looks for positive review bombing, nor corporate paid ones. That is why I never really take much heed to the actual score (on steam you can only give a 0 or a 10, that in itself is stupid) but instead look at various longer reviews (both positive and negative)

The review system on steam is mostly focused on if the game has issues at launch day and not so much about overall quality (that is subjective after all)
The most important factor is if the game pulls significant player sales or if it is far behind what is expected of a series or the budget used. That is a much better metric.

Just passing by, I've already counted 100 fake reviews lol

You know you can report them right?
If you see any that are in violation, ie. only few words, a emoji or if the user played under an hour and never touched the game again with only this game in their account.

[𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶]

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

Just passing by, I've already counted 100 fake reviews lol

You know you can report them right?
If you see any that are in violation, ie. only few words, a emoji or if the user played under an hour and never touched the game again with only this game in their account.

Do you think I'd go to that trouble? I don't get paid to moderate fake reviews... it's not within my area of ​​expertise, lol.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

You know you can report them right?
If you see any that are in violation, ie. only few words, a emoji or if the user played under an hour and never touched the game again with only this game in their account.

Do you think I'd go to that trouble? I don't get paid to moderate fake reviews... it's not within my area of ​​expertise, lol.

No the point was, that as a regular user you can actually do tis.
I don't report either, becuase it is a waste of time. The point is if it bothers you, then you always have an option.

In my opinions, it is better to be happy for those that like this game and then vote with your wallet on your own opinion. The only reason I write what I do is to warn people from the strobing, because that can be dangerous to some individuals.

[SALVO]

87%

[armin_kf]

kurz gesagt genauso schlecht wie FM 26 Ergebnisse werden einfach gewürfelt

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by SALVO:

87%

:dumbass:

Interestingly enough my review despite being the most popular negative review is now tugged away from the summary page (still under most helpful)

Anyway I expect it to settle on 82-85% after a couple months.
People that did not accept this iteration did either try free days and said no or took a chance and then refunded.

So most you see that bought it 15-20% lower than usual are those that like it or accepts it.

As discussed earlier some people compare and rate this only to fm26... if that is your base, then most newer iterations will be considered good

[Cephei]

After 45 hours of playing, I'd give FM27 a 6/10. Both the UI and the match engine still need considerable improvement, but it's miles better than FM26. I wouldn't recommend paying full price if you're on a budget. However, if money isn't an issue and you're reasonably well off like me, it's an acceptable purchase at full price.

What I particularly like is that FM27 is considerably more challenging than the ridiculously easy FM24. In FM24, you practically had to impose your own restrictions just to make the game remotely challenging. FM27 makes you work harder for your results, which I appreciate.