Terrible.

[KingJason13]

It's hard not to be negative when it comes to FM 2013... It's just so clearly broken. Now, you, SI, can stifle the truth all you want, ban me, delete this post, or "move it" with the intention of censorship... but it won't change the fact that this game has had, and continues to have, serious game breaking issues.

To all the Fanbois queuing up to tell me that it's my tactics: I'm at the end of my 4th season as United, I have 15 major trophies, United is the World's most famous team, and I'm quickly rocketing up the ranks on the World's Best Manager list. I have won the Champion's League every season, and am currently in the CL Finals for a 4th consecutive time... It's not my tactics.

Sure, I may have only managed 1 EPL win during those 4 seasons, due to all of my extra draws... but that's because of the game's terrible balancing issues when it comes to playing lower teams. For some reason, whenever I play a bottom 3rd team, I dominate... get 25-30 shots, half of those on target, 70% possession, but the game just serves me up a never ending series of "He missed when it was easier to score", "Even his Manager has his head in his hands", and "that's enough to shake anyone's confidence"... I hit the woodwork multiple times, miss open nets, miss pks... and then defensively my team will commit the most ******** of errors, forget what a football is, my CBs will run away from the opposition Forwards, and my GK will dive 2-3 seconds before the ball is even shot, etc. etc. etc.. The opposition will have 2-3 shots, 1 on target... and score from that one shot about 90% of the time I play the minnows. It is seriously immersion breaking.

The sad fact is, I don't fear the Barcas, Reals, Man Cities, and Juventuses of the FM 2013 Universe... I fear Stokes, Fulhams, and FC Doshdbpewmts.

..And the issues aren't contained to playing lower teams. There are the crazy number of injuries that plague me every season. In the 4 campaigns I've had on this save file, I've had 7 injury crises. I lost 4 people in 2 games... and 3 in another... all in my 1rst season. I've been forced to finish the game with 8 outfield players. Then, there are also all of the small bugs that crop up all over the place... I'd list them but this forum doesn't have the space it would take...

Tonight, I was forced to replay my 4th consecutive CL Final TWICE because it bugged out at the end and refused to let me continue the game. I won the first... and had the 2nd bug out during selecting the PK takers... Then I lost the 3rd due to my GK diving the aforementioned 2 seconds before the shot, and the opposition ran the ball into the empty net... Luckily, it bugged out too.

Who cares by this point, though!? I certainly can't be bothered to play the same fixture, over and over again.

SI, I have loved this series ever since I first played it back in '06. There have been niggling issues along the way... but never, ever as bad as 2013. This is the last time I pre-order your game. There'll be no more first day guaranteed purchase, either. When 2014 comes out... I'll wait, read some user reviews.. and decide then. If 2014 isn't a noticeable improvement mechanically, and PR attitude-wise, you've lost my business permanently.

[FrazT]

You have made your feelings about the game known before. As has been said many times before, SI welcomes constructive criticism of the game, but this thread will go nowhere.