I'm finally back on Ciao... again! It's been over two years since I was last here, so there's no dou...
I'm finally back on Ciao... again! It's been over two years since I was last here, so there's no doubt that it will have changed quite a bit, but I'm looking forward to getting back into it again!
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Championship Manager...Premier Manager...FA Premier League Manager 2002. Spotted the odd one out? I know what you're thinking - the last one is pretty much unheard of, whereas the first two are mega-giants in the world of football management simulation games. I have to say, you're very wrong. FA Premier League Manager 2002 (FAPLM), by Electronic Arts, is fast becoming one of the most popular management sims around. There is no doubt that this is all down to the immense detail, accuracy, and wealth of features within the game.
So, what does this FAPLM have over Championship Manager, the undisputed king of management sims? First of all, the match engine. Championship Manager shows you the entire match in text - "Bergkamp is running with the ball...Bergkamp shoots!...he misses...", whereas FAPLM actually SHOWS you the match. You get to see the little guys running around on the pitch, following your every half-time command.
The stadium update feature - Championship Manager has a very...lets say...basic feature here. With CM, you simply click "Update Stadium", and they'll either say "yes" or "no" (95% of the time it's "no"...). 8 months later, you get a message saying "Your stadium has been updated". £25 million is taken out of your account, and that's it. What difference does it make? NONE! FAPLM has this feature well under control, beaten only by one other game, Director of Football. You get to SEE your stadium (yes, CM makers, you CAN make a game with graphics), set the ticket prices, everything. You can even set the price of the matchday programme and the scarves in the merchandise shops.
The menu interface in FAPLM is fantastic (OK, I couldn't go a whole op without using that word). It's easy to find your way around the game, a lot easier than the predecessors, FAPLM99, FAPLM2000, and FAPLM2001. The transfer market includes the Bosman ruling, and you can even offer contracts to players before their contract runs out, and get them for free when it does! When a match is running, you have full control over substitutions, tactics, everything.
One juicy feature in FAPLM is the data editor. This allows you to change ANYTHING about the game. You can put yourself in the Arsenal squad, give Tottenham £5 in their bank account, and even erase Manchester United from the history of football altogether. Ah, that's the bit I love. The database is massive, and includes over 35,000 players, 1200 clubs and 1500 managers. That means 300 unemployed managers, so you'd better be good and make sure you don't lose your job - you have 300 (possibly better) unemployed managers after your job! Add this to the employed managers who'd die for your job, and you're going to need to be good!
You can manage a team from any one of 21 different leagues. These include European Premier divisions such Germany's Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga and of course our own FA Premier League.
This game is one of the greats, and definitely deserves my catchphrase - fantastic! I'd strongly recommend for any football fans to buy this game - it's available on Amazon.co.uk quite cheaply, and more information can be found by searching for the game title, or visiting the Electronic Arts website, www.uk.ea.com.
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FA Premier League Manager 2001allows you to step into the managerial position of any ... more
football club in several divisions of the most powerful leagues throughout Europe.Although most of us will head straight for the English league, you do have the choice to transfer your managerial skills to the European stage in Spain's all-conquering Primera Division, France's LNF or the German Bundesliga.As manager, you have control of all major decisions within the football club. You can decide to buy and sell players, upgrade your stadium with a mind-boggling array of different grandstands to improve capacity, or even build new and improved training facilities or commercial outlets to increase your revenue.A new Data Editor keeps the game up to date with the latest developments. Throughout the season, your decisions can crucially affect the performance of your team, both financially and on the playing field. This performance directly affects your job security.An interesting new feature, which liftsFA Premier League Manager 2001head and shoulders above earlier incarnations in the series is the "set goal" option. At the start of the game, the chairman of the club will contact you providing you with three options for to choose between as a goal for yourself and the club over the next three years. This opportunity for longer term development of your club is one that I'm sure many a modern professional football manager would love to share!You can reshape your team, test out new formations and see how your team responds by watching the in-game 3-D engine--where you can watch the full match, complete with some nice graphics, commentary and a variety of realistic crowd noises including unique "chants" synonymous with some of the more famous teams. This allows you to pick out individual star players, and highlights the loafers who aren't pulling their weight. If your players aren't performing... well it's your fault, you sort them out!--faisal ahmed
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Advantages: No matter how many times you play it, you will always find something new Disadvantages: No ability to edit players. It is sometimes nice to make up your own teams and this isn't possibel on this game. Bugs in the 3D Match Engine makes watching boring and predictable.
Advantages: No matter how many times you play it, you will always find something new Disadvantages: No ability to edit players. It is sometimes nice to make up your own teams and this isn't possibel on this game. Bugs in the 3D Match Engine makes watching boring and predictable.
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