Advantages: A fantastically fun and addictive game which will have you hooked Disadvantages: You may not leave the house for months
...out and buy the latest football management sim from the almighty Sports Interactive on the day of release. This year was no different, and as soon as I finished work on the 18th of October I went straight for the shops to get my hands on Football Manager 2008 - a game I'd get to know very well in the weeks and months post-purchase. It has now been over two months since this game was released, yet still I continue to play it extensively and am enjoying ... ...it and began to play. Football Manager 2008 is everything I had been expecting and more, the best computer game I have ever played to date. I often wonder how Sports Interactive and going to outdo themselves from season to season and worry some years that although the names and faces may change; the gameplay will not. So far, so good and as yet this has not happened. Each year, Football Manager continues to show it's worth and my annual spend of ...
RazzaLazza 20.12.2007
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Advantages: Addictive, simple to play, appeals to all ages. Disadvantages: Obviously a lot if you dont like football. Probably too addictive.
Football manager 2008 claims to be the most realistic football management simulation. I have to say it most certainly is, no other football game can even compare.Distributed by Sega, but it is Sports Interactive that is the main driving force behind the game. Sports interactive are the research team behind the game. You can find out anything about nearly every club in the world. Ground capacitys, players names, coaches names, player contracts and ... ...how so many players on Football Manager are unheard of until you play the game, then in real life they end up at one of the worlds top clubs and go on to be stars, again all down to the extensive research.
As manager you have plenty of responsibiltys, exclude the obvious ones like picking the team and buying selling players. You can approach the board for a bigger transfer kitty, set wage and transfer budgets, ask for improvements to the stadium ...
manimal 20.11.2007
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Advantages: Addictive, great depth and detail, great gameplay, good improvements Disadvantages: Harder, and possibly more frustrating than previous FM games
...life is about to become Football Manager addicted all over again. I received emails off Sega on the lead up to the release of this classic update in the series, and heavily anticipated it's coming. And now, finally, it is in my clutches.
So, how does this release compare.
Well, the obvious is the new features. There are a whole host of them, including:
* A new transfer centre to aid and quicken all incoming/outgoing deals.
* A finer detailed ... ...and improvement of the whole football manager engine; the updating of all teams and players, which is always first class when it comes to Football Manager, period.
Personally, I haven't used the transfer centre much, as I'm too set in my ways from the old system, but its a nice added feature. The confidence improvement, on the other hand, has aided me well. Rather than confidence updating every so often, it now seems a lot more fluent. A yellow/green ...
griffthegruff 14.11.2007 (27.06.2008)
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Advantages: Totally realistic, so much detail, addictive Disadvantages: Some minor errors and annoyances
...are back and the infamous Football Manager is more realistic and better than ever. for the 2007/2008 season.
The game is the most realistic football managing experience that has ever been created. It offers you the chance to take control of a football club (and international team). There is so many teams to chose from over 5,000 teams in over 50 countries. There is an extensive database of over 300,000 players and staff worldwide. The game has so ... ...realistic and most in depth football management game and the new features improve, what was already a fantastic game. I think the overall difficulty of the game has increased, but this makes it more realistic. The only thing that I recommend is that it needs to be given time, especially by users who are used to previous versions. The skin and layout may be hard to get used to but after time you will adapt and you won't have any problems. Definitely ...
Ruudboyashley 30.10.2007
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Advantages: Hours of fun Disadvantages: Amount of goals disallowed & few glitchs
Another season, a new football manager for the collection, but how does it fare with previous game? Well this one really does live up to the hype. ==========Gameplay==========
The gameplay it self is an improvement on last year as was expected after it was announced the match engine was going to be revamped. There are some areas which have clearly been revamped and others that clearly have not however. On the plus side of this it is much more realistic ... ...as with the last few football manager games in the series just but what the commentry is saying. As results go I haven't had too many high scoring games unlike previous years, my highest win is 4-1 and high scoring game 6-3 but I have seen one 10-0 but these look a very rare thing of the past at last. One very annoying thing that has suddenly sprung up at me during this new installment is the amount of goals that are disallowed. The new skin is at ...
busby28 01.11.2007
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Advantages: Good controlling options Disadvantages: graphics could be improved
Football manager 2008, i throughly enjoyed this game. I feel that it gives you a good choice of players and countries and clubs to manage and look at. It had almost up to date information, it was missing some of the latest players but beggars cant be choosers. The game allows to to make transfers, i feel that the clubs dont sell the players as easily as they normally would.
- What's New? -
When comparing this game to Football Manager 2007 and it's ... ...order to enjoy this fantastic football management sim. You will however need to have at least 750MB of hard drive space available, 256MB of RAM, a 1.2GHz processor, and must be using either Windows XP or Vista as an operating system. In this day and age this is not a massive ask and most laptops and computers will meet this criteria.
In Conclusion
Football Manager 2008 is bigger and most certainly better than ever, and I would reccomend this game ...
myotherone 31.08.2008
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Advantages: Incredibly realistic, Almost limitless play value, Best football manager game of it's time Disadvantages: For the most part it is a game for football fans only
Football Manager has been gradually rising in reputation in football management simulation games and with its most recent release Football Manager 2009 it has determined its place as the number one football management game on the market at the moment. The first of these games that I played was Football Manager 2008 – I didn’t particularly like football, didn’t know much about it and was just playing this game to try it out. I started-off with my ... ...the many wonders of the football world. The game, which has said to be so accurate in its database of players, some have even said that lower-league teams and staff have used it to scout potential talent for their club. After choosing a team, you play through the game you deal with all the aspects of the football club you could think of; buying/selling players, keeping individuals and the whole team in good condition mentally & physically, having ...
FlyNebula 01.08.2009
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Advantages: highly addictive, yet more realistic detail Disadvantages: highly addictive!
...player of the Championship Football Manager series for a few years now, so was excited when my £50 cheque came through from GFK Nop for completing a survey so I could go out and purchase a copy of the latest game in the series.
First, for those of you who may not be familiar with the series I am going to give you a brief overview of the game that many consider to the most realistic football management simulation ever made.
The game starts, ... ...you can select your favourite team, your previous (probably imaginary!) level of footballing experience and you then take control of (on the new version) almost any team you could want to. In England, for example, you can manage any team from Arsenal to Gainsborough Trinity! And for every team from one end of the spectrum to the next there is a full structure within the club, made up of real people with their real(ish) attributes. For example, even ...
martin0201 19.12.2007
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Advantages: Updated, improved, refined Disadvantages: Losing to late counter attacks...
...daft haircuts is what modern football is all about, so that's realistic.
Fan Days - You can not control them they just happen so can't be part of your longterm strategy.
Confidence levels - Realistically the fans rating of the matches are good, Moors fans seem hard to please in that they have only been chuffed to the max once in 100+ games, not a 6:1 away win, nor the following 5:0 home win but a 4:0 away Playoff semi win. If you have to radically ... ...finances have no sign of any level of approval at all - mine have been like that for 2.5 years!
Gameplay - You can make changes as the game goes on, though not being used to superfast, active games I pause it and make my changes so as not to miss goals/their centre half getting sent off while you remind yourself if the young lad can play on the left cos your winger is having a mare... Overall it's another good step forward. If you want a real challenge, ...
Mainy 03.11.2007
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Advantages: Closest thing you can get to being a real manager. Disadvantages: Loading times are slow on low end PCs/Notebooks
...playing the SIgames versions of Football Manager (early Championship managers included) since I was 13. I'm now 27 and my enthusiams for them has shown no sign of diminishing.
With a massive selection of teams and leagues to choose from (from our own UK Premiership to the minows of Soth Africa) FM truly offers the ultimate football managing experience outside of the real thing. The database is hugh with very acurate players stats and information. ... ...every aspect of running a football club than ever before, from everything down to your training, staff, finances, media interaction, and a realistic transfer market.
One of the great things about FM is the ability to play for many many seasons with the game world developing around you. Will Chelsea and Man U stay the top teams in England or 10 seasons into the game have Wigan become the major force in British soccer? This varys greatly from game ...
mcicp19 15.08.2008
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Advantages: Very Realistic, Lots of Additions, More Addictive Than Ever, Patch to fix bugs Disadvantages: Lots of bugs initially on the game, Sometimes you feel matches are pre-written
...hear. And the answer is that the Football Manager/Championship Manager series so far this is very good, so if you like football and want a management game, this is the game to buy. But if you want a social life then just steer well away from thiss game. ...
manrajs 09.01.2008
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Advantages: Thoroughly engaging, very addictive, accurate gameplay Disadvantages: Not a huge improvement on FM07
...latest edition to the famous Football Manager PC games is a must for any real football fan.
Prepare to become addicted to this game, you can play for days on end without getting bored. Way ahead of any of it's competitors, Football Manager 2008 has to be one of the best PC games ever made.
For beginners, an assistant, not dissimilar to the paper clip on Microsoft Office, will talk you through every aspect of the game. It's not a difficult game ... ...superb network of scouts that Football Manager employs.
With these scouts, each player is given a rating out of 20 for 36 different abilities, which can be improved with age, training and experience. Whether you start with the lowly Zavrc in the Slovenian second division, or the mighty Barcelona in Spain, the game is an enjoyable opportunity to prove that you can do better than the men in charge.
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midpikyrozziy 19.04.2008
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Advantages: All new and improved interface Disadvantages: Same matchplay disc people
...back.
If you didn't know, Football Manager is the relationship-killing classic Championship Manager turned into after Sports Interactive broke away from publisher Eidos in 2003, so essentially you are buying Championship manager in every form except name, retaining the title 'the best football management sim there is'.
Even if you don't play Fm you most probably have heard of it. But just in case you're one of the lucky few that haven't heard of ... ...main features. Fm allows you to manage any club you wish from any league, from any country and take them to the top. It's that simple. As the series has progressed over the years, SI have included many realistic features, which make the game almost as time consuming as managing a real club. And guess what; in 2008 they have added a little bit more, so even more time consuming. They've done this so well that they haven't changed the fundamentals of ...
blackoboy07 08.03.2008
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Advantages: It's so good you will start to believe like Neo Disadvantages: You will actually start to believe like Neo
...and if you are a football fan you will understand why.....hell, even Ron Atkinson has used this game to scout players. However, the fact that he no longer manages at any sort of level is not a reflection on this game.
Enough jive talk, let's get down to the nitty gritty of this game.
If you are a graphics person, this isn't for you.
If you are a stats man who values complete realism over old nintendo cutie cutie big head nonesense then this is ... ...stats up the ying yang as they say with every player from every league on here.
Don't get me wrong, you will need to have a high end PC to run this game with multiple leagues and all players at a good level. Not to worry though, a mid range PC will still give you the league that is important to you and all competitions even including Irish and Welsh leagues...now that's depth.
Listen, I can go on and on about this game but there is no point. At ...
Nextgenratpack 14.10.2008 (15.10.2008)
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Advantages: Very in-depth gameplay Disadvantages: More casual gamers may be bored
Football Manager 2008 is the next incarnation of the Football Manager series developed by Sports Interactive. This latest version of Football Manager will be fully updated for the new season and will allow players to select their favourite club or international team and guide them to success by putting them through, Leagues, European Championships and even international tournaments. There is a very wide variety of different clubs with over 5,000 ... ...there are already many 3-D football sims out there you can play. It's fun to play, and the many new features really do add an extra dimension to the game. You can customise so much of your team and how the club is run and literally no two times are ever the same.
This is rather a niche game though, and unless you're a fan of management sims you'll probably find this boring. If you are a fan however, this is very much recommended, it's a game you ...
Walter_Kovacs 18.12.2008
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