
There are over 100 features FM 2007 didn't have but, boy, they seem so natural that probably you won't even notice half of them. But after a few hours of playing you will believe that's the place it should have always been placed.Īnd that is not the only thing you'll get so quickly used to. the "Continue" button is in the top left corner, far away from the "Read news" one.

The first thing you notice in FM 2008, after you choose your team (I doubt there is any competition left out of this game) and select the database (as always, the database is huge) is the skin - it's cleaner, optimized for a faster navigation and.


You manage your team by creating the best tactics, buy and sell players, negotiate contract wages, improve your stadium and many more - it's probably the closest experience to the real life role of a team manager anybody will get. Cool, eh?įor the other five persons that have no idea what this game is about, let me explain: in Football Manager you take control of any football club in the world and try to make it number one. So, practically, Football Manager is the original game, but with another name. Next, we'll try to see if the people in the last category have a real reason to love this game so much.įirst of all, for the few that don't know it - Football Manager was first released under the Championship Manager name about 12 years ago, but things changed when the developer, Sports Interactive left Eidos in 2003 and teamed up with Sega. Let's say it's just the most realistic game in this competition, trying to avoid all arcade-related features.Īlso (and I am sure I'm not the only one to say it), games in the Football Manager series can only have two types of feedback - you either ignore it once you've played it, or you get so addicted to it that you'll forget you have a real life. While we won't talk about the other games, we must say that Football Manager titles have always tried to stick strictly to the pure management of your team - no sponsor negotiations, merchandise selling, ticket price setting or other "off-the-game" stuff like that. The competition in this market segment isn't that big, either, with only two other major titles fighting for the first place, each of them focusing on different types of gaming experiences. The titles in the Football Manager series have always been considered the best management video games on the market.
