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Football Manager 2008 (PC CD) | 
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| From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 63
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: soccer-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060138433762
ASIN: B000UX6QAU
Release Date: October 19, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: UK DESPATCHED - BRAND NEW UK PRODUCT fully guaranteed. Email notifications and returns by freepost address if not fully satisfied.
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 Joke July 15, 2008
Bogleman (U.K)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this over the weekend to fill a gap. Can't find a MAC Update anywhere on the host site. Football Manager fans know, that every game this side of the millennium, normally requires an update to fix the countless programming errors/bugs. Well if you are a MAC owner, the only place you can find a working patch, is on an obscure FRENCH website. You won't know this though, until you waste your money on the game and spend hours looking for the necessary update.
Torrent sites rarely seed the patch and SEGA cannot be bothered making the patch available! The patch cannot even be found when the link (start menu of game) is used.
What a joke. It took me 24 hours to track it down when it should be readily available.
This game is poorly developed and poorly managed.
Gone are the days when software actually works.
 Brilliant but something missing.... July 14, 2008
J. Thompson (Wallasey, England)
First of all i would just like to say i am an avid follower of the FM series and this latest game has not disappionted as they have mad it more interactive and better looking than all the other FM games.
The thing is people are saying that the results are random and that you could beat arsenal 5-0 and the next match lose 3-0 to derby. The point of this is so it makes you tweak your tactics to make it just right and you can begin your claim to managerial greatness.
I feel they just need to add more licensed teams and maybe something to do with YOUR wages instead of it being just a figure which means nothing. And my other TINY gripe is that the matches take a bit to long to complete and i don't mean the highlight speed i mean the match speed could just be quick but other than that it is an excellent game and i recommend it to anyone who like managerial games and likes to get stuck in :)
 Been here since the Amiga days and it's the first disappointment July 4, 2008
Mr. Martin K. Allan (Glasgow)
Well - where to begin? This is the first incarnation of this long running game that I will not be playing again, and it's all due to the bugs in the match engine. I've got the game installed with the latest patch, and my initial reaction was one of glee. Some of the new features are great - the new way of transferring players, the pitch dimension alteration, more details in transfer funds and wage budgets. So far, so good. On further playing (after some hours!) it becomes apparent that many of the new features are merely gloss - such as the match confidence. The media interaction and team-talks have not been improved upon and quickly become tedious as they offer very little. After buying and selling players, setting formations and some pre-season friendlies, it was time to get into the meat of the game - playing league and cup matches. I'm on my second game now, and the shortcomings in the match engine have become all too apparent. It never seems like a real match is being played. Too often your players will not close down the opposition (they back off and off) even when you tell them to close down, man mark etc. Extremely quick players are beaten to the ball by slower players in an even race, and defenders seem to 'jog' past onrushing attackers before turning round and attempting to catch them up. So - it's frustrating when you concede goals and not very thrilling when you score them.
I could go on, but random sending off's, goals being disallowed far too much, just takes any realism that was built up with transfer dealings etc away.
It doesn't look like any further patches are to be released, so I won't bother playing anymore.
I only hope that a return to form is on the cards with the next version.
Disappointing.
This is good, despite a few glitches June 28, 2008
Mr. G. H. Reid (Fife, Scotland)
Ive played this game since the 1st champ manager way back in the day, and i must say even tho there are a few glitches, this version game is great!To all of u who are crying about how " hard the game is" dry your eyes! Playing in the Premier league in your 1st season is gonna be hard, so dont expect to win the league in yer 1st or 2nd season, cos it aint gonna happen unless yer really jammy!
It takes at least one season to get your team playing to your tactics and formation, look at what the assistant manager tells u about how the team are " gelling" ...u dont sign one just for training purposes u know!
I know there are a few glitches, always happens in FM games, try downloading the patch, they dont make them for nothing u know!
I know some scores can be madness, but just think when your team is trouncing someone 7-0, their manager must think the same as u !
30-50 yards, flukes.........happens in real life, just think Paul Robinson a couple of seasons back !
I know the newsflashes are kinda the same, i personally dont bother with them unless i have to!
I could write a book on how to play this game, its so easy until u get to the premier leagues but there again i know how to play against them teams, it just needs a bit of thought, thats all!
Im playing with one of the worst league teams in the game ... East Stirling, and i can get them promoted in one season, do it all the time and ive never used the editor, as i think that is cheating!
Oh yeah, for all u moaners, the developers have even included hints and tips whilst loading periods occur....read em.....thats why they are there!
If u moan at the slightest thing, dont come on here and moan....just dont play the game, for all of those who love the game......keep playing and good luck!
Really poor June 19, 2008
BlurFan (Hertfordshire)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let me just start off saying I've been a huge fan of the CM/FM series since 01/02 (FM 07 was the best of the lot so I though this one would at least be a steady transfer update), but I was seriously disappointed when I got this.
Well, first off, it's not because the game is 'too hard' because the only season I finished was a respectable 3rd with Liverpool. My main criticisms...
Red cards - In almost every game the opposition get AT LEAST 1 man sent off and to make matters worse as Liverpool I can't even muster up one chance to win the game against 10 men Derby for an entire 2nd half. Too many off-the-ball incidents also.
Possession - Often Liverpool at home are unable to get control of the ball. I've been dominated 65-35% by Newcastle at Anfield despite what tactics I pick and alter.
Ridiculous scorelines - One of the most annoying parts is winning by ridiculous margins. In my two games away to Man U and Arsenal I was 4-0 within 30 mins! No exaggeration. Now that is horrific, and shows the game basically simulates random events based on nothing really. How either of them teams could fall apart at home like that I do not know.
Fitness - This is probably my biggest criticism. If Torres keeps dropping in fitness between games how can I ever play him? He'll be at 88% and I'll check on matchday and he'll be down to 80% without any injury, AWFUL bug which pretty much ruins the game I think.
Media comments and teamtalks still repetitive - Still boring and I lose interest in the lack of diversity in these features after about an hour of playing.
Game by game analysis - This was a really nice idea but it's execution was dreadful. The fans obssess over friendlies and still seem happy/disappointed by them half way into the competitive season! Their comments are repetitive about why they're unhappy so it's pretty tedious. A feature that will surely be improved in the future though...
This is based on this and a game as Watford and I haven't tried it with the patch so maybe borrowing off a friend and using the patch might be the best option but I am appalled by this game, it's even worse than CM4!
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