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Game Information
- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
- BBFC Rating:
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
Product Features
- Brand new 2D match engine allows you to watch your team play. View the whole match or just view the highlights
- Play 39 national leagues, with more than 200,000 players and staff
- Enhanced Manager features for transfers, tactics, training and coaching
- Fully skinable interface to personalise your playing experience. Two new skins available at launch with more to follow
- Exhaustively researched by a global team of scouts to ensure absolute accuracy - there is no more realistic management experience
- Developed with tactical advice from former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland star Ray Houghton
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Championship Manager 4 is the latest in the long line of football sims to come out of the Eidos/Sports Interactive Games doors, and followers of the ever popular series will not be disappointed. With over 200,000 players and staff across 39 national leagues, footy fans will delight in the level of detail once again realised--in fact to some it might be slightly mind boggling.
New to the game are a number of features including a 2-D match mode that allows you to watch the game unfold, giving you the chance to manage and change positions accordingly when it comes to passing and shooting tactics. Greater emphasis has been placed on training, and the game gives you the chance to assign specific schedules. This of course gives you even more responsibility in making your players "match fit" for the season ahead, and towards the end of the season your decisions become crucial if you plan to get your boys promoted.
Other new additions include an enhanced contract negotiation system, a more efficient easier-to-use network play arena and, for those who want it, a skinable interface.
In short, this is the most in-depth football sim you'll find on the market. If you are a footy fan then this game will make you loose plenty of sleep. The new features add much-needed elements for the fan base that want more, though they may just be a distraction to the hard-core stat fanatics that rush to buy this title every time it's updated. If you're a football fan this is a must, and if your not, give it a go, you might just love the nation's favourite game after all. --Jason Denwood
Product Description
Championship Manager 4 is the next generation of football management games, offering more players, leagues and competitions than any other title. For the first time ever in the series, Championship Manager 4 features a real-time 2D match engine enabling you to make tactical decisions as the action unfolds. Watch the whole 90 minutes in real time or choose to view crucial match highlights.
In addition, this version introduces a whole host of new management options and features to offer an unparalleled level of detail. Championship Manager 4 provides the option to fully customise the training of your team, enabling managers to assign specific schedules. Other new additions include an enhanced contract negotiation system, a more efficient, easy-to-use network game option and totally skinable interface. Developed in close association with former Republic of Ireland and Liverpool star Ray Houghton to guarantee ultimate realism, Championship Manager 4 is the greatest leap the series has ever taken.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Having been a CM fanatic for many years, i first played the game on the amiga many years ago, i couldnt wait for this game. I queued up for a good hour in my lunch break to buy it on the release date, then had to wait till i finished work to play it. When i did load it and start, i couldnt believe my eyes. First are the graphics. The previous games are all a simple design and very familar set outs, but this one changes all the good points of the other ones and basically starts again. Not the best idea when you have a best selling game title which most people own and are used to. The next thing i noticed was how painfully slow the game is. You could easily complete a season in a days playing, so addictive were the other games, but you would be lucky to finish 10 games in the same time now. This is partly due to the setting out of everthing, which will become easier after time, but mainly due to the loading time after you click continue. It seems to go through every fixtures score of every team in every country, which is displayed at the bottom of the screen. A long time. Then there is the training. Its just so complicated it is stupid. I cant say more because i didnt even attempt to try it. There are some great additions to this game, like the option to offer players to interested clubs rather then wait to see if they bid, and to offer clubs the chance to loan your players even if they show no interest. Also there are improved transfer options. Now you can enquiry after a player and get a price if they want to sell, or just get told where to go. This is an excellent idea. Saying that, you cant really afford to buy anyone as if you enquire you normally get an answer that they want £20-30 million, and you only get a 'healthy'(not my words,the games) £10 million to spend. And this was as arsenal. Then theres the wage cap you get. Good idea, but the thing i liked about the other games were the fact you could do whatever you wanted with the money. If you wanted 20 world class players on £80,000 a week then you could, now you can have 3 key players and 5 important first team players and thats as good as it gets. The final point i noticed was the fact you cant tell whos interested in coming to you in the transfer list. The older games you could filter out uninterested players and know you could get all other players, now you can only ask your assistant to filter out unrealistic targets, which leaves you with about 3 players. Overall the game is just a huge disappointment
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
For those of you who are completely new to the world of Championship Manager, (you are a minority - and shame on you) CM4 might seem like a decent footy management sim. But for die-hard fans who have spent countless nights pursiung succesful seasons with our favourite clubs in Champiano 01/02 (thats the name on the street), CM4 will be a huge disappointment.
Its a real let-down and a shame really, after waiting for so long.
Its a real let-down and a shame really, after waiting for so long.
Well, what exactly is wrong with the game? Its actually very difficult to know where to start. Firstly, the most obvious negative point is the speed of the game. CM4 is TERRIBLY slow, especially during a match when commentary is supposed to be running at a 'very fast speed' but doesn't really go very quick at all. Then there's the pathetic looking 2D option which looks like watching pool balls hit a very tiny white cue ball.
Secondly, there are consistent bugs in the game. For instance, a die-hard fan I know recently started a game with Arsenal. He qualified from phase 1 of the Champions League, but on the news screen it proclaimed "Arsenal have been knocked out of the Champions League". This has happened more than once, which is rather embarassing for a reputable company such as Eidos.
Thirdly, why bring it out (with bugs included) at the end of the season when the stats will be out-of-date within months?
Another minor point which displeases me about CM4 is the fact that I feel as though whatever I do during a match will not affect the outcome of the result, i.e. substitutions, tactical changes etc. make little difference.
The few plus points are - loads of leagues, players, teams and statistics. Thats about it.
In conclusion, it is not worth buying CM4 if you are any sort of a fan. If you are that curious, then buy CM 2001/2002 and download the updated stats for last season. Or buy the best football game ever - Pro Evo 2 on the playstation. AVOID CM4!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Having waited 18 months for the release of cm4 i was expecting a masterpiece that had taken all the good things from cm01/02 and made them even better, what did i get, a game that requires a patch as soon as you install it otherwise half the features don't work such as player historys, a game that runs so slowly that the weeks are almost real time. I kid you not.
Don't get me wrong some of the new features are impressive such as the 2d match engine but with the introduction of training screens and the new "skin" it feels more like Ultimate Soccer Manager.
Long live cm 01/02 is what i say, now has anybody seen my recipt...................
Most Recent Customer Reviews
GO HERE FOR WHAT A REAL FOOTBALL FAN THINKS
ok, ive been playing this game for over 2 years and that says it all. I am aware that the game is extremely old and is in the 03/04 season, but honestly i have nt found any manager... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2007 by james bouchier
What are the other reviewers on about?
CM4 is a marked improvement on CM3. The 2d match engine is the best update but there are lots of others. If you don't like the skin download another(classic is avaliable)
Published on 3 Jan 2006 by Mr. George Lindars-hammond
How disappointing
Disappointment seems to be a major theme in the Amazon reviews of this product. I graduated to CM4 after being addicted to CM01/02 for many years, and I can only be honest; this... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2005 by B. Bateson
This game is not championship caliber
I have been an avid CM4 player since the 97/98 edition of this game, which in my point of view was simply one of tha best CM games ever produced. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2005 by manasseh ngigi
Championship manager 5
Having read some of the other reviewers i am not going to go to the extreme of shoving a pigs head through the letter box of the new CM makers doors. Read more
Published on 3 April 2005 by bart
a beatiful game
this game is excellent although it doesnt live up to expections that the previous titles of the series showed this is truly the ultimate footballing experience with more than 1000+... Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2004 by Diane Mchugh
A good game but some things are annoying
I have been a fan of champ man for many years since CM2 i was 8 at the time.I think the addition on the 2D pitch was a bad idea at the start but as i got into the game i counldn't... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2004 by "orfordlee"
BIG let down...
Dear oh dear...for a game that promised so much, it delivered very little that impressed me. It's a major dissapointment, considering Eidos have put in some great new features. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2003 by Luke Springthorpe
Great, don't listen to the rest.
Hello,
Firstly i would like to say i have been playing champ manager for years and have got CM4 now i have to admit that at first it is hard to get used to but now it is an... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2003
Biggest Let Down Ever
It baffles the mind that Eidos, creator of the greatest footie management series EVER (and if you haven't played this and doubt that it really IS better than your LMA's, then... Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2003 by "theawesomeone"
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