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Game Information
- Platform: Windows XP, Mac, Mac OS X
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
Product Features
- Master the media spotlight - Take the fight to your rivals off the pitch. Tilt the psychological balance of the football world in your favour
- Total tactical control - Exercise pinpoint control over your team's game, including their creative freedom, width and tempo
- Smart, fast gameplay - Optimised data engine enables background calculations to be made whilst you make important managerial decisions
- Unequalled depth and choice - Work with over 250,000 players and staff, researched by 2,500 people worldwide for unparalleled accuracy. Star players now have individual 'preferred moves'
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
There’s little point beating about the bush, Football Manager 2005 is a staggering achievement and the finest football management game ever to appear on any format. Its success, ultimately, is down to the fact that it pulls off a spectacularly tricky balancing act. On one hand, there’s a gigantic database of teams, players and statistics with staggering depths of detail; and on the other is an extremely user-friendly interface that always puts you at the heart of the game, and allows you to easily and succinctly use the vast reservoirs of tools and options at your disposal. It might be putting things simply, but the two have been married up to create a standout game.
But then all this is hardly a surprise. Football Manager 2005 has been created by the team behind the Championship Manager series, and whilst they no longer have the rights to use the brand name, the actual game’s origins are never in question. Frankly, there are so many improvements, it’s impossible to scratch the surface of them.
So we’ll focus on two. The media section really hangs together properly for arguably the first time, with intriguing options that allow you to play mind games with other managers for instance. And the match day segment has come on at speed, with a smooth and useful highlights option that feels far more natural and integrated than previously.
Does it have flaws? The odd one or two, which are minor niggles caused more as a result of extreme ambition on the part of the developers rather than sloppy work. Yet the real worry is the amount of time the game will sap. Make no mistake, for any armchair football fan who has ever dreamed of taking their team to glory, Football Manager 2005 will rob them of months of their life. In short, its easy-to-use, it’s desperately challenging, incredibly addictive and downright unmissable. Accept no imitations.--Simon Brew
The Times
"Once you accept your first management job, you can bid farewell to months of free time 5/5"
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Well what can you say about this game, Sports Interactive the inventors of Campionship Manager have now ditched the ball and chain of Eidos and are now with Oldies SEGA.
The game is basically "Champ 5" without the name (Eidos own the rights to the name Championship Manager so don't buy champ 5) Championship Manager 5 has been made by a new team without the legendary database SI have created over the years.
SI's new Football Manager, it's champ with better match play, more interactiveness and a much better match engine!
It's much better than CM03/04 and more addictive (I finished the six months on the demo in the first week!!).
Visual effects are awesome with Player pics and fully up to date transfers. SI have proven that they are the monopoly on management sims not eidos and I have had this game on order for months!!
If you liked Champ you'll love FM2005, remember this is the game for the "champ" faithful and SI understand what Football means. There will be thousands of fans creating utilities for the game.
IT'S SIMPLE BUY FM 2005 bye bye championship manager!!!!
71 of 76 people found the following review helpful
As has been written below, Football Manager is the new name for the old 'Championship Manager'. Having played a demo of this I can confirm that the best has indeed got better.
No football management sim can touch this series, and year upon year the producers create a better and better game.
I have played this series right from the original Championship Manager, and it the most addictive game I have ever played!
Do not buy this game if you have a family, pets, a job, or to sum up, this game will take over your life, even eating and drinking will become secondary nature as you will sit in front of your pc for days just tinkering with formations and searching for that 20 goal a season wonder buy from non league.
This update is not just a renewed player list, the match engine and game screens have been re-written, with more interaction, and you can even enter the mind game playing with opposition managers.
I am currently storing food like a bear so that by the time the full game comes out I will be able to stop in for months!!
A must have purchase for any self respecting football fan.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Truely the best and most addictive football sim game I've ever played. Unless you set an alarm to remind you to eat, you'll waste away as you sink into 'just one more match' over and over again. Designing wierd and wonderful tactics is fun, winning matches is great, but what I find fulfilling is battling against the odds to take a low league or conference club into the premiership and europe, and winning all four titles.
Another great challenge is taking on the England team (you will be offered the job - what a feeling to be deemed good enough!) and playing (alongside your league team matches) all the qualifiers, the Euros and the World Cup. After winning the World Cup I was offered the Argentina managers job but turned it down because I would have had to give up my England squad who I was keenly redeveloping with some new unknowns.
My advice is buy this game, it's fantastic
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Unbelievably addictive yet relentlessly annoying
Well, I have been playing the FM series for such a long time now, since the days of the Amiga when it was Championship Manager until today. Read more
Published on 30 April 2007 by Mr. J. Worden
Football Mananger - Basic Review
An excellent game for all football fans :D. The game is easy to install, and is really easy to get the hang of, even though it may seem slightly complex at first. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2006 by sn123
Better than Championship Manager
I love this game n i luv it evn more than Championship manager a game i hav played on since 98/99 version so it must b a gr8 game if i stuck with it till now! Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2006 by "plan_b_4_eva"
FM is Amazing
Football Manager 2005 is amazing.It is great and easy to install.I would reccomend this to anyone,it is much better than champ manager
Published on 30 Jan 2006 by "marctoal23"
Best One Yet
Man, Eidos will be gutted they lost THIS gem! This is by far the best version since CM 97/98 (which I still play!). Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2006 by Mr. S. Mabley
SI are playing a blinder
Having been a fan of championship manager since i first played it on the amiga all those years ago, ive loved the game ever since. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2006 by Mr. Roy Wilson
Football Manager 2005
What a game. The most complete managing experience ever to hit planet Earth.
From detailed Finances screens to simple Quick Start modes, this game has something for everyone. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2005 by Yowza Kablammo
Championship manager, ur having a larf!
this is a great game, it is realistic as the usual promotuion and relegation teams are the same (except nottingham forest always seem 2 get promoted to the premiership, despite... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2005
Football Manger
1-0 down in the fa cup final with chelsea and need a win to atleast secure my job over summer. After finishing 2nd in the leauge the board are on my back. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2005 by "jonaldo1969"
Please help me
I am trapped in a virtual world in which Tottenham are now English, European and World champions, and I have so much money to spend on players I don't know what to do with it. Read more
Published on 20 July 2005 by Gareth M. Duggan
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