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Platform: Windows XP
Media: Video Game

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Product Features

Match Flow: new feature, bringing more atmosphere to match days, with previews, team talks, the game itself and post match
International: revamped international management model, replete with retirements, player interaction, scouting and much more
Easier to use: the game boasts a cleaner skin and a new advisor system to make it easier to play
Confidence: its now much easier to find out what the board and supporters think about your performance, right down to opinions on individual signings!
Transfer centre: new way to manage all transfer and loan bids
Match engine: greatly improved, and new feature to change the dimensions of your home pitch to suit your players!
Finances: more information available and an updated financial segment to the game
Fan days: a great way to boost ailing attendances
Media: expanded media segment, with more feedback and detail than ever before

Product Description

Football Manager 2008 is the next iteration of the prize-winning Football Manager series developed by world-respected studio Sports Interactive. The 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 glorious success by putting them through Cup matches, Leagues, European Championships and even major international tournaments, with over 5,000 playable teams from over 50 countries.

Fan feedback on the previous version of Football Manager was, as always, taken very seriously by the Sports Interactive team, resulting in over a hundred new features, including a brand new advisory system to help new players through the different aspects of the game. This makes Football Manager 2008 the most accessible Football Manager yet, without losing any depth for the more experienced player.

With all-new features, improved gameplay and a depth only seen from Sports Interactive, Football Manager 2008 offers a management simulation that is second to none.

Product Description

Football Manager 2008 is the next iteration of the prize-winning Football Manager series developed by world-respected studio Sports Interactive. The 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 glorious success by putting them through Cup matches, Leagues, European Championships and even major international tournaments, with over 5,000 playable teams from over 50 countries.
Fan feedback on the previous version of Football Manager was, as always, taken very seriously by the Sports Interactive team, resulting in over a hundred new features, including a brand new advisory system to help new players through the different aspects of the game. This makes Football Manager 2008 the most accessible Football Manager yet, without losing any depth for the more experienced player.

With all-new features, improved gameplay and a depth only seen from Sports Interactive, Football Manager 2008 offers a management simulation that is second to none.

Match Flow: new feature, bringing more atmosphere to match days, with previews, team talks, the game itself and post match

International: revamped international management model, replete with retirements, player interaction, scouting and much more

Easier to use: the game boasts a cleaner skin and a new advisor system to make it easier to play

Confidence: its now much easier to find out what the board and supporters think about your performance, right down to opinions

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3.2 out of 5 stars (105 customer reviews)

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84 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant but a little buggy, 22 Oct 2007

By	Jason Stanley "jthemusicfan" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars

For anyone who has played the Football Manager series this is a definitive purchase and for those looking for a football manager game there really is nothing better.

For those new to the series the match engine is in 2D and most of what you will be doing will be receiving messages from various staff, looking at attributes and playing with sliders for your tactics. THIS IS NOT A BAD THING. This game can run on almost anything, the game is quick and many leagues can be loaded. Further more the 2D screen makes it far easier to track down problems in your tactic and correct it. Also if you give it a chance I am sure you will be jumping off your seat when your number 9 punts the ball from 20 yards into the back of the net.

I would say that FM2008 is a little harder than previous titles however just like previous titles a bit of persistence will go a long way. Furthermore the SI forums are a good place for tactical questions and general answers to queries about the game.

Now a bit about the bugs. The problems I have noticed are as follows...

Non-league teams have all there players greyed out. (A big problem if you wish to manage around the conference level)

There are some "hmmmm" moments as a striker who is 10 yards offside puts the ball into your net and the linesman lets it stand. Furthermore once in a blue moon a shot which looks like is going over will hit the back of the net. These are all small match engine bugs.

Mac Installation problems. If you own a previous SI game then you will need to remove or rename the 'Sports Interactive' folder, otherwise the game is installed with iffy permissions and it will not run.

There are several others however these bugs are far from game breaking. If things are going well you will ignore them.. if things aren't you may find them annoying. However SI have a good history with supporting the FM franchise so I am sure they will fix this up soon.

There are many many enhancements but the 4 game changing ones are the following.

Confidence - After each game you will be told how the fans felt about it. At the end of the month the board will give you feedback on your performance and it is far more detailed than ever before. If you have a few bad games you will feel the heat from the supporters very quickly. This is a departure from previous games where a run of defeats only led to unrest if your team was seriously under performing.

Pitch Size - At the start of the season you can define your pitch size. Why is this important? Well it allows you to dictate the type of play. A small pitch will mean there is very little space and the game will be congested. A bigger pitch has loads of space, play will be more fluid and as a result more goals will probably be scored.

News System - The news system has been completely revamped. Now you will receive only new on your club. You can then view the division screen to see news from your division. This means you will be receiving perhaps one or 2 messages a day instead of 8-10 from previous games.

Budget Adjustment - You can now budget adjust your way to safety, what does this mean? If your wage will is too high you can sacrifice some of your transfer funds mid season to raise your wage budget. This works both ways. So if you see a 13 million striker that you "need" you can generate much of the transfer funds by cutting your wage budget. Its neat.

I gave this game 5 stars because despite the handful of bugs it is still best football manager game to grace the PC.

In short the game is very fun to play, the new features which have added a new dimension to the game. Confidence is perhaps the biggest change since they brought in the 2d engine. Its addictive, its fun, its hard, its everything you want football manager to be.

If you have a previous FM game BUY THIS NOW.
If you want the best football management game out there right now BUY THIS NOW

If you know nothing about football AVOID

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Riddled with bugs, 27 Oct 2007

By	G. McArthur (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars

It's a shame that such a good game has been ruined by bugs. Clearly SI games were just in too much of a hurry to rush this out and they neglected to run all the proper tests, because some of the problems in this game are simply impossible to miss.

Take, for example, the fact that the game occasionally just refuses to run when you click the icon. This isn't all that bad really, because simply trying a few more times will yield results, however, there are far more ridiculous problems. How about the fact that every now and again you will randomly concede six goals in twenty minutes, often because your defenders pass to the opposition, or simply refuse to tackle them, allowing them to waltz through to your penalty box and finish.

These are all pretty bad, but the worst has to be what happened to me in my thrid season. Well, I say my third season, but my third season didn't actually start.

The cups, the other leagues in other countries, and even the reserves league ran fine, but my league (the SPL) simply refused to start. I'm now in November, and I've only played five games, three of which were in the champions league.

This is simply unacceptable, after paying �25 I certainly didn't expect a half-finished job.

Even worse is the fact that the game itself is actually brilliant, which really rubs salt in the wounds. One can't help but wonder just how good it could have been had they waited a month and sorted it out.

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FM 2008, 25 Sep 2007

By	A. Wood "Woody" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars

I have been waiting on this game for weeks; it's not very often I get excited about forthcoming releases but FM has always been a little bit special. It's not your all-action shoot-um up but if you like detail, strategy, statistic, even more detail and addictiveness then there is not better game. The new additions never fail to please and generally add another layer of intrigue, which has helped elevate this game to a cult position. If you've never tried playing FM, and have hours to spare, then buy it, you won't be sorry.

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