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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another classic from SI, 12 April 2006
For a while now i've been enjoying football management games and feel im in a good position to comment on 'Football Manager; Handheld' as ive played every franchise's take on the popular game type. Back in the early 90's mention championship manager and most football fans would regard it as the best game on the market. Since of course, we've had Premier manager, LMA, Total club manager and more recently Pro evolution manager. As i'm sure many of you are aware, football manager is made by the guys who made the old championship managers but after contraversially parting from developer eidos they had to change the name. Football manager is the new Championship manager.What a game it is. We're already 2 versions in on the PC, both are gaming perfection (regardless of how hard it is to get any transfer money whatsoever for Huddersfield Town) So as soon as the PSP version was announced, im guessin a fair few owners thumbs were anticipating the, battery draining, protable debut of this amazing game. I'm only reviewing the promotional release copy but as far as i know its identical the one set for release later this week, and thats no bad thing. The game just feels right. After i'd tried CM for the psp i was aprehensive but after pulling off half a season in a day my worries were put to rest. There may be a few areas that have been sacrificed from the original but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. The suiprisingly quick loading times almost make up for the lack of transfer clauses, match engines and ability to release media stories. Another suprising bonus was that all teams are accurate from Jan 2006 meaning all the big signings of this year are ready in your teams lineup. If you listen to one piece of advice all year... go with the better game and not the name. Try football manager before you even consider Championship manager, there's no comparison. One improvement for next year though, a possible pc/psp link-up would be perfect. 10/10, 100%, 5 Stars, amazing.
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