Football Manager is an excellent management game from Sega and Sports Interactive, where you get to live the dream and manage your favourite team, or just pick a struggling team from the lower leagues and make it to the top of the Premier League. Not only that, you can manage teams from many leagues all over the world, all from the comfort of your PC!
A lot has been said about FM2009 which had me wondering if I had made the right decision to buy - and to be honest with you, they did worry me, the reviews here were all about DRM, bad servers, ringing pricey calls to get a code etc, but I bit the bullet and opened the cellophane - to my delight! First off, I entered my code into FM's code lookup system, and they gave me the right code, so I wasn't fiddling around for hours trying desperately in vain to get on. I did get an error from Steam, but that was because Steam was trying to update, so FM couldn't install. So I fully updated Steam, and it worked like a dream. My PC, (Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Intel Pentium 4 560, 3600 MHz, 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM), RADEON X600/X550 Series (128 MB)) worked perfectly with the game. It was all installed within around 10mins from start to finish.
I know a lot of FM purists were rather annoyed with the new 3D view, but I quite like it, you're in the action now, instead of watching blobs running around. OK, in FM08 I enjoyed that, but it's cool that we now have it in completion. The only bug bear I have is that it stops and the commentary at the bottom carries on, I'd like it to keep up with the action!
Everything from FM08 is here - including the new scouting system, which I found a lot better than FM08, though he had preset jobs, for example he started scouring South Africa without asking me! Cheeky!
My team, Paris St Germain was complete and I like the way it's realistic, as it says Claude Makélélé is their top asset. Also it says Mickaël Landreau is an asset in goal, which is very true. I have not tried it as Liverpool yet, but that's my next thing to do.
Overall I felt this was a good game, there is obviously things that annoyed me, like the lag in displaying the action in 3D view, and the fact I had to activate it, but really it doesn't bother me, as long as it keeps working and I don't think I will use it on another machine. I was going to put it on my Mac too, but I doubt they'll allow me to do that, which is frustrating. I can understand Sega's position with piracy, but I think there needs to be trust on both sides to make it work. People who work hard for their money do not like to be treated as criminals by the system, yet on the other hand the piracy system is hacking the system before you can say goal, but that's not really a point to overstress in a review.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves their football, it's good, sleek, but does have a few bugs, which I really hope Sega sort out soon. As for all the reviews complaining about poor activation - I am glad I didn't over dwell on it, because I would have lost out on a fun game. I do understand their pain though, the activation server down on day one was not good, but now it's over, lets just play the game and have fun. Seriously though, give this a shot, don't be put off, what's the worst that can happen? Try the demo.
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Football Manager is an excellent management game from Sega and Sports Interactive, where you get to live the dream and manage your favourite team, or just pick a struggling team from the lower leagues and make it to the top of the Premier League. Not only that, you can manage teams from many leagues all over the world, all from the comfort of your PC!A lot has been said about FM2009 which had me wondering if I had made the right decision to buy - and to be honest with you, they did worry me, the reviews here were all about DRM, bad servers, ringing pricey calls to get a code etc, but I bit the bullet and opened the cellophane - to my delight! First off, I entered my code into FM's code lookup system, and they gave me the right code, so I wasn't fiddling around for hours trying desperately in vain to get on. I did get an error from Steam, but that was because Steam was trying to update, so FM couldn't install. So I fully updated Steam, and it worked like a dream. My PC, (Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Intel Pentium 4 560, 3600 MHz, 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM), RADEON X600/X550 Series (128 MB)) worked perfectly with the game. It was all installed within around 10mins from start to finish.I know a lot of FM purists were rather annoyed with the new 3D view, but I quite like it, you're in the action now, instead of watching blobs running around. OK, in FM08 I enjoyed that, but it's cool that we now have it in completion. The only bug bear I have is that it stops and the commentary at the bottom carries on, I'd like it to keep up with the action!Everything from FM08 is here - including the new scouting system, which I found a lot better than FM08, though he had preset jobs, for example he started scouring South Africa without asking me! Cheeky!My team, Paris St Germain was complete and I like the way it's realistic, as it says Claude Makélélé is their top asset. Also it says Mickaël Landreau is an asset in goal, which is very true. I have not tried it as Liverpool yet, but that's my next thing to do.Overall I felt this was a good game, there is obviously things that annoyed me, like the lag in displaying the action in 3D view, and the fact I had to activate it, but really it doesn't bother me, as long as it keeps working and I don't think I will use it on another machine. I was going to put it on my Mac too, but I doubt they'll allow me to do that, which is frustrating. I can understand Sega's position with piracy, but I think there needs to be trust on both sides to make it work. People who work hard for their money do not like to be treated as criminals by the system, yet on the other hand the piracy system is hacking the system before you can say goal, but that's not really a point to overstress in a review.I would recommend this to anyone who loves their football, it's good, sleek, but does have a few bugs, which I really hope Sega sort out soon. As for all the reviews complaining about poor activation - I am glad I didn't over dwell on it, because I would have lost out on a fun game. I do understand their pain though, the activation server down on day one was not good, but now it's over, lets just play the game and have fun. Seriously though, give this a shot, don't be put off, what's the worst that can happen? Try the demo.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 16 November 2008
A lot has been said about FM2009 which had me wondering if I had made the right decision to buy - and to be honest with you, they did worry me, the reviews here were all about DRM, bad servers, ringing pricey calls to get a code etc, but I bit the bullet and opened the cellophane - to my delight! First off, I entered my code into FM's code lookup system, and they gave me the right code, so I wasn't fiddling around for hours trying desperately in vain to get on. I did get an error from Steam, but that was because Steam was trying to update, so FM couldn't install. So I fully updated Steam, and it worked like a dream. My PC, (Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Intel Pentium 4 560, 3600 MHz, 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM), RADEON X600/X550 Series (128 MB)) worked perfectly with the game. It was all installed within around 10mins from start to finish.
I know a lot of FM purists were rather annoyed with the new 3D view, but I quite like it, you're in the action now, instead of watching blobs running around. OK, in FM08 I enjoyed that, but it's cool that we now have it in completion. The only bug bear I have is that it stops and the commentary at the bottom carries on, I'd like it to keep up with the action!
Everything from FM08 is here - including the new scouting system, which I found a lot better than FM08, though he had preset jobs, for example he started scouring South Africa without asking me! Cheeky!
My team, Paris St Germain was complete and I like the way it's realistic, as it says Claude Makélélé is their top asset. Also it says Mickaël Landreau is an asset in goal, which is very true. I have not tried it as Liverpool yet, but that's my next thing to do.
Overall I felt this was a good game, there is obviously things that annoyed me, like the lag in displaying the action in 3D view, and the fact I had to activate it, but really it doesn't bother me, as long as it keeps working and I don't think I will use it on another machine. I was going to put it on my Mac too, but I doubt they'll allow me to do that, which is frustrating. I can understand Sega's position with piracy, but I think there needs to be trust on both sides to make it work. People who work hard for their money do not like to be treated as criminals by the system, yet on the other hand the piracy system is hacking the system before you can say goal, but that's not really a point to overstress in a review.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves their football, it's good, sleek, but does have a few bugs, which I really hope Sega sort out soon. As for all the reviews complaining about poor activation - I am glad I didn't over dwell on it, because I would have lost out on a fun game. I do understand their pain though, the activation server down on day one was not good, but now it's over, lets just play the game and have fun. Seriously though, give this a shot, don't be put off, what's the worst that can happen? Try the demo.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 16 November 2008
Football Manager is an excellent management game from Sega and Sports Interactive, where you get to live the dream and manage your favourite team, or just pick a struggling team from the lower leagues and make it to the top of the Premier League. Not only that, you can manage teams from many leagues all over the world, all from the comfort of your PC!Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 16 November 2008
A lot has been said about FM2009 which had me wondering if I had made the right decision to buy - and to be honest with you, they did worry me, the reviews here were all about DRM, bad servers, ringing pricey calls to get a code etc, but I bit the bullet and opened the cellophane - to my delight! First off, I entered my code into FM's code lookup system, and they gave me the right code, so I wasn't fiddling around for hours trying desperately in vain to get on. I did get an error from Steam, but that was because Steam was trying to update, so FM couldn't install. So I fully updated Steam, and it worked like a dream. My PC, (Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Intel Pentium 4 560, 3600 MHz, 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM), RADEON X600/X550 Series (128 MB)) worked perfectly with the game. It was all installed within around 10mins from start to finish.
I know a lot of FM purists were rather annoyed with the new 3D view, but I quite like it, you're in the action now, instead of watching blobs running around. OK, in FM08 I enjoyed that, but it's cool that we now have it in completion. The only bug bear I have is that it stops and the commentary at the bottom carries on, I'd like it to keep up with the action!
Everything from FM08 is here - including the new scouting system, which I found a lot better than FM08, though he had preset jobs, for example he started scouring South Africa without asking me! Cheeky!
My team, Paris St Germain was complete and I like the way it's realistic, as it says Claude Makélélé is their top asset. Also it says Mickaël Landreau is an asset in goal, which is very true. I have not tried it as Liverpool yet, but that's my next thing to do.
Overall I felt this was a good game, there is obviously things that annoyed me, like the lag in displaying the action in 3D view, and the fact I had to activate it, but really it doesn't bother me, as long as it keeps working and I don't think I will use it on another machine. I was going to put it on my Mac too, but I doubt they'll allow me to do that, which is frustrating. I can understand Sega's position with piracy, but I think there needs to be trust on both sides to make it work. People who work hard for their money do not like to be treated as criminals by the system, yet on the other hand the piracy system is hacking the system before you can say goal, but that's not really a point to overstress in a review.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves their football, it's good, sleek, but does have a few bugs, which I really hope Sega sort out soon. As for all the reviews complaining about poor activation - I am glad I didn't over dwell on it, because I would have lost out on a fun game. I do understand their pain though, the activation server down on day one was not good, but now it's over, lets just play the game and have fun. Seriously though, give this a shot, don't be put off, what's the worst that can happen? Try the demo.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 23 February 2009
