Championship Manager = Letdown

User Rating: 4 | Championship Manager 2007 PC
By -James- | Review Date:
I borrowed Champ Man from my friend after he told me how boring and utterly dissapointing it was, and I decided (being a massive FM Fan) that I'd have a look. The first thing I noted was the user interface. To be honest, it was easy to navigate and the squad lists were all perfect and up to date. Good start I thought. So I'm sat down playing, with my general 4-4-2 formation like I use on FM with Liverpool. 2 friendlies later I realize that I can't score goals. I change it to 4-3-3 I'm now in November and haven't won a game less than 2-0 in any game since.

Firstly, the commentary is ridiculous. It goes from a corner to Liverpool, instantly to a corner for the oppositition. You can't keep track of it and you end up just randomly looking for goals. Secondly, its SOOO Easy! I mean, 5-0 away at Old Trafford? I mean, come on. I was 3-0 up within 15 minutes, and I've only signed one player, which admittedly was a ridiculously cheap Christian Chivu for £9m. (Would cost you bout 20 on FM).

Lets just put it like this. Interface wise, its similar to FM, the navigation is almost a carbon copy. But the fact is, its just a POOR management sim. Its far to easy, and after a couple of hours playing it I don't think I'd play it for a long period of time again. The Football Management purists will wait for Football Manager and they'd be right to. I know where I'll be on the 20th October.

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