![]() Its foibles also made it fun-the cult stars of the game it churned out still now mean something to fans, from Cherno Samba to Tonton Moukoko. Then, as now, the game felt immersive and ahead of its time. It was also completely revolutionary, with attention to detail and a previously unseen depth. It's easy to poke fun at Championship Manager, but for a generation of gamers-this one included-it was a joy to play. Only scouting will help you reveal all, and even then, only if your budget allows you to be sending your scout out to these far-flung regions in the hope of catching him in action. ![]() Your midfield prospect from Curacao has some qualities you know, such as 15 for tackling, some you don't, such as no steer on his ability to take a free-kick and some you have only a rough idea of-so his flair is somewhere in the region of 12 to 19. For players in more obscure regions, the information is tantalising and vague. ![]() Of course, with the above example, Cristiano Ronaldo, his talents are known to just about everyone. Having been scouted extensively and awarded attributes based on current ability and future potential, the profiles are a goldmine of information.Īnd with clever touches, such as the highlight attribute function, you can get a quick read on whether a given player has the right set of skills for a certain role within your team. The team who created the game divorced from the game's original publishers, Eidos, with the latter keeping the name and the "look" of the game and the former taking with them their engine and coding, before linking up with Sega to produce Football Manager.Īccordingly, Football Manager has to most fans felt like the true continuation of the series, though the name and publisher did change during that time.įM 2015 knows players better than players know themselves. So here is a nostalgia-fuelled trip through the game, showing what it looked like back in 1993 compared to this week's newest edition.Ī caveat should be noted here: Championship Manager and Football Manager underwent a split in 2003. ![]() The stories and legends that have come with this game are many.įrom players you'd hardly heard of becoming cult heroes through their overachievements in various versions of the game, to stories of grown men wearing suits to manage a prestigious cup final and the game (and the obsession with it) being cited in divorce cases, FM is a storied game.Įvery year, the game gets a little more realistic, and it's easy to forget just how much it has changed over the course of a generation. Friday, November 7, sees the release of Football Manager 2015, the latest version of a game that has seen a generation of men take to their computers and lose themselves imagining that they are in the hot seat of a football team. ![]()
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