Championship Manager 2008

Game Tags

championship manager 08, football, soccer, eidos,

Game Description

Think you can do better? It's your decisions that count: your budget, your buys, your formation, your tactics... your chance to prove it! Use your skills and knowledge to manage your club the way you feel it should be — now it's your turn.

All football fans around the world, believe they know more about football than anybody else. More than the guy sat next to them at the match, more than the people commentating on the game, more than the manager of their local team.

Championship Manager is the closest you'll ever come to the highs and lows of real football management.

Features:

Update Data

• Updated club, player and staff data to the end of the August transfer window

• An increase of more than 25% of people in the database

• 27 playable nations now including the Australian League

Australian League

• League competition and Pre-Season competitions

• Marquee player and salary cap rules

• Limit on youth players and realistic player registration

Multiplayer

• Ability to play with other user managers on one PC.

ProZone Analyst Feedback

• ProZone Analyst that gives analytical feedback on how players and the team performed during a match, including identifying good and bad points that may otherwise have been missed. There's no hiding place for players!

• Analyst view which gives the player a simple way of accessing the power of the ProZone tool.

• Replay analyst events & goals instantly!

ProZone

• Ability to play any match event within ProZone instantly.

• Live rewind facility which allows the user to navigate through a match easily.

• New video style camera view

• Ability to see the context surrounding an event, so the user can easily see the cause and effect of an incident.

• Match possession bar to show the user how possession changed over time, as well as indicating when events occur.

Player Tendencies

• 32 tendencies that modify how an individual player performs during a matchday.

• Ability to mould players to learn new tendencies

Match Engine

• Teams now function as units rather than as individuals with players now communicating between themselves.

• All aspects of play from shooting to passing and tackling have been upgraded.

• One-twos and overlaps.

• Tilting/Leaning/Diving player markers used in order to provide the user with better information as to what is happening on the pitch.

• Modelling of short term energy levels that affect a player's work rate at a particular point in the match.

• Overhauled Match summary screen giving the user an insight into player performance and opposition tactical changes.

Transfers

• Revamped transfer values to ensure that player reputations and performances have a bigger effect on values.

• More realistic transfers with improved player interested filtering making transfer targets more realistic.

• More realistic loan system ensuring players available are more suited to yours and the AI clubs needs.

Reviews & Ratings

IGN - 72%

If Football Manager's intensity scares you and you're looking for a chance to guide your team to glory with the minimum of team management minutiae, then Championship Manager 2008 is certainly worthy of your attention

GameSpot - 60%

Championship Manager 2008 ultimately fails because it doesn't seem to know who it's aiming at.

Screenshots

Demo & Patches

Championship Manager 2008 Demo