FM2006 is out today in the UK!

[TEXAN]

First review-

You have to hand it to SI. In every other genre there are a few 'must-have' titles, with no singular game that would cover every base. In the world of football management, you really do only need FM. Nothing else comes anywhere near to it in terms of depth, scope or intensity. Forget 3D match engines that bear little relation to your tactics, or the ability to build stadiums and fix hotdog prices. No, concentrate on what's important - feeling like a manager. And FM2006 does that. It's the most accomplished football management sim ever, without doubt. It's a game where you feel almost as bad when you lose on screen as it does when your team loses in the real world, and that is some accomplishment. It's a game where the line between success and failure is so fine it's blurred, and the payback is only in your head - you'll get no fancy FMV congratulatory screen here. It's a game where you define your own goals, and have to work hard to achieve them. To put it simply, it has the elusive X-factor. And so it should be left to the manager to give us his informed opinion on the way his team is prepared for the long season ahead:

"I've looked at my squad, and those of the opposition, and can safely say that we are going to walk it this year. Again."

Seems about right to me.

http://www.pro-g.co.uk/review/739/page1/

 

[London Geezer]

Football manager games are SO last millennium! Almost like Fantasy Football or whatever they call it!

 

[hey69]

how are you guys enjoying those kind of management games? just stats and numbers....
boooooooooooring

 

[London Geezer]

how are you guys enjoying those kind of management games? just stats and numbers....
boooooooooooring

Exactly! It's like being at work!!


*This is the moment someone comes in and says "But management games are SO much more!!!1"*

 

[hey69]

" its like playing zelda.. but with numbers! "... ergh

soccer fans are a breed apart . i will never understand

 

[Jon Brittan]

" its like playing zelda.. but with numbers! "... ergh

soccer fans are a breed apart . i will never understand

I think that's exactly the point, it's just another facet of an enthusiasm for football.
I can understand it perfectly, even though I've not played a football management game for quite some time now. I play for both a Saturday and a Sunday league football team, which also gives me four training sessions a week meaning Friday is my only day off football, sadly enough I do tend to crack out FIFA or PES when certain friends are round too...

 

[cam]

I started playing champ man games on the Amiga, it can be argued that they are just stats and numbers games but so some rpg's, some people like trolls, i like cheap Belarusian strikers. I think that best describes CM games, football rpg's.

 

[TEXAN]

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61370

 

[jonnyp]

First review-



http://www.pro-g.co.uk/review/739/page1/

I love it! Been playing the series since '93. I think I'll never grow tired of it.

 

[TEXAN]

Football manager games are SO last millennium! Almost like Fantasy Football or whatever they call it!

"Sega’s ‘Football Manager 2006’ (PC) sells twice as many as last year’s version, scoring No2 in the All Formats Chart. ‘Football Manager 2006’ outsells ‘The Sims 2’ in its first week to become the 2nd fastest selling PC game behind Sport Interactive’s very own ‘Championship Manager 4’ way back in week 13, 2003."

http://www.charttrack.co.uk/?i=271&s=1111

http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/...t.jsp&ct=110015

 

[London Geezer]

"Sega’s ‘Football Manager 2006’ (PC) sells twice as many as last year’s version, scoring No2 in the All Formats Chart. ‘Football Manager 2006’ outsells ‘The Sims 2’ in its first week to become the 2nd fastest selling PC game behind Sport Interactive’s very own ‘Championship Manager 4’ way back in week 13, 2003."

http://www.charttrack.co.uk/?i=271&s=1111

http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/...t.jsp&ct=110015

So? Still teh lame!

 

[TEXAN]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=12561

Friday's UK launch of Football ManagerTM 2006 has netted retail sales of over 100,000 units during its first weekend of release

Football ManagerTM 2006 bettered the sales of the entire Top 50 Full Price PC Entertainment chart combined, over the last week, despite only being on sale for 2 of the 7 days.

Over 100,000 copies at full price within 48hrs.

 

[TEXAN]

Series laughs in the face of those who scoffed at the idea of a game based on spreadsheets.

http://games.kikizo.com/news/200510/142.asp

 

[jonnyp]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=12561





Over 100,000 copies at full price within 48hrs.

I wonder how many copies the series has sold since it began in the early 90's.

 

[Teasy]

I had no idea this was coming out since the last Football Manager game didn't seem like it came out very long ago. Can't wait to get more info on it and try it out.

London-boy, don't try to understand Football. Its like me trying to understand why you like putting things up mens bums

how are you guys enjoying those kind of management games? just stats and numbers....

Its not just stats and numbers. While the match engine isn't any kind of 3D game it still shows a very realistic representation of the movement and flow of a Football match. Then again even before that match engine Championship Manager (Football Manager) was great. Its not hard to understand why with some imagination.

 

[Miksu]

Erhm, why this thread is in the console games-forum? We do have a PC Games -section and from there you can find this

 

[Teasy]

Probably because the game is also being released for PSP and XBox 360. Though undoubtedly this thread is primarily about the PC version so you have a point there