Football Director (DS)

Having been a massive fan of championship manager games for the PC, I was often looking out for a version of the same name on the DS. Sadly that never materialised, but a game of similar ilk was released 'Football Director'! The game was released in 2008 and has a similar set up to most football simulator game formats; you choose a team and are in control of team selection, tactics, transfers, wages etc. I purchased the game for £10 from play.com knowing that I was going away for a few days and would have plenty of time to play the game. The game has had quite bad press but here is my review: - **GOOD FEATURES The game is really simple, ...  Read the complete review

This review is for the Nintendo DS game, Football Director, published by Pinnacle. The game is a football management simulator, one of the few available for the DS. There have been many football management games available, but they usually work best on the PC, and haven't usually translated as well onto other consoles. The formula in this game is the same as with most others, manage your team to victory by buying and selling players, clever use of tactics, choice of backroom staff and by using many other managerial techniques. You play each game, as you would imagine, by selecting your team and tactics, having trained your players, you then play the ...  Read the complete review

At last! A football management game for the DS! They are available, pretty much, on every games system, and given how basic they are to navigate around, why hasn't one been available for the DS before? I had been waiting for a football management game for the DS for a long time and, just after Christmas, I saw Football Director on the shelves of HMV for the price of £22 and thought "That's definitely worth it!". Having happily purchased, I had high expectations considering I had been waiting so long for Nintendo to release such a game. The title of 'Director' was already distinct from the classic 'Manager' designate that you see on 99% of ...  Read the complete review