Championship Manager 3 (PC)

Do you love football? Do you wanna be the manager of your team? If the answer is no, then why are you reading this review, because this is the best football managment game ever made-and thats it, its a footy managment game, nothin more. You get to be the boss of any team practically in the world, all the players are genuine and the details of all the clubs too. There are so many statistics in this game that youd have thought compiling them all together to make a game would have been an impossible task, so for that alone, the game becomes great. The team that you choose then is totally under your control as you are the boss,however as in real life,there ...

This game when it was released was by far the best football managment simulation in the world. Forget fancy match graphics who needs them, football managment games are about stats & this game has them all. With a number of different leagues that you can play in it offers you the best insight into what being a football manager is like. It doesn't however come up as good as the soon after released 99/00 edition that added some much needed new features such as players going AWOL. Come on EIDOS why put this out on the market then release 99/00 a much tidied up version a few months later. All in all a good game but why buy this when you can buy the updated ...

This (the 99/00 edition) is probably the most comprehensive football management sim of all time. There is such an extensive database of players and managers its unbelievable. The 99/00 edition has a few extra features also on top of the standard CM3 edition, including the ability to fine players, players having more input to you as manager about their present feelings and also the ability for players to do a 'Pierre Van Hooijdonk' and go AWOL if you do things like reject them a transfer. There is such an addictive element to this game. I find though that I very much play it in fits and starts. For example I may have 2 or 3 weeks where i'll play it a few hours ...