What Is It? What a question. Championship Manager is the most addictive game that I have ever played. Not only that but it is also the only game that I have felt so passionate about. Your target is to take control a football team and bring that team to the promised land of international success. You have the ability to manage a range of teams from third division English league teams to Serie A or even international squads such as Nigeria and Brazil. Installation The installation process is very simple. Follow the instructions that load from the self-unzipping screen and everything should be fine. There are no surprises. (Considering this is a ...  Read the complete review

It's not a game. Relationships have been ruined by it. Flatmates kicked out because of it. Whole months gobbled by it. Lives consumed by it. It's Championship Manager: and for the first time ever, you can plug it into your telly. Champ Man is THE immersive football sim. It's rumoured that not only do real life managers play it, they use the staggeringly huge database to scout out new players. This is the true daddy of sports manager simulations, and thanks to the XBOX's hard drive, console gamers can join in with the fun. The series has been a roaring success on the PC, and if you're a football fan and haven't come across it ...  Read the complete review

The whole championship manager "thing" started off way back in the early 90's, and its probably fair to say that most of its current fans have been following the series from way back when. It would be nice to think that there are a slowly increasing number of championship manager fans though. I used to like computer games, now I just like championship manager. Despite the text-interface, the hours of play needed, the vast amount of statictics and number crunching, this game somehow distances itself from the "nurd" reputation that any other similiar game would have. I personally find this game more addictive than anything else in ...  Read the complete review

Championship Manager now includes many new features the original versions lacked. These include: being about to manage in 26 different countries, a more sophisticated, EU-regulated transfer system, better scouting and training systems, more interactivity with the board and attribute masking and "random players" options which give the game more depth once you have memorised all the real player stats. Although Championship Manager now lets you manage teams in 26 different countries, I have only devoted any sreious time to the English, Spanish and Italian leagues. The South American leagues have totally different competition systems, which I simply ...  Read the complete review