| Premier Manager 2008 (PC CD) | 
| From: Zoo Digital
Category: Video Games
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 10814
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: soccer-games
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 9702891
EAN: 5060034555124
ASIN: B0001DHS4M
Release Date: August 17, 2007
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Poor playability, a real disappointment. March 12, 2008
R. Flood (Coventry, UK)
After taking a long (5-year) break from buying management simulation games, I was expecting something playable with the ability to control many aspects of club management. being of the generation that grew up with the original mega drive version of premier manager (second version if you count the atari version), I thought that the latest version of premier manager would be a brilliant one to play.
I was wrong.
This version allows for less control over the club than even the first developed 15 years ago for mega drive! You can't control individual player tactics (i.e. either everyone must man-mark, or zonal, or pass long/short, etc.), you can't control individual training regimes for players, it's a pain in the backside just to get to choose their group training regimes, you're stuck with your original staff, since I can't see a way you can find new staff to hire, you can't upgrade the stadium when you want and there isn't even a transfer list that was present in earlier versions as your scout does all the work, and that depends on his quality!
My advice is save your money and buy something different. Anything different.
Rubbish! January 15, 2008
parthur
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Do not buy this game! I got it for Christmas and was sorely disapointed.
It is not at all realistic. Very hard to figure out. Layout is useless. Team squads are out of date. Very easy to sign a player that you could never sign in real life for that club! The finances allow you to totally kill the club, crippling it with debt when any realistic chairman would tell you no way! I have wasted enough time on this now!
The only good point is that it is a fairly quick game to play!
Absolute rubbish December 6, 2007
Karl Carroll
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Where to begin? Take PM 2006/2007 and instead of improving it take away basic and needed functions and replace them with insane alternatives.
How can you play a game with no basic transfer list? Takes weeks for your scout to find even one player at random and then you have to scout the player before having any idea how good he is. Takes an entire season to buy a couple of decent players. Loan option is random and doesnt appear to work, no way to tell is someone is available for free or on a Bosman.
Oh the list goes on believe me but the transfers alone make this one of the worst management games of all time. Premier manager 1 on the Amiga was better even by todays standards.
Junk August 20, 2007
Northern Warrior (Swindon, England)
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
Can only agree with the earlier reviewer.
This is like a throwback to the early 90's, there isn't even a decent match engine with commentary, which Fifa Soccer Manager was offering in 1998. I didn't waste too much time trying to get to grips with the very limited menus. However the interaction was far from smooth and at times incomprehensible what you had to do - the Scout found a player on the transfer list but you couldn't select him to make an offer.
And yes it may be a budget game but no manual not even a quickstart guide is not good enough.
There are far better footie management games out there - if you like match graphics then go for a copy of Fifa Manager 06, if you want stats but no visible matchplay then stick with CM.
Please, please, please wait for FM2008 August 19, 2007
J. Harness
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
Unfortunately this game doesnt live up to anywhere near the standards set by both Football Manager and even the EA sports management games.
It lacks detail, and the only way you can search for a player who isnt in any of the 4 main countries is via the scout, and then it still isnt very good.
The squads are also severely outdated, even though the season has just begun.
On the above 2 points for instance, take Arsenal.
In their squad they have players such as Reyes, Ljungberg and Djourou. And lack the likes of Sagna and Eduardo. (I dont even want to comtemplace what the Man City squad looks like)
Trying to even find Eduardo is impossible as well, as he can only be found via the scout, and when set to search, he only finds one player.
The match engine is also poor. They have tried to use the style of the FM "dots" but it is shoddy and jumpy, very much like something from the early 90's.
I could go on for a long time about this game, but it would take too long.
All in all it is, in my opinion, one of the worst football management games of recent years.
Please wait for the likes of FM2008 to come out and buy that.
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