Championship Manager Vs Football Manager

RealR · 6th May 2004, 03:21 PM

Gonna be an exciting time for desktop footy managers with both CM and FM on the way.

Quite a while back SI Games (Cham Manager developers up untill the current 03/04 game) and EIDOS, CM's publisher, split citing "differences." SI got the code to the game and the vast database while EIDOS kept the name of the game. This means we should now have 2 huge titles on our way.

Football Masters should be very similar to previous CM but the split has allowed SI a bit more flexibility and claim they are able to improve the game in new areas now. The game will be released by SEGA, who have the capital to provide a fantastic liscence so we can expect at least the old CM depth! The main problem for FM is of course awareness about it, as it is a new title even if its effectively CM.

Championship Manager may now seem like a poor choice. EIDOS's new developers are going to have to develop a fantastic game that can keep up with the old games and of course FM. They too will also be looking to keep the series in a similar direction to the previous champ games.

I sure can't wait for them! Howz about u lot? What you gonna be buying?

AlanG · 6th May 2004, 03:51 PM

I used to be a loyal follower of the CM series until it really went down hill. It got to the point where massive bug fixing patches were on the net before the game even came out. Being on a 56K i resented having to download a 30mb+ patch on the day of release to fix bugs, fair enough for game updates but thats taking the piss.

I'll go for whichever one manages to hammer down on game-ruining errors the most.

RealR · 6th May 2004, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan G

I used to be a loyal follower of the CM series until it really went down hill. It got to the point where massive bug fixing patches were on the net before the game even came out. Being on a 56K i resented having to download a 30mb+ patch on the day of release to fix bugs, fair enough for game updates but thats taking the piss.

I'll go for whichever one manages to hammer down on game-ruining errors the most.

That sucked but on broadband i didn't mind. When I was on dial up i just played on dealing with the bugs. Apparently though you can ring up and they send you the patch on a CD for free. Not bad eh?

Indigo_Jordan · 8th May 2004, 10:55 PM

im gonna buy both i think - jus to see. champ man was ace b4 the 2D screen days. Now its a foriegn game. I don't trust it and havent been able to finish one season yet.

PeteRoe · 11th May 2004, 07:00 AM

I still love Champ Man. Doing a Man Utd game just now and have the defence in the game (Silvestre, Lucio, Ayala and Ferdinand...SOOOO good!)

RealR · 11th May 2004, 11:46 AM

I'm with Carlisle UTD battling for promotion to Div 1. Got Serge Makofo, Moukoko, Oskarsson, porhallsson, adam collin, pidgely and just a team of young potential stars!

IRL Carlisle have just been relegated to Conf.

gord · 15th May 2004, 12:19 PM

I love Champ Man, have done since season 97/98. I'm not happy about the SI/Eidos split, it totally sucks.

Just been playing CD 03/04 and it's incredibly tedious compared to previous games. Buying and selling players is more difficult, and chairmen and directors are stricter.

Having said that though, Champ Man fucking rules, and is one of my top three games of all time, along with GoldenEye and Pacman.

So I think I'll buy the 'football manager' game, even though it's got a shite name.

6th May 2004, 03:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
RealR Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,133 Band: They are make believe	Championship Manager Vs Football Manager Gonna be an exciting time for desktop footy managers with both CM and FM on the way. Quite a while back SI Games (Cham Manager developers up untill the current 03/04 game) and EIDOS, CM's publisher, split citing "differences." SI got the code to the game and the vast database while EIDOS kept the name of the game. This means we should now have 2 huge titles on our way. Football Masters should be very similar to previous CM but the split has allowed SI a bit more flexibility and claim they are able to improve the game in new areas now. The game will be released by SEGA, who have the capital to provide a fantastic liscence so we can expect at least the old CM depth! The main problem for FM is of course awareness about it, as it is a new title even if its effectively CM. Championship Manager may now seem like a poor choice. EIDOS's new developers are going to have to develop a fantastic game that can keep up with the old games and of course FM. They too will also be looking to keep the series in a similar direction to the previous champ games. I sure can't wait for them! Howz about u lot? What you gonna be buying?

6th May 2004, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
AlanG ModSword +5 of Editing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,339	I used to be a loyal follower of the CM series until it really went down hill. It got to the point where massive bug fixing patches were on the net before the game even came out. Being on a 56K i resented having to download a 30mb+ patch on the day of release to fix bugs, fair enough for game updates but thats taking the piss. I'll go for whichever one manages to hammer down on game-ruining errors the most. __________________ Ernie Ross - "I'm not a rent-a-quote MP" 10 Sep 04 Ernie Ross being a rent-a-quote MP 23 Jul 04

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8th May 2004, 10:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Indigo_Jordan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: murrymintland Posts: 112	im gonna buy both i think - jus to see. champ man was ace b4 the 2D screen days. Now its a foriegn game. I don't trust it and havent been able to finish one season yet.

11th May 2004, 07:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
PeteRoe Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Kirriemuir Posts: 1,112	I still love Champ Man. Doing a Man Utd game just now and have the defence in the game (Silvestre, Lucio, Ayala and Ferdinand...SOOOO good!)

11th May 2004, 11:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
RealR Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,133 Band: They are make believe	I'm with Carlisle UTD battling for promotion to Div 1. Got Serge Makofo, Moukoko, Oskarsson, porhallsson, adam collin, pidgely and just a team of young potential stars! IRL Carlisle have just been relegated to Conf.

15th May 2004, 12:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
gord of the rings Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,727	I love Champ Man, have done since season 97/98. I'm not happy about the SI/Eidos split, it totally sucks. Just been playing CD 03/04 and it's incredibly tedious compared to previous games. Buying and selling players is more difficult, and chairmen and directors are stricter. Having said that though, Champ Man fucking rules, and is one of my top three games of all time, along with GoldenEye and Pacman. So I think I'll buy the 'football manager' game, even though it's got a shite name.