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help with CM
- Thread starter BayernBoz
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management games are just that... management game. the purpose is that you take controll of a team (many, many nations and divisions to choose from)and become, essentially, the manager.
the game is realistic as much as it can be. you choose the training, you choose the players, you can buy, sell, choose player's contracts, basically like you would in real life. you play matches like you would in real life. you also create a tactic for your players to play by, and you can get very intricate and detailed at this point, choose playmakers, even tell the players how and where they should move and what kind of passes they make. then, you enter the match. you don't play, literally. the game plays out according to the tactics you and the opponent placed. you're not controlling the players, as much as they are following orders based on your tactic.
since you heaven't played any of these managment games... the only thing i can suggest is actually trying one... CM 03/04 is the best one out there right now (also the newest one) however, within a very short period of time (2-3 months) new games will come out. The people who made the CM series split up, and created 2 different versions of the CM game i told you about (there have been numerous CM games... CM2, CM3, CM01/02-my fav, and the most recent one CM 03/04. those are just some, not all) there will be 2 versions of the champion manager series coming out, one is called Champion Manager 5, which is created by Edios, and the other is Football Manager 2005, made by Sports Interactive.
Many of your resident CM experts (Trod, dave, ruud) believe that FM 05 will be by far the better game, because it will build upon the CM03/04 game i mentioned earlier, which is very good to begin with. the CM5 game does not look to be so good, at least in the beginnin, since the developers kind of had to start from scratch.
there you go, i tried to explain as best i could, but if i only confused you, PM one of those guys i mentioned, they know a hell of a lot more about these things then i do. the only thing i can concretely say is that these managment games are really fun.
the game is realistic as much as it can be. you choose the training, you choose the players, you can buy, sell, choose player's contracts, basically like you would in real life. you play matches like you would in real life. you also create a tactic for your players to play by, and you can get very intricate and detailed at this point, choose playmakers, even tell the players how and where they should move and what kind of passes they make. then, you enter the match. you don't play, literally. the game plays out according to the tactics you and the opponent placed. you're not controlling the players, as much as they are following orders based on your tactic.
since you heaven't played any of these managment games... the only thing i can suggest is actually trying one... CM 03/04 is the best one out there right now (also the newest one) however, within a very short period of time (2-3 months) new games will come out. The people who made the CM series split up, and created 2 different versions of the CM game i told you about (there have been numerous CM games... CM2, CM3, CM01/02-my fav, and the most recent one CM 03/04. those are just some, not all) there will be 2 versions of the champion manager series coming out, one is called Champion Manager 5, which is created by Edios, and the other is Football Manager 2005, made by Sports Interactive.
Many of your resident CM experts (Trod, dave, ruud) believe that FM 05 will be by far the better game, because it will build upon the CM03/04 game i mentioned earlier, which is very good to begin with. the CM5 game does not look to be so good, at least in the beginnin, since the developers kind of had to start from scratch.
there you go, i tried to explain as best i could, but if i only confused you, PM one of those guys i mentioned, they know a hell of a lot more about these things then i do. the only thing i can concretely say is that these managment games are really fun.
rpvankasteren
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There is a management game out, where you CAN play the matches yourself, TCM 2004, but you also need FIFA 2004 for that, and the management part of the game is crap, not to mention the realism of the match engine, it's non-existent.
Aside from TCM, LMA Manager by Codemasters will come out late next month, for PC. It will, like TCM, have a 3d match engine. LMA was created for the consoles, and did good on those, but the effectivity of the engine on a more demanding machine has to be seen.
CM will be having its first installment in a good month, and it will be... interesting to see how they coped. It and FM will both have a 2d engine, like CM 03/04.
FM will have a beta demo out in 2 weeks, which will show how far SI were with the game 3 weeks ago
SI have a name of releasing games that are not completely stable at first, and had to release numerous patches for their last 2 games. We're not completely sure it was their fault, or Eidos', we'll have to see how things go this time around.
There is great potential in some of the rivals of FM, but they're no where close yet.
I'd advise you to try the demo for CM 03/04, to see if it interests you at all. You can get it here. At 30.2 MB.
Aside from TCM, LMA Manager by Codemasters will come out late next month, for PC. It will, like TCM, have a 3d match engine. LMA was created for the consoles, and did good on those, but the effectivity of the engine on a more demanding machine has to be seen.
CM will be having its first installment in a good month, and it will be... interesting to see how they coped. It and FM will both have a 2d engine, like CM 03/04.
FM will have a beta demo out in 2 weeks, which will show how far SI were with the game 3 weeks ago
SI have a name of releasing games that are not completely stable at first, and had to release numerous patches for their last 2 games. We're not completely sure it was their fault, or Eidos', we'll have to see how things go this time around.There is great potential in some of the rivals of FM, but they're no where close yet.
I'd advise you to try the demo for CM 03/04, to see if it interests you at all. You can get it here. At 30.2 MB.
Correction: CM0405 will have a 2.5D engine
I'll try both games, but I think my natural bias is towards SI Games because of their fantastic softography record. (I hope that sounded right!) Being a brand-loyal person as well it's hard to switch, but give the demos a whizz and see which you prefer. Or get your gran to buy oit you for Christmas and get the receipt too
rpvankasteren
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Ok, they will both have a 2.5d engine, like CM '03/'04.
rpvankasteren
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It's a valid marketing strategy. It's a business still. You may not like it, I know I don't, but it's the real world.
Worst bit is: SI have set their release date for FM 2005 for the 5th of November, so Eidos will want CM5 released at least 2 weeks before that. Leaves BGS with 3 weeks max remaining to finish CM5...
Worst bit is: SI have set their release date for FM 2005 for the 5th of November, so Eidos will want CM5 released at least 2 weeks before that. Leaves BGS with 3 weeks max remaining to finish CM5...