Sport simulators are generally focused at the action in itself, not what goes on in the background. Nevertheless, like
strategy games where you don't actually fight,
managing a sports club can be equally entertaining. With
Championship Manager (one of the oldest names in the game) we will have to take our team all the way to the top.
If you want a football game that isn't like
FIFA or
Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) and that actually centers all its atention on
buying and selling players, managing the squad, planning the training sesions (a very importan part of the game) and
the tactics that your team is going to use, you will like
Championship Manager.
In the training section the game will let us choose the individual training of each player, try out our tactics playing a
training match with our best players against the reserves and B squad,
train specific movements (penalties, shots on goal, 1-on-1,.... ) or
design our set-pieces.
The game has very good in game graphics, that we will follow from the sideline, being able to give different orders to our players when the ball goes out of touch, or choose when to substitute certain players.
If you like manager games, you must try
Championship Manager 2010.
Note: The
demo allows to manage a team for six months.