After reading about the game here..
I thought this looked like what I had been waiting for on the iPhone; all the boxes seemed to be ticked.
But when I played it, it was far from what was promised in the description.
The game uses some of the default iPhone forms and screen mechanisms so it doesnt look that nice, the game isnt full screen so you can see the network operator at the top, menus are often with heavy cramming of stats into small spaces (player listings).
The amount of information isnt really suited to playing this on a mobile device, at first you think it is great having them but when you see 11 messages in your email system after 1 week in the game it becomes very fiddly, often you have to navigate to sub sub sub menus to access the problems with team injuries, as the home page is more like a work organiser.
Its strange because the amount of stats used in this makes it feel like something aimed more at the desktop PC for in depth game play, yet falls short on that requirement if it were the only soccer manager you owned; kind of an in between. I really wanted to like this because there arent that many available on iPhone (I know there are 2 more due out in April 09, both of which look much better) but this is too tedious for a fun manager game on the mobile. The fun bit which is supposed to be the match engine is so bad, it feels more like an afterthought, like it was rushed out and tacked on at the last second. You cannot vary the speed of the game, and the main highlight (commentary) is the worst I have seen in a manager game. It boils down to 1 line of text that says there is a shot on goal, free kick, corner etc, then followed by the second line of text you will see for outcome, e.g. a goal or shot wide. This is so far from enjoyable; you might as well not have any commentary and have an instant result button.
I can see that there has been some thought put into this title, but it seems to have focused on the wrong areas for a mobile game, its too fiddly and tedious and fun factor seems to be missing. Not worth it for the high price, Id wait for the next few manager games out shortly. Disappointing.
Hi Guys,
Fizz Software have released Soccer Manager or the iPhone and iPod Touch today. Check out their web site at
http://www.fizzsoftware.com or iTunes at
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=311468574&mt=8.
It looks great.
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