New Championship Manager 4 Screenshots!

Imran Siddiqui · December 26, 2002, 15:16

Wow, what a good looking game!!

This page is sllllow, btw:

http://www.sigames.com/news_view.php?act=2&id=557

Dauphin · December 26, 2002, 15:26

Very nice.

Footie Mad · December 26, 2002, 18:30

This has me drooling in anticipation.

FrustratedPoet · December 26, 2002, 19:58

Thanks for this Imran.

CM4 and Sim City 4 should make it a good start to 2003 for PC gamers (who like soccer management and city building

).

Imran Siddiqui · December 26, 2002, 20:22

Now only to get it shipped across the Atlantic

.

FrustratedPoet · December 26, 2002, 20:28

Last time I checked the release date (for the UK) was in February some time.

Their site is sllloooooowwww, so I don't go there often anymore.
Is the projected release date still Feb?

Imran Siddiqui · December 26, 2002, 20:48

I believe it was reported it is February 28th.

Maquiladora · December 26, 2002, 21:43

Not bad, CM has never been about its looks so i hopre the GUI isnt as slow as **** on a PII.

Seneca · December 26, 2002, 23:06

Yay! Even more features for me to ignore as I just trot out the same team week after week and hope for the best!

Frozzy · December 27, 2002, 01:47

*SIGH* I hate having to pay extra to get it shipped here

Kropotkin · January 2, 2003, 18:33

Most of it looks very nice, damn it. That means I've got to buy a new computer to be able to play it. I can't afford that!

Dauphin · January 2, 2003, 18:37

To save me searching around a slow site, what are the system reqs and recs?

FrustratedPoet · January 2, 2003, 20:17

I just tried searching their site for them and had no luck. God damn it's slow.

FrustratedPoet · January 2, 2003, 20:19

You can see the rather spiffy box art at Amazon, though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...962761-3281250

Maquiladora · January 2, 2003, 20:38

Looks better than i expected, Valentines day release too.

Dauphin · January 3, 2003, 06:33

That'll give me three weeks playing time before Hearts of Iron comes out then. Is Amazon right with 7 March for HoI?

Footie Mad · January 3, 2003, 08:58

I predict a slump in childbirths throughout the UK nine months after valentines this year.

alva · January 4, 2003, 04:37

Demo should be out around the 14 of FEb (Valentines day, start prepping your excuses

)

Recommended specs
pIII 600-700 (will get down after optimalization)
128-256MB

Will probably NOT be released in Belgium in the forseeable future

Seneca · January 13, 2003, 09:17

600 Mhz?

It's a good game, but not so good that I'm going to spend a grand on a new computer...

Kropotkin · January 13, 2003, 10:27

Oh, yes you are!

alva · January 13, 2003, 13:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Seneca
600 Mhz?

It's a good game, but not so good that I'm going to spend a grand on a new computer...

Note that these are recommended specs, not the minimal !!!

And they have said, they expected some more optimalisations (not certain), so that they might even drop another notch.

1 month to go !!!

---> for the demo at least

( I asked Mark about a CM4 forum, he sort of wants to, but will not make one (he's a long time fan too), since that it's too far from a civ game and that are good and plenty CM boards elsewhere

)

Let's start a petition !!!

Eli · January 13, 2003, 14:11

Looks good.

Sten Sture · January 13, 2003, 18:33

Hey - if you play LLM style and start with a crap team then it is a civilization building game!!

(Leigh RMI has a fat goalie)

Kropotkin · January 13, 2003, 19:22

So you mean that there's actually such a thing as a slim british goalie?

Kropotkin · January 13, 2003, 19:24

Btw, about the actual screenshots; i like the screen that implies that there's such a thing as both reserves and U-19. Making stars from scratch is one of my favorite passtimes.

Maquiladora · January 15, 2003, 02:35

I have a feeling i wont make full use of half of the new screens and information, as usual.

Quote:

( I asked Mark about a CM4 forum, he sort of wants to, but will not make one (he's a long time fan too), since that it's too far from a civ game and that are good and plenty CM boards elsewhere )

Id probably have to agree. There isnt really enough people here for a whole new forum either (although that hasnt stopped the CtP1 DG forum) Maybe after CM4 is released and MP takes off theyll be more demand... cant wait for MP!

alva · January 15, 2003, 06:02

Quote:

cant wait for MP!

You got more info on that ?
Maybe we set up a game here, with some Apo members

FrustratedPoet · January 15, 2003, 06:04

/me drools at the thought of CM4 multi-player

Dauphin · January 15, 2003, 10:04

It was multiplayer before wasn't it? Hotseat at least since the beginning, and I've played LAN before.

I can't imagine a PBEM version working very well.

Maquiladora · January 15, 2003, 18:49

I dont know much about MP in CM4, but on the SI forums they made it pretty clear there would be an "Internet" option and that it would be as fast as LAN was in CM01/02, over a 56k modem.

I tried playing an internet game with the LAN option too in CM01/02, it was laggy but not unplayable. The mad rushes and outbidding to sign the potential stars at the start of the season was always fun