Football Manager 2009 Pc Views

General Goods

First there was text commentary. Then a top-down 2D engine. Now, finally, after years of patient waiting, Football Manager's match engine is entering the third dimension on PC and Mac. Utilising motion capture footage borrowed from SEGA Japan's Virtua Striker, Football Manager 2009 is promising to deliver the visual realism that its stunningly detailed match engine so richly deserves.

In Football Manager 2009 for PC the famous Football Manager match engine can now be viewed in full 3D with motion captured animations for the players. Sports Interactive has been working on the 3D match engine for nearly three years with the support of SEGA Japan's Virtua Striker team who provided the motion capture data and some of the animations.

Although admittedly, keeping people in front of their PC screens has never been a problem for the Football Manager series. Because if you're familiar with this incredibly realistic, hugely in-depth football management simulation, you will no doubt have experienced many 3am finishes as you feverishly mastermind a cup run or doggedly pursue that elusive striker who wants ten grand a week more than you're prepared to offer. But being able to watch the matches unfold in full 3D, rewinding and pausing the action whenever you like, will make those late finishes even more frequent. The 2D engine is still available for traditionalists but it can't quite portray the white-knuckle thrill of a penalty shoot-out in round three of the Carling Cup like the TV-style coverage can.