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The only game I ever play on PC is Football Manager but I have started to tire of this of late and fancy something different. I`m not interested in playing FPS games or anything involving a control pad as I have the PS3 for that caper. I would just like an open ended game like Football Manager is which can be controlled by mouse or keyboard.
Anyone got any ideas?

Championship Manager took a year off to get a game out to compete with Football Manager, resulting in CM 2010.

Personally I think it`s a step down from FM, but plenty of others think the opposite.

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Whatever the last SimCity was? Or The Sims? Or how about giving an RTS a go? Something online only like World of Warcraft? However that really is the worlds biggest time sink.


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Only two PC games I play are FM10 and Civilzation IV.

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Could someone please
Remove these cutleries
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I agree with you on Championship Manager. I took "advantage" of the pre-order for £2.99 offer they did and consider it £2.99 that would have been better spent on alcohol.
Civilisation may be a good shout though

Maybe you should give yourself a challenge on FM? Start as a lower-league team? Start without a job? Manage an international side?

On the Football Manager forums (at sigames.com), there are people who have uploaded their save games and set challenges to achieve when playing them.

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Brian Elliott is a British journalist, covering soccer, MMA, and pro wrestling. He has written for the likes of the Associated Press, the Canadian Press, and Fighting Spirit Magazine, and has also appeared as a guest on Fight Network Radio.

Looking for intelligent football (soccer) discussion, including the history of the game? Look no further than Discuss Soccer

You should give Fifa Manager 10 a go, I was always a FM fan but Fifa is pretty good compared to the previous s***e they turned out.


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Civilzation IV good then?

I used to love Civilization 2 on the PC but never played one since.  I used to like stuff like the WW2 scenario where you jumped straight in.

Would it run on a Netbook that can run Football Manager 2010, or is it quiet graphics heavy nowdays?

I`ve got 2GB of RAM on my NC10.


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Maybe you should give yourself a challenge on FM? Start as a lower-league team? Start without a job? Manage an international side?

Yep done most of those. Taken Leeds back to the Champions League (mostly thanks to Ken Bates selling the club to a sugar daddy) whilst also guiding Cameroon to African Nations glory. I was then offered the England job, which when I am Welsh was probably a mistake on behalf of the FA as I immediately installed Titus Bramble as the England captain (who was quite old by now) and insisted on playing Rooney in goal. I was soon fired after the 7-0 battering by Sweden. :D

Official specs for Civ IV say: 1.2 GHz Processor , 256 MB RAM , 64 MB video card Hardware T&L , sound card , 1.7 GB HDD

It`s only £8 on Amzon (that`s the pack I got with the two expansions that I don`t know what they do): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sid-Meiers-Civilization-IV-Complete/dp/B000W2FICG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1270024381&sr=8-1&tag=myrev09-21


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Could someone please
Remove these cutleries
From my knees...