Football Manager Classic 2014

 PlayStation Vita
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Apr 11, 2014
Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. Everyeye.it
    Apr 15, 2014
    85
    Football Manager Classic 2014 is a "shrunken" version of the full game, perfect for the handheld market.
  2. IGN Italia
    Apr 11, 2014
    85
    Football Manager Classic 2014 is a very good handheld take on SI Games simulation masterpiece.
  3. The Digital Fix
    Apr 25, 2014
    80
    To sum up, Football Manager Classic 2014 is a bit like a European aggregate victory, but not on away goals – it’s nice enough in of itself, but let’s look forward to the next round.
  5. 3DJuegos
    Apr 15, 2014
    80
    Deep and engaging football manager plenty of options, real soccer leagues and touch controls.
  6. Digitally Downloaded
    Apr 14, 2014
    80
    Football Manager is for people that care for an excess in spreadsheets and data, and for all its shoddy presentation and poor optimisation on the Vita, it's absolutely brilliant at all of that.
  7. Push Square
    Apr 11, 2014
    80
    SEGA has brilliantly crammed the entire Football Manager experience onto the Vita, without much of a break in quality.
  8. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Apr 21, 2014
    79
    Legendary Football Manager is now on PS Vita. Some text are too small to read. But 3D game engine works just well. If you like the Classic mode on PC, then you are going to love this. It's just great to be able to play FM everywhere.
  9. IGN
    Apr 11, 2014
    75
    It’s true that this surprisingly feature-packed portable effort does have a few issues - the small text and fiddly touch controls being the main offenders - but the core experience of tactical battles, financial and man management remains as addictive as ever.

Awards & Rankings

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#40 Best PS Vita Game of 2014
43
#43 Most Discussed PS Vita Game of 2014
48
#48 Most Shared PS Vita Game of 2014

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User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 31
  3. Negative: 3 out of 31
  1. coldunit666
    Apr 16, 2014
    9
    Ignore most of the critical bashing, this game is essentially like having the pc game on the go. Its just as incredibly fun and addictive asIgnore most of the critical bashing, this game is essentially like having the pc game on the go. Its just as incredibly fun and addictive as its pc counterpart. However there are interface issues so its not perfect, the touch control is bit fiddly and matches are rather slow. Apart from these small issues its great, and if supported well the developers are looking to implement a much better interface for next years edition. So if you liked the PSP Football manager games this is a must buy.… Full Review »
  2. Hazey86
    Jun 27, 2015
    10
    This is football manager, not the basic handheld games from before, the full classic mode in your hands. Yes it can be fiddly in places butThis is football manager, not the basic handheld games from before, the full classic mode in your hands. Yes it can be fiddly in places but I've never played a touch screen game that isn't. The game runs at an accountable speed and the depth is amazing considering its on the vita and comparing to the old psp and iOS versions.
    It's just as much fun playing on the vita as the pc and with cross play you can carry on the season anywhere.    … Full Review »
  3. RazerN
    Jul 27, 2014
    5
    Reading some of the positive reviews I thought the UI could not be as bad as reported. After buying the game 2 days ago, I am already fed upReading some of the positive reviews I thought the UI could not be as bad as reported. After buying the game 2 days ago, I am already fed up pressing dozens of times on a tiny button before it does anything. I found transfers are the worst, i have even tried a stylus but it never works.

    The game is good, but all the reports mentioned having to try maybe a couple of times to get a button to work, my record is now 35 times before i was able to submit a transfer offer.

    Maybe it's all down to the size of fingers, but unless this gets patched it's going to be deleted and will be the last Football Manager I will buy.

    What I don't get is with something as broken as this why were all the scores not 1/10 or 2/10, I read a number of critic reviews which rated it highly.

    I also found the micro transactions despicable. In the first game I get two of my best players injured, then it offers me a cheat to pay and get them magically back from injury. Makes it feel like they have changed the dynamics to favour micro transactions, what...I paid full price for a game which then tries to force you to pay more. This feels like the start of a very slippery slope.    … Full Review »
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