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| From: Codemasters
Category: Video Games
New (2) Used (8) from £0.47
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 11006
Platform: Playstation2
Rating: Universal, particularly children
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows
EAN: 5024866320619
ASIN: B00006F1SL
Release Date: October 10, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 Man Utd Club Football? November 9, 2003
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although once loaded, this games makes you wonder if there are going to be any better soccer games around. Once you start playing a game, the United player graphics are excellent, but the opposition all look the same, with the odd exception, Owen and the Arsenal team so far. Shooting is very difficult, more luck that judgement. Haven't scored from a cross yet, have had half the team sent off and given away numerious penalties throughout half a season for non takles or challenges. All in all, very addictive and enjoyable, and United based.
 this is extremely poor!!!!!!!!!!!! October 31, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the worst games i have played. I have been waiting three weeks for it to come and i was looking forward to it until i played it today and thought it was extremely poor. Do not waste your money on this rubbish! The reason why is because of the controls and the commentry is too quiet. You cant even make a character to go in goal. Which is really sad.
 not as good as it looks October 28, 2003
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this game a couple of days ago but then returned it a couple later because it just has too many flaws. First of all the game play is not good at all cos if u try and sprint once, the ball is taken off you, to tackle all u do is press circle and youd do a great tackle even from behind, The shooting is also shocking because its a bit like fifa because u can only score a one on one if u hit a shot to the top corner and even sometimes thats saved. For 2 player its also bad because you cannot see other teams player stats apart from man utds. Moreover, after completing the two modes of the english league and a leaue of the best clubs, there is nothing u can do. In my experience the only way to score is by heading crosses and by intercepting a defenders pass. The only thing about this game thats good is the commentry and how the plyers look.The graphics however are not in the league of fifa or pro ev 3 (the best game).I would pleade with any body not to waste their money and buy this game.
oh dear this is bad October 12, 2003
7 out of 19 found this review helpful
i bought this game hearing only good things about it. it was goin well untill i actually started playing a match, at this point things went drastically down-hill. this is a truly awful football game and i suggest that no-one else buys it, because u will feel like u have just thrown away your money. it is by far the worst football game ive ever experianced. and ive played most of em. AVOID THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!
a fairly balanced review... October 10, 2003
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Club Football is the grandiose task undertaken by Codemasters to produce realistic interpretations of some of the Europe's most famous football clubs (and Aston Villa...sorry). The manufacturers boast of the picture-perfect renditions of top players, in this case, stars such as Ryan Giggs and Roy Keane are masterfully re-created, giving an added depth of realism to the game. But aesthetics aside, the gameplay is slick and addictive, easy to pick up and you'll soon have the ball zipping effortlessly around the pitch in true Manchester United fashion. Full concentration is needed as tactics play a large part to the gameplay, and a quick mind and reflexes are needed unless you want to be quickly disposessed by a burgeoning centre-half. This is where the beauty of Club Football lies. Unlike certain other football games where straight from kick off you can run circles around the midfiled, dance around the defence before slotting the ball majestically past the dazzled keeper, every goal in Club Football is hard-fought. Patience is needed in the build up, and you'll often find yourself having to stick 20-30 passes together without being disposessed before you find yourself with a goal scoring chance. This leads to a genuine sense of satisfaction when you finally do score, and also adds an edge at the other end of the field, knowing that if you let in a goal you may find yourself growing increasingly impatient as you try to pull it back.
Of course, no game is perfect, and Club Football too has its misdemeanours. One shining example is the lack of any training options. Games, even against lower opposition to yourself, are fast-paced, with any dilly-dallying on the ball being punished immediately with disposession. A training option would allow the user to hone speciality passes, and also practise finishing off moves, which are so few and far between in the actual game that it's difficult to get any better at it. Perhaps the most poignant gripe about this game is that it does not really deliver on it's promise. With the Manchester United logo stamped firmly on the front cover, and supposedly offering something special to United fans alone, the package feels a little light-weight. There aren't many benefits in making this a United fan orientated package. I was hoping for a full squad selection, the likes of which would be overseen in games that cater for 200 or more clubs. Instead, the squad selection is fairly meagre and predictable, although bolsted by the pre-season signing (including a dissapointingly below-par Tim Howard and Djemba-Djemba). Perhaps the inclusion of some of the Red's protogees such as Kieran Richardson, Daniel Nardiello and David Jones would have added an extra-depth for the avid United fan (although Darren Feltcher is included - this I applaude). It seems actually as if this is weaker BECAUSE it is aimed exclusively at Manchester United fans. Where as the United players have rated stats pertaining to their individual skills (e.g. speed, shot acuracy etc...) the same cannot be said of all the other teams in the game, who's players do not have ratings given. This is a problem in two ways: a) it means you have nothing to compare your own players to, and b) it means a 2 player options is slightly dimensionless as it means your opponent has to pick his/her squad blindly without any insight into their player's attributes.
This aside, Club Football is a worthwhile package, worth investing in for the most realistic portrayal of professional football yet.
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