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On The Ball 2

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Genre:  Sports    |     Year: unknown    |     Publisher: unknown     |     Developer: unknown
Game Review (written by Cazpenners) Added on: 01/28/2008
I first played this game on the amiga - but with 5 disks loading was a nightmare! Having downloaded the dos version it sparked my memory back to the days and nights spent whiling away on this game. You can take charge of any club in top flight back then but don’t worry if the names are old you can edit them with the editor.
As with most footy management games you can buy, sell and fire players to build a successful squad. There are different possible formations and tactics you can choose from but still in a simple way which makes it a quick and easily playable game.
It is the match day part that makes this game unique with many different scenarios other than just your usual freekicks, corners etc.
Without giving too many scenes away I will mention one time I was playing as Man United and I had a game against Norwich - I couldn’t stop laughing my head off as Eric Cantona was through on goal only to take a bad touch and the ball was gathered by Bryan Gunn the Norwich goal keeper. What I wasn’t expecting was Cantona receiving a red card for taking out his frustration on Gunn by stamping on him! How true to life!
On a serious note, the game is brilliant, with post match events livening things up with everything from newspaper reports to players’ discos gaining morale points! You can easily edit your stadium to turn terracing into all seater stadiums. You can even re-lay your pitch when it gets a little cut up. You can negotiate with players and sponsors to get the best deals available, but beware, too much negotiating may result in losing players and good bonuses. Beware also that the game came out when the old three foreigner rule came out so this can cause problems. Also foreign players are extremely expensive, how times have changed in the transfer market!
An enjoyable and simple game I would recommend to anyone who would like to be a footy manager and have a laugh at the same time. It’s not a serious game but that makes it more enjoyable. There is a stereo in your office that you can turn on to listen to music if you like and there are the usual match sound effects. You can save and reload too. Tip – don’t play "hard" too often or you will end up with no available players! Still a great game that I strongly recommend to all.

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Carl (01/30/2008)
A very entertaining game with simple, easy to use instructions and a very wonderful "feel good" factor to the game. Simple graphics and very addictive.
 
 
Freddy (01/16/2008)
You can automate the trade with merchandising articles, and pay an agency to pick the best sponsor contracts. Your players feature a number of stats in various fields, plus they have special traits, like natural leader, or all-rounder which all work for (or against) your success. Looking closely at the development of your players is important, as there are many factors influencing how well they perform on the pitch - have they scored recently? Are they happy with their contract (which you can elaborately negotiate)? How is their exhaustion?
 
 
Johnord (01/13/2008)
Good football management game. Manage teams from all round Europe and very realistic for its time
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