Championship Manager: Season 02/03 is a football management video game in the Championship Manager series, developed by Sports Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive, released exclusively for Xbox on 29 November 2002 in Europe only. The game featured up-to-date team and player data for over 100,000 footballers and staff, 27 worldwide leagues, and an updated FIFA transfer system.
| Championship Manager: Season 02/03 | |
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| Developer(s) | Sports Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Eidos Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | 87% (13 reviews)[2] |
| Publication | Score |
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| Eurogamer | 9 out of 10[3] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (UK) | 8.1 out of 10[2] |
| Gamer.tv | 8.9 out of 10[2] |
| Videogameslife | 4 out of 5[2] |
| Mad Gamers | 8 out of 10[2] |
The game received generally positive reviews upon release. The game received an aggregate score of 87% from GameRankings based on 13 reviews.[2]
Gamer.tv stated "Championship Manager is, just like real football, endlessly frustrating... But, just like real football, can also be really, truly, utterly fantastic. Electrifying. A hoot".[4] Eurogamer noted "it’s one of the most insanely alluring gameplay experiences ever".[3] While TotalGames.net commented "There is one enhancement - the joypad rumbles when a goal is scored. Woopee-freakin-do. And they've also included the new FIFA transfer regulations, so you now only get specific transfer windows. But it's hardly an enhancement that really improves your experience... Still a great game".[4]
References
edit- ^ "Championship Manager 02/03". SIGames.com. Sports Interactive Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 October 2003. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Championship Manager: Season 02/03 for Xbox - GameRankings". GameRankings. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ a b Reed, Kristan (11 December 2002). "Championship Manager: Season 02/03 Review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Championship Manager Season 02/03". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 23 December 2004. Retrieved 18 October 2011.