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Our Rating: 8.8/10

[Screenshots]

Version Reviewed: 1.2
Developer: Sports Director Ltd. [iTunes Link]
Price as of Review: $5.99
Current iTunes Rating: 3/5

There was a lot of hype about Manage Your Football Club when it came out – and rightly so.  This is the ultimate team managing experience for football (soccer in North America but I’ll abide by British terms) fans.  In MYFC the goal is to lead your chosen football club to victory and financial glory.  You won’t find this game is like a joystick controlled soccer game, but more so a fantasy football style theme.  The interface is huge and you’ll have to figure out how to control your team (you can control pretty much anything).

A single game of Manage Your Football Club can be huge, the app of course saves your progress on exit and loading it is easy.  The climax of the app is the oh-so-sweet point where you get to schedule your matches against other teams and then play them out.  The computer mostly generates the matches results by itself but you can choose formations and players as you go.  It’s a very unique, very immersing experience.  All the different options can leave you exploring the app for weeks.

The user interface is spectacular, without doubt the best interface I’ve seen on an iPhone game – the menus are easily navigated and everything just looks beautiful.  It adds a click sound to every button (something I’ve always thought the iPhone should have everywhere) and the new pages load fast.  So many different user interface elements have been added and customized to fit the theme.

All in all, Manage Your Football Club is a great app for any football/soccer fan.  The only frustrating thing about it is the lack of a tutorial – although there’s a small info button for each new page.  With the amount of time that you’ll be playing, $5.99 is a great price, this is truly an development gem.  We extend a huge tip of our hats to Sports Director Ltd. for this great app.

Final Ratings:

Gameplay: 9.8/10 – There’s so much to do, it’s really quite insane.  The ultimate “fantasy football,” type experience.

Enjoyment: 8.2/10 – Once you’ve figured everything out you’ll enjoy it quite a bit, unfortunately it can take a bit of time to get to that point.

Graphics: 9.2/10 – One of the best user interfaces I’ve ever seen – without doubt the best one I’ve seen on a game.  All the graphics are excellently rendered.

Sound: 7/10 – Unfortunately there aren’t many sound effects.

Technology: 9/10 – The touch controls are very responsive, stability is great, and they’ve taken the iPhone user interface to the extreme.

Replay Value: 9.2/10 – There’s so much to do and a single game could last for weeks.

Overall Rating: 8.8/10

Further Improvements:

• A tutorial is needed
• Bluetooth or wi-fi multiplayer would be awesome.

More screenshots on our Flickr page.

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