PSP Game Review: Football Manager Handheld

Ok, so we know that Football Manager has made its way onto the iPhone, but what about the PSP version? After all, the PSP is an out and out gaming device, whereas iPhone isn't. Anyway, I've been playing it, and this is my review of it.

Ok, so you start the game and you're prompted to enter your name for the manager:

This isn't great on a PSP with having to move the buttons and it takes a while so this would be easier on the iPhone. So, you've done that, what next? Well, the game initialises itself. This takes but a moment. Once you've done that you choose your team:

Ok, so Portsmouth aren't Okay in finances any more. Now, I choose Manchester United, but I've restarted with a rubbish team because it's more fun that way. So you've chosen your team, the game now sets itself up:

You are then set to play. Now, you might not think it'd be much fun to play this game, but I've found it hugely addictive. When you're playing, you just see a commentary and stats:

This game is huge fun, despite appearances. Now, I'd recommend it for the PSP, however, I think the iPhone version would be better because there is a lot of clicking and touching the screen would be so much easier. Now, if you have an iPad, this is the game for it, whether it's scaled up or specifically for the iPad (whether that'll come or not remains to be seen). But, this is a smidge under £13 from amazon which is a great deal for a PSP game, even if it is more than an iPhone app.