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management

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, developed and published by

Zoo Digital Publishing Zushi Games was a British video game publisher. Based in Sheffield, Zushi is the owner of the multi-million-selling ''Premier Manager'' series and best known for Alien Hominid. Zushi published titles for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Game Boy Advanc ...

and released for the

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, and

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in November 2004. It is the tenth game in the ''

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'' series.

Gameplay

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view.

Development

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Reception

The title reviewed poorly. The PC version was heavily criticised by Steve Hill of ''PC Zone'' who gave it a score of just 12/100, describing the game as "more primitive than the original [''Premier Manager (video game), Premier Manager'']", with gameplay "painfully slow to the point of being unwatchable for more than a few seconds". The ''Daily Record''s review also pointed to the slowness of the gameplay, with the game characterised as a "clunking mess which actually makes fast PC chips redundant, grinding away to yet another spreadsheet where it should be flashing through them like

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". ''P2'' magazine's Kendall Lacey was equally damning of the PlayStation 2 version, pointing to its "clunky interface" and "budget-title feel", imploring readers to "stick to '' LMA Manager''" in his 4/10 review. The Game Boy Advance version was more positively received by ''Cube'' magazine, with their review describing the game as "quite easy" but a "worthwhile attempt at recreating a football manager game away from powerhouse consoles".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Premier Manager 2004-2005 2004 video games Association football management video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom PlayStation 2 games Premier Manager Game Boy Advance games Single-player video games