Posted by Sean Smith
Sports Interactive have been engineering commendable handheld versions of their management franchise for a while now. The pleasingly basic PSP versions were fun and easy to play thanks to their pared-back approximation of the source material. This new Vita version is also based on a limited version of the PC game, but is essentially a fully functional portable version of the stripped-down Classic Mode from Football Manager 2014, with very little lost in translation as far as the core game is concerned.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "As with a number of genres like MMOs and real-time strategy titles, simulation games are a lot more common on PCs than consoles and this is doubly the case with handhelds, where simulations aren’t always suited to the pick-up-and-play nature of on-the-go-gaming. Thanks to two generations of backwards compatibility and the variety of native software it has received over the years, though, the Vita offers a little something for everyone in this department."
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Ever since the advent of full-game downloads on consoles, it seems the market has slowly been shifting towards a digital future where games are delivered through internet connections rather than physical disks. While the convenience this brings is undeniable, and plenty of gamers have embraced having a stuffed memory card in their Vita, there are major pitfalls that are slowly beginning to show, one of which is that games can be delisted without any prior warning, leaving them lost to time unless you bought them before they disappeared."
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "This is the sixth entry in a series of articles I’m writing that will look at all of the games available in a particular genre on the Vita. The articles will highlight all Vita-native games, as well as any backwards-compatible PSP and PS1 titles that can be downloaded in English (i.e. from the EU or NA stores), and will include some commentary on how well those games run on Vita and whether they fill any missing gaps in the library."
