software shops in China. Reception Football Manager 2005 has received favourable reviews from critics. Both GameRankings and Metacritic aggregators rate it at 89 out of 100. Eurogamer's Kristian Reed called it "a beautiful game of the beautiful game" and gave it a 9 out of 10. GameSpot's Brett Todd deemed it "every bit as thorough and addictive as its predecessors", giving it 8.6 out of 10, and remarked that this is the first time a game from Sports Interactive is being published in North America. Swedish Gamereactor called it "the real Championship Manager 5, albeit with a different name" and "the absolute pinnacle of the genre" giving it 9 out of 10. The Danish and Norwegian Gamereactor were a little less favourable, giving it a 7 and an 8 respectively. Swedish FZ author "xplejjn" liked the fact that real-world local news like Expressen, Svenskafans.com and Fotbolldirekt.com were in the game and added to the realism. It received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom. It also won the Sunday Times Reader Award for Games at the 2005 Bafta Game awards. See also Championship Manager 5 - Competitor to this game Football Manager 2006 - The sequel to this game References External links FootballManager.net - Official website SIGames.com - Official Sports Interactive website 2004 video games 2005 MacOS games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Windows games Multiplayer and single-player video games Works banned in China BAFTA winners (video games)