Reviews

And so to the second Boxing Manager game. This game actually allows you to control your boxer as well as manage him and I will be doing that second, for now let's focus on the management side of this. While this give you move options and gives you more control of your boxer's style it feels like a duller game. What made Boxing Manager a fun game to play was it was played at a steady pace, the rounds were short and it kept things moving at a fair rate, this only took two rounds for it to feel as drawn out as a football manager game. In the first game there were loads of knockdowns but here I'm on my fourth fight, haven't had a single knockdown yet and winning the fight seems to be determined on how much health is left, which is a bit rubbish, it's boxing not bloody Street Fighter. But it did offer me £1175 to take a dive, in other words throw the fight, so there is some sort of variety to this one. As for controlling your boxer, it's very confusing because you switch sides at random which means you have to constantly have to change the directions of your shot, plus I had trouble hitting my opponent at times. Safe to say, stick to manager, or better yet stick to Boxing Manager 1.

1988 D&H Games (UK)
by Nick Thompson and Shaun McClure

This software House specialized themselves in strategy games, specially sport related ones.
Boxing Manager 2, follows the same ideas implemented in the first offering, but with a few new features. You can either play just the manager or control both manager/boxer. I don't recommend doing the later because as a boxing simulator the game is rather poor. Instead focus just on managing your boxer and you will enjoy the strategic elements of this game much better