Game Reviews
Detailed analysis from our experts of sport manager games
TM 2023 Review – Match engine allows you to gain more insight the more you watch
Ethan, my 20-year-old American tennis talent, is having a career year. Ranked 563rd in the world two years ago, he started the year at 189th in the world. I’m honing him into a dominant serve and volley player. His serve, volley, reflexes and physical abilities are steadily progressing in training, but the results aren’t coming as consistently as I’d like them to. Aft...[Read More]
DDSCB 23 Review – Connections I make still do it for me. I think it will for you, too.
Hi there. I’m going to dispose of my normal two-page intro, mainly because the First Four kicks off tomorrow night, and I’d rather this be out before the NCAA Tournament kicks off on Thursday. That said, if you’re like me, you’re in the middle of the best few weeks of the sports calendar year. From Conference Tourney Week last week, to THE BEST FOUR DAYS OF THE SPORTS...[Read More]
DDSPB 23 Review – In-game model improvements make it the MOST fun yet
Author’s Note: This review is long overdue. In full disclosure, I started writing this in December. It is now late February. These reviews are all labors of love for me; it is likely not a surprise, especially given the second sentence of this paragraph, that the only payment I receive for writing these is a free game. I don’t say that looking for a handout, but to sa...[Read More]
Review of BBGM – Repetitive doesn’t exist. You can find thousands of ways to play.
I wish I could appropriately commit to things. I have a tendency to either under or over-commit. For instance, for the past few months, I’ve been a burned-out blob on my couch. (Thanks, pandemic teaching!) Recently though, I picked up a Steam Deck. I say it’s mainly to start up a gaming club at my school, a high school in Providence (RI). But that’s only half-true…the...[Read More]
DDSCF 23 Review – A solid option and flows very well
I have an addictive personality. I can get really into things, especially when I am able to immerse myself in a universe. It’s one of the reasons, I think, that I am a Social Studies teacher. I love the history of things. I say that to say this: I really, really want a college football game I can really get into. Note: Team logos are not licensed from Wolverine Studio...[Read More]
TM 2022 Review – Rebound CG has something good cooking on their side of the net
There is something thrilling about seeing a new contender rise in a sport you love. Whether it’s their earnest desire to excel, their unique mix of personality and play-style or their willingness to challenge the old guard and carve out a name for themselves, new blood in sports is always welcome in my book. In tennis, the last few years have seen plenty of cha...[Read More]
DDSCB 22 Review – If you’re a basketball fan, you should already have this.
I think I’ve got one. I’ve been putting Wolverine Sports’ Draft Day Sports: College Basketball ‘22 through its paces for this review. When you do a review for a game, it’s difficult…because you don’t exactly have a lot of time to get totally in-depth. This compromises the way I like to play, as I think it would for anyone who indulges in this sim community (can you ev...[Read More]
DDSPF 22 Review – The replay factor is through the roof
I have been reviewing games for GMGames for a decade now. And only once have I said, I can’t do this. That was with Draft Day Sports: College Football. I don’t remember what version it was. However, I could not do it. Now, I tried. I tried to play the hell out of that game. However, that game was the most difficult, frustrating experience of my life. I had no idea wha...[Read More]
DDSPB 22 Review – Wolverine Studios has upped the ante this year
I have a problem. (Okay, I have a lot of problems. This is just about the one I’m telling you about.) I have a problem with my Boston Irish roster. We have the league’s defending MVP in C David Banta (35.8/12/1/6.3). We have another player, guard Andre Askew, who made All-League 2nd Team. As we head into the offseason, both are under contract for at least another year...[Read More]
OOTP 22 Review – Simulating a sport that has so many intricate details
The annual release of the newest addition to the Out of the Park Baseball series is always cause for sim baseball fans, but it’s fair to say there’s never been a year quite like the one leading up to OOTP 22. Not only was Out of the Park Developments purchased last October — by Korean company Com2uS, known primarily for its mobile games — but baseball itself hasn’t qu...[Read More]
Draft Day Sports Pro Basketball 2021 Review – Wolverine Continues to Dominate the Court
When it comes to management games, basketball has long been the sport which has suffered the most surprising neglect. There has never been a consistent franchise with the following or the funding of a Football Manager or an Out of the Park Baseball. Basketball fans instead have endured through sporadic releases from an array of small American and European developers. ...[Read More]
Pro Cycling Manager 2020 Review – It’s fun and hell! Sadly, it’s both…
Today I bring you no deep thoughts, no major revelations that, by the end of the review, will attempt to teach some moral lesson or give you food for thought. Today the issue is serious, so let’s just get straight to it and talk about what feels like the longest con in gaming history! If you’ve been playing yearly release games for a few years now, you know how this g...[Read More]