Reviews
List of sports management game news under the term ‘Reviews’
OOTP 15 REVIEW – AN IMPROVEMENT ON (NEAR) PERFECTION
From the very get-go, one gets the sense that Out of the Park Baseball 15 is going to be an immersive experience. Just by virtue of selecting “new standard game” — one of eight different first screen options — the user is confronted with the decision whether to take the more standard path with a new league based on 2014 MLB rosters and schedules, or whether to choose between seven othe...[Read More]
Review of Franchise Hockey Manager 2014 (PC, Mac)
In my first review for GM Games, I am going to provide you with an in-depth look at Franchise Hockey Manager (FHM) with minimum Patch 1.6+, a relatively new game offered by OOTP Developments. This review will include looking at some of the neat (and not so neat) aspects of the game, and then the outlay of the game. In a future review, I will break FHM down to look at it more in depth, and provide ...[Read More]
Review of OOTP 14 Baseball
Our Review of Out of the Park Baseball 14 It’s all-encompassing and comprehensive. “It’s not too often you hang an 8 on somebody,” said Terry Ryan earlier this week. Ryan was of course referring to the 2-8 scale scouts use to determine a player’s future impact. Well, Mr. Ryan hasn’t yet played OOTP 14. From the beginning it’s easy to see that this is an exhaustive, almost all-inclusive simul...[Read More]
Review – PureSim Baseball
It may be November, but if you’re anything like me, baseball is never far from your mind. And while console games like MLB The Show, and for many of you, the old MVP series, there are a great many players who are looking for something to fill more of the fantasy void. As a fantasy owner of eight teams, I feel your pain. Insert PureSim5, a baseball simulation modeled after the OOTP series th...[Read More]
Review – DDS College Basketball 2
Review of Draft Day Sports: College Basketball 2 Coaching in college is a lot of work. But it can also be very rewarding. Why anybody would choose to coach college sports over professional sports is mind-boggling. I realize most college coaches would jump at the opportunity to coach in the pros, but there are a handful who choose not to. Those coaches are crazy. I suppose there is something to be ...[Read More]
Review – Football Manager 2013
Our Review of Football Manager 2013 Still catering to the obsessed, but now with more to offer casual players. There’s no such thing as a worldwide holiday for fans of soccer sims (or football, if you prefer), but if there was, it would probably be the day a new iteration of the Football Manager series goes live. As it always does, Sports Interactive’s labor of love attempts to capture...[Read More]
Review – Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 3
Stats and analytics aren’t just for baseball nerds any more. The geeks have made their way into basketball. Due to its endless statistics and 162 games worth of data, baseball has traditionally been the sport that was the most popular in the text sim world. With analytics and stats now taking hold in basketball front offices and the hoops blogosphere, could a basketball GM sim revolution be on the...[Read More]
Review – GM Hockey Legacy 2012
Review of GM Hockey Legacy 2012 A somewhat more cartoon-like take on the coolest sport on earth. It’s November, and that means that (most) years, my nights would be filled up by flipping through various hockey games, checking box scores and fiddling around with whatever fantasy line-up I’ve put together for myself. Of course, the NHL’s lockout of the NHLPA and subsequent cancella...[Read More]
iOOTP 2011 Review
A must have game…..IF you have the iPhone Think back a few years, kids were walking around with their flip phones, their discman’s and their Gameboy advance or whatever the cool handheld was back in the day. Now you get all of these devices rolled into one on the iPhone. For many American’s they...[Read More]
Pro Football Simulator 2011 Review
Text based simulator games have been around for over 20 years and counting. For years the genre was dominated by soccer and baseball simulators. There has not been much in terms of American Football simulators. Since Barcode Games joined the fold with Pro Football Simulator in 2009 there is a lack of competition. Sports Mogul does have their take with Football Mogul, but the real giant in the i...[Read More]