You can (only) edit the teams before you start playing, including the team and player names. All teams down to the conference league are present. So how does it actually play? The game starts with you (and up to 7 others) having to pick a team to manage. Kudos to Sierra for that! Lets get on with it, then Considering the seemingly overwhelming amount of options available, USM2 makes a real effort to help the player get on with having fun, and, in the most part, succeeds. Using a correct blend of colors and line spacings (except, maybe, in the team roster) eliminates much of the dreaded "info hunting", that is evident in such games as Premier Manager 3. All screens are fully SVGA, with readable fonts, generally without any clutter. I grew used to it in 60 seconds flat.Īnd it doesn't end there. And as most everything is right where you would expect to find it, this has to be one of the best interfaces I've ever seen. Hovering over an icon shows its description to the right of a small black bar at the top of the screen. And its not as if you have to memorize all those icon images. The interface is smooth Sierra has included an icon toolbar at the top of screen, which enables you to move from everywhere to anywhere within one click. This becomes only a minor annoyance, though, as the game itself is presented very well indeed. There are quite a number of such omissions, and the readme file, sadly, isn't of any help. What it DOESN'T tell you, though, is that you can eliminate the "swap" button from the process by RIGHT-CLICKING on the first player's name, and then left clicking on the replacement. The manual tells you that you should left click on a player's name, click on a button marked "swap" (which is at the other end of the screen, of course), then left click again on the player to be swapped with.
Take, as an example, swapping players on the team roster. This also means that many control options and shortcuts are left for you to find out on yourself.
You get a (very!) basic description of most options, but otherwise are more or less thrown into the deep end. The manual is sparse, trying to cover too much ground using too little substance. Even my Wavrider 32+, a notoriously (for me, at least) difficult card to configure, didn't complain. You do have to run a sound setup utility, but since the game uses solely digital sound, choosing "Sound Blaster" should work with any compatible sound card, even if its not listed. When you look at how badly Domark messed the Championship Manager 2 installation, you have to thank Sierra for making this one a snap. Even in Windows 95, the installation ran faultlessly. Installation was a snap take CD, open CD reader, put CD in reader, close reader, type install. Do we have a new bearer of the crown? A box is a box is a boxĪfter having my appetite roused with all the delicious options promised on the box cover, it occurred to me that maybe it was time I took the game out and started playing. The game touts itself as "The most comprehensive football management sim yet", boasting almost unlimited training options, with the ability to draw up plays to be used during a match, financial options going as far as choosing what kind of merchandise is sold at your fan stores, full SVGA match representation, and even "real life" extras such as rigging matches and offering "bungs". Ultimate Soccer Manager 2, a new offering from Sierra (yeah, the guys from King's Quest), hails to be the new king of Soccer Management games. That is what's boldly written on the box, anyway.
0 kommentar(er)
