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World Championship Boxing Manager 2

World Championship Boxing Manager 2

|United States|Simulator, Strategy

6.7 /10

Okay

Niche

107 ratings
Rating sources
Steam · Player score6.7/10107 ratings
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Why play it

The boxing world is at your fingertips in this deeply detailed and outrageously entertaining sports management simulation. Enlist competitive fighters, recruit top-notch staff, and ride the hype train all the way to endorsement city! Watch your fighter rise to the top, or get KO’d trying. An official sequel to 1991’s highly-applauded World Championship Boxing Manager, this iteration captures the essence of the original and expands upon it. Offering updated visuals, deeper gameplay, and new characters that extend the World Championship Boxing Manager franchise, WCBM2 provides fun for grizzled veterans and lightweight fans. Go toe to toe with fantasy characters, or take the main stage with historical boxing legends including Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, and more!

Story and worldbuilding

Define your boxing legacy! Build your fighters from the ground up and lead them to glory. Manage their training schedules, rest days, strength conditioning, and cardio sessions to create the best balance for your roster. Recruit promising amateurs, hire staff, gain sponsors, and hype your promotions. Keep your stable of fighters in top shape and they'll take you to the top —but mismanage them and you'll both be eating canvas! All in a day's work for the best boxing manager in the world. It's more than just the fight! Behind every fighter is a story, and it’s their unique and individual experiences that keep them punching and help them get up, one more time. Put on the gloves of a scrappy newcomer or relive the unforgettable careers of heavyweight legends. World Championship Boxing Manager 2 brings these tales to life with visual novel-like depth of detail in Story Mode.

Game highlights
Rating momentum

Okay: 6.7/10 across 107 ratings. Decent score — check if the gameplay loop clicks for you.

Play style

Leans into Simulator, Strategy, Indie — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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PS4Blog.netEdEN · 25 May, 2023
7.5/10

Boxing sim that improves on what its predecessor did

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Generación XboxLuis Falcón · 17 May, 2023
7.2/10

The game is good, but it has room for improvement, although if like me you are a boxing lover and you also like management games, this one can grant you a few hours of fun. Especially when the fights get more difficult and you have to be a little more careful with the strategy you choose.

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Last Word on GamingAlex Richards · 17 May, 2023
4/10

On the surface, this looks like a decent sports/management simulation game and at first, I’d agree. For the first few hours I couldn’t put this down but as time went on it grew repetitive and more of a chore than a fun game. I’ve played a lot of games from this genre and sunk hours into similar games from Kairosoft but this one missed the mark and likely won’t make its way back into my gameplay rotation.

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FingerGunsJoshua Thompson · 16 May, 2023
4/10

On the surface, World Championship Boxing Manager 2 lets you get into the minutiae of managing fighters time, training and career. However, even the 32-bit pixel art can’t quell any shallow grind that’s persistent making it an unfulfilling, rewardless management sim.

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GameGrinFrank Benedict Pukoszek · 27 Jan, 2023
6.5/10

World Championship Boxing Manager 2 is a boxing management sim with mild RPG elements wrapped in a vibrant retro pixel art style. While it can get into a repetitive game loop at times, the developers have attempted to sprinkle in some items for the sake of replayability. Entertaining and easy to pick up, this title is worth checking out for those interested in straightforward management games.

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