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World Basketball Manager 2 is a single player management game. It was developed by Icehole Games and was released on June 22, 2017. It received neutral reviews from players.

Start an international career as a basketball manager in the ultimate old school sport management game! WBM2 is not just the latest addition to the successful series of basketball management games, but a completely new game, based on a super fast engine and a friendly and simple interface!

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59%Audience ScoreBased on 22 reviews
emotional1 positive mentions
music3 negative mentions

  • The game offers a large database with many leagues and players worldwide, appealing to basketball lovers and sports management sim fans.
  • The interface improvements and faster game speed in recent versions make navigation clearer and simulations quicker compared to earlier editions.
  • It provides a deep and immersive text-based management experience that is suitable for beginners and fans of old-school manager games.
  • The game is plagued by numerous bugs and crashes, reducing stability and overall playability.
  • Lacks many important features such as coaching tactics, player trades/loans, scouting potential players, salary cap, and media/player interactions.
  • Gameplay is slow and can be tedious, with limited strategic options during matches and an uninspiring user interface without music or sound.
  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users generally criticize the music aspect, describing it as poor or nonexistent, with some noting a lack of variety and quality in the soundtrack. The absence of music in parts of the game diminishes the overall experience, making it feel outdated or unfinished.

    • “I would offer to make you a soundtrack for cheap, but this game is just so bad I wouldn't want my name attached to it either.”
    • “Somehow PBM also wins here even though their soundtrack is just a bunch of sloppy tracks by the same dude.”
    • “First has no music, give us some 8-bit or something so it doesn't feel like I'm playing a game in DOS.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users praise the game for creating a deeply immersive emotional experience, making them feel fully engaged in the expansive basketball world.

    • “Well, I don't know how the developers have done it, but they've really made me feel like I'm immersed in a huge basketball world.”
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World Basketball Manager 2 is a management game.

World Basketball Manager 2 is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

World Basketball Manager 2 was released on June 22, 2017.

World Basketball Manager 2 was developed by Icehole Games.

World Basketball Manager 2 has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked World Basketball Manager 2 for its emotional but disliked it for its music.

World Basketball Manager 2 is a single player game.

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