First of all this game lacks a game manual. Second, this game no longer works on any of my computers all of a sudden. (Tactical screen blacks out. It was fine for 2 days, so there must have been a GOG update. I tried it on 2 different computers.) Third The offline installers cannot correct #2 above. So I basically wasted my money. On the other had, the game is fun even though there are major changes in the User Interface ans some game mechanics.
I just started a story game and I already see the following. 1. There will be a lot of micromanagement. You need to manually clean each dog. Then you need to take the dog to the play zone and play a mini-game to increase happiness. You will also need to manually put food in the bowl and water too. To adopt a dog, you need to pull the dog out of the kennel(which is easy, but then you need to put them back and pull 5 new dogs out for the next customer) 2. The dog play area acts weird, I tried to put the dog back in the kennel and the dog makes me blink every few seconds back to the play area (like the dog is pulling me) so it takes more time to put the dog back. 3. This is not turn based, there is a day timer running. 4. This game may be too complex for kids under 10. I bought this hoping to occupy my kids. The tutorial is not bad. The controls need a little work. Basically you need to get used to putting items back once you are done using them(Yes, put them back from your hand(inventory). Leashing the dog when there are multiple in range may take time to get used to. As of this writing I did not finish day 1 yet on story mode. I am hoping some automation or assistant characters will be available later in the game.
I just played the story mode first campaign. I noticed that after 1 year (game time) I still did not even see 1 prize fight to progress in the game and I needed to do 5 of them. In the beginning the fights and music and story are good but after like 50 fights I just fast forward through them since it is now totally repeats and no fun. Just go with Max offense and you can't lose most of the time. Secondly, I did not notice until after I bought the game that there is no manual. You can only get the manual with the game BUNDLE, not the single Boxing Manager 2 game by itself. This is stupid. Who withholds a game manual? Is this an error on GOG? I will update this review only if I get the manual in the future.
