Anybody tried Pro Rugby Manager 2004?

[Icy]

Just read about this game and i wonder if any of you played it, i don't know anything about rugby...but i didn't know anything about baseball or hockey before playing sims so that won't be a big problem. I see it has been developed by Cyanide, the guys who also develop the Cyling Manager series that are funny games.

The game seems insteresting if it's well done:

Features:


Exciting game modes and teams:

Participate in all the major competitions from the 10 National championships to the Super 12, Tri-Nations, Six Nations, European Cups and The World Cup


Choose from over 100 Clubs and 50 National teams (France, UK, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, and many more)

Authentic Stadiums:

Experience 13 authentic 3D stadiums

Management Aspects:

Feel the intense real-life pressures of a manager with key decisions such as the hiring and firing of players to improve the status of your team.


Train, hone and develop key individuals with rigorous set-up training programs and unleash their full potential on the pitch.


Give instructions as the game progresses in real-time such as substitutions to tired, injured or under performing players that will affect the outcome of the game.


Manage staff and balance the books for the board to maximise profits for your team.

Realistic tactics and strategies:

Select your starting 15, assign tactics and strategies and watch them carry it out. Delve further and come up with your own advanced strategies that promise to deliver limitless tactical gameplay possibilities.

Weather Effects:

Weather will affect match conditions throwing curve balls into your tactics, strategies and crowd turn out that will affect profits and the way your game will played out.

Realistic and fluid animations:

Motion captured players allow for realistic animations and immersion into the bone-crushing thrills of Rugby.

Multiplayer functions:

Play with up to 2 players in real-time Online (Gamespy) or LAN. Set up leagues Online or LAN over multiple seasons for up to 100 players and watch your progress unfold in style with a Worldwide Online ladder system.


Review: http://www.bdgamer.net/articles/reviews/prm2k4.htm

Game URL: http://www.prorugbymanager.com

[finkenst]

wasn't there an issue with being a "starforce" protected game?

[SirFozzie]

Yup. Starforce protected.

[Sharpieman]

whats starforce?

[SirFozzie]

a rather pernicious piece of "Copy protection" that does various rude things to your machine (installs hidden drivers without letting you know.. attempts to disable CD-Rom burners, has been known to cause system instability, doesn't uninstall when the game uninstalls, and if you remove the drivers without using a Starforce uninstaller (which most games do not ship with), you majorly screw up your system