World Basketball Tycoon Reviews

Not such a bad game. Yes, there are bugs, yes, some menus are incorrect or misplaced or the text in them is transparent and you can't read it. And so many missing things, even the most basic ones, like comparing the attributes of one of your players with another player in the world (i haven't figured out how to do that yet!). But, i like the managerial tycoon part of the game (setting ticket prices and expanding the arena) and the CORE of the gameplay, the algorithm of the match, its there, it exists, and its rather good. Still no 2D or 3D representation but only text commentary, but for me its OK, reminds me of the old times playing Football Manager 00/01. Also one good thing is that you can quit the game and save during a match, which is missing from FM for example. Also, the game is rather light with respect to system requirements, the loading and processing times are not so big (even for my low low end laptop). As other reviewers have mentioned, there exist a real names patch and a graphics patch for face picks, so don't be discouraged by the lack of licencing. I would give it a 7/10. Without doubt, a lot of work has to be done by the developers (who are Greek like me) as ti seems like an unfinished product, but the basic framework is set. If you like Basketball AND text sports sims with a flavor of tycoon elements, give it a try and be patient. For all the others, not recommended.

It's really hard to recommend this game because there is no guide to tell you what you are doing wrong. The tutorial video didn't help me at all. You can lose a game by 40 or 50 points and have no idea what you did wrong. There is no simple way to learn the mechanics of the game. If you have to do serious searching in order to find out how to play a game then that is a problem. I wanted to like this game a lot because I'm a big NBA fan but it's so difficult to even get started in this game. Its really hard to find out if what you are doing in the game is the correct. You can set up, what you think, is a really get strategy and then get blown out by 50 points. Getting to the players. This is the next biggest flaw that I have some of the players, who are based on actual players but with fake names, do not play like the real life counter parts. I played as the fake Hauston Rackets(Houston Rockets) and fake Harden didn't play like real Harden. Never drove to the goal and didn't shoot threes. Fake Parsons didn't play like real Parsons. Was terrible three point shooter and was terrible scoring inside (dunks and layups). There also seems to be no support of the game except for fan based support so that is somthing to be aware of. Wanted to like the game but it has serious flaws

I don't even know where to begin. This is a waste of $2.49. I cannot even call this a game. No direction, no clue what it is supposed to be doing. I have played other Tycoon games before but this is just terrible. Do not buy this ( I was a dummy and ignored the other reviewers, don't be like me). The game starts by asking you to create a game (which in itself is confusing), then it asks you to create a team or take control of an existing team -( instructions are not very clear). Once that is done, you are stuck - no direction as to what to do next, play a game, trade for players, build a facility? I tried several times and finally just gave up and uninstalled the game

Boring. Nothing like a good tycoon game should be. This is the kind of game you play on a flash site for free.

This game is honestly terrible. I'm a huge fan of Tycoon and Strategy games, and this game is just a poorly planned, terribly executed, game... can I even call it a game? It's just not good. The screenshots make it look engaging and deep, but there is no easing into this game. No tutorial, and the stats aren't very useful. Pass on this game basketball and tycoon fans.

i'm addict basketball fan, so i buy this game and regret it very badly Knowing some awsome game of simulation of sports (Football Manager), this game rise you hope up. About 30 mins played you know all functions of the game, you dont have THAT control of the team, you can only setting up you trainings and selects you players to start, and that it, no more interactions!!! I will not comment about the graphics and things like that because i dont care much about this. If this game have some more options of managing or more environment of basketball could be a fun a game.

Horrible graphics, explanation is useless... If you have had a really good month at work, you've had a promotion, bought your wife/girlfriend a new purse, treated yourself to a new coat, pimped out your car with a new soundsystem and still have a few bucks to waste? Then go for it! But I think you might be investing better by just going to an ATM machine, getting the same ammount, and then putting it into a random garbage bin (preferably a blue one tho).

holy sheets buttman, this thing is broken like a pre alpha, 7 attempts of starting a game, and each one of them has resulted in getting stuck in gamebreaking bugs. never expect to be able to go back in the menu system, as you will be unab´le to continue the game if you try.

First off, Don't let the haters tell you this is a bad game. This is an awful game. Everytime you attempt to play a match, the game crashes. My hopes and dreams of becoming the top basketball manager in the world were crushed by this game, and now I never want to touch a basketball ever again. Sincerely, a man who's hopes and dreams were crushed by this game.

This game had potential but it feels unfinished. Simulating takes an insane amount of time even if you reduce the number of tournaments. You'll spend more time waiting time to flow than acutally managing your team which makes it quite a pain. Also, there are some bugs and unfinished features like the one where you can remove tournaments but the game will still load them from the menu and give an error message if you chose them. And since there is no sign of an update, I'm glad it was on sale when I bought it cause in it's curent state, it isn't worth 10 bucks.