Once you do that in the Home page, a ‘Next Day O’ comes up and allows advancement. You could read the emails without hitting that, but it turns out each of them needs to be ‘officially read’ by pressing X. I then noticed something I had not before – the Chairman inbox items have a ‘confirm X’ option in the lower-right corner. I then went around to various menus looking for a way to advance. I thought maybe the option to start a match would be under competition or maybe club, but no luck. Home, Manager, Coach, Scout, Physio, Club, Competition, Leaderboards, Favourites and options – these are the menu items presented.

The Home screen had the inbox messages and stats tab, but nothing to initialise the match. I could not actually find the option to initiate a match.

I then looked around various statistical categories, examined my income and looked at options such as improving my stadium. I began by putting special attention into my goalkeeping and made a couple of transfers. Even without training or help documentation, this part felt intuitive and I was able to get around from one option to the next quickly and easily.Īs a team management game, think of Premier Manager 2012 as sports simulation based on decisions and strategy and not a more reflex-based title like the FIFA series. This was easier to navigate and actually reminded me of the PlayStation 3 XMB, which I liked quite a bit. Moving on, there was a small notification in the lower left corner of the screen indicating that the R1 button would bring up the Hub Menu. I chose Arsenal and moved into a home screen where you could see emails from the club Chairman and some news posts talking about league. You start with a team selection screen providing a fair selection of teams to choose from. Being new to this series, I found the game to have something of steep learning curve, and since there were no tutorials built in, it took me a bit of time to get familiarized with everything. Starting the game up, the first notable was the music, which was something of chirpy tune that reminded me of sports games from the 16-bit era. Where the likes of FIFA go from strength to strength, the team management games continue to bubble away under the surface, very niche and never quite getting things perfect.

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