Pro Rugby Manager 2 PC

The hard hitting, try scoring, goal kicking phenomenon that is Pro Rugby Manager returns to PC CDROM in 2005 bigger than ever before. With over 100 clubs and national teams, lead your squad to victory in national championships, International tournaments and the ultimate prize, the World Cup.

Pro Rugby Manager 2 features 30 incredibly authentic 3D stadiums and photo realistic players. Manage your players with a whole new training system and search for the future hopes of the game with an improved scouting engine. Shout instructions from the touchline with more conviction than ever with a mass of new offensive moves and suffocating defensive tactics. Pro Rugby Manager 2005 takes everything that made the original game a smash hit to a new level of realism and depth that all rugby fans will relish.

Features:

- Expansive League Selection - Twenty five leagues and cups including the official English Zurich Premiership and the French Top 16 and Division 2.

- Huge Club Selection - Choose from over 120 Clubs and 50 (unofficial) National teams including France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, and many more

- Four Brand New Leagues – Wales, Ireland, Japan and Canada

- 40 authentic 3D stadiums (including the official Zurich Premiership and French Top 16 grounds)

- Updated Game Database – all teams updated for the 2004/5 season

- Brand New 2D Tactical Mode – Watch the match play out from above. Everything you need to control your side is at your fingertips in this tactical display mode.

- New Attacking Strategies – more than 40 moves to set up attacks : switched pass, missed pass, blind-side move, … For certain phases of play (line-out, scrums, …) the attacking gambits are displayed with easy to understand diagrams)

- New Defensive Strategies – Possibility to defend higher up against a player, to hit him with a hard tackle or to make a blatant foul

- Stunning Graphics – New photo-realistic player modelling. Different player builds. New spectators that change clothing according to weather conditions. Instant replay on tries and drops.

- Real world, real game - True to life matches with different weather conditions (rain, snow, night & day)

- Multiplayer Action - 2 players can compete in real-time via Internet (Cyanide GameCenter) or LAN. Set up leagues via Internet or LAN over multiple seasons for up to 100 players and watch your progress unfold in style with a Worldwide online ladder system.

- Play Fair! - Referees (displayed only at infringements) indicating infraction

- Bring in New Blood - New transfer system, with player sign-on bonuses

- Whip the team into shape – All new training system, based on fitness and earning of attribute points. The system takes into account fitness, as well as mental and physical conditions of player.

- Look after the troops - Improved injury management. New injury system with appearance of recurrent injuries as well as aches and pains that prevent the player from taking part in a match

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

- Word on the street – New messages add life to the club context

- New Graphic Editor – You can change the visual aspect of your player, morphing his body and his head from models.

- New commentary - New sounds and more than 400 in-match comments

- Improved interface – easier to read, more links and better ergonomics

- Post-match interviews – Reply to journalists’ questions on match performances.

- Realistic tactics and strategies- Select your starting 15, assign tactics and strategies and watch them carry them out. Come up with your own advanced strategies allowing for limitless tactical gameplay possibilities.

- Realistic and fluid animations - 400 Motion captured animations. Cinematic scenes when entering the stadium, applauding after a try, injuries and infringements.

Last updated on 10 December 2007