TV Manager 2 Demo

Although there’s always something on TV regardless of the channel you happen to be on, no one really thinks about how much planning it takes to fit all the shows into the grid. In fact, it is quite a lot of work and the people responsible for it must take a lot of factors into consideration, such as the predicted ratings, the expected revenues, as well as many other such details.

TV Manager 2 allows you to get a glimpse behind the closed doors of television and see whether you’ve got what it takes to make it in the industry. As such, you have to play the role of a manager in charge of an entire TV station, while keeping an eye on everything from the quarterly profits, to the show schedule for the next day. Naturally, the end goal is to make as much money as possible, by attracting a huge audience.

To start off with, you are granted a certain budget and you can also choose between a variety of scenarios, depending on how difficult you want the experience to be. Hence, with a couple of billions in the bank and a long list of movies and TV shows to choose from, it is up to up to come up with the perfect daily schedule and keep the audience glued to the screen 24/7.

To makes matters a tad more realistic, you must also try to compete against other stations for the same portions of the audience, which takes a lot of work. In essence, it’s all about striking a balance between quality programming and advertising, because although it’s nice to see the audience happy with what you’re offering, you can’t keep it up for too long if you do not have a steady income stream flowing in your direction.

As far as the user interface is concerned, everything should come naturally to those who played the first episode, but it is also pretty simple to pick up for newcomers as well. There are only a handful of buttons and functions you have to manage, but the amount of content is more than decent even so. The colorful graphics are quite attractive, and the artwork is spot on most of the time as well.

All things considered, TV Manager 2 is generally aimed at the casual portion of the gaming community, but that doesn’t mean hardcore gamers cannot enjoy it as well. In essence, as long as you can get over the lack of variety and the repetitive gameplay, the experience can become quite pleasant after a while.