As a final kick in the ‘nads, you can’t play this with touchscreen control in handheld mode. You can mess around with the speed of the cursor in the settings, but even turning it up to its maximum wasn’t smooth or fast enough for me, and in general, I’ve never reached the point where I’m comfortable with how this game controls. You can scroll through the menu using buttons, but it scrolls in one direction only, and then, if you want to cycle through a window that’s bigger than a single screen, you need to press a button and use the control stick to simulate a mouse wheel action. On the Switch, many of the actions are still designed around the virtual mouse pointer, but unfortunately, the speed of the cursor on the screen is glacial and some real dead zone issues make “clicking” on the tiny icons that you need to a pain. But the problem with Idol Manager starts almost immediately on loading it up.
IDOL MANAGER REVIEW SIMULATOR
As a point of reference, Project Highrise – another simulator built around direct input and with a similar presentation – worked beautifully on consoles.
IDOL MANAGER REVIEW PC
Idol Manager on the PC was very much built around mouse control, but not in a way that shouldn’t have been adaptable to console. I just had no idea they’d get the potential for a console port this wrong, and that has everything to do with the controls, sadly. Idol Manager is a far more thoughtful take on all of this than I was expecting, and consequently, I’ve found the whole thing to be fascinating.” I’m not the world’s biggest fan of idols (at least, idols that aren’t digital and with aquamarine twintail hair), but I do find the culture behind them fascinating to study. The irony here is that the one bit of that original review that still exists – my summary on Metacritic – actually calls for a console port: “Idol Manager really needs a console release – the scope and design of the game makes it perfect for the Nintendo Switch in particular – but in the meantime, I can see myself spending a lot of time playing this on the PC. And that’s a real pity, because I wanted to link to that review, say “this game is really, really good”, and then proceed to rip the console port to shreds. Idol Manager seems to be one of the very few articles that we lost when we transferred from that old, Blogger-based (remember how ugly that site was by the end?) to this new host. It’s not personal, it’s business.Well, this review puts me in a bit of an odd position.
There’s a lot of people who want to tear you down and are willing to play dirty, but try not to let it get to you.
IDOL MANAGER REVIEW FULL
The world is full of gossip magazines, super fans, and rival groups, all thirsty for a scoop on the latest scandal. It’s not just the idols you have to worry about. Their crowning personal achievements can be your greatest commercial successes, but their emotional meltdowns and PR nightmares can spell financial disaster for your company. The personal lives of these young celebrities are a part of your business, and the life of a pop star isn’t always a happy one. As you cultivate and train the newest generation of young pop stars, you’ll have to decide who to hire and who to fire, who gets promoted when things go well and who gets reprimanded when things get sour. You take on the role of manager at a small (but growing!) talent agency. The full description for Idol Manager reads, “Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.
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