12-02-2015, 05:04 PM | #1 | ||
Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
|
College Football Sims
How has there not been a college football sim since Bowl Bound? It's almost baffling. And how is that game still being sold for $30???
|
||
12-02-2015, 05:07 PM | #2 |
High School Varsity
Join Date: Apr 2005
|
|
12-02-2015, 05:11 PM | #3 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Minnesota
|
Worth every penny!
|
12-02-2015, 05:12 PM | #4 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Cary, NC
|
It's kind of baffling - I really like Bowl Bound (except my current install where I constantly get a weird crash with error message) but I would have thought by now we'd have another option.
|
12-02-2015, 05:15 PM | #5 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Minnesota
|
Quote:
Within about the first 6 months it came out I was getting odd crashes. I was told to just re-download and try again and since that I have had no issues. Have you tried to uninstall and install again? There was something I had open when I installed it causing issues I am 99 percent sure. |
|
12-02-2015, 05:35 PM | #6 | |
Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
|
Quote:
On the website it says 30, I hadn't checked Steam |
|
12-02-2015, 05:38 PM | #7 | |
College Prospect
Join Date: Nov 2014
|
Quote:
It was actually on sale for $10 last week. |
|
12-02-2015, 06:48 PM | #8 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
|
And you guys are telling me this after the sale?
Actually, I used to own it. I just a new eliscense. Havent been motivated to pursue that option.
__________________
Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15 |
12-02-2015, 08:54 PM | #9 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
Quote:
fwiw, I had the same problem, needing to reset my license. I was taken care of on that with some of the most amazing above & beyond customer service in years. Nothing more than a simple post here needed IIRC. YMMV but it was about as painless as possible for me.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
|
12-02-2015, 08:56 PM | #10 | |
College Prospect
Join Date: Nov 2014
|
Quote:
I bought it last week spent about an hour playing it. Was not my cup of tea, so I got a refund. I thought FOF was micromanagement heavy until I played Bowl Bound. |
|
12-02-2015, 09:27 PM | #11 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2004
|
Greydog handles their elicense resets in house rather than actually using that companies' customer service. It is pretty painless compared to the other companies that make you contact elicense directly.
__________________
Quote:
|
|
12-02-2015, 09:36 PM | #12 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
|
Quote:
Maybe I'm alone in my approach to FOF... control the draft, control free agency, click 'auto' for just about everything else. Bowl Bound is definitely more micromanagement than FOF, but I think it's a bit of a necessary evil with something like college football given the roster sizes and recruiting periods. Strategy wise, my approach to BB is closer to FOF - 'auto'. Both titles are a long way off the type of micromanagement needed for FM.
__________________
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce |
|
12-02-2015, 09:44 PM | #13 |
Dark Cloud
Join Date: Apr 2001
|
I preferred the playoff system of BBCF, but it crashes too much for me because I guess the way I play breaks stuff I dunno. But the micromanaging wasn't my cuppa, so I preferred TCY for that reason but really I just always end up wanting to play NCAA on the console after too much text simming football, so I think it's why I don't do it anymore.
The lack of a good college basketball sim for console makes it easier to play FBCB and not feel like I'm missing something. |
12-03-2015, 11:04 AM | #14 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Macomb, MI
|
Too many crashes for me too. I actually was never able to really get into a full season due to crashes just killing my moments of enjoyment.
|
12-03-2015, 11:13 AM | #15 |
Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
|
If anyone has a BBCF multiplayer itch, the longtime FOFC-BBCF league is still around.
__________________
Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint |
12-03-2015, 04:23 PM | #16 |
General Manager
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
|
|
12-03-2015, 05:40 PM | #17 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Seattle
|
I keep hoping that at some point Jim decides to take another pass at TCY...
|
12-03-2015, 05:43 PM | #18 | |
Solecismic Software
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Canton, OH
|
Quote:
I want to, but games like Saturday's take so much out of me with respect to college football. If the FOF8/2016 release goes as well as I hope, given the massive amount of work I've put into it (and will put into it), I think it's a decent bet at some point. |
|
12-03-2015, 05:51 PM | #19 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
|
Quote:
Seriously, take the time you need, but that's the best news I've heard all week. |
|
12-03-2015, 06:01 PM | #20 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Not Delaware - hurray!
|
Quote:
Well, sign me up for 10 copies of FOF8, please.
__________________
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? |
|
12-03-2015, 07:48 PM | #21 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
|
Kickstarter anyone? I don't know how much exactly I'd pay for a new TCY, but I'm willing to bet the answer would be a lot.
|
12-03-2015, 07:50 PM | #22 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Tulsa
|
Quote:
Well then, Go Michigan! This is awesome, awesome news. |
|
12-03-2015, 08:02 PM | #23 |
hates iowa
Join Date: Oct 2010
|
|
12-03-2015, 08:28 PM | #24 | |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Seattle
|
Quote:
What's funny is TCY was a great way for me to take out my frustrations with how Washington's football program was declining (at the time) - it was my outlet to make them great again, if only within a game sim universe. |
|
12-03-2015, 08:32 PM | #25 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
|
I will buy extra copies for FOF8/2016 if it helps bring TCY 2, which is easily one of my top 3 played computer games of all time.
|
12-03-2015, 08:35 PM | #26 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Somewhere More Familiar
|
That really is fantastic news.
|
12-03-2015, 09:18 PM | #27 | |
College Prospect
Join Date: Dec 2003
|
Quote:
YES! |
|
12-03-2015, 09:31 PM | #28 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
|
Must have FOF8 NOW!
|
12-03-2015, 11:15 PM | #29 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Cary, NC
|
Quote:
My game crashes like every other time I save - I worked with support a good while but nothing we did fixed it (installing in Steam vs not, etc.) I was having a lot of fun but eventually the crashes just got to me. |
|
12-04-2015, 06:45 PM | #30 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Not Delaware - hurray!
|
I wish this thread was stickied. Forever.
__________________
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? |
12-04-2015, 10:04 PM | #31 | |
Grey Dog Software
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Phoenix, AZ by way of Belleville, IL
|
Quote:
Still, there always is a chance and that's why we have a pretty liberal return policy. Also, if you have the elicense version and need it reset, just pm me and I'll take care of it. This has been one of the best year's of sales for Bowl Bound too, so I've been able to resolve more issues than in the past just on the volume of users now (and more chances to solve these lower probability issues). |
|
12-05-2015, 09:05 AM | #32 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Macomb, MI
|
Tempted to check it out again to see if we can get it figured out
|
12-23-2015, 03:48 PM | #33 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Nov 2014
|
Bumping...BBCF is $6.79 on Steam currently if anyone is interested.
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|