NFL Head Coach 09 First Look and Screenshots

[DLaren]

If this game lives up to its potential this will be the only football title I need this year.

[Altimus]

Honestly I can't wait for this game.

Hopefully it runs well on both platforms.

[DannyMac910]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

I'm pretty sure this will be in Madden. The article said the game uses the Madden engine, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Madden have better sideline and presentation aspects this year. Matter of fact I'm pretty sure it will. But how much is the question.

The article says that it does NOT use the Madden engine. That's why IGN said it looks to be a whole lot better.

[LBzrule]

Quote: Originally Posted by DannyMac910

The article says that it does NOT use the Madden engine. That's why IGN said it looks to be a whole lot better.

From ign article.

Quote:

Enter, then, NFL Head Coach 09, EA Sports' peace offering to those who were disappointed with the original. A new development team was brought in to work on the game and, according to EA developer Josh Looman, the game was entirely rewritten, with neither a line of code from Madden (outside of the Madden gameplay engine) nor the original Head Coach.

That sounds like the Madden engine to me. The code isn't from madden but the gameplay engine is.

[Spectre]

Quote: Originally Posted by LBzrule

From ign article. That sounds like the Madden engine to me. The code isn't from madden but the gameplay engine is.

That's a game-killer for me

[Flamehead]

Quote: Originally Posted by DLaren

If this game lives up to its potential this will be the only football title I need this year.

Agreed. If Madden continues it's beta tradition, this might be the only title I play in '08.

Of course, that's assuming this isn't a beta release either. I hope it's not, I've always loved Franchise mode the most, so this looks like it could be incredibly fun if done correctly.

[JBucc]

I admit this preview does have me somewhat excited. I'm trying to keep it down though to avoid more disappointment. It looks like it's going to have some really fun features on paper with Free Agency and the Combine, but lot's of stuff in EA's sports games look good on paper. We'll see whether or not it actually works, and if it's full of bugs.

[DLaren]

Quote: Originally Posted by IGN

"Looman noted that the game was still several months away from its release and that all its features had been implemented, allowing the team to spend the rest of the pre-launch period fine-tuning the game and working on ensuring the AI is accurate and intelligent"

This is encouraging for me because it doesn't sound like they're racing through QA to get the game out the door. Hopefully they can iron-out most of (if not all) of the bugs and AI hiccups over the next few months.