NFL Head Coach 09 Review

[mwjr]

Quote: Originally Posted by southernbelle

great review. i wish they would make a coach sim for college football!

I'd love that, too. But I'd love to see that NCAA game from an AD's perspective.

In addition to developing your football team, what about managing boosters; allocating money to other athletic programs; building new workout and practice favilities.

[deebo2246]

^^^^^I do not think that concept would be as big as an NCAA Head Coach game. However they could use the AD in place of the GM and it can work that way.

[sroz39]

I'm stuck on the fence with this one. I've only played the demo that's on PSN and admittedly, this is NOT my type of game. I love Franchise/Owner modes and such, but I equally like playing the games.

But this one is SOOOOOOOO good at what it does. You guys did a great job with it...and also a great job with finding a way to make a demo out of a game that doesn't lend itself too well to a "quick" look, so to speak.

I have a feeling that me skipping out on buying Madden for the third straight year was a good choice, because I now have some cash to pick this one up. I think it'll be too much to resist this one too much longer. ESPECIALLY when the NFL season kicks off.

Again, nice work guys. And a great review. Playing the demo, I wasn't aware of some of the deeper aspects of this game.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by TCrouch

El Greazy, let me clarify that right up front: the reason it didn't impact my score is directly because of the fact that the developers are on here so much and have given us very simple workarounds. Josh, I understand it sucks, a lot of reviews will slam a game for bugs. I will dock it some if it breaks the immersion and really messes up the experience, like the injury bug would have done withour your guys' giving us a workaround. Since I had simple ways to get around the issues that it does have, it didn't really dampen my enjoyment of the experience.

Josh, I love ya, man. And I love how you guys are here listening to us and working on fixing things to give us the best experience possible.

I was also not indicting the game in any way; I scored it a 9 on the reader's vote. I don't think you took it that way, but I just wanted to assure you, my thoughts were that other sites/reviewers aren't necessarily privy to the same info on workarounds, nor the knowledge work is under way to address the issues, hence when they encounter the bugs during their review process it could really hurt the score. And I HATE that because, sadly, not everyone reads OS reviews to get the real deal. They'll just read IGN's or GS review and call it a day, and if they do, they could miss out on one of the best NFL experiences ever created.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by goalkeepr

Love the game, but QA was lazy. "NNAMDI ASOMUGHA IS READY TO NEGOTIATION HIS FREE AGENT CONTRACT."

Okay...I have to admit that's almost signature-worthy.

[Josh_Looman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lieutenant Dan

Josh, I love ya, man. And I love how you guys are here listening to us and working on fixing things to give us the best experience possible. I was also not indicting the game in any way; I scored it a 9 on the reader's vote. I don't think you took it that way, but I just wanted to assure you, my thoughts were that other sites/reviewers aren't necessarily privy to the same info on workarounds, nor the knowledge work is under way to address the issues, hence when they encounter the bugs during their review process it could really hurt the score. And I HATE that because, sadly, not everyone reads OS reviews to get the real deal. They'll just read IGN's or GS review and call it a day, and if they do, they could miss out on one of the best NFL experiences ever created.

Not at all. I didn't communicate clearly but what I meant is that if we get a 40 or a 50 that's because of bugs, I think that's unfair.

When Game Informer said our game was like a team going from 5-11 to 6-10, I thought that was pretty silly.

The guys on this team killed themselves on this game and they deserve credit for what they did.

Outside of the bugs, I feel like everybody is having a really fun time with the game and I think the OS review was the most fair I've seen yet.

To me, a review is meant to look at the overall experience and judge the game's value compared to other titles.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Josh_Looman

Not at all. I didn't communicate clearly but what I meant is that if we get a 40 or a 50 that's because of bugs, I think that's unfair. When Game Informer said our game was like a team going from 5-11 to 6-10, I thought that was pretty silly. The guys on this team killed themselves on this game and they deserve credit for what they did. Outside of the bugs, I feel like everybody is having a really fun time with the game and I think the OS review was the most fair I've seen yet. To me, a review is meant to look at the overall experience and judge the game's value compared to other titles.

Amen to all of that...and shame on GI!

[enderfall]

I would give this game a solid 8. There is certainly much promise for the future, as long as we (the gamers) support the title. With some tweaks next year, this could be a 9 for sure (in my book at least).

What really prevents me from giving this game a higher score is that you can't AUDIBLE once you call the play. So if think the CPU is going to pound it up the middle on 3rd and short and you call a base 4-3, but they run out 3 or 4 WR's, you are screwed. Same goes for the offense, you want to air it out on 1st down, but the CPU looks like they are bringin the house, there is nothing you can do but cringe when the play falls apart, or worse.