NFL Head Coach 09 First Look and Screenshots

[Kanobi]

Personally, I just like having an 'alternative' (even though it uses Madden's engine) NFL game that isn't straight-up arcade like Tour. Plus, from the sound of things so far, NFL HC '09 is offering features I've been lobbying for in console football games (NFL2k4 and 2k5 originally) for years now. However, I'm still waiting to hear what they've done with coaching staff dynamic and the hiring process, practice and game preparation, gameday decision-making and player management, etc.

[turftickler]

Quote: Originally Posted by DannyMac910

Look at the detail. You can see a player showing and talking to another player about how he made a catch. That's incredibly realistic.

There about 4 years late and 4 billion dollars short. LOL
2K Sports did that in ESPN NFL 2k5. EA Sports has been a disappointment to me since 2001. For years I have been telling people to speak up, but people actually think this game will be good. LMAO. We will see when the day comes how many people will be greatly disappointed when drop another $60 on a joke.
If everyone gave me $60 for a joke I shared with them I would be a millionare.

I am not impressed one bit. Still, I say no EA!

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sef0r

It appears that the quarter length is set to 5 minutes. Lets assume they allow you to change this. Will the other simmed games (i.e. I will only want to play my games) have roughly the same stats as my game that was played at 5 minutes?

If the quarters are locked to 5 minutes again, I will not be buying this game - it's that simple. It completely defeats the purpose of a head coaching game when you cannot coach a full game. I'm talking in terms of plays, not minutes; we all know why we've never been able to play full-length quarters in Madden.

There are other things that need fixing too of course, but that would be numero uno gamekiller for me.

[WarEagleTom]

Any idea when this is coming out?