Bill Abner's first Head Coach Impressions

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

Awesome stuff Bill. Making me look smart right now for getting the CE

[thesimulator]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill_Abner

I am going to be doing a write up today about my first foray into career mode. I still have a few questions about some things but so far this game is a helluva lot of fun. There's a lot of stuff to look at like draft AI, free agent signings, and other stuff but the games are a blast. Games take about an hour with 15 minute quarters, btw. But how's this for cool: In my preseason game vs New York I was called for 9 penalties for 75 yards. Cribbs ran back a TD on a kickoff -- untouched. Oh, and FYI: there are full game sliders for both Human and CPU. I dunno if they are needed yet, though. My first game was pretty darn realistic. It's the little things that the game is doing that we usually don't see in a graphics-based game that is making me smile. It's frustrates me that Madden doesn't do a lot of the same stuff, but calling the games from the press box is giving me that Front Page Sports Football vibe in a HUGE way right now.

Good stuff Bill, keep us posted.

[Ninjoid]

Good to hear your impressions Bill - they sound very favourable and this game sounds like all I'd hoped for.

Josh - interesting to hear your comments on the 15mins accelerated qtrs...I for one am really pleased that's in the game, makes it so much more realistic.

[kiddlex]

Bill I keep going to my cpu once an hour and refreshing your blog looking for the next impressions of HC. What a loser!! Keep the excellent info coming. Thanks BILL!!!

BTW I caught hell at work from my co-workers for being on a blog called the nut and the feisty weasel.

[Bill_Abner]

Quote: Originally Posted by kiddlex

Bill I keep going to my cpu once an hour and refreshing your blog looking for the next impressions of HC. What a loser!! Keep the excellent info coming. Thanks BILL!!! BTW I caught hell at work from my co-workers for being on a blog called the nut and the feisty weasel.

Ha. Yeah we're proud of the name.

I'm back from the youth soccer coach meeting so I'll type some stuff up post haste.

I won the pre season opener 31-24, and had an absolute blast. You guys know, or at least I hope you do, that I try to be as straight up as I can about these games, and my first full game of HC was as much fun as I have had with a football game in a long, long while.

[bcruise]

Pre-emptive strike after reading the comment on your blog Bill:

According to what we've heard here there is online play, but it's done in a supersim format - it's not a graphical representation like the single player thing. We call the plays, but we can't watch 'em. Just thought you should know before going down the online play path.

[Ninjoid]

Bill has posted his second blog on HC - and it's extremely encouraging..still early days but it's looking like this game is all we have hoped for - realism and depth!

Cheers Bill...keep going with the impressions etc..we can't get enough.

[SlyBelle]

Quick question. Can you only coach for 15 years? I noticed on the free download of the strategy guide it mentioned that. Although I guess that should be long enough, I was hoping for something kind of longer. However, the impressions are sounding great!