NFL Head Coach 09 Review

[ChicagoSparty]

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i dont get y this game exists, but i guess if u have horrible stick skills and wanna manage a team then go for it

It exists exactly because people's stick skills are too good, and it's too easy to win on Madden.

Now go back upstairs where your mom has lunch ready.

[Josh_Looman]

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There are about five--defense view, press box, cinematic, broadcast, some others.

They need to improve this next year. There is no "coach on the sidelines" view, which seems bizarre in a COACHING GAME. And the press box view is like watching from outer space.

The ability to quickly flip through views during the game.... that's a major winner, keep that in please!

When we started development, we put in the coaching from the sidelines cam.

Trust me, it was horrible. You could never see what was going on at any point.

[Lieutenant Dan]

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When we started development, we put in the coaching from the sidelines cam.

Trust me, it was horrible. You could never see what was going on at any point.

I'm with Josh on this one....I love Broadcast cam...a pretty good view of the action overall and I find it pretty immersive.

Coach cam would be tough...it'd be hard to see all the players all the time.

[bkrich83]

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i dont get y this game exists, but i guess if u have horrible stick skills and wanna manage a team then go for it

I love when people brag about their "stick skills" as if that's something to brag about.

That's like the guy in the Madden thread who boasted that no one "labbed" Madden more than he did.

[adembroski]

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When we started development, we put in the coaching from the sidelines cam.

Trust me, it was horrible. You could never see what was going on at any point.

The beauty of it, imho. I used that view in the previous Head Coach (for as long as I could stomach it).

[TCF]

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i dont get y this game exists, but i guess if u have horrible stick skills and wanna manage a team then go for it

you must be the guy on the madden commercial who won 100K

there are those of us who prefer a challenge. calling the shots and practicing. seeing it how pays off. this is true franchise game not an arcade game.

[deepen03]

well he said its the last-gen graphics engine. I think he means it's the madden 08 next-gen engine. This looks exactly like 08 on 360 and ps3. Im just making a correction because saying this is last-gen is completely wrong.

[SloeyEZ]

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by josh: When we started development, we put in the coaching from the sidelines cam.

Trust me, it was horrible. You could never see what was going on at any point.


The beauty of it, imho. I used that view in the previous Head Coach (for as long as I could stomach it).

exactly, you can't see s*&# from the sidelines when you're coaching, but that is the "realism" and would be great IF we could watch film of the game after!!! Talk about a realistic sim I've spent many weekends doing nothing but watching the game film of our Friday night game to find out what actually happened lol

[Heshi]

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My two cents: Now that I've finally got NFL Head Coach 09 (after three weeks of travel) and played a couple of hours, I am pretty disappointed.

I love coach/manager games, I've played "Anstoss 3" (a soccer coach/manager sim from Germany, brilliant!) over and over and over again, and I even played "Baseball Mogul", despite the fact that it is more of a stats machine, not a game (some people on this board who are more into simulating stats than playing games may want to check that out). So I thought a good football coaching sim must be IT!

Everybody was writing about how great and addicitive NFL Head Coach was... so I put the CD in my PS 3, wahoo, here we go!

And what is this game about? "Oh, there's a new free agent... nah, I won't bid on him... okay... waiting... oh, another free agent... Where the heck can I check this player's player card? There's a ridiculous trading offer... Who is this guy, anyways? I can't even take a look at his player card. Alright... what are we working on in practice today? Uhm... let's boost this play right here. Okay. So... oh, something new on the clip board! Nah, I won't bid on this free agent either... Let's check out the other parts of the menu... Hmmm, let's take a look at the depth chart... or check out the "Player Status" screen... Oh, game day!"

That's supposed to be fun and addictive? I'll give this game some more time, but it's close to cutting day.

[TCF]

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they do have FA Preview so you can view all the FA's with their cards. too bad your not enjoying it. this is definately better than madden.

[Heshi]

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But there's no way to check a player (trade and FA) after clicking on him on the clip board, right? I hit the button a couple of times and was left wondering if it was worth bidding on him or not.

It's not bad for a start, but basically this game is just about sitting in front of the clip board and waiting for some decisions to make. Click, click, game day, click click, free agency click click practice. There's no life to it so far... maybe I'll have to give it some time.

I played Madden for five minutes, by the way.

[DillaDrums]

I LOVE THIS GAME! I play with SF too and mostly let Martz call all of the plays...when I did this when the philosopy was "spread", Smith would throw the ball about 30-40 times a game...sometimes 50. You would have to expect that if you throw the ball that many times your going to get quite a few 300 yard games. Once I changed the philosophy to power running...Martz called Gore's number much more. Loved the review...but you didnt comment on bidding for coaches and having to give up control over certain aspects of your team like Firing control, player philosopies, roadmaps, etc...

[DLaren]

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But there's no way to check a player (trade and FA) after clicking on him on the clip board, right? I hit the button a couple of times and was left wondering if it was worth bidding on him or not.

It's not bad for a start, but basically this game is just about sitting in front of the clip board and waiting for some decisions to make. Click, click, game day, click click, free agency click click practice. There's no life to it so far... maybe I'll have to give it some time.

I played Madden for five minutes, by the way.

That couldn't be further from the truth...If this game has nothing else, it has a virtual world that is very much alive.

This isn't like Madden where you're going to see everything there is to see in one week of play...Play through a season and an off-season and see if you still feel the same way...

[TCF]

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But there's no way to check a player (trade and FA) after clicking on him on the clip board, right? I hit the button a couple of times and was left wondering if it was worth bidding on him or not.

It's not bad for a start, but basically this game is just about sitting in front of the clip board and waiting for some decisions to make. Click, click, game day, click click, free agency click click practice. There's no life to it so far... maybe I'll have to give it some time.

I played Madden for five minutes, by the way.

you have to flip over to where it says FA preview of the NFL section i believe. then you can look up a players card in Free Agency. no you can't do it to player via trade til he is on your roster.

this game is so much more alive than madden. its so much deeper there is no arcade feel and this game provides IMO so much more of a challenge.

[chuckm1961]

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It's not bad for a start, but basically this game is just about sitting in front of the clip board and waiting for some decisions to make. Click, click, game day, click click, free agency click click practice. There's no life to it so far... maybe I'll have to give it some time.

You CAN take this passive approach to the game, and then you will be BORED.

How about actually PLAYING the game? That means being an ACTIVE coach, trying to IMPROVE his team. Which can keep you VERY busy.

You seem to be missing about 90 PERCENT of what this game is about.