Nostalgia or not you have admit back in those tears franchise was packed with features. They actaully FELT like playing NFL seasons. Ill never forget starting a game in year 2 of a franchise and missing my starting wr, check injury report, not there, figure its a bug, quit then seeing hes “holding out” from the roster screen. I had to call my dad at work at the time to ask him what that meant.
Not only was fun and realistic( position battles in camp, player moral, less precise scouting, a playable senior bowl for f’s sake, player personalities, playable training camps/mini games for stat boosts all in practice attire for no less) but it taught me something other than the x’s and o’s