I’ve bought like 4 iterations of this game. You’d think it would be playable by now, but the latest iteration is even worse. It is very hard to even field an entire roster when simming historic seasons, because too many players retire, so there are not enough player willing to play at the veteran minimum salary. I also have no clue what happens to UDFA’s. They just disappear into the ether.
The rating system in this game is whack. Colby Fleener somehow gets a 90 rating for multiple seasons even though he was a mid receiving weapon at best. Not that the rating matter. You could get Aaron Rogers on a squad with TO, Randy Moss, and Wes Welker, and Rogers will be at like 60% completions and throw like 45 touchdowns. The algorithm makes no sense. Maybe it needs a threshold for talent that lets the stats go nuclear. I also tried putting Bo Jackson behind the best O-line in the league with a great deep threat to keep the defense honest, and his ypc was 3.9. Nothing in this game makes any sense, in addition to the roster management just not working.
I love this type of game, or rather the idea of a management game that will let you take over a historic team and build a dynasty. Thanks to the NFL exclusive license with EA, this will never happen, because EA are greed **** shit bags. But this game hasn’t improved in like 6 years, so really it is no better than Madden. I’d honestly like a refund because it appears that my money doesn’t go into improving any of the underlying systems in this game.
In short, this game is promising, but disappointing, and way, way, waaaaaaay overpriced. Might be worth like 5$.