Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018

[h1]TL;DR[/h1] 3/10: A video game about (American) Football in which teams can successfully kick field goals from their own one yard line should tell the reader everything they need to know about this game's match engine. [h1]Overview[/h1] Are there any abandonware aficionados out there who remember the (American) Football coaching game [i]Super Sunday[/i]? The developer of [i]Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018[/i] hopes you don't, because [i]Super Sunday[/i] was made in 1986, could be played on computers with less that 256k of RAM, and still had a superior match engine to [i]Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018[/i]! In addition to on-field play calling, [i]Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018[/i] also involves managing an American College Football program with one of the many likenesses of real life schools. Training schedules for individual players can be set, and of course, scouting and recruiting next year's batch of players from (real life) high schools all across America. (The player may even see a potential recruit who goes to their old high school!) [h1]Graphics and Sound[/h1] Invocation of the saying "you get what you pay for." Graphics are an early copy …

If you are a huge college football fan like I am this is a must own game. This is only the 2nd year it has been released so the developers are still working on things but are very active in listening to the community. There are mods so that every team's mascot is represented. I'm currently in an online dynasty and it is a lot of fun. You do not actually play the game like you would in NCAA Football that no longer exists. Rather it is more about strategy and every little thing matters. Each player has several personality traits as do the coaches. You have to set training schedules, playbooks, formations for certain down and distances. Also recruiting is extremely in depth. Each player has to be scouted to unlock their main interests that could be anything from distance, to how much you win, to how loyal your coaches, etc. It's not easy and there aren't a lot of guides out there to help you but the members of the community are very helpful. IMO it's a must have for any college football fan.

I really enjoyed the game. It is similar to Bowl Bound but much better graphically and the player ratings make a lot more sense. I cannot recommend it though because it crashes. I get a unpacking error where I cannot load my current league. I have not been able to finish one whole season before this error occurs.

Buggy broken game. Waste of money.

Football Manager (Soccer) and OOTP Baseball but for College Football The game is by no means polished like the titles i listed but they release yearly versions that move the game further and further along. If you love simulation games and Love College Football, buy it.

I would stay away, I purchased this to see if I wanted to spend for the more expensive newer version, I will tell you I do not want that newer version. This was HORRIBLE for sim football, recruiting was a joke with their drop downs and no information, setting lineups sucked and didn't work, I attempted to coach the games. I started with one of the best in the game, and promptly started 1-5. I was up in every game by 14 or more points in the first half, the second half the other team, no matter how bad, couldn't be tackled and couldn't miss a tackle and none of my WR would catch a pass. I was up 35-0 in a game starting the second half with the ball. 3rd and 5 I call a shotgun pass, and the de is in the backfield before the snap even happens, gets the sack of course. Then same game mind you, now I am up 35-21 in the 3rd quarter and they have the ball with 2 minutes left. I call a nickel D on 3rd and 17 after a stop and sack pushing them back to the 40 from the 50 (roughly). The computer put the WR on MY 20 yard line then at the snap BOTH my safteys, even though we are playing deep zones mind you, rushed the line of scrimmage and the CPU threw the ball immediately 40 yards d…