I have MLB 09: The Show, Fight Night Round 4, OOTP X, Madden NFL 10, and NBA 2k10... yet I still find myself going back to this game wishing that I would get back into it. Now... I think I really want to get back into it. I will play as the Falcons but I will not draft players like Matt Ryan, Curtis Lofton, etc. I might start a season by build around someone like Brady Quinn or whatever (please don't spoil to me if he sucks or not).
Anyways, I'm just wondering how you guys like to play the game... do you like to sim the training camps? Sim the practice sessions? Or do you guys go down with the whole program and take it that seriously? Do you guys call the plays during the game? Do you even watch the games or do you sim it? These are most of the questions I have in mind.
What would you suggest to someone if they really wanted to get into the game? To do all of the events? (Team meetings, practices, etc.?)
And do you suggest I make my own head coach or start with Mike Smith (ATL)?
I master the playbook, then super-sim the preseason games. I had been super-simming the regular season games, but now I play them, letting my OC and DC call the plays. I've never been able to figure what plays to call, so I let my coordinators do it. Mike Smith would be more skilled than a created coach, but a created coach would have more upside.
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mattlanta 07:27 PM 11-01-2009
Did you guys install this game onto your hard drive? I heard it's much better if you do, but me and my bro play Madden 10 the most... so...
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ebongreen 11:19 PM 11-01-2009
Personally, I like doing everything. I draft, I sign FAs, I hire & fire coaches, I manage the depth chart & injuries, I choose how practices are run, and I definitely call plays during the game. To me, it's a "better" version of Madden in which my general lack of stick-skills doesn't matter. :-)
That's not to say it's a perfect game - because it's not. But it is a hell of a lot of fun as a football sim.
I'm curious, mrs844224 - what about play-calling mystifies you so? Offense, defense, both, ...? Personally, calling the plays is a part I would be sad to do without, because I find it a challenge to outsmart the CPU defense & offense.
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mrs844224 11:33 PM 11-01-2009
Originally Posted by ebongreen:
Personally, I like doing everything. I draft, I sign FAs, I hire & fire coaches, I manage the depth chart & injuries, I choose how practices are run, and I definitely call plays during the game. To me, it's a "better" version of Madden in which my general lack of stick-skills doesn't matter. :-)
That's not to say it's a perfect game - because it's not. But it is a hell of a lot of fun as a football sim.
I'm curious, mrs844224 - what about play-calling mystifies you so? Offense, defense, both, ...? Personally, calling the plays is a part I would be sad to do without, because I find it a challenge to outsmart the CPU defense & offense.
Offense is the one I really have trouble with. Defense has fewer plays, and I can usually make a good choice. I never know which way to go on offense. There's only a limited number of plays in both Ask Coach and By Success, and I don't think the most successful play is always the right one to call. I realize the Coordinators have a tendency to call the same plays; I'm just not sure what is a better alternative of calling plays.
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ebongreen 08:20 PM 11-02-2009
I wrote up a "How to attack the Tampa 2" topic a while back - was that interesting or helpful to you? Would you like more topics like that, or more specific advice on how different defenses play?
From what I've seen, most AI defensive coordinators, on first and second down at least, have two or three basic plays (mastered ratings) they will call forever until you prove you can gain yards against them. Once you know what those are and have shown that you can beat them, they'll change and start to move off their bread-and-butter plays.
When you know a defense's tendencies, you can call plays to counter them. That said, if you call the same plays repeatedly, the defensive AI will react more quickly and tend to stuff them more often.
I make my Head Coach, even though this is my first career. I Blitz, Blitz and Blitz. On O, I pass, pass and pass some more. I'm hoping that Brian Brohm becomes the greatest QB of all time for that Packers. Not that there is any challenge in that. :-)
Also, in my first preseason game, I ran, or rather passed one play over and over until the team knew it really well. New systems are tough.
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