New NFL Head Coach 09 interview and poll

by pastapadre
Posted May 16th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

Gametap has a new interview with NFL Head Coach 09 lead producer Josh Looman. The discussion goes over aspects of the game that are already known if you’ve been piecing together the information over the past few months, but it is worth a read to get the overall sense of the direction the game has taken. The play editor, free agency negotiations, and NFL Draft among other areas are detailed. You can check out the full interview here.

But the coolest thing we have this year has to be the in-game play editor that enables you to edit any play in the game. That’s the thing people are the most excited about. It’s like when you’re a kid drawing plays in the sand. It makes you feel like a coach. If there’s a play you like but wish the receiver would run a streak instead of a curl, now you don’t have to hot route, you can edit the play right there, save it to your playbook, and then export your entire playbook into Madden.

Vote in the poll below on whether you plan to start Head Coach at the beginning of the 2008 season with the up-to-date rosters or rewind back to the beginning of the offseason and let the events play out in the game.

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Zack

This sounds like a fun game.

Jordan mountford

looks great but only 15 seasons is a disapointment tell then to change that and it will be perfect

Ninj

Thanks for the info Bryan - appreciated. Look forward to more info over the next few weeks then.....I'm really pumped for HC09, it's a shame August is still a few months away...still, I've got my order for Madden 09 Anniv Edition in for the PS3, so it can make the flight over the Atlantic to the UK...great that PS3 is region free as it means I can get my NA sports fix (NCAA 09 ordered too) and get the games much earlier than they are available in the UK...I've got a feeling that HC09 won't even see a PAL release as there has been no mention of it in the UK retail gaming sites.
Thanks again.
Mark

pastapadre

[quote comment="21444"]Hi Bryan - any idea when or if you'll be getting a beta copy of this game? Or will you just get an advance retail copy?

Really looking forward to immersing myself in the depth of this one. It's looking really good so far and hopefully it will live up to the hype/detail revealed.

Thanks[/quote]

Beta copies aren't a real possibility because you have to have a debug unit to play them. Unfortunately its just not possible for me to get one of those, at least that I'm aware of. However there is one or two different ideas that are being floated to get the games (NCAA, Madden, Head Coach) earlier this year than the usual few days to a week. We'll see how it works out.

There is also a good possibility I'll be getting hands-on time with all three games (of which I would spend the majority of time with Madden/Head Coach having already played a ton of NCAA) coming up in less than two weeks. When I know with certainty one way or the other I'll post about it and ask what people would like to hear about.

Ninj

Hi Bryan - any idea when or if you'll be getting a beta copy of this game? Or will you just get an advance retail copy?

Really looking forward to immersing myself in the depth of this one. It's looking really good so far and hopefully it will live up to the hype/detail revealed.

Thanks

eric

i am going to get this game with madden but very dissapointed its only 15 seasons of a carrer so by the tim your in ur third draft u wont be able to play out his entire carrer heck u might not be able to play out 08 draft carrer

Stuntman87 (bawbeata) PSN: Dre

[quote comment="21432"]Man is this sad. Everybody wondered why Madden had their Franchise and Owner modes dumbed down. Here is the reason. For 60 dollars, Madden should include all or most of this.[/quote]

u bring up a good point but blu ray can only hold so much info ya dig.... this will be a good game the more i read the more i lean towards grabbin the game

Steve

Man is this sad. Everybody wondered why Madden had their Franchise and Owner modes dumbed down. Here is the reason. For 60 dollars, Madden should include all or most of this.

Tyler

[quote comment="21428"]it would be hot if you can make a playbook in head coach and add it to madden that would be so sweet[/quote]
did you even read the article

kingmack

it would be hot if you can make a playbook in head coach and add it to madden that would be so sweet

kbin007

I'll more than likely start with the current rosters using my Browns, and try and pry a first round pick from someone for the 2009 draft using Derek Anderson as bait. This of couse is depending on Brady Quinn's ratings, and if I think I'll have him ready for the 2008 season (at least by the 4th week). I really hope that they have this ghame tweaked out, as the first HC had great possibilities, only to be a total let down. From what I've read and heard though, they seem to have opened it up to really allow you to do what you want when you want. I hope that the user to CPU trading is realistic, like if a CPU controlled team #1 QB goes down they'll up the value of landing a #1 from you in trade (assuming they don't have a quality back-up). I know I'm in the minority, but I think I'm looking forward to this tilte more than Madden '09.

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