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✓ Bnbrapp397I like the game and it is very addictive but I find it hard to move up on conferences. For example o am in conf 3 and to get points I have to recruit 4 linebacker in one class - that is almost unrealistic. The two times that I even came close only 3 LB signed i had the 4th at 92% and he declined. This has happened an couple times. I need 65 pts to move to conference 4 and I have been at 28 for almost 15 years. Another thing to get is your QB has to rush for an unrealistic amount like 3 times. I would really like to see better challenges - not easy but realistic ones that can be met: I do like the game but this is very frustrating. I have even bought the pass a few time to try and get the right recruits only to have them decline at 92. I even had one recruit decline at 99. Also would like to see a way to get more staff points without saving them up 1 per year. Also it would be great if the flying token would carry over to the next year if you don't use it. Unfortunately may stop playing if can't move to thr other conference..Bnbrapp397Version: 1.7.2

✓ Ok this is making me madOK first of all I just wanna start this by saying that I have played 15 seasons with this game and I’ve only had this game for two days so that should tell you how fun this game is the problem I am having is the fact that I have a level four offensive coordinator I have a level four defensive coordinator and I have a level four head scout I’m still level one in the conference and yet to win any ball games I have had multiple top rated scouting seasons and I’ve had multiple teams with decent overalls for the level one conference and I have yet to win a bowl game. I’ve yet to have a winning record but for one season, I finished 12th a lot of the time this game and I do not quite understand what I am doing wrong. I am have a basic understanding of football knowledge so I assume that if I want to beat certain plays, I would have to call the right defense. I tried to call my defense towards the office to place that didn’t work then I tried to call my office a place towards the defense of place that didn’t work, I have scouted all the top five talent to see if maybe it’s something to do with the talent I have on my team and yet I still haven’t won. I get a game that is challenging but this game is not challenging is infuriating..ShatterproofboyVersion: 1.10.2

✓ Fun game but needs a lot of work.First off, the game is fun. But it needs a lot of work/updates in order for me to continue playing. I don’t mind the recruiting aspect it could be better but that’s not the worst part like I read in some of the reviews. The biggest problem is the health/injury system. After every game almost my whole team is on injury protocol how is that even possible? It drops them all to a terrible rating it’s like every week is a rinse and repeat/starting over again. One other thing is the actual game at the end of the week. I don’t care about the rating of my team or the other team. But my QB throwing an incomplete pass 4 times in a row is terrible and not even being able to call a play makes it even more irritating. And the game is difficult which I don’t mind but it feels like your hands are tied behind your back and there’s nothing you can actually do to improve your team. Most of the developer replies I see are “ I’m sorry your having trouble improving in the game, pls use the help button in game to get tips” the tips are not helpful at all. All in all the game has a great platform just need some tweaking in a lot of areas..BbanajsnsbVersion: 1.9.0

✓ Awful gameForces you to give all of your data before letting you play, and then it is really slow and disappointing. One of the worst downloads possible..Mike091827Version: 1.7.0

✓ This game is so unrealisticThis game is so unrealistic from top to bottom and it mind boggles me on how this game works. Like you’re in Prestige 1 which is supposed to be the easiest one, and you build the best team ever thats supposed to be projected to win it all, and go 2-9. Like how does it make sense that coaches like myself, are allowed to scout only one side of the ball from the opposing team. Someone please explain me that. And of course the recruiting process is terrible because you’re allowed to make 1 move from spot to spot and realistically, that 1 spot you move to scout would be like a 30 minute drive for the full day. THATS NOT BEING PRODUCTIVE AS A HEAD SCOUT!!! There’s such thing as online material. Also, practices are meant for the whole team, not in groups and such. And plays to counter certain plays from the opposite side of the ball become unrealistic as well. Also if you have a 3 star kicker, he should at least make 90% of the field goals within range, not 50%. I swear if I saw a kicker do that in high school I wouldn’t even look at him. This game needs to be better difficulty wise as well as fixing the process of recruiting and all that. The only thing thats good is fixing your lineup. That’s it. If you’re looking for a game to be the college head coach, this aint it. And “The Program”, please make the game more realistic. Thank you.Guest_904104Version: 1.2.13

✓ Meh…Very mid.This game has some potential. How it is right now however, really misses the mark. Let’s start with the recruiting. How in the hell are you supposed to stay competitive? Being able to move only once per week is insane. You also almost never have enough ‘stars’ to either get who you are recruiting to a % high enough, or to get ahead in your recruiting to not need to stress seasons down the road. Also, you don’t get to choose where you start, so you can get completely screwed and be put into a spot that doesn’t help with your needs. Personally how I think you fix it is you have a certain amount of ‘stars’ like now, but those are used to be able to recruit the athlete, not the things to gain interest. So example, higher the recruit, the more stars it would cost. Then once per week you can do something to increase their interest (but you don’t know what will work best) and once per week you can move states. Could ever go as far as to limit how many recruits you can be targeting per season too. The whole travelling around like it’s “Ticket to Ride” is stupid. Next the simulation. How in the world can you not speed it up? Also, it really serves no purpose other than frustrating the hell out of you because the algorithm is ridiculous. I’d rather just not have it and skip to the score, or have a couple moments in the game where you have to pick the play or make a decision that can affect the game positively or negatively. Really though, just get rid of it. Training process is pretty good! Very easy and simple. Also the whole picking plays is okay, though sometimes I wish you could pick ‘coordinator picks best plays’ and get that over with. This game actually does have potential. Seriously. Some other things need to be fixed like glitches, spelling errors, and more control of the colour schemes during team creation. Hopefully these changes happen right away, and hopefully they don’t make this one of those ‘pay a lot to be successful’ games as well..Quilted_MallardVersion: 1.2.15

✓ Great game with downfallsIt is a great game. Recruiting wise pay attention to health and stamina. And it is college football so there is that. Now the 2 missing stars are recruiting and inability to actually make stats and details count. Recruiting is not balanced in the game. You have 93% and they deny you? I had 3 at 90-95% and all 3 denied me. That really doesn’t make sense in anyway. And second part is why do you not have recruits that are good and want to come to your team? Why can’t you pick a region or state and recruits there are more likely to come to your school. You can always pay $4 a season and get a 2nd flight and 500 extra points though! That leading to my o line being tops and all based on running yet you run all running plays these being silver in level 1 and you lose nonstop so playing to your strengths is a weakness, yet same team that is 5+ levels weaker can do same thing and run 400 yards. Clean this nonsense up and it’ll be 5 stars. This is a fill in til NCAA 25 comes out and this game will be forgotten unless they fix stuff. This is like Georgia losing 3-5 games a year to FCS schools. Cmon now..Timmmmmmmmaaay!Version: 1.10.2

✓ Unbalanced and unfair gameThis game was fun and addicting at first, but once you get to the final conference it just gets stupid. It doesn’t matter how strong of a team you have the other team always seems to win. It’s bad enough you can’t recruit enough good players to be competitive, but 95% of the new players get tired or hurt every game so your always playing well below your level. Even if you purchase additional resources it’s only for one season, and if you live in Canada they charge you an extra dollar over what’s advertised. The game becomes less about winning football games and more about earning the objectives they set out which will also end up killing your team. Stay away.Fleury1414Version: 1.8.0

✓ Great game but no real opportunity to advanceThis is an amazing game flows well. That being said there are things that need to be fixed. I’ve been sitting at 44/45 on level one for 5 seasons now. I’ve only shut out 1 team in the 9 seasons that I’ve been playing this game. They should give you an award for finishing first in the conference (I’ve done it 5 times) what’s up with the bowl games? Out of the 6 I’ve been in only 2 have I even came close to winning. Even after purchasing the campus store you can’t earn enough recruit points to do more than send emails to 12 recruits some of which you’ll have to gamble with at the end of the season to land which makes it fun but at the same time I’d like to do more than just send emails everyday. Being able to change my recruiter would be nice. Of the 9 seasons I’ve been playing this game I’ve yet to see a single punt or kickoff returned for a td. I haven’t seen a fumble or int returned for a td either. My largest complaint is not being able to advance to another conference because the impossibility to get more than 1 shut out game..DvildogVersion: 1.2.11

✓ Amazing Concept! I wish vs I needThis game has been so much fun. So much so that it’s gotten me in trouble with my fiancé as I have barely been able to remove my eyes from the screen. I personally love building football teams and as someone who knows the nature of the business from the inside as well as out, this has been pretty cool! Now with that being said I have a list of I wish’s, as well as needs in order to continue to be glued to this for the long haul. First of all I wish there was a way for players to transfer! It makes it more difficult and rewarding if they stay bases off a couple merits. Coaching Philosophy, winning and Playing time. I need there to be game play of some level, if not in game adjustments. It pisses me off when I’ve passed 63 times in a game and did not run it once. Also goes hand-in-hand with play calling and setting the playbook for the week. Need more diversity in the playbook. I wish there were more accurate weights and that you could redshirt more than freshmen. I wish that scouting was more customizable. I need there to be better rewards based off of seasonal performance. I should not be going into the next season with the same tools I had last season, if I’ve won a bowl. Doesn’t make any sense. I’m sure there’s more, but that’s the basics for now! Thank y’all so much for making this!.NY guy in IndianaVersion: 1.2.17

✓ Must spend $The concept is good. Super repetitive week to week. You’ll never progress unless you’re willing to spend for the season pass and staff tokens. Season pass is literally only good for one season you play. They want you to spend $3-5 per 11 game season if you actually want to progress to the next division..AnewComepetlyVersion: 1.9.1

✓ Not bad but work neededI have enjoyed this game a lot I have played 8 seasons so far and restarted again because i fe behind and it just became way too boring to play. The one thing I WISHHH they had was when recruiting you can see the player and then see the map because I plan every scouting day in advanced to try and get the most chests top 5 recruits etc, but I wish you can view the map before you make a decision to recruit the player or not as I don’t remember if there’s 30 RB’s left on my path or only 1. Also make the plays more realistic where I’m not punting from the opp 45 yard line and at least go for the fg even though these kickers are insufferable as they make a 65 yarder to win a game (yes that happened) but literally the next game he missed 4 fg under 30 yards. It’s not reasonable. Also include the transfer portal and be able to recruit more than 12 players as it shouldn’t matter how many recruits you have. So far good game just the scoring is broken except I don’t understand plays play calling and we NEED more than one coach point because if you want to upgrade u have to wait 6+ years to get the best coach which doesn’t make sense but good game.Paying is a crimeVersion: 1.2.11

✓ Main issuesIm in my 6th season and i think the game is good but it can be great if the fix these issues. So my team made it to 2 bowl games back to back but got 50 hung on me in both games because the comp is far superior that’s not my problem because my team is 30/30 and the other team is like 35/32 so it makes sense, I said that to say my team isn’t trash or bad before i dive into the issues. The problems with recruiting is the players that I’ve heavily invested in and get the the high 80s decline to sign more often and the ones around 40s/50s/60s sign more often and it’s frustrating because I heavily recruit the position that I desperately need and it sets me back when that happens. Another problem is special teams I recruited a good kicker and punter and got them both to above a 30 overall but my kicker proceeds to miss more kicks than he makes and my punter consistently punts 4 yards. Please add a feature to where you can skip the game I'm not trying to watch it if the coach goin call the one play that doesn’t work over and over and my kicker constantly miss kicks it’s just not interesting to look at especially if my team is way better than the competition. Please add a feature to where you can scout both offense and defense because only being able to do one is unrealistic and ties into the play calling and gameplay.XzjohVersion: 1.2.6

✓ LoadingI try to start my career and it will say loading team so not much I can do in the game.Charlie3733837Version: 1.2.3

✓ Why do I bother improving my teamFirst season was tough. Only won a couple of games, that’s normal. As I got used to the game and was able to build my team up, I reached a bowl game my second season, first with a rookie QB. I understood we overachieved, but despite improving at every position and upgrading my staff, 3rd season we flopped and I went 4-7. Next season hoping for a bounce back as I once again improved pretty much every position. Nope once again lost more games than I won despite having a better overall than nearly all my opponents. The plays they give you to call often force you to choose formations that don’t beat suit your team. I have 3 elite corners and haven’t been given the choice to use a nickel defense in 3 weeks. Always getting suggestions to run 4 LBs despite that being my weakest position. Now on year 5 my all conference QB as a senior is still throwing as many picks as TDs in half his games, nobody is playing better despite year over year improvement to the overall team score, each game still feels like a coin flip. I understand having randomness makes the game more interesting, and I give the game 1.5 stars because the interface of actually building the team is fun enough to keep me playing. But I will get worn out putting the effort in to make the team better and certainly won’t be spending any money on bonus stuff if it does not feel like any of it will actually lead to my team playing better.Thrifty acresVersion: 1.9.2

✓ Please make it easier to win games.I think this game has great potential. The gameplay all works well but my biggest problem is it’s almost impossible to consistently be good. Obviously when I first started I lost most of my games, but I was slowly getting better. By my 6th season I had a really good roster with both my defensive and offensive rating at about 31, and I finished with a record of 10-1 and then went on to win my bowl game. I was very excited because all the time I had spent was finally paying off. I went into next season with even better ratings of about 33 on both sides, and finished with a record of 9-2 and then once again one my bowl game. I was a little surprised that I didn’t do better but I didn’t think much of it. I also had a shutout that game. Now I am more than halfway through the season with a offensive rating of 32 and a defensive rating of 36, both of which are higher than any other team. But for some reason I still am sitting at a 5-3 record. I need to more shutouts to advance conferences, which should be easy because I have by far the best defense in the league, but for some reason and can barely even win games. I think that there should be more of an impact on how high rated a team you are. A clearly better rated team should have a much higher chance of winning. Or maybe their could be an added difficulty feature. Either way this game can be really fun and has a lot of potential..Royal GaurdVersion: 1.5.1

✓ AddictingThis game is alright easy to get addicted to but only due to frustration. It’s confusing to understand at first and hard to maneuver. The scouting should be aloud easier and maybe it will b as you progress and at first I was losing almost every game my team played even with top talent but about like 4 seasons I think I started winning so now the last 5 my team has finished first and won the bowl game which you would think would make recruits wanna join you it doesn’t and last but not least I’ll say this game is SUPER money hungry bc u can pay 3.99 and get 500 more scouting points, 1 fly pass and 1 coach point which u can only buy one a season which doesn’t help cause it cost to much coach points to upgrade 1 coach and you only get 1 at the end of each season so if I wanna upgrade my OC, DC, Scout, and Trainer it’ll take prob 12 seasons without spending 3.99 and be nice if they added trophy’s or something for the teams season instead of just individual ones which there’s almost to much going on especially at halftime there’s a thousand things you can do to partly help your team mid game but hard to choose it all cost so much and you can’t pick plays so u watch your coach call some the dumbest plays.BRay276Version: 1.7.0

✓ AdsCan’t watch ads and double my recruits points…...YoqwdbsbVersion: 1.3.0

✓ BadddThis game sucks I played 8 seasons 3 different teams for a total of 5 wins even when I got all the best players u still lose don't waste your time playing I even spent money an a season pass didn't do jack if I could give a 0 I would there are way better games just like this out there.Ballsack1012345)$:Version: 1.7.0

✓ Painfully FrustratingHi, This is a game I desperately wanted to love and invested several hours playing. Unfortunately it doesn’t become enjoyable at any point as your team continually loses and is unable to score more than 1 touchdown a game with a FG to TD ratio of about 5:1 for your team and the other way around for the AI. You also get to watch the AI break for 60+ yard plays multiple times per games while in the 15 or so games I played I never broke for more than 25. Avoid this and maybe come back in 6 months but as it stands the only thing this game achieves is creating frustration and taking all the fun and joy out of the greatest sport on earth. Jordan.JordanJnrVersion: 1.2.6

✓ 3/5Really good base this game has potential to be very good…still in beta so hard to be too critical but still has a lot of progress to be made…the AI’s play call needs reworked no team in the country is going to run on 3rd and long sometimes AI will run same play several possessions in a row despite it being the least ideal play in your repertoire…scouting is miserable this is the absolute worst aspect of the game it’s extremely difficult to maintain and almost impossible to draft a feasible class my very first season my defense was almost all seniors and juniors which required me to focus on recruiting for my defense which in turn causes my offense recruiting to suffer. I don’t know what a fix to recruiting would be but current system is extremely difficult and unrealistic players would be beating down the door to play for a D1 university especially how successful your team is IE. being number 1 in the conference should affect the starting interest of players why would a “top 5” recruit want to go to a #11 or #10 in the conference school….scouting and AI have along way to come but it’s a good start..Bz HuskyVersion: 1.3.0

✓ Things changeIt is a fun game to play. I’ve been playing since it was in beta. I have three main issues with the game. There are glitches at times with purchases, recruiting points, scores, etc., but my biggest complaint is the game has gotten extremely hard to get recruits. I was paying for the season pass each season to get recruiting points. $5 every two days, but it is no longer worth it. It’s like the algorithm changed and it is not allowing me to recruit as well as I could before. Buying the season pass no longer helps get a good year of recruits. Second issue… Multiple times I have purchased the season pass and been charged double or triple what I should have been charged. There is no one to call to correct it. Third… it is impossible for me to get 800 receiving yards each by two different running backs. You cannot progress past the Metro USA conference without this. I am now stuck in this conference and have been for some time now so it’s stale with the issues I am having. I was paying a minimum of $15 a week to play and now refuse to spend any more because it’s overcharging me at times, there is no longer a benefit and it is not helping me to advance. I do still play, but only as a time killer at this point because there is nothing to go for and I can’t get better anymore the way the recruiting has changed..256vicVersion: 1.7.2

✓ Challenging and has potentialThis game has potential to be great. It is extremely challenging which makes it fun but at the same time extremely frustrating. I am on my 4th season. I have talent now but still lose a lot. Field goals need to be fixed. I have a 3 star kicker that cant kick a 10-30 yard field goal. Thats weird. Transfer portal would be nice. Very hard to collect all your missing players in recruiting. Even if you buy the season pass. I have bought the season pass and disappointed. I wont be buying it again unless something changes. It only last one season in the game. I am not sure what plays to pick on offense or defense. Not sure if it even matters much. Would be cool to be able to have player meetings similar to the press conference. Off season workouts so players get better when they return the next season. And more trainers. I upgrades to the level 2 trainer and I actually like the level 1 better. Level 2 does not level up the qb much. Would be nice to have game time decisions. I just sit my phone down while the game goes on. Mostly pick it up to a loss haha. Game time decisions like going for the 4th down or on side kick. Maybe talk and give some encouragement to the players. The injuries are not realistic. Update: played my 5th season. Best team by far I have had and I had the most losses in a season. 2 wins was all. This game is starting to feel like its designed for you to lose. Not playing again until there is an update which I hope there is..Dead swaggVersion: 1.2.3

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