Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023

As far as American football sims go, DDS: 2023 is the best out there. I have paid for and played them all and this title represents the management and statistical aspects better than them all. I have been waiting for years for someone to come up with a fun, accurate, and playable football management sim and it has been a frustrating wait. Pro Strategy 2023 is okay, but I dislike the free agent system and the UI and graphics are a huge turnoff. Graphically, Axis Football 23 is the best as far as the management side goes, but they can't seem to fix the statistical accuracy problems (QB- 80% passing, 350 yards per game and RB- 150 yards per game) Front Office was okay, but the UI is clunky and the substitution system is terrible. I have been paying attention to Wolverine Studios for years and purchased a few of their early titles, but they always seem to have many issues with bugs that go unresolved. That, along with bad reviews kept me away from their football and basketball titles. A couple of weeks ago, I bit the bullet and purchased their pro basketball game and found that I enjoy the UI and play. This is the main reason I chose to purchase the pro football game. I have to say, I like it so far. I have not encountered any game breaking bugs or other issues. Not to say there aren't some issues, but none that are game breaking. The only things I would ask for is for the game clock to be displayed throughout the game. Currently, it disappears during game play and takes a bit to come back after the play. It seems to interrupt the flow for me. Each play, there is a list of the players involved in the play. It would be nice to see game statistics attached to these players. Finally, I would like to see a faster transition between menu pages. This is not a game breaker, but it does take a few seconds each time you change pages. If you like to edit your leagues, the editor is really good. You can use Football Reference and go to town with any year and format you would like to use. So, far the community hasn't offered up any seasons on Steam or the developer forums, but I'm sure those will come with time. For those of you who have been looking for a football management sim that is worth playing, this is it. I highly recommend it and to me, the asking price, while pretty steep, is worth it.

This game is very much like OOTP except for the fact that the money system in this game is broken. Free Agency is a huge mess. There will be 100 OVR running backs that are getting paid 15 mil a year while all these young 85 OVR 26 year old running backs want 18 mil a year and won't take less. they end up going through the free agency bidding war untouched due to their unrealistic asking price. You can then sign them for $500,000 once the seasons starts . its a repeating process of having amazing free agents for $500,000 for 1 yr every season at every position due to nobody wanting to pay their asking price and then forced to play on your team for min free agent price once season starts.

Unplayably slow. Going to this from football manager or ootp will have you pulling your hair out. That issue is exacerbated by the frequent need to reload the bugged out page. I quit before getting far enough to comment on the player engine.

Solid AF. This is the closet I've found to an american football version of OOTP. It's not perfect, but its a giant leap in the right direction. If you like meticulous sports GM games, this one should quench your thirst. It doesn't have the Graphic spectate chops that you can get from Axis, but is definitely deeper on the management side. Give it a shot if you're on the fence.

Well I'm just starting, mainly playing sandbox mode and so far so good. We're 1 and 1 on our 1st season and I "just..." finished losing to the Washington Tanks 27 to 34. - I'll update this after a while but at least so far its held my attention the weekend and is kind of drawing me in further...

I previously played Draft Day Sports' Pro basketball and decided to try the pro football version out. I love this developer and what they produce. Great simulation and management game with mods available to make it as real as possible. Its the madden franchise mode you always wanted and more. it takes a little while to figure out how to view the information you are looking for but once you figure all the UI out you will get lost for hours on hours. The game has some bugs but the vast majority have been ironed out since first access. The only change I would suggest is some contract edits, a lot of average players expect outrageous contracts and would rather not play than play for the kind of contract they would get in real life, making it difficult to maintain a roster with older players off their rookie contract.

Not a fan. Can't get past preseason week 1. Gets stuck on loading screen unless I sim game by game. Very tedious. I don't recommend unless that gets fixed asap.

Buggy. League never completes sim games unless you go game by game. Simming dialog just sits there. Coupled with wonky resolutions, this doesn't rate as a game I want to make excuses for and waste time on. Was hoping this was a solid GM game, but will stick with the usual suspects.

Buggy mess Good concept, though.

game no work, game freeze at launch. very sad. get refund. thanks obama.