War Room Football

This game is hitting all the notes early /if/ you're looking for a Front Office sim. What it is not is a deep football sim. It's /just/ franchise mode. No play calling, no advanced tactical stuff on the field. You hire a coaching staff, they handle that. You worry about the cap, the draft, scouting, etc.. But for what it does do, it does it better than any other game in the (admittedly sparce) American Football sim space. Runs fine on a potato.

I gave it a recommendation, but it's pretty borderline in its current state. I am not opposed to the use of AI to allow independent developers a chance to realize their vision, but the use of AI comes with multiple issues. A few thoughts, not in any particular order. The UI: It's not terrible, but it's also not as intuitive as I would like. Screens load quickly, but navigating and interacting with things can be annoying. For example, when going through the draft board sometimes the pop-up info about a player kept me from clicking on them for a more in-depth look. Watching Games: I actually enjoy the engine for watching games play out. I think it looks more interesting than some other sims and you can watch the game at your own pace. That said, there are some annoyances here too. First is that the uprights on the icon that pop up when you kick a FG appear to be upside down. I am pretty sure this is related to the usage of AI as this is the sort of sloppiness I would expect from AI generated content. Also, if you back out during the sim, it just sims the rest of the game. Not the end of the world, but annoying. Scouting: I like the concept of the scouting system, but it felt clunky to me. As far as I can tell you don't scout individual players, but instead task your scouts with scouting certain positions or based on round. I would like the ability to be more selective and scout individual players. If its in there, I missed it. I felt disconnected with the process (a theme I will discuss below as well). The Disconnect: I get that this is a GM simulation, but I felt very disconnected from the game. It felt almost like a clicker game. I am not opposed to the coordinators calling the game and just watching. But there's just something missing. There are owner goals, but they felt like a mix of real goals and arbitrary goals. I can tell the developer is passionate and trying to make the football game they have always wanted. The problem is that relying on AI can lull you into a false sense of security. On its face the game seems fine. But as I kept playing, I noticed more and more sloppiness. I do not think it's a lost cause, but I would like to see the dev bring in some additional (non-AI) help to flesh things out. Otherwise, I can't see myself coming back to this in the long run.

This is the best football GM sim I've ever played. I found it through some random YouTube video, and I've been playing it non-stop over the last few days. The scouting and draft engine alone is worth the price. I've played a ton of football GM sim games (FOF9, etc.) and War Room Football's scouting / draft experience is in a league of its own. You hire a Chief Scout and 5 area scouts who have expertise in different position groups (reflected by their scouting ratings for each position group). During the season, you assign each scout to focus on scouting college football players at certain position groups and caliber of player (you can focus scouting each position group at Round 1-2 caliber, Round 3-4 caliber, or Round 5-7 Caliber players). Then after the college football season ends, you select which scouts to send to specific college pro days, focus on certain position groups at the senior bowl, interview individual players at the NFL Draft Combine, etc. The more legwork you put in, the better your info gets on each prospect. It's so detailed that scouting could be its own game. Finding a sleeper nobody else rated and watching him actually pan out is one of the most satisfying things I've done in any sim. The stats tracking is extremely detailed as well, including PFF-style grades, advanced analytics, all of it, and it actually lines up with how guys perform in the real NFL. I haven't seen another football sim get this part right. The game engine sim results are also comparable to the real NFL. Good teams win, bad teams lose, roughly at the rates you'd expect out of the actual NFL. The game is also super customizable, so you can set it up however you want. And the game developer is extremely active. He keeps releasing material updates every few weeks and the game keeps getting better. It's already my favorite football GM sim, and I fully expect it to keep getting better with each update. The game is also only $10 which is insane to me. He could easily charge $50 and I would buy it. If you're a football GM sim fan, there's no reason to not check this game out.

If this game gets popular it can rival other manager games.....its that good and addicting

With the amount of hours I have put into this, I have to write a review. I love management style games and this one is amazing. When it 1st released, I felt that it was missing a little depth but with each patch, the game becomes simply better and better. I definitely recommend if you're a football and management game fan.

I have made the Eagles into a force of nature. Have you tried drugs? I haven't either, but I imagine this is how being addicted to something feels. 10/10

Solid American Football Simulator game so far! I am a huge fan of Front Office Football 9 & Football Coach: College Dynasty, and this game scratches that itch. The UI is clean like FC:CD, and the contract & development system is excellent. I've only played about 5 or 6 seasons so far, but I will update my review as the game gets updates. Not QUITE as good as FOF9 or FC:CD, but has a lot of promise. Very excited for the pro football sequel to FC:CD, and this game is good competition for it!

Very good football sim. Not perfect, but with regular updates it can get close to it. Biggest gripe right now is teams are overly aggressive on 4th down, which gets really frustrating near the end of games.