Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021

First night playing, very fun so far. I like the in depth recruiting a lot, and calling the plays in game play is great as well. Top 25 rankings seem pretty broken so far, so hopefully that will be fixed soon. #12 Penn St beat #3 LSU, the next week LSU unranked and Penn St dropped to #17. Michigan St was #13 won both games and fell out of top 25. Oklahoma st was unranked and lost game then next week were ranked #13. First day of public early access so I've got no doubt it'll be fixed soon . Overall seems like great in depth game.

I was looking for a college football simulation game that would allow me to enjoy a career mode type play session, and I'm glad to say that Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021 scratched the itch I've had since EA shuttered their NCAA Football game. I've looked at past versions of the game, yet found the reviews and forum posts to leave me a little nervous, so I put it off. This time around it seemed like what I was reading showed that it was on track, and after playing it for a couple weeks I've found that the good it has definitely outweighs the bad. The bad things I've experienced so far, have only been small information glitches, like the QB's history showed up on a DLineman's once, and there is an annoying little Quality of Life/UI bug on the recruiting screen that they've said will be fixed in the 5.0.2 patch. I only used the call a game feature bit once, and found it wasn't for me. Instead, I enjoy the recruiting, roster management, training, and game planning parts. I could ...

There are a lot of good ideas here, but there also doesn't seem to be a lot of forward progress on issues that have bogged down games of a similar nature for the past 2+ decades. Recruiting is cumbersome and time consuming, but entirely formulaic and un-fun, if you're attempting to take control of it for yourself (which you will have to do in order to guard against the randomness of the AI's signings). Program prestige seems to move too quickly for non-Power 5's and at a glacial pace for Power 5 schools who don't reach the national title game. (I seriously booked 4 consecutive 10-win seasons, 3 of which came when my boosters weren't expecting them, and the program prestige never budged). Game simulations appear to be much too balanced, allowing for a wide degree of randomness to creep in to overall seasons and hosts of 2- and 3-loss conference champions. Being able to take in-game control of which offensive and defensive plays are called is a boost, but there's not enough information ...

Well I was able to put up with the bugginess and the joke of an in-game animation attempt, but now I'm stuck at the end of season 4 and cannot simulate through the bowl week and my dynasty is effectively stuck in time. Even greater, Steam doesn't refund your purchase for a game that bugs out after only 2+ hours (fitting for this company though honestly). Overall, the recruiting process and game planning are fun, but everything else could be much better for a "simulator". From losing games 40-10 to zero-win teams to losing recruits inexplicably with 99 interest, this game is all over the place.

I thought I would try this game as it was a highly-rated sports simulation. After playing a couple days, I regret the purchase. Steam won't let me have a refund because I played more than two hours. So instead, I offer this. The in-game play for this simulation is fairly awful. Animations show players on the wrong side of the line of scrimage. Or they will show nonsensical patterns where the RB is where the QB should be. Or the QB doesn't show up at all. Onside kicks are far too successful. Field goal kickers never miss. On the two occasions I did see a missed field goal, they were both blocked. The last straw was losing a game because a run-of-the-mill college field goal kicker hit a 56-yard field goal as time expired. Within the realm of possibility? I guess. But have you actually watched college football kickers? The recruiting system is not even all that fun and feels like a burdensome chore on an Excel spreadsheet. Should I spend 1, 2, 5, or ten recruiting points on a prospect? H...

I wanted to fall in love with this game but it doesnt hit my sports management simulation itch. This review is based purely off of sim dynasty Biggest issues I had was with recruiting. Kept getting all the recruits that I had been working on for multiple turns I was going after at 95+ interest with no offers or limited offers other than my own to see them sign to another team next turn. No real way to see where I rank comparatively to other teams. I had a process that worked for me to find "gems" but was very time consuming, no real way to speed up the process. NCAA made it a little too easy sometimes with finding gems, by giving camp info but I think there definitely needs to be a balance. Rarely saw things like prestige improve even though my team was consistently in the playoffs, I maintained what my starting prestige was. Unclear the impact of OVR's and other stats. Seems like there is plenty of scenarios where its better to start some players with lower OVR if the better...

Managing recruits to calling plays! This game has it all!

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if you like college football, or recruiting this is the game for you!

10/10