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Total reviews: 2
Average rating: 3.0 of 5
Great guide that should have been included with the game! 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is a high quality guide for NFL Head Coach 09, which is currently (August 13, 2008) only available when you buy the bundled Collectors Edition of Madden 09.
This is the guide that should have been included with the game itself. Nearly half of this guide is filled with instructions on HOW to play the game and HOW to use the Play Editor - and that's a good thing.
The lame 12 page pamphlet that EA ships with the game itself is basically useless and this guide answers most of the gameplay questions. There are so many things happening behind the scenes in this game that you would have no idea about unless you either figured it out on your own (which would take hours and hours worth of restarting Career mode to fix your mistakes), or took a look at this Prima guide.
The second half of the guide details various play strategies for each of the NFL teams. It breaks down each team's best offensive and defensive plays in easy to understand terms (strangely, it doesn't include any player names in any of the descriptions, only their jersey numbers). They've also included a pretty good primer on professional football offensive and defensive formations and strategies in general.
I would have liked to see a bit more detail about the "strategy" of the off season and free agent tendencies. Instead, this guide acts more like the (missing!) instruction manual and doesn't give you many specific things to try, like bundling draft picks with signing bonuses in order to snag elusive players.
Likewise, although the Play Editor section is descriptive and explains it's function very well, but doesn't offer you much advice regarding WHAT pieces and parts that will make for a great play. Unless you're already pretty good with football strategies, you'll learn HOW to move the X's and O's around, but you won't learn WHY. Some illustrated examples would have been great.
Editorial Review:
•Dominate the Draft: Crucial advice on how to assess your team's needs, develop a solid scouting plan, and discover top talent in every round–including sleeper picks!
•Master the Playbook: Find out which teams have the strongest NFL playbooks, then design and test your own offensive and defensive plays to make them even better.
•Expert Tips to Make You a Coaching Legend: Guide your team to a Super Bowl championship with smart tactics for skill development, contract negotiations and free agency moves that'll boost your roster without blowing your salary cap.
•Trade Your Way to the Top: Learn the dos–and don'ts–when it comes to trading players and draft picks with other NFL teams.
•Powerful Scouting Reports: In-depth profiles and depth charts of all 32 NFL teams as well a top-secret glimpse at the game's hottest future draft prospects!
