NFL Head Coach 09

 PlayStation 3
Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. GameSpot
    70
    NFL Head Coach 09 delivers a deep and immersive coaching experience, provided you can overlook the outdated gameplay engine and lackluster presentation.
  2. IGN
    70
    It delves very deep into the actions of a head coach and, while most of it does feel like plodding through an endless stream of menus, there’s a good chunk of Monday morning quarterbacks who are sure to enjoy it.
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    70
    The vast depth of Head Coach is both its biggest strength and its Achilles' heel. [Dec 2008, p.122]
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  5. Game Informer
    68
    This game is like your favorite team going from a 5-11 season one year to a 6-10 record the next. Regardless of whatever improvements have occurred, you aren’t going anywhere with that kind of record.
  6. PSX Extreme
    67
    But NFL Head Coach 09 only caters to a very select group of gamers, and even then, there are obvious shortcomings that will frustrate even the most hardcore fans.
  7. Cheat Code Central
    60
    The process of getting through an entire four quarters is quite tedious, even to the most patient NFL gamers used to selecting plays and executing them on field.
  8. GamerNode
    60
    Between the NFL Network announcer that has the same canned sound bite for common transactions and the lousy framerate of the in-game action, there’s a decidedly second-class-citizen feel from the get-go.
  9. GamesRadar+
    60
    Between the NFL Network announcer that has the same canned sound bite for common transactions and the lousy framerate of the in-game action, there’s a decidedly second-class-citizen feel from the get-go.
  10. GameSpy
    60
    NFL Head Coach is a decent value when considered as part of the 20th anniversary Madden NFL 09 package, but doesn't quite do enough to merit a purchase for the standalone version.

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Drejones
    Aug 17, 2008
    7
    The presentation is better, the graphics better, but the gameplay and goal setting are frustrating, especially when some GMs don't giveThe presentation is better, the graphics better, but the gameplay and goal setting are frustrating, especially when some GMs don't give you much to work with. On one end, you may do the right things for the long term and no one appreciates it, and you end up like DePodesta. The other extreme, you try to make the GM and the fans happy, and you end up like Bill Bavasi. However, it does allow for better scouting tools, extensive personality typing, and allows teams to scout on pro days, workouts, combines, etc. Two steps forward, one step back. Decent game that needs to clean a few areas.… Full Review »
  2. aadms
    Mar 24, 2011
    2
    My wife picked this up in the bargin bin for me. I played it for a few days but returned it. The good is that it has about the best off-seasonMy wife picked this up in the bargin bin for me. I played it for a few days but returned it. The good is that it has about the best off-season mode of any EA game to date. The bad is that you don't get to control the players and the graphics are on the level of Madden 95. So what's the point of having a football game if you can't play football? Back to the store it went.… Full Review »
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