Front Page Sports Football Returning - Can this be true?

[fabius]

That article says 30 day season and no direct control during game. Hope that doesn't mean that all plays are set before each match.

[Grim.Reaper]

That article says 30 day season and no direct control during game. Hope that doesn't mean that all plays are set before each match.

I think that might be the case since all current information says you can watch replays but none of them ever say you can call the actual plays.  This is how I play front office football so not overly concerned for me.

[Nefaro]

That article says 30 day season and no direct control during game. Hope that doesn't mean that all plays are set before each match.

I think that might be the case since all current information says you can watch replays but none of them ever say you can call the actual plays.  This is how I play front office football so not overly concerned for me.

Same.  I don't call the plays in career sims. 

Hopefully the GM stuff has enough meat to it.  I fear that Cyanide may have just let this sit in the background for years and not given it much attention.  I'd like to think they took all that time to tweak and add stuff under the hood but judging by the lack of advancements for the AI over the multitude of Blood Bowl versions, it's probably not the case.

[fabius]

Ah man, calling the plays was part of the fun for me when I played a sim way back in the late 80s. The tension was on making the calls and seeing how the X's ran the ball.

[Arctic Blast]

That article says 30 day season and no direct control during game. Hope that doesn't mean that all plays are set before each match.

I think that might be the case since all current information says you can watch replays but none of them ever say you can call the actual plays.  This is how I play front office football so not overly concerned for me.

Same.  I don't call the plays in career sims. 

Hopefully the GM stuff has enough meat to it.  I fear that Cyanide may have just let this sit in the background for years and not given it much attention.  I'd like to think they took all that time to tweak and add stuff under the hood but judging by the lack of advancements for the AI over the multitude of Blood Bowl versions, it's probably not the case.

The GM side of things was pretty thin in the earlier FPS games. Calling (and designing) plays always seemed to be the core of the series.

[vyshka]

My biggest worry about it is the fact it is Cyanide doing the development. Not someone I'd trust to give it the love it needs.

[DennisS]

My biggest worry about it is the fact it is Cyanide doing the development. Not someone I'd trust to give it the love it needs.

Agreed. Blood Bowl sucked initially, but it has finally be patched to be reasonably good.

[Grim.Reaper]

Really want this or another company to make a good FM like American Football game. Whoever picks it up first please post impressions 

Regardless of my caution, I am a sucker for all American football games so little doubt I will pick this up on release:)   Assuming it doesn't cost something crazy.....

After seeing the screenshots and possible info from the past articles, I am trying to go into this with the right mindset....I think the FPS title is just a name and likely won't mirror the old game of the past...and I am ok with that.  Just looking for a reasonably good football game that plays pretty realistic and fun to play....if it does that, I will be a happy customer regardless of what they call it or who developed the game.

[Swatter]

Its good to see some screenshots, so I will scale back my criticism some. Although, the lack of active advertising is worrying.

[Grim.Reaper]

Its good to see some screenshots, so I will scale back my criticism some. Although, the lack of active advertising is worrying.

That is the strangest part of the whole thing, whether the game is good or bad, very rare to see a game like this be released with absolutely no advertising when they plan to release within the next month.  It either means they are very confident in their product or they are hiding it until the last very possible moment hoping enough people on steam just buy it based on its name upon release:)

[Grim.Reaper]

One more quick thing, saw this on their facebook page, a response from a rep about release date and method.......

"Hi! The game is not available yet. It will be downloadable on Steam in September"

[GibbyG]

Interesting how they got the name :)

Back in 2009, Cyanide released a web based version of Front Page Sports Football, but don't be mistaken, this wasn't a remake of the Sierra Online versions many of us played in the 90's. In fact, in 2009, when we interviewed the Producer, Régis Robin, he had this to say:

   Quote:   

Operation Sports: First off, the question everyone is wondering, is this game related to the old Front Page Sports Football series?

Régis Robin: It is related in terms of the name and "core values". We are fans of the series and so we aimed to create a game which focused on strategy and management instead of requiring proficiency with a gamepad. When looking for a name, we discovered that the original Dynamix trademark had expired and so "Front Page Sports Football" was reborn.

[Grim.Reaper]

Interesting how they got the name :)

Back in 2009, Cyanide released a web based version of Front Page Sports Football, but don't be mistaken, this wasn't a remake of the Sierra Online versions many of us played in the 90's. In fact, in 2009, when we interviewed the Producer, Régis Robin, he had this to say:

   Quote:   

Operation Sports: First off, the question everyone is wondering, is this game related to the old Front Page Sports Football series?

Régis Robin: It is related in terms of the name and "core values". We are fans of the series and so we aimed to create a game which focused on strategy and management instead of requiring proficiency with a gamepad. When looking for a name, we discovered that the original Dynamix trademark had expired and so "Front Page Sports Football" was reborn.

When you say "we" interviewed him, who exactly did the interview (or what site) and do you have a link to the full interview? 

[GibbyG]

Sorry...pulled that from the Operation Sports web site.  They did the interview.

Here is the interview from 2009

http://www.operationsports.com/features/962/frontpage-sports-football-interview/

Here is the post on the Operation Sports website.  Mostly the same data as here but they do say they are trying to get another interview.

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/other-football-games/754043-front-page-sports-football-set-arrive-just-time-upcoming-season.html

[Grim.Reaper]

Sorry...pulled that from the Operation Sports web site.  They did the interview.

Here is the interview from 2009

http://www.operationsports.com/features/962/frontpage-sports-football-interview/

Here is the post on the Operation Sports website.  Mostly the same data as here but they do say they are trying to get another interview.

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/other-football-games/754043-front-page-sports-football-set-arrive-just-time-upcoming-season.html

Thank you, appreciate the information, back then the developer seems to use a lot of soccer/football terms like match and transfers in describing the game, hopefully they polished that up a bit:)  If the game has the kind of functions it described but in a single player experience, could be pretty interesting.  I just hope all the training and other prep work is not overly tedious.....