The Program: College Football

Parker

8 months ago

This game scratches an itch that no other game on mobile has scratched. The gameplay is simple, yet involved, and the progress you make genuinely feels impacted by your decisions. All that being said, there are a few key things I'd like to see change: Loading times - Transitional screens are painfully long and bog down the overall flow of the game. Difficulty - While I do think that the difficulty is refreshing, I think 7 seasons to win a conference is more reasonable than 10 or 12.

CLEbrownsfan23

8 months ago

This game is fantastic for anyone who loves being a GM and building a team like in the good old days of Madden. Recruiting guys, building your program from scratch takes time, but once it clicks and your team is rolling, it's a great feeling. Its simplicity is a strength, in my opinion. A note to the developer; I would add key decisions during the games, like a pop-up to ask if you wanna go for it on 4th, deciding extra points, or 2 point conversations. Would make games feel more engaging.

Josh J

8 months ago

I think it's quite hard to advance, which leads to people quitting early on. Maybe consider a difficulty setting or even different game-modes. I find the sounds of media taking photos get a little annoying after a while; simplicity of a beat could fix this. An actual draft would be really cool too! I do love how there are pictures of the players, detailed plays, and the feeling you get of being a coach. Overall, the creative team did well. I'll be looking forward to the future of your game 🤙

brady pepion

6 months ago

Edited review, added a star. The first review was early and after many updates it has improved. Still think preseason training should be another week or two. Transfer portal should be improved to reflect modern one. Wish for building expansions, stadium edit. Maybe even sponsors that improve recruiting or spot chosen positions, or help pay for top level transfers. But in time I think this is becoming a great game. Now wishing for pro level, and a choice for auto signs or manual pro signs.

Eric Hershberger

4 months ago

A good challenging game. Almost no pay to play. Overall speed of the game is good. Have not encountered any glitches. Would like see more control over picking plays before games. And some more options for the transfer portal. Also to be able to pick the walk-on players.

Richard Riffle

6 months ago

still has room for improvements, would be nice to choose plays from the full sheet instead of just 3 to choose from. it would be nice if you got a little more points to recruit with... you get into the 4 and 5 stars recruits and they take a lot to make happy to sign. Really not a bad game once you figure out how to recruit better players. I think the Transfer portal should be ran just like the NFL draft, Last place has the first choice and the top team gets what's left.

Cody Parker

4 months ago

Played this all the way through 2080 and finally had to call it quits. 4 stars because of how long I was invested in the game, but the difficulty curve you hit in the second to highest conference and up are just way too steep. It feels like the recruiting percentages have an invisible multiplier that works against you the higher in conference you go up. I've had so many guys that I try to recruit at 80% and higher that keep failing, which is devastating when trying to recruit 4-5 star players.

Dustin Braham

5 months ago

doesn't seem to even attempt onside kicks when needed. fun game that didn't seem to require money to succeed. Edit: hell of a grind when you change conferences. Can so enjoy the game without spending, though it seems to be turning into a cash grab. No commercials though, so I get it. I'd watch some to earn things like recruit tokens or staff tokens.

Fish Ants Colorado

5 months ago

It can be pretty frustrating with all the penalties, but for a simulation game, it's really fun. Some games you just get unlucky but for the most part everything makes sense. With the new changes they have been making though, the game has become even more fun and in depth and, while you still lose in silly ways sometimes, it just makes it more interesting and there's more ways to increase your chances of beating a better opponent now.

Eugene Campbell

4 months ago

Great game. would be nice if the offense and defense playbook had more plays to choose from and it would be great if you could switch plays when picking your game plan. it's frustrating when 3 of your plays go with your game plan then you got 1 or 2 that throws it off and those are the plays that are called more during simulation.

Michael Bowman

4 months ago

They're doing a solid job but the latest update is taking forever and the last few are minimal changes or. Great game but they need to tweak certain things starting to lean towards pay to play constantly get recruits to high 80's get denied a sign then got spend more points. Glitches still there but it's a good game but could be better if they put in the effort

Drew Zahn

4 months ago

Challenging, engaging, addictive college coaching sim. It's not a fully comprehensive experience (playbook creation, specifically, are very limited and a knock against an otherwise fantastic game), but it contains enough granular detail to make you feel like you're making a difference. And unlike other GM sims, where you have to unlock "packs" of players or plays or other gamey nonsense, this plays enough like real-world football to satisfy the purist. Excellent game!

D P

4 months ago

Hands down the best football management sim I've ever played on mobile. Even better than many PC games. Not pay to win at all. Some ads, but you don't even half to watch them. If you like sports sims you have to try it. And it seems like the developers really know football. So many of the systems are true to life accurate. I really hope the make more games after this one.

Colin Mayner

4 months ago

I have been in the super 12 conference for months now. I'm in year 2106. 2800 points in a season seems impossible. And it wants me to do it twice??!!! I have paid 3.99 countless times. I loved the game but it's unbeatable it seems. Even when you pay over and over every season. I want my money back. I was paying to beat it

David Boyd

5 months ago

The gameplay is pretty fun, although it's kind of confusing on what some things do and takes some time to figure out. My biggest issue is with the purchases. I purchased passes to swap out my coaches for better ones and then used them. I decided I had made too many mistakes in my current program due to the learning curve and wanted to start fresh. I deleted that program and guess what, that deletes your purchases. You no longer have access to the coaches you paid for. Rip off, fool me once

Matt Faulkner

4 months ago

I've enjoyed this game alot. I am in season 9 and have enjoyed it. The only issue I have encountered is needing to pay 4 bucks for a season pass each season to remove ads and get to 1 extra flight, 1 extra staff token, and very few additional recruiting tokens. This needs to be a flat say 10 bucks a month and you get the season perks. If you want additional past that there should be bundles and things for sale.

Luke

4 months ago

This is a great game. I wish there was an auto sim for weekly tasks. It would also be cool to have an option for coordinators to pick plays instead of you. One downside is how long it takes to obtain staff tokens. (Only earn 1 per season) I would love to see an increase in staff points as you move up divisions. You could do a .5 increase up to a max of 3 points per season? Ex: Div 1 = 1, Div 2 = 1.5, and so on. That way there's still the push to keep grinding but new staff is more attainable.