Football Mogul 2003

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Summary: Enormous potential, but buggy
Review: Football Mogul 2003 is a little bit disappointing. On the surface, the game has everything you could ask for in a text-based purely statistical football game -- a complex, college draft, hall of fame, contract negotiations, trades and so on. This isn't a game for joystick jockeys, but for those who are more into general manager stuff -- building a winner. You manage ticket prices and so on.

I can see that this will one day -- like Baseball Mogul -- be a great text game. However, I can not recommend the present version. It is very buggy and skimpy on features. After a few years, your stats do not reset but just keep accumulating (this usually happens in 2009, although it happened for me in 2005). There are no headlines or newspapers, no end of season awards, the league leaders board is horrendous -- although that is similar to Baseball Mogul. The good news is that unlike other software companies, mogulsports is working to improve it, even posting unofficial patches (although these frequently create more problems than they solve). So 2004 or beyond should be a great game.

It's fun to mess with and a few iterations down the road, it will be great. But don't bother with this version.

Rating:
Summary: Enormous potential, but buggy
Review: Football Mogul 2003 is a little bit disappointing. On the surface, the game has everything you could ask for in a text-based purely statistical football game -- a complex, college draft, hall of fame, contract negotiations, trades and so on. This isn't a game for joystick jockeys, but for those who are more into general manager stuff -- building a winner. You manage ticket prices and so on.

I can see that this will one day -- like Baseball Mogul -- be a great text game. However, I can not recommend the present version. It is very buggy and skimpy on features. After a few years, your stats do not reset but just keep accumulating (this usually happens in 2009, although it happened for me in 2005). There are no headlines or newspapers, no end of season awards, the league leaders board is horrendous -- although that is similar to Baseball Mogul. The good news is that unlike other software companies, mogulsports is working to improve it, even posting unofficial patches (although these frequently create more problems than they solve). So 2004 or beyond should be a great game.

It's fun to mess with and a few iterations down the road, it will be great. But don't bother with this version.

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Summary: Football Mogul 2003--The next step up from fantasy football
Review: Football Mogul 2003 is even better than the last one. Perfect for John Madden fans who want to take a step into the strategy world. You can do everything from choose the players to price the hot dogs.<...

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Summary: Football Mogul 2003--terrific fun
Review: Football Mogul 2003 was an unexpected delight. I have several Simply Media and Black Tooth games products such as their Phonic Reading, National Parks, and Greeting Card Maker, so gave this [$] title a shot.

Well thought through. Excellent tech site at blacktoothgames.com, to sportsmogul.com. Tech support is a strong point for these folks, not that things go wrong but for helpful hints.

Anyway, this strategy game is even better than the Sim City series of strategy products. And that is saying something because we love Sim City games.

A good thinking game instead of the blood and guts type. In any event, it is terrific and only [$]. I am buying one for my brother and uncle for Christmas.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing but fun
Review: I received Football 2003 as a throw in with Baseball Mogul 2004 and made the mistake of playing Baseball 2004 1st. A lot of the features and enhancements that made Baseball 2004 so enjoyable appeared to be in Football 2003 but simply did not work. I agree with the assessment that it is buggy because post season awards and cumulative stats were definitely missing, I guess it would be good for those with Alzheimers. I loved the Football Mogul 1998 and was hoping for the quantam leap especially after playing Baseball but it didn't happen. Next year will be a crucial version as to the improvements which will decide future purchases.

Rating:
Summary: Disappointing but fun
Review: I received Football 2003 as a throw in with Baseball Mogul 2004 and made the mistake of playing Baseball 2004 1st. A lot of the features and enhancements that made Baseball 2004 so enjoyable appeared to be in Football 2003 but simply did not work. I agree with the assessment that it is buggy because post season awards and cumulative stats were definitely missing, I guess it would be good for those with Alzheimers. I loved the Football Mogul 1998 and was hoping for the quantam leap especially after playing Baseball but it didn't happen. Next year will be a crucial version as to the improvements which will decide future purchases.

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Summary: AWFUL
Review: IT WONT LET YOU DO ANYTHING BUT SIT AROUND AND WATCH! IF YOURE LOOKING FOR THE BEST THEN GET NCAA 2K3 OR NFL FEVER! DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON ANY MOGUL GAME AT ALL!