Football Mogul 2009

Do you have what it takes to build a dynasty?

Football Mogul 2009 is the football game for fans who want their success on the field determined by their strategy, not their reflexes. You call the shots with full control over rosters, trades, draft picks, contract negotiations and playbooks.

Football Mogul 2009 also gives you complete control on the field, with the option of calling every play and managing the clock -- or leaving it up to the computer.

Try the free demo version here!

Features

• Ratings for over 2200 players
• Updated year-by-year stats for every player
• All 252 rookies from the 2008 draft
• NFL schedule for the 2008-2009 season
• Play-by-play describes each play as it happens
• Realistic player development and aging
• Play up to 100 seasons into the future
• Detailed playbook editor
• Create your own 'Football Mogul Encyclopedia'
• and more...

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New Features

• New strategic options
  • Set your team to run a '3-4' or '4-3' defense
  • Adjust the run/pass balance of your offense
  • Fine tune your game plan by customing your playbook
    
    
• Detailed playbook editor
  • Easy interface lets you quickly edit existing plays or build a playbook from scratch
  • Editable folder names and play names
  • Load and save playbooks for use against different opponents, or to share online
  • Playbook tracks the success of each play in a variety of offensive and defensive situations
  • You can even redesign plays in the middle of a game
    
    
• Improved artificial intelligence
  • Improved roster management
  • Improved play-calling that adjusts to your player talent and coaching tendencies
  • Improved talent assessment and draft strategy
  • New Hall Of Fame voting algorithm
    
    
• More realistic simulation
  • Improved passing and running game, with more accurate weather adjustments
  • New rookie creation and aging engine
  • Correct playoff seeding (and re-seeding) according to NFL rules
    
    
• Many improvements and optimizations
  • 60% faster simulation speed
  • Much faster Trading Block feature
  • Play-by-play and game recap bugs fixed
    
    
• Improved statistical accuracy and depth
  
  • Single-game records constantly updated for 30 different statistical categories
  • Sacks correctly counted as negative 'Passing Yards' in team game stats
  • Can now create Football Mogul Encyclopedia in mid-season
    
    
• Hotseat play
  • Two players can compete head-to-head using the same computer
  • Keyboard shortcuts for in-game playcalling (so you don't have to fight over the mouse)
    
    
• Improved custom league support
• Schedule generation for shorter seasons (as few as 4 games)
• Schedule generation for custom league configuration -- even for an odd number of teams
• Fantasy drafts with more than one human-controlled team
• "Import Playbooks" feature lets you quickly load playbooks designed by each team's owner

Reviews

• "surprisingly polished and terrifically realistic" — GameZone.com
  
  
• "the in-game play calling engine shines" — BlogCritics Magazine
  
  
• Read the preview at Operation Sports

Customer Testimonials

• "The new Playbook Editor is terrific."
  
  
• "For a long time, I have looked for a game that was not a video game that allowed you to either call the offensive plays or the defensive alignments. This game does exactly what I was looking for and I think it is really first rate."

System Requirements

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System Requirements

Processor: P600 or better (or Pentium-compatible)
Memory: Required 128 MB, Recommended 512 MB
OS: Windows Vista/XP/2000/2003
Hard Drive Space: 50 MB

Note: Some review quotes refer to previous versions of Football Mogul.