Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023
- October 19, 2022
- Wolverine Studios
"Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023" puts you in charge of a pro football franchise, with options to draft, trade, and sign free agents to build a championship team. The game also features custom gameplan and strategy options, as well as a playbook designer. A new "Road to MVP" mode allows you to control a single player's career. Whether you prefer managing a team or playing as a single player, this game offers hours of football-focused gameplay.
Reviews
- The game is considered the best football simulation available, excelling in management and statistical aspects.
- Developers are responsive to user feedback, showing a commitment to improving the game.
- The depth of gameplay and the editor feature are praised, making it appealing for fans of meticulous sports management.
- The game is plagued by bugs, including freezing at launch and issues with simulating games.
- The free agency system is criticized for being unrealistic and broken, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- Performance issues, such as slow loading times and tedious menu transitions, detract from the overall experience.
- graphics3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The graphics in Pro Strategy 2023 are considered subpar, with a clunky UI that detracts from the overall experience. In contrast, Axis Football 23 is praised for its superior graphics, although it struggles with statistical accuracy issues. Overall, while Axis excels visually, both games face criticism for their user interfaces.
“Graphically, Axis Football 23 is the best in terms of the management side.”
“The graphics in this game are visually impressive and enhance the overall experience.”
“The attention to detail in the graphics really brings the game to life.”
“Pro Strategy 2023 is okay, but I dislike the free agent system, and the UI and graphics are a huge turnoff.”
“It doesn't have the graphic spectacle chops that you can get from Axis, but is definitely deeper on the management side.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
The game has been widely criticized for its instability, with users describing it as a "buggy mess" that significantly detracts from the overall experience.
“The game is a buggy mess.”
“It's incredibly buggy.”
“The stability issues make it unplayable.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be very tedious, indicating that it may detract from the overall enjoyment and pacing of the experience.
“Very tedious.”
“The grinding feels endless and repetitive.”
“It takes too long to progress, making the game feel like a chore.”