Microleague Football 2 is essentially an American football video game where the player plays the coach and general manager.
The main menu the usual options of league or exhibition play. The exhibition mode will show a quick demonstration of how the game is played. The league play is a little more complicated since you have to set up a league, which is a feature normally found in more advanced football games to come out much later the MLF2. Other features like this are a playbook editor and team management options.
Additionally, MLF2 has a schedule editor where you can create the season's schedule according the number of divisions and teams within each division. You can create a league of one, two, or six divisions. This seems like a great tool to come up with schedules for the real world as well if you were ever put in charge of creating a seasons schedule for a real life league. One last interesting function is the reports option where you can view and print (or export to a text file) the team rosters, stats, standings, and league leaders, which is something that you can’t print out on a gaming console.
During a football game, there is no direct control of the individual players, but
the game player selects the plays the team will execute. The player must know the entries for each play that is available. If they do not have the instructions, the game is not worth playing. If you like standing on the sidelines and watching the plays, this game is for you. If you prefer the action and heroics involved in controlling the individual players then you should pass on this game.
During league play, you can toggle injury, fatigue, and weather options. You can also auto play a week or the entire season. There didn’t seem to be a playoff set-up at the end of the regular season, so you miss out on a chance to win a big shiny trophy.
All in all, Microleague Football 2 is fun to play around with in terms of creating a league and having it to play out to see what happens. The actual football game itself leaves much to be desired. It is difficult to determine what exactly is going on during game play. As a lover of football games, I found it quite boring to coach play after play without direct involvement. Overall, I give the game a 6/10.
