just rented it. its fun at first but the offseason starts off in febuary and if you want the full effect of being the head coach you have to pretty much do tasks almost every day until the season starts. sadly, allvol was not joking. it literally does almost take 5 hours (or more) to complete unless you simulate everything. its realistic, but can be overly boring. you would think that the season would be really detailed since you spent all that time preparing for it but dont get your hopes up. the games suck majorly. you give the same motivational speeches and crap to your players and have hardly any options to do much else. not worth the money. definitely a rental. that being said it is an ok game if you like strategy type sports games, but i think they could have made this game way better than it is.