Leave a Review Pocket GM 3
Needs more to do
A good base game for an American football coaching simulator but I would highly recommend including more things to do. I would add ways to influence players and coaches, set strategies, and a rivalry mechanic.NoahJones123123
Eh
It added a lot of cool features compared to Pgm 2 but actually playing the game for multiple seasons is extremely boring, it’s almost impossible to find hidden gems in the draft and the development of players is almost non existent it seems like the only way to have a good team is by trading up into the top ten picks year after year not to mention even if you build a good team it won’t matter and you’ll get eliminated in the playoffs anyway by a team 5 overall lower than youShow lessttttahabhsjs
Developer Response
I’ve just released an update which boosts the likelihood of late round bloomers, as got a lot of feedback on this. Also added some more immersive features to increase variety and challenge. Feedback makes the game better. Much appreciated!Cream of the Crop + One Suggestion
This game is the best management you can get with fully customizable rosters and no pay to win whatsoever. If you love football you will love this management game. The developer is fantastic, the community around the game is excellent, and you will happily invest hours.
Dev: Please add “team needs” to power rankings. It really helps find realistic trades and wheel and deal to the proper teams to get value.Show lessIavenskbaj
Fun, addicting, frustrating
Amazing setup. Always loved playing franchise mode in Madden and this is the closest thing to it. One caveat from PGM2 - PGM3 is drafting. It’s one of my favorite aspects of GMing but it’s gotten so bad I stopped playing. I’ll allocate huge recourses to scouts, but 99.9% of the time they draft busts. Numerous franchises and decades of play with the best scouts and I’ve never drafted anyone above an 80. Meanwhile other teams are drafting “C” players that turn out to be rated in the 90s. Very frustrating. I understand (and like) that there’s an element of chance, but some of the algorithms seem truly random (or stacked against you). I’ve had bad teams go to the championship and super talented teams win 2 games. It feels more like gambling than actual strategy. Which can get old.Show lesstrydoch
Incredible
I haven’t played this in a few months, so not sure what all updates I missed. But what I have played recently has been one of the most polished football management games yet. You can no longer beat the system by trading for low value super dev players. This on top of varying potential and contract upgrades, has made it great. For instance, it’s easy to sign staff to long term deals for cheap but its hard to cut them if you want to switch things up. Overall great job, look forward to future updates but game is complete IMO!Show lessVan Halen Fan19
Developer Response
Love this - thanks for your support. Always looking to improve and add more immersion too.Great but a recent update made things weird
A team that goes 17-0 will be killed by tons of penalties in the first game of the playoffs. Or the QB plays noticeably worse. Between those two things it’s like the playoffs are a whole separate sim now. I love a challenge, but it feels like it’s just a bit too random sometimes. I feel like 95+ QBs are very rare, and should play as such. Having a horrendous game in the playoffs doesn’t happen for a lot of hall of fame caliber quarterbacks. At least not having a sub 40% completion 3 int game.Show lesseatyourmomouttoday69
Absolutely great game
Love this game. I’ve been playing since PGM2. I’m currently in year 2102 on my current save. Only thing I really think needs improvement would be the scouting. It’s really hard to build a dynasty due to the scouting. I’ve had great scouts that rated several players highly that I drafted and ended up getting terrible ratings. I’d love to see multiple position scouts as well. In example, head scout specialty would be entire o-line instead of specifically C,OG, or OT. Or specialize in receiving or blocking WR and TE. Same for defense. I’ve had great success playing on Hard as I’ve won 23 championships with a score of 1,744. I’ve done so mostly by managing contracts to creat cap space, and sign highly rated veteran players, then switching teams to one looking for a rebuild and repeating the process. I’ve won a championship with 11/32 franchises. Will be looking to build a dynasty soon to try and change the dynamic, but is hard to do so with poor scouts.Show lessThis app is poo.
Great Game But Needs Some Fixes After Update
I have played and loved each game of the series and dumped many hours into all of them. It’s easily the best football GM experience on the market and it all comes down to the simplicity and immersion that comes together. I highly recommend it to any football fans alike out there as it’s easy to get sucked into.
However the recent update I feel personally made the Offensive decision making a lot worse. I’ve experienced with multiple different styles now and none of them appear to work they way they should or seem to be incorrect decisions on the coaches part. For example now a spread Offense, pro style and air raid all seem to make the same amount of QB passing attempts with the exception of spread throwing 20 less attempts per year. On air raid it often has my 82ovr 2nd string RB get 12-16 attempts where as my 96ovr only receives 5-8. I’m all for stats and love RBs but it seems they got heavily buffed in the last update where the revivers and QBs got dumbed down a bit. But that’s just my opinion, I’m still in love with the game and recommend it. I definitely hope there is a 4th that come out as Im sure I will immediately get addicted to that on as well as they all get better each year. Keep up the great work!Show lessLargeFryNoMayo
Potentially Great, But Falls Short
Thank you for creating this game. As an ardent Madden Franchise player, I’ve always sought an app that provides the same level of fun. This game comes close, but needs some additional features to make it great.
Here are my thoughts:
- PLAYER EDIT: The ability to tweak a player’s name, college, looks, and attributes is key to enjoying Madden Franchise, Retro Bowl and others. Otherwise you end up frustrated by poor player generation issues. Customizing players is fundamentally needed to go to the next level.
- PLAYER GENERATION REWORKED: The suspension of belief and frustration with the first overall pick being, for instance, a white RB named CeeDee Ya-Sin, makes me want to stop playing or draft someone that isn’t the best available just because their name is on point with their ethnicity. This could be solved by allowing Player Editing pre-draft, but makes it tough to get excited about as it is. Also, would be nice to see some player hairstyles more in line with how black people where hair. Too many players have white hairdos regardless of ethnicity.
- ADD OTHER ETHNICITIES TO COACHING/FRONT OFFICE PERSONNEL: Self explanatory. It’s just white guys right now, some of whom are named Raekwon, and the like.
- ADD TEAM UNIFORM EDITING AND TEAM NICKNAME EDITINGShow lesssamwiseworks
Developer Response
Great review and feedback. Thanks for spending the time to give good constructive feedback. My mantra with this game is to make it what the users want and comments like this are vital. As timing would have it, player editing is about to be released. You can get an early preview of this in the beta (details available on pocket gm subreddit). Other points taken on board and I’ll look to address. JonTHE BEST!!!
I have been addicted to this game since the previous one a year ago. I am a huge fan of games where you can be a gm or coach and where I can control every aspect of a team. I am always on the lookout for new games like this but I can say for sure PGM3 is the ONLY game that satisfies all my needs. It is truly amazing, from the stats that never go away, the pure variety of results and the ever changing improvements Jon adds, this game is everything I can imagine and more. I have put countless hours into it because of how much I love it and it never gets old. I recommend it and show it to all my friends and am very excited whenever I do so. Overall, this game is the best iPhone game every created for me!!Show lessTRaaaaaSH
