EA Sports’ old NCAA Football franchise holds a special place in the hearts of sports gamers because, freed from the NFL license, it allowed the publisher to experiment – ending up with some outstanding games. It’s been over a decade since the last instalment, but with EA Sports College Football 25 the company has really taken its time, obsessing over every detail. The results? This could be a stone-cold classic.
Let’s start with the extensive gameplay video, which released earlier today. In it, we see real-life cover athlete Donovan Edwards turning up the temperature as, well, himself. At 20 minutes, this clip includes tons of real-life examples of the gameplay improvements EA Sports has implemented, such as the new throwing accuracy mechanic which adds more variety to the passing game, as well as disguised coverage systems and a more responsive ground game.
In addition to all of the above footage, fans should also check out the Dynasty mode deep-dive, which is the in-depth sim where you’ll take a programme from pretender to the promise land. The sheer density of the systems on display here is truly mind-boggling, from player recruitment to coaching and much more, this looks like one of the most robust sports campaigns we’ve seen in some time.
The potential is off the charts here, and while the release’s audience is likely to be limited by its extremely US-centric leanings, looking at the engagement numbers on the latest round of videos, we expect this game to sell extremely, extremely well in its domestic market.
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Can't wait until next week. I have been waiting eleven years for this game to release.
Don’t pay full price for sports games but definitely will be checking this out with the EA Play/GamePass 10-hour trial! Used to love the college versions of these games.
On all platforms, not just PS5, sans switch. Just putting that out here because it is not an exclusive to the PS5. People should know that. And this article, like all others from gaming journalists, should mention other platforms.
Will check this out on sale. Don't pay full price for EA sports games anymore.
I've never gotten into Madden, but I always enjoyed the College games. This was one of my only pre-orders for the rest of the year.
I always preferred the college football series over Madden. I believe this will be the first sports title to be current gen only, I'm sure that helps a ton, not having to compromise or split focus with old hardware probably makes it easier to see out the vision.
I could just set this to have the computer play itself and be happy
Fans will flock to this EA sports title which is typical EA sports for football with its animation engine. It will be successful because of the college football missing for so long and madden fans being so disappointed. And this game has a “new” factor so many will buy it.
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