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Topic: RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Topic: RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

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AlexBobcats
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 3:01:14 PM

I played for the first time last night and I am struggling to stop Syracuse. I refuse to play on anything but Heisman but wow this is hard.

cbarber357
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 3:48:25 PM

AlexBobcats wrote:

I played for the first time last night and I am struggling to stop Syracuse. I refuse to play on anything but Heisman but wow this is hard.

I only play on varsity and it is still way more difficult against higher rated teams than I remember.

bobcatsquared
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 3:53:01 PM

I don't participate but my 17 yo son played the season opener last night with Ohio beating Syracuse in 5 OTs. Stars were Weaver on D and McCormick on O. Not sure the level he used (actually, didn't know anything about levels til the past few posts mentioning heisman and varsity levels).

Victory
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 6:44:55 PM

AlexBobcats wrote:

I played for the first time last night and I am struggling to stop Syracuse. I refuse to play on anything but Heisman but wow this is hard.

I used to hate Heisman mode in this game. I owned a few PC versions in the 90's and a couple on PS1 in 2000 and 2001. I played dynasties mostly on XBOX and XB360 after downloading named rosters for maybe 8 seasons each on average on every game from 2002 through 2014 versions. I played on All-American and I lost to Florida the first year on 2002 when we were really bad and they were about the best team in the game when they returned the kickoff after I scored to take the lead in the final seconds. Even in games like vs. OSU in the first year in 09 and 11 I got to the point where I could win pretty easily. Each season in the dynasty after year one it was more about trying to be more dominant than the last.

My friends asked why I didn't switch to Heisman. I felt to me like the AI was about as good as they knew how to make it and it didn't change from level to level. It was more like:

Junior Varsity: We give the other team a ratings debuff
Varsity: Ratings don't change
All-American: We give you opponent a ratings buff
Heisman: We give your opponent a slightly bigger buff and basically give you a scripted loss on a play every once in a while where you have little chance like when your opponent called your play in the Techmo Bowl games 35 years ago. It felt so bogus that it broke the immersion.

The gameplay seemed to take a step up in 2013. It felt a little more real. It sounds like it feels even better now. Like it is hard to beat a really good team with an average one because the computer AI isn't dumb. But it sounds like the sim engine is even worse and weird bugs pop up on people. The bugs aren't too surprising after a long hiatus. So, I'm just past 50 now and probably not going to buy a new console just to play this. But this is something I have wondered about. Its sounds like even the lower modes are more challenging but were they able to make Heisman mode really hard without making the game feel bogus?

Last Edited: 7/20/2024 6:46:36 PM by Victory

Victory
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 7:01:40 PM

May all your games end like these.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/comments/1e7lwhv/yo... /

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/comments/1e7jtyr/we... /

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/comments/1e658zd/co... /

https://www.reddit.com/r/NCAAFBseries/comments/1e7cxv4/we... /

AlexBobcats
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 8:30:37 PM

Victory wrote:

AlexBobcats wrote:

I played for the first time last night and I am struggling to stop Syracuse. I refuse to play on anything but Heisman but wow this is hard.

It's definitely harder on Heisman than the old days. Gone are the times back in 2014 being in my dorm room beating Teddy Bridgewater and Louisville on my way to an undefeated season. The opponents star players seem to make a huge impact in this game. Syracuse TE couldn't be stopped. I wouldn't say it's totally bogus but the ratings matter in this game and not just speed and play call. I feel like in the past if you had a fast player and called certain plays you can find success with any rating...but it's changed. Still a ton of fun don't get me wrong.

ExCat21
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 11:07:19 PM

Victory wrote:

Wow! Not sure which one is the best. They are all crazy.

ExCat21
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 11:12:48 PM

Here is a list of the top players in the MAC from the game:

https://www.hustlebelt.com/2024/7/15/24198245/ea-college-...

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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/20/2024 11:17:37 PM

ExCat21 wrote:

Here is a list of the top players in the MAC from the game:

https://www.hustlebelt.com/2024/7/15/24198245/ea-college-...

I know the head guy who made the game went to Michigan but our low overalls are diabolical.

M.D.W.S.T
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/22/2024 9:40:34 AM

AlexBobcats wrote:

I played for the first time last night and I am struggling to stop Syracuse. I refuse to play on anything but Heisman but wow this is hard.

Oh yeah, for this Dynasty I'm on the lowest. Trying to get a feel before I start. It's tough. I won the CFP with OU season one (#22, snuck in as the highest G5) and last night playing on the road at Ohio State was insane. The atmosphere pulse shakes the play and people are running around willy nilly. Seegers had 17 sacks and Weaver had 16.5 last season if anyone believes in signs. :)

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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/22/2024 1:32:45 PM

Victory wrote:

From what I've heard the sim engine is awful and the playoff the first season usually ends up with a bunch of programs that started well outside the top 25. But the gameplay is apparently very good.

I've also heard there are issues with the sim engine and Dynasty mode. I'm hoping those are things that get patched soon, and it sounds like there is work going on to improve the weak spots. But the attention to detail and gameplay overall is quite good, from everything I've seen.

I was worried that it would have all the same issues as Madden, but that's apparently not the case. It sounds like they brought in people passionate about college football to work on it, and that's shown through in the final product. I for one will be very eager to play it.

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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/22/2024 2:35:04 PM

ctb wrote:

Victory wrote:

From what I've heard the sim engine is awful and the playoff the first season usually ends up with a bunch of programs that started well outside the top 25. But the gameplay is apparently very good.

100% agree. The guys hope Madden pours in the same passion as NCAA did. Anything else would suffer a backlash.

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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/22/2024 2:36:35 PM

M.D.W.S.T wrote:

AlexBobcats wrote:

I played for the first time last night and I am struggling to stop Syracuse. I refuse to play on anything but Heisman but wow this is hard.

Nice. I blitz Bowman a lot on Weavers side. Bowman is so fast on this game.

AlexBobcats
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/22/2024 4:25:01 PM

M.D.W.S.T wrote:

AlexBobcats wrote:

I played for the first time last night and I am struggling to stop Syracuse. I refuse to play on anything but Heisman but wow this is hard.

Update: I�m 0-3 and officially throwing in the towel on Heisman. Doing a restart on All-American and seeing how it goes. I got up early on USA but fell apart. Subbed out FCS for Kennesaw State who is just a bad team in the game. Lost in 2 OT. Time to regroup.

Cats5
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/23/2024 7:53:56 AM

We could have an online dynasty if we have a few people interested in that. Gotta be on the same console though

M.D.W.S.T
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/23/2024 7:58:58 AM

Anyone else notice if you set your team to OU the start screen on the background has a ticket stub from September 9, 2005?

;)

Last Edited: 7/23/2024 7:59:30 AM by M.D.W.S.T

OUcats82
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/23/2024 8:08:29 AM

ExCat21 wrote:

Victory wrote:

Wow! Not sure which one is the best. They are all crazy.

Font was too small to see if Rourke is the QB for Indiana?

Crazy endings for sure. I always liked playing the classic finish games on previous versions of the game where you had to recreate the endings. Could never do the SMU-BYU game from the 80s.

Last Edited: 7/23/2024 8:08:47 AM by OUcats82

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M.D.W.S.T
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/24/2024 12:42:20 PM

OUcats82 wrote:

Font was too small to see if Rourke is the QB for Indiana?

Rourke: 84
CJ Harris: 75 (Parker is a 73)
Bangura: 76 (RHJ is a 75, Tyus a 73)
Jones: 76 (Eamon Dennis our #1 w/ 73)
Cross: 75
Kacmarek: 81 (Holy OSU over-inflation)
Foster: 74 (Mason Williams a 78)
Shedrick Rhodes: 75

Thompson: 74
Buehl: 75

Vakos: 76

Victory
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/24/2024 5:30:20 PM

OUcats82 wrote:

Crazy endings for sure. I always liked playing the classic finish games on previous versions of the game where you had to recreate the endings. Could never do the SMU-BYU game from the 80s.

I remember that. I did that Holiday Bowl but I think it was only after trying it about 15 times on higher levels before switching to Junior Varsity. I think I succeeded the first or one of the first tries on JV but it was a long time ago to have great recall.

I think it was the same version had the Stanford band play starting with the FG before the kick return. I failed to return the kick on All-American a handful of times but then the Stanford kicker just missed the really short FG. It was pretty anticlimactic.

Last Edited: 7/25/2024 3:13:28 PM by Victory

ctb
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/25/2024 1:39:26 PM

CB25 just arrived today! I'll be eager to check it out when I get off work.

Victory
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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/25/2024 3:14:13 PM

ctb wrote:

CB25 just arrived today! I'll be eager to check it out when I get off work.

Let us know how it goes

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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/25/2024 8:37:24 PM

Victory wrote:

ctb wrote:

CB25 just arrived today! I'll be eager to check it out when I get off work.

Let us know how it goes

Well, played my first game (All-American Difficulty)... threw lots of picks and got crushed by Marshall. This will take some getting used to. My last football game was NCAA Football 11 on the PS3. CB25 feels and plays way differently. Keep in mind I haven't played any of the modern Madden games, so everything physics-wise feels brand new to me and I don't have any preconceived notions. But I was starting to get the hang of things by the 4th quarter.

Gameplay feels much more fluid and immersive. Maybe not 100% realistic, but leaps and bounds over over NCAA 11. Penalties occur and are called way more realistically than they have in past games- that's one thing I've noticed that's a huge upgrade. In older titles, only a select few penalties seemed to ever get called- holding, pass interference, false starts. There's a greater variety of penalties that get called that are more realistic in an actual football game. The AI seems better- I can't just cheese my way to first downs by running slant routes, like I used to do. Though maybe I just haven't figured out the OP plays yet. There's going to be a learning curve, but it's a lot of fun.

From an audio/graphics standpoint, it really shines. My last console was PS3, so obviously it's a huge improvement from what I'm used to. It feels so much more like I'm actually at Peden Stadium. The fight song plays during drives, you hear the Bobcat growl, etc. There's actually fans on Victory Hill. There's a lot of little things that make the environment feels much more "lived in" and natural.

I just wish there was a time cycle, as I know others have complained about. I played a 6pm game and it never got any darker. I'm sure that will get incorporated in an update. The only glitch I encountered was the ref occasionally popping in/out during a penalty call.

But that's just my experience so far after one game. I'm definitely going to have some fun with this!

Last Edited: 7/25/2024 8:43:09 PM by ctb

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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/25/2024 9:33:41 PM

And they say golf is a good walk spoiled.

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RE: Anyone Else Playing EA College Football 25?

Posted: 7/26/2024 10:28:13 AM

Interview with EA's head developer on the project. Great listen for anyone wanting to know how they pulled this off and how/why they went into so much detail with the first new iteration of the game.

https://www.splitzoneduo.com/p/ea-sports-cfb-video-game-2024

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