EA Sports College Football 25 Impressions | PS5, XBOX Series X

[ccharvat6892]

Does anyone’s game keep “freezing”. Like it doesn’t freeze but goes to a field view and can’t get out of it and can’t pause. Just have to force quit to start the game over. Super frustrating bc the latest time it happened was as I was going into OT in my first national championship game……

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by ccharvat6892

Does anyone’s game keep “freezing”. Like it doesn’t freeze but goes to a field view and can’t get out of it and can’t pause. Just have to force quit to start the game over. Super frustrating bc the latest time it happened was as I was going into OT in my first national championship game……

I've had several freezes. I'm assuming whatever problem I'm having will be fixed with a patch.

[NIN 3 28 06 OKC]

Playing in road to glory mode, I’ll do hurry up after a run play and switch the formation to a pass play, the defense will go crazy and lineup goofy, and usually some receiver is open, not covered. And then on Run plays I will put a receiver in motion, and the defense goes crazy and completely alters their coverage.
Then the decades old, hot route to the house with the inside receiver, the linebacker always cant keep up, or the corner blitzes or the safety switches coverage, somebody’s always open. Just something I’ve noticed year after year in football games.
Edit: I have noticed after a while that they will start actually throwing their hands up and defending my hot route, that’s nice. But really, hurry up & switching formations then WRs in motion will break the DEF in RTG, curious to see if this can happen in dynasty….

[Armor and Sword]

We are now at 55 hours played all on Dynasty mode.

I will log as many hours on this game as I have (and still am) on MLB The Show 20 (over 1500 hours and still going).

I realize there are some bugs….I am also force winning all games vs FCS teams around the country. Other than that?

Absolutely in console football gaming bliss. Completely immersed in my NC State Dynasty in year 1 (we are 1-4 and having a rough go of it). I also play multiple games around the country each week which keeps me completely engaged!!!

I can’t get enough…..game is incredible. A tremendous effort by this development team and the passion and love is all over this game. I could not be happier as a pioneer old school console video gamer.

[TarHeelPhenom]

I think it was Canes21 who said that this is the best animating sports game ever made, and I totally agree. EA hit a grand slam in this area. There are enough people pointing out flaws and bugs. I'll let them have that, and I'll focus on what they've done right. I LOVE THE AI! It's stressful playing against the AI simply because each team plays differently. I've played Kansas State and their Power Cat offense. They tried to pound the rock while also getting their athletes the ball in space. They hit me with a WR reverse and a reverse pass on the same game.

I just finished playing Tennessee who ran no huddle all game spread me out so they could run the ball. Their defense is so fast. Just playing many different teams with different styles. So fun!

I understand why EA made this game fast. But there are levels of fast in this game. They've done a great job of simulating team speed. Although the game is more wide open and fast paced, the level of speed is different if Georgia State is playing as opposed to Tennessee. The separation in the good versus mediocre teams is spot on.

I'm not even concerned about Dynasty mode right now because of how fun Play Now is. I'm one of the Spectator Mode guys around here and I've been playing this game more than watching, and that's crazy to me.There is still over a month until the real season begins and that's when I'll start getting serious about Dynasty.

And this game on Broadcast Cam...mercy me!

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by TarHeelPhenom

I think it was Canes21 who said that this is the best animating sports game ever made, and I totally agree. EA hit a grand slam in this area. There are enough people pointing out flaws and bugs. I'll let them have that, and I'll focus on what they've done right. I LOVE THE AI! It's stressful playing against the AI simply because each team plays differently. I've played Kansas State and their Power Cat offense. They tried to pound the rock while also getting their athletes the ball in space. They hit me with a WR reverse and a reverse pass on the same game. I just finished playing Tennessee who ran no huddle all game spread me out so they could run the ball. Their defense is so fast. Just playing many different teams with different styles. So fun! I understand why EA made this game fast. But there are levels of fast in this game. They've done a great job of simulating team speed. Although the game is more wide open and fast paced, the level of speed is different if Georgia State is playing as opposed to Tennessee. The separation in the good versus mediocre teams is spot on. I'm not even concerned about Dynasty mode right now because of how fun Play Now is. I'm one of the Spectator Mode guys around here and I've been playing this game more than watching, and that's crazy to me.There is still over a month until the real season begins and that's when I'll start getting serious about Dynasty. And this game on Broadcast Cam...mercy me!

Adaptive AI is kicking all kinds of sports gaming ***!!!! Highly stressfull amd we have a chess match finally!!!!

[johnnyg713]

I might be nostalgic but NCAA 14 Dynasty mode may have been the best dynasty mode I've ever played and am disappointed by the step back this game has taken. The huge thing that made that dynasty so enjoyable was the ESPN implementation. I felt as though other games really were going on at the same time as mine. I feel presentation in game and outside of games is lacking. The menus feel disconnected to me. Gameplay-wise = 9/10.

[NoleFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wavebird99

Wear & Tear so far seems to be a pretty over-stated/over emphasized feature. It comes up with a player or two occasionally, but I havent really seen it make a big impact across the board yet tbh.

I’ve been playing 8 min, 16 sec runoff but I’m hoping that now that I’m using 15 min, 15 sec runoff I see it have more of an impact.