EA Sports College Football FAQ: Here's What to Know So Far

[ChaseB]

There has been a lot written about EA Sports College Football so far, which is why...

Written By: Chase Becotte

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[mdiggitydawg]

What an outstanding article. albeit a bit troubling for a fan of the roster work our community embarks on every year in various games.
I just found out the hard way about the hoops I have to attempt to jump through to get a good NHL roster in the EA game, and had hoped for something much easier in this new College football iteration, alas , at this moment it doesn't seem so.
I would say, having teams with only fictional players would be a deal breaker for me and the entire immersion  factor. I do hope some agreement comes through during this year of waiting.
Again, fantastic article, thank you.

[TheBleedingRed21]

Re: EA Sports College Football FAQ: Here's What to Know So Far

Good article though, I think this will be a yearly title easily. Cannot make the kind of revenue to support that exclusive license on multi-year cycle development.

[jfsolo]

Re: EA Sports College Football FAQ: Here's What to Know So Far

Great Piece with grounded analysis of what is likely. I'm expecting a lot of people to go off the rails when they are confronted with the realities of what this game will entail, whether it's gameplay, engine, modes, rosters, editing, etc, so it will be interesting to see what will actually be gamekillers for folks.

[canes21]

Re: EA Sports College Football FAQ: Here's What to Know So Far

Great Piece with grounded analysis of what is likely. I'm expecting a lot of people to go off the rails when they are confronted with the realities of what this game will entail, whether it's gameplay, engine, modes, rosters, editing, etc, so it will be interesting to see what will actually be gamekillers for folks.

I'm already seeing people hoping it isn't built off the same foundation from Madden. I don't know what these people are expecting. The replies to the EA tweet saying they look forward to sharing more news over the next couple of years also shows just how out of touch the average person is with the development of this game. The average twitter person thought the announcement was for a game releasing this year.


The only news I care about right now are about Dynasty and the NIL bill. I already know to expect this to be Madden with a college coat of paint like it always was. We've more or less already played the game on the field, let's see if we get real players and how deep dynasty mode is.

[tuckermaine]

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I don’t know what the difference was in developing of Ncaa 14 and Madden, but I saw a clear and defined game in NCAA that was far ahead of Madden in immersion, gameplay , player locomotives all of it....even in these years gone by.

I don’t know if it was a different team or what..but iT was special!

[milkmanbonzai]

If there's one thing that's annoying in the commentariat time and time again is the "Well, it SAYS sim-exclusive, but that doesn't mean 2k...". Stop. It does. It does mean that. It's always meant that. The clear delineation of simulation-style sports (aka accurate representation of a sport) and arcade-style (your Jams, Streets, etc) has always been drawn since the subgenres emerged, and EA has made sure it has the resources and negotiations with football brass to be THE company when it comes to sim football.

I *get* it. It hurts not having a 2K-like alternative to push a more competitive field. But you're hoping against hope with very clear legalese what can and can't be done here. You're going to get Madden. You're going to get EACFB. Youre not gonna get a 2K entry that encroaches on either franchise in terms of genre. So make peace with it and if need be, bust out 2K5 again if the itch needs a scratch. It's still fun.

[ChaseB]

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I don’t know what the difference was in developing of Ncaa 14 and Madden, but I saw a clear and defined game in NCAA that was far ahead of Madden in immersion, gameplay , player locomotives all of it....even in these years gone by.

I don’t know if it was a different team or what..but iT was special!

Again, games can be built in the same engine and still be very different. I played a ton of NCAA 14 that year and not a ton of Madden due to online dynasty and gameplay differences.

[RambleOn84]

Without a deep, fun Dynasty mode, this game will fail.

The people who enjoyed the NCAA games never bought into the Ultimate Team garbage, and are not likely to start now.

[48hour records]

it's annoying these big companies are not fighting back hard enough to get sports gaming back to where it used to be,
a damn shame 2k is not fighting to get a football game,an nhl game and an mlb game out to market. 
with the release of new systems we are stuck to bare bones and no competition .
it's a crying shame EA flexing muscle as the biggest developer and publisher just laydown and throw white flags.
they still try to make an nhl product but left boxing in the dust. they just gave up on making live, and market the life out of their garbage football game when is them started the licensing war that lead to the sports gaming market to what it is now.
competing would have had better results than using  a cop out cheat.
right now our ps5 should be bringing heavy joy to our sports gamers hands with
nfl2k vs madden , nhl2k vs ea's nhl , topspin 2k vs ea's new tennis offering, 2k golf vs ea golf
fifa vs pes, mbl2k vs mvp,  ncaa sports versions of all to promote legacy play
and first party offerings adding their games in.
but no instead we get this crying shame of a drying well.
its such a shame to be a sports gamer in these times. smh 

[TrophyKing80]

"Herbstreit’s comments about Ed O’Bannon have aged even worse with time, " - I don't see it that way. O'Bannon's lawsuit did ruin the game for users for 7 years and counting, and led to mere peanuts being paid out to players. Most of whom have stated it wasn't worth it to completely shut down the game series. 

[TrophyKing80]

As for not having real rosters, I'm ok with this. As a Dynasty-user solely, I'm accustomed to player's names and attributes being generated anyway. The majority of my playing time with this series has been with non-existent players anyways, and that fact has not diminished my enjoyment of the game. Hell, we were ALL playing the game without real-life players being identified, and had been for 20 years. 

[canes21]

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O'Bannon gets all of the blame thrown his way, despite it not really being his fault. The NCAA and EA deserve the blame. Had they gone about things differently, the series never hits a hiatus.

Everyone knew the rosters were based on real life and that that had a huge potential to lead to litigation issues. They went on with it anyways.

EA wanted to pay the players for real rosters, but the NCAA forbid it. This led to the game using real player likeness, but with no compensation leading to where we are now.

All EA had to do was use generic rosters. The series never shuts down if they do that.

All the NCAA had to do was have a NIL bill passed ages ago and the series likely never shuts down and we would have real rosters each year.

Instead, the NCAA remained in their ways and EA kept toeing the line despite anybody who took a law class knew it would be a slam dunk case if they ever pursued it.

O'Bannon did cause the issue, he only shed the light on it. Now we're likely months away from a NIL bill that may allow real players in the game with their names and all, and we are only a couple of years from the series returning. O'Bannon likely will receive no credit for that, but he probably should.

He lit a match that jumpstarted a lot of this.

[drugsbunny]

So basically,  they are going back to the format of Bill Walsh College Football. Just make sure there is a Dynasty mode included and it will be fine. 

[drugsbunny]

I have 2 friends that played college ball for D-1 teams. All they wanted was a free copy of the game and some Paraphernalia to show. They were told that would be profiteering and could not be accommodated. That was wrong!!