Even though this sport is more popular in the western world, the release of the College Football 25 game is still widely discussed globally. Perhaps this is also due to the big name of EA Sports as the developer.
Different from most sports games which emphasize the performance of senior athletes in the professional arena, this title provides the experience of a college athlete league! Come check out the fun!
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EA Sports and Football Games
When discussing American Football games, what generally comes to mind is Madden NFL. This series is indeed the biggest lineup for this sport.
Madden NFL itself provides the experience of the Football America league in the professional senior arena. This title is the only game to hold an official license from the league.
But actually, just playing the NFL is still not enough without taking part in the student athlete league, or what is better known as College Football.
For this reason, EA, as the owner of the license, released these two games in pairs. However, very unfortunately, in 2013, a licensing dispute occurred which required College Football to be discontinued.
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College Football 25 Made by EA Sports
Even though this dispute caused the cessation of this series for almost a decade, a glimmer of hope emerged when the developer finally released the possibility of a continuation of this series.
As a result, the latest sequel, called College Football 25, is planned for release on July 19! Accompanied by more official legal updates, there will be plenty of room for new features!
Quoted from the page ign and the official site, some of the new things featured in this latest lineup include the existence of several features:
Campus IQ:
- All 22+
For fans of football games like Winning Eleven (WE) or Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), this feature is similar to the “Manual Settings” option. Yep, you can set your team's macros here!
Several things such as setting the roles of star players to support the team, the unique abilities of each player, and various other details are available in full!
- 134 Ways to Play
In WE or PES, this is the same as setting the formation lineup. However, in this sport, the concept of formation is incorporated into a larger scheme, known as strategy.
Each team generally has its own unique and distinctive strategy. And all of this was presented by EA to support the immersiveness of this game!
- Stories of Saturday
Because these athletes are students who are also studying and representing their campus, of course their study life can influence their performance in matches every week.
Yep, EA even thought about all these details! This feature gives an idea of which players are on-fire, and which are "sick", etc.!
Wear & Tear
American Football is known as a tough sport. Collisions, tackles, and other attempts to “wipe out” the opposing team are allowed up to certain limits.
For this reason, injuries are a common thing in this sport which truly displays masculinity. And this factor is also given more emphasis by EA in College Football 25!
Through the Wear & Tear feature, players can see the athlete's health level, injuries suffered, post-match fatigue levels, etc. That way, players who are not in their prime should not play.
However, EA pushed this feature further by showing details of the injured athlete's body part and its relationship to his position on the team!
This feature is exactly like the one in wrestling games (WWE, RAW, etc.), where the affected body parts will change color to yellow, red, or black!
Homefield Advantage
The home-away location feature has become standard practice in any sports game. This can directly affect the performance of the playing team.
Generally, those in the home position will have better performance, such as passing well, sprinting faster, etc. And the team in the away position will do the opposite.
However, EA emphasizes this aspect in the College Football 25 game. Not only will there be a performance gap as above, players in the away position will also experience gameplay changes!
This comes in the form of a shaking camera, a scoreboard missing the team logo, vibrations on the controller that symbolize the tension (or even shaking) of the players at the opponent's home court, etc.!
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