After 11 years, the wait is over and college football has returned to the video game world.
As has been well documented at this point, the game was a yearly tradition in many people’s lives, only to suddenly disappear entirely over legal issues.
Thanks in large part to Name, Image and Likeness rules in college sports, the game has made a valiant return, albeit without “NCAA” in its name — its now called “EA Sports College Football 25.”
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The game makers at EA pledged to include as many details as possible to make it feel like a real college football Saturday, and for the most part, they have nailed it. From the sights to the sounds, this game makes you feel like it’s a Saturday on your favorite campus as you’re getting ready to live and die with every play. At best, it seems cliché, and at its worst, it seems nerdy. But it still matters, and people of a certain generation live for this stuff. Having had this game be a part of pretty much my entire life until my senior year of high school, I am very much a part of that generation, and so I happily paid a little bit extra to get the game early.
Here are five observations I had about Michigan and Michigan State football in EA Sports College Football 25.
The sounds of the stadium bring you into the game
Sparty performs prior to a game against Central Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at Spartan Stadium.
A long time ago, I went to an MSU football game with my mom and I remember her saying “Wow, they play the fight song a lot; do they know any other song?”
It was a fair question then, and it comes up in this game a bit. But what makes it cool is the game knows exactly when and how the Spartans use it in real life, a marked improvement over games in the past.
Likewise, EA paid…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-07-18 10:04:25
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