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EA sports is bringing back NCAA Football
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If its anything like Madden, I'm staying away. However, in saying that, I've always enjoyed NCAA over Madden so maybe it will still hold true.
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My interest in college football died without these games, which I always liked more than Madden, so it'll be interesting if that's something that they even know how to revitalize this after a miserable generation of gambling mechanics and ignoring gameplay and franchise modes across the board.
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Basically they cut the NCAA out and only have the school names
No players, no likenesses
From the Washington Post:
EA Sports currently does not plan for the new college football game to feature the names, images or likenesses of existing college players and has struck a licensing deal with a large number of college football programs through a new deal with CLC. In essence, that deal sidesteps the NCAA, which was also dropped from the game’s name in favor of the broader “College Football” moniker.
No players, no likenesses
From the Washington Post:
EA Sports currently does not plan for the new college football game to feature the names, images or likenesses of existing college players and has struck a licensing deal with a large number of college football programs through a new deal with CLC. In essence, that deal sidesteps the NCAA, which was also dropped from the game’s name in favor of the broader “College Football” moniker.
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Has the NCAA games ever had existing college players? It's been a while since I last played it but I remember the names being random.
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No but they allowed people to download updated rosters which had all the names
there was a randomized name option, but out of the box they weren't random iirc
For example, instead of Tim Tebow, his name would be "QB #15" and he'd have Tebow's irl Class, Hgt/Wgt, Hometown etc
So if the game existed this year, Trevor Lawrence would've been Clemson QB #16 Junior 6'6 Knoxville, TN 99OVR
So if i got this right, the game will essentially be the same as it was, just dropping the NCAA moniker? That's great. Student athletes get screwed but they can't seem to win either way so whatever. You can't really do a college game without the colleges so i guess this is the best compromise as much as it sucks for the players.
NCAA was considered by many to be better than Madden (back when Madden was actually still decent) because of its sheer amount of customization and tighter gameplay. For the love of everything that is holy keep the Madden team away from this and have it be the more simulation based game while Madden goes and becomes whatever abortion it is now.
Edit: For those curious what schools are covered in the CLC organization EA sports signed a deal with, here's the list; https://clc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CLC-Client-List-as-of-January-2020.pdf
Pretty much every big school is there sans a few concerning ones (A good chunk of the Big Ten) but i'm sure EA could just go to the schools directly if need be since a few of the missing ones on the list pop up in Madden as choices to play at for career mode.
NCAA was considered by many to be better than Madden (back when Madden was actually still decent) because of its sheer amount of customization and tighter gameplay. For the love of everything that is holy keep the Madden team away from this and have it be the more simulation based game while Madden goes and becomes whatever abortion it is now.
Edit: For those curious what schools are covered in the CLC organization EA sports signed a deal with, here's the list; https://clc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CLC-Client-List-as-of-January-2020.pdf
Pretty much every big school is there sans a few concerning ones (A good chunk of the Big Ten) but i'm sure EA could just go to the schools directly if need be since a few of the missing ones on the list pop up in Madden as choices to play at for career mode.
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Interesting how they’re going around the NCAA. I hope that doesn’t end up with a lot of generic placeholders. As bad as I want college football, I don’t want to see the Notre Fame Fighting Scottish take on the University of George cocker spaniels in the Flour Bowl.
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meh they do the same in PES when they don't have the license and people seem to like PES
Things might have changed but Arsenal was always "North London"
EA is free to negotiate with schools individually along with conferences and rights holders for the big bowl games.
This game's a long way away but i'm pretty sure all of the big boy schools will be there. If they want to get this game off the ground they need every shred of legitimacy they can get.
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If Madden + NHL + NBA Live weren’t so shitty, I’d be pretty pumped for this...but they are. Expectations=0
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As long as recruiting isn't easy to exploit, this should make for better road to glory type career modes than other sports games.
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What schools are included and which ones aren't, along with the ability to create/edit teams likely makes or breaks this.
Notre Dame not being there wouldn't bother me because **** Notre Dame, but if there's no way for me to play as my alma mater (Montana) I'll quickly be disinterested. The fun of those games, to me, was always building a cupcake into a powerhouse. Oddly enough EA Sports including those 1-AA schools in those PS2/Xbox versions is what made me a 'fan' of Montana football in the first place. I didn't choose to go there because of football, but I may not have paid as much attention to the school had I not spent my high school years turning a random 1-AA school into Alabama.
I haven't loved an EA Sports game since NCAA Football was still being made, so...yeah, same.
Notre Dame not being there wouldn't bother me because **** Notre Dame, but if there's no way for me to play as my alma mater (Montana) I'll quickly be disinterested. The fun of those games, to me, was always building a cupcake into a powerhouse. Oddly enough EA Sports including those 1-AA schools in those PS2/Xbox versions is what made me a 'fan' of Montana football in the first place. I didn't choose to go there because of football, but I may not have paid as much attention to the school had I not spent my high school years turning a random 1-AA school into Alabama.
I haven't loved an EA Sports game since NCAA Football was still being made, so...yeah, same.
EA does a lot of questionable things, but between this and Skate coming back, I'm hyped. Used to play this yearly, but I haven't played a sports game since I bought Madden 18 and played it maybe a total of 5 times. Hoping for a great franchise mode, but if I know EA it is going to be all about ultimate team and microtransactions.
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