Admittedly, this was never going to be a bad review. That seems like a fair and reasonable place to begin. A decade ago, on this very website, a young writer who began his young college football writing career with a blog no one truly read got his break at Bleacher Report.
As part of this move to B/R, that writer would simulate the results of every college football week throughout the season. And, shockingly, people cared. In fact, they really cared.
No matter the week or results, the power of college football gaming became evident back then. In many ways that writer, the same one writing this very review, found his footing and entry into the college football universe through a video game of all things. So, yes.
It was never going to be bad. Let's get the bias out in the open. Thankfully, EA Sports College Football 25 is the opposite of bad.
It's quite remarkable. After 11 long, painful years, college football has made its return to the space, and it has done so with a gorgeous, ambitious and wildly customizable installment. Its sheer presence and existence would quench the average fan's thirst.
The fact that it sticks the landing in so many ways is an outcome worth celebrating. And celebrate we shall. A Gorgeous Football Game That Looks, Feels and Sounds Like Football The last time we saw CFB on the console, the PS3 and Xbox 360 were the systems of choice.
To arrive here, we traveled 11 years, skipped a few iterations entirely and wound up on the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. Gra.