EA College Football 25
I have been playing EA College Football 25 nonstop for the past two days, and the gameplay is as good as advertised and, in some ways, even better than it was in my preview back in May.
That said, there are some lingering questions that I now have the answers to since getting a hold of a retail version of the game from EA. One of those questions was related to the limitations of player editing.
The ability to edit the entire roster was a huge selling point of the old NCAA Football series. Still, we were told in May that EA College Football wouldn’t have as much player-editing functionality because of the Name, Image, and Likeness deals needed to bring the series back to life.
We weren’t told what those limitations would be, but after scrolling through the player edit screens, I believe I have the answer, which is pretty simple. If a player is an NIL player, which the vast majority of players in the game are, you’ll only be able to edit apparel settings like Head Gear and torso, arms, legs, and shoes.
Travis Hunter in EA College Football 25
It’s a pure cosmetic suite, but it doesn’t include changing their face, hair or anything structurally with their bodies. I tested this with Colorado’s Travis Hunter and others on the Buffs roster. When I scrolled to the bottom to the lowest-rated player on the team, a seemingly fictional fullback named Eli Tongue, I could almost entirely edit him.
I could change everything besides his school, uniform number, handedness, hometown, state, and QB throw style. With Tongue, I even had options to alter his physique (height, weight, arm size, rear size, and thighs).
EA College Football 25
One major limitation in editing all players is that you can’t change their face or skin color. Combining this limitation with the restrictions on the number of players with any level of editing is going to be a major bummer for users looking to use College Football 25 as the sandbox experience its predecessors were. However, there is one potential silver lining on this front.
We still don’t have all of the information on the Team Builder website, and EA hasn’t yet shared the URL for the site. An update will be available for worldwide launch on July 19 per EA. The hope is that users will regain some of their customization options with Team Builder.
However, because there is a cap on the number of Team Builder-constructed schools in any dynasty, the days of completely revamping your college football roster are gone. EA’s need to control the usage of NIL players and associations with the college product might also explain why there was no PC option available.
Modders would have created a way to edit every roster. That possibility and the challenges of supporting a game on a third platform may have been the tipping point.
Hopefully, this limitation doesn’t kill many users’ desire to enjoy a game that is otherwise top quality and one many of us have been waiting on for more than a decade.
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