{"id":11290,"date":"2026-07-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=11290"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:04:36","slug":"college-football-27-review-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/college-football-27-review-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football 27 Review So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Junior year of college was when I finally had to start making decisions about my major, internships, all that jazz. A lot changed. For College Football 27\u2019s junior year, all I have to do is step back onto the field. The rest mostly sorts itself out. I\u2019ve only been able to spend about a day with it at this point, so I\u2019ve got a lot more College Football 27 to play before I\u2019m ready to declare this thing a boom or a bust, but it seems like we\u2019re shaping up for a promising \u2013 and very different \u2013 season so far. <\/p>\n

The first place I went was the Skills Trainer. If you\u2019ve played Madden, the Skills Trainer is old hat, but for the last couple years, College Football has sequestered this tutorial away in Ultimate Team. No longer. Here it is, in all its glory. \u201cBut Will,\u201d you might reasonably ask, \u201cyou play this and Madden every year.\u201d Yes, reader, that\u2019s true. If you know ball, you know that I spend a lot of time with these games, Madden especially. Get you a league, and you will, too. \u201cOkay, so why are you going to the Skills Trainer? Shouldn\u2019t you like\u2026 know all this stuff already, chief?\u201d I\u2019m glad you asked, imaginary-person-I-made-up-so-I-can-structure-this-review-how-I-want. <\/p>\n

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First, because good teaching tools are essential in any game, and I was stoked to finally see it right there on the main menu. Props to the College Football team on that one. Second, because there are a lot of changes to pre-play adjustments this year, especially on defense. If you\u2019ve been playing EA\u2019s football games for a while now, you\u2019re already familiar with the Konami Code of inputs you have to learn to get your defensive adjustments just so. Well, you\u2019re in for a learning curve with College Football 27, because a lot of those inputs are different now. D-line adjustments, for instance, used to be on the left D-pad. Now they\u2019re left on the right stick. That\u2019s one example of many. The benefit of this new system is it\u2019s more intuitive and allows you to get what you want more quickly with fewer button presses, but that many years of muscle memory is hard to undo, and I\u2019m glad the Skills Trainer is here when I need a reminder.<\/p>\n

Blocking a run and pancaking some poor DB as a tight end is fun!\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

After getting to grips with the new systems, I went to Road to Glory. The big additions this year are three new positions: tight end, edge rusher, and free safety. Since I\u2019d just spent a while learning the new defensive adjustments, I decided to throw all that in the trash and play tight end because EA\u2019s spent a lot of time talking up how fun blocking is. Sorry, Joe Throw. You\u2019ll have to wait your turn this year. Instead, John Block takes the stage. I gave John a mohawk and Lemmy Kilmeister beard, then spent the points I had to establish his future maximum stats to make him both an incredible blocker (I mean, it\u2019s in the name) and a solid receiver with some speed. If you don\u2019t want to allocate all of these points, though (and there are a lot), you can choose from a preset build based on an NFL legend like Rob Gronkowski. From there, it was off to my high school career, and you know what? Playing a tight end is fun! Blocking a run and pancaking some poor DB is fun! I\u2019ve still got a long way to go (Alabama seems interested in John Block, despite his fairly humble three-star origins), but it\u2019s cool so far.<\/p>\n

The other place I\u2019ve jumped into is Dynasty, and to be honest, I\u2019m a bit overwhelmed despite spending almost all of my time in menus. There\u2019s a lot of new stuff to manage now. I\u2019m coaching LSU, which is fun, but man, things feel pretty different this year. It\u2019s not just about doing your recruiting, playing your games, and moving onto the next week anymore. The big changes here are Dynasty Points and NIL. You get Dynasty Points based on things like your conference prestige, stadium atmosphere, and so on, and then you have to spend them to hire staff, upgrade your facilities, offer the players you\u2019re trying to recruit NIL deals, keep the players on your team happy, and so on. <\/p>\n

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