EA Sports College Football 27

This season ain’t gonna knock anybody’s socks off, and both Dynasty and Road to Glory have leaned hard into spreadsheet management this year, but smart on-field additions to an already good game make College Football 27 worth suiting up for once again.

Nevertheless, the off-the-field issues, namely, shallow progression systems and the transformative inclusion of microtransactions in practically every mode, were disappointing. CFB27 made some fantastic key plays down the stretch in its junior season, but the team will need to make more improvements in the offseason if it wants to hoist that championship trophy next year.

On gameplay alone, EA SPORTS College Football 27 is perfect. One could make the argument for one of the best sports games, let alone football. While it's not as fast and loose as College Football 25, which many will hold onto as the best, College Football 27 teeters on that late PS2 era depth of football. However, thanks to technology, this blows that era out of the water.

If you’re the kind of player who doesn’t care about min-maxing their coach and player, or who simply takes to games like this to play the matchups of the week, then College Football 27 is an unquestionable, categorical must-buy. If you spend all your time in Dynasty or Road to Glory, grinding to turn around a program or make the ideal prospect with an eye to eventually import them into Madden 27, then there’s going to be soul-searching about whether it’s worth it to you to pump more money into the game.

While the foundational EA Sports College Football experience remains high-quality and slowly improving, a lack of much meaningful new content in CFB 27, headlined by the barebones Mascot Mashup, highlights how this franchise has already shown signs of stagnation, even if only in its third year back.

EA Sports College Football 27 is yet another iteration in the franchise, but with lots of simulation improvements in tow. The PC port is a welcome addition even with its quirks, and Dynasty players will have quite a lot of fun having to deal with a lot more expectations as they build their school to become the best in the league.