Wins and losses are part of sports, but some College Football 25 fans think the engine might be trying to push it a tad too far, leading to accusations that the AI is a ‘cheater’.
According to some players, it’s typical for the AI-controlled team to go on a hyper-drive towards the end of quarters suddenly. This can result in a sudden shift in tone for the match, much to the irritation of those playing against the computer.
College Football 25 players want AI behavior to be balanced
A Reddit post made by user u/Ninersempire123 summed up the exact issue that players have been having in College Football 25. According to them, the behavior of the AI changes entirely as the last two minutes of a game begins. The user feels that a team shouldn’t suddenly become unbeatable when they were poor throughout the game.
Now there’s no evidence in bold about anything like this happening during a game. While I am no pro, there are times when a game has changed dramatically, and I have managed to lose. Usually, they have happened mostly in Dynasty mode, when my AI-controlled opponent suddenly starts to make some incredible passes, while I can’t even avoid a sack.
Of course, playing over 1100 hours of EA FC 24 has taught me that the game will sometimes do incredible things when a contest is about to finish. It seems that I am not the only one, as Reddit user u/Rydahx commented of such incidents happening in FIFA (previous franchise name for FC) and other sports games.
The incidents being reported are random, but there are similarities. User u/Methodikul pointed how a game completely turned on its heels as they managed to blow out a comfortable lead. In another case, the CPU’s scoring chances seem to go up whenever it makes long throws.
Of course, there’s no benefit for EA Sports to rig a game in Dynasty or Road to Glory. You can actually disable autosave, and even overturn a loss if it hurts you that much. Yet, there are these incidents where players have felt being hard done by the AI. Additionally, game management is an important element in real life.
You won’t usually expect players having to resort to time management in College Football 25 (it’s a video game after all), but user u/Lazerdude is doing exactly that to kill any chances for the AI to do anything. However, an elegant plan, no matter how intelligent it is, can sometimes go wrong.
It’s pretty clear that at least certain players in College Football 25 are having to withstand the strange behavior of the AI. It’s possible that this might not be a part of the game design and occurring due to some bugs. If that’s indeed the case, then it’s better to expect a fix in the coming days/weeks from EA.
Published: Aug 6, 2024 12:37 pm