“Won’t be buying”: Fans Cry Foul as EA Sports Drop College Football 25 Trailer, Claiming It’s a Madden 25 Rip-Off

The fans’ faces right now tell a story of crushed hope. They are not happy with EA College Football 25’s latest trailer despite being one of the most awaited games of the year, and could very well end up boycotting the NCAA game. With so many expectations and hopes for the game, it looks like EA won’t be receiving a lot of orders as the fans continue to show their dismay at the trailer.

There were a lot of qualms about the game when the main cover was leaked and it saw Travis Hunter, Donovan Edwards, and Quinn Ewers, where fans were claiming that the Colorado player didn’t deserve to be up there. Since EA’s last NFL game, Madden 25, was such a flop, rated as 7.6/10 by IGN, the fans’ separation has been met with disappointment as the trailer gets bashed online for being an imitation of its poor predecessor.

EA Sports College Football 25 newest trailer brings in a wave of hate

The statement that was released by EA Sports to accompany the trailer was, “Collеgе Football 25 is built with authеnticity at its corе, inspirеd by еxpеriеncеs our fans havе lovеd from our gamеs, and fully еvolvеd to rеflеct modеrn collеgе football.” But while they claim that the game is built with authenticity, the fans seem to think it was made out of Madden 25.

This fan shared his feelings of resentment with a harsh claim by writing, “Jus Iike madden. Won’t be buying 😂” Lots of others have also switched sides and are attacking EA for not developing a newer engine for the game, different from the Madden 25 gameplay.

Though the trailer had sights of elite players like Jalen Milroe and Travis Hunter, the performance of the game has left the fans feeling sour over the gameplay. With all that said, here are a few more reactions that we thought stuck out in this heated situation.

The fans react brutally to the first official trailer

The overall issue with the Madden 25 game was that a lot of the gameplay during the passing where the fans complained that it got too easy. As per a fan’s review, “This game makes everyone feel like they are Peyton Manning.” Though the trailer doesn’t confirm the actual gameplay yet, the fans have developed the notion that College Football 25 is just Madden 25 but wrapped in a new cover.

This fan outrightly called out EA and accused them of re-packaging the game by saying, “Looks like madden reskin!” Moreover, the replies to his tweet had other users pointing out the new additions to the game such as graphics, to which he responded by saying, “Nobody watches cinematics in game baby bro everyone skips”

Next, this user pointed out the animations that seemingly imitate the Madden 25 game and wrote, “It’s a Madden reskin. Look at the animations.” Moreover, some fans have also hinted at the possibility of how EA has just copied team data and used resources from the Madden game to save time.

Another fan emphasized the fact that EA has an old habit of selling the same game over and over again but making a few minor tweaks to it and printing a new label. He said, “It just looks like Madden but with more pre and post-game things added. It’s EA people remember that!”

The EA redskin claims just don’t seem to die out and it’s causing the loyal college football fanbase to be disappointed poorly. As per this fan, “Its madden with college rosters and themes. Disappointing.”

Lastly, this person summarised everyone’s feelings with a 6-word tweet that read as, “Just a different version of madden.” Thus, it looks like EA will have a lot to prove since the fans have already made up their minds about the poor attributes of the game.