Retro Bowl College

Chandler Hudson

10 months ago

I love Retro Bowl, so the college version is a nice addition. However, the probability of a fumble is atrocious. It makes playing the game extremely frustrating. I have a 4th year senior running back, strength 2/3 to the max with 13 fumbles on the season.. I know it's just a fun little video game but that's the most unrealistic part of the whole thing. It seems as though if there is one turnover the probability of another sky rockets.

Dave Fox

10 months ago

Great game. Just as good as the original. Need to add the ability to sim games like the original version. One thing that needs fixed on both versions...the computer almost never gets caught if they intercept the ball in the clear and have a long way to the end zone, but if I throw a wide open pass route, my WR will eventually get caught no matter what his speed (depending on the distance to the end zone). Stamina should not diminish that quickly over 1 play.

Skeemac

10 months ago

Inferior to the original, but still quite good. The balance is pretty whack, at least in hard difficulty. I've played dozens of games, and in only one instance did the opposing offense fail to score despite some being rated only 1 star on offense. Every win requires nothing short of perfection, which makes it especially frustrating given fumbles are so common and out of your control. Still, if you much prefer college ball over the NFL, you really can't go wrong with this entry.

Jubudii

9 months ago

Loving this game! The simple mechanics and intuitive team management are really nice. I like that the games are quick and short. Very very fun. I was however very disappointed by one thing. I was super excited to play as my hometown team, Montana, only to realize their jerseys and team colors are completely wrong.. :( it was a sad realization and I hope it gets fixed. EDIT: FOUND THE SCREEN TO FULLY CUSTOMIZE YOUR TEAM :D

Owen Nebeker

9 months ago

I love playing this game, super engaging and fun to make progress. Something that i wish was possible is for the teams to be able to be invited to other conferences once they've won the conference championship a few times to make it more challenging. Being able to play on defense is something i wish you could do, I'd even be okay paying for that. I also wish you could sim games like in the original. Just my opinion, great game though

Cricker Wilson

8 months ago

I honestly think this is very fun and if u like retrobowl and love college ball then this is great. Only thing I really wanna see get better is the ranking system. You could be ranked #14 going into a game, beat an unranked team by 3 points, and suddenly you're #7. It just doesn't make sense how high you jump after less-meaningful games. Other than this small detail, the game is great!

Jake Geigle

8 months ago

I believe that this is a good game, with a solid basis to improve. One idea I have that I believe will improve the experience tremendously is the ability to have a small amount of players who have "focused training" each and every week with more stress on fatigue or condition loss. That way you can progress some of the people that you don't utilize as well while playing the games, themselves. A second thing I think that could be a good thing to try and implement is a "transfer portal" style idea

Tim Johnson

9 months ago

This game would be amazing with a couple of improvements. First, the difficulty settings need to be improved. Hard is too easy and extreme is no fun because every team has 5 stars. Which is nothing like actual college football. Second, the defense needs to be randomized. If you play enough, you quickly memorize what to do for each play. This game would be so much better with those inprovements.

Sarvajit Madala

7 months ago

Not a bad game, I love having all these teams, but my god, the AI logic is terrible. My players can't block whatsoever, whether it's a run play or trying to block someone behind them, they allow them through within a second, and it's so infuriating. I like to run the ball a lot, but it's impossible to get yards when your WRs don't even block the defense, so you get TFL'd every play. Please fix blocking New Star, I love your game but it's so annoying to play like this.

Mando Jay

7 months ago

Can't emphasize enough how happy I am that there's a RB College! Retro Bowl has been my favorite game for years. It's as good as the original, but w/ enough differences to make it tougher, just like college FB; you can't get free agents during the season & have limited $ to recruit w/, so once you're done recruiting that's it. Team colors can be edited to match your team! DEVS-Season is a bit longer than real season, needs to be brought down to 12 games regular ssn, 13 at the most.

Trent Walker

6 months ago

love this game. Even made every schools unis up to date and as correct as can be. Have spent decent $ here and there to get xp points up. However, since I have spent $, I am no longer getting any substantial offers during bye weeks. I get to choose b/w media and coaches, no matter how many times I reset game. Haven't been offered study time/GPA in over 10 seasons. Haven't been offered coins or xp points in 5+ seasons. I am a man of principle and will be deleting the game if this continues.

Bryce Howard

7 months ago

I think it's a fun solid game. I just wish it had more features to differentiate it from the original / was more accurate to college football. Rivalries such as Bedlam, FSU-UF, etc. are not played consistently at the end of the year like they are in real life. Wish there was things like the transfer portal, spring game, ability to organize crowd colors (ex. Penn State's whiteout), ability to schedule opponents years from now (especially for teams like Notre Dame) and more Overall, decent game

trevor harnden

6 months ago

Love the game. it's very similar to Retro Bowl, and it's even harder in the sense that players will eventually leave the team after a couple of seasons, so you're constantly rebuilding. The grade system stinks though, once you get to the big colleges, you have to keep the players grades up higher, and it changes per school. The problem is there's really nothing you can do about it. It seems like every player has a 1.2 GPA So you pick up good players that can't even play half the time.

D'wite

6 months ago

I love this game, i think it deserves a 5 star, but.... when I was coaching a major school everything was fine. Now I'm coaching a minor school and even though I'm constantly ranked #1, I'm always playing in the Recognition bowl and never in the playoffs. The season just passes me by without a championship. That's a glitch that needs fixing. And when it gets fixed, I'll come back and give it is proper rating

Alex

3 months ago

This game is far better than original Retro Bowl, more teams, more postseason games, little bit more action and I love the recruiting. The only thing I don't like is how the names for colleges are weird although I understand why, the jerseys are all off and you can't do mid-season scouting, other than that it's great game, the one thing I really want is an exhibition mode.

Rob Allen

4 months ago

The recruitment of players and player development is what makes the game appealing. It is actually a pretty fun little game. The bad side,coaches credits are too hard to collect. Win, lose or draw there is always a penalty taking CC or lowering a players moral. Seems every time you turn around something negative happens. Fun game but frustrating.

Mike Esaman

3 months ago

It's Retro Bowl but college, while that makes it stand out, it does get repetitive. It's easily one of the best football franchises out there but the difficulty levels are a bit skewed, hard to find a sweet spot to keep it entertaining but not annoying. The stats are way off in certain situations where my QB throws for 140 yds but my receiver has 300 yds. It's significant because it affects the draft position and money given for recruiting. If those were changed 5/5 for me