NCAA Football 13 Retrospective

I agree, I prefer 13 to 14, better overall gameplay, no wonky Physics, no annoying amount of Shoelace Tackles

12 deserves some credit. The foundation that made 13 and 14 great is almost entirely laid by 12. I still play that game to this day, and I don't feel like the experience is all too different.

My heart is still embedded in the NCAA Football 03-06 era.

I remember I went looking for a copy of 14 at a EB Games during the final days of them selling 360 games here in Canada in 2017/18. They didn’t have it, but had a case-less copy of 13 in stock that got massively reduced down to $2 after they checked for it in their system. Love this game.

Playing the instrumental to The heart part IV, nice touch. I never bought NCAA 14’ because of how much I played and enjoyed NCAA 13’. It was that good

lmao the heart part iv in the background, softdrinks definitely in the know

My favorite is 11, gameplay is slower but not in an annoying way. Being able to call recruits and tell them what they want to hear while talking to them on the phone was a awesome feature too.

I just love how much more effort they put into the older sports games everything just feels natural if that makes sense.

Dont forget NCAA 13 was the first season of Johnny Football himself ! I lived the recruiting system in the game ! Way more complex and fun, though I can understand why some people might find it as a chore after couple time

I always loved 13 but nobody ever talked about it. Thank you

I'm surprised you didn't mention a certain Quarterback named Johnny.

First ever game I’ve played ever in my life, still have it on my Xbox 360 and love it. Still have many dynasties going on since I started playing.

With the older i get i feel like there will never be a day where i will play a newer nfl 2k game 🥺

13 had such a deep recruitment system. In 14 they dumbed it down to just putting points into recruits. 13 deserves way more credit.

You made one mistake about 90 seconds in: The Teambuilder mode was not added in NCAA Football 12. It actually made its Debut in the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of NCAA Football 10. Your video overall was a great retrospective!

13 is so good, that's where my love for the UTEP Miners came from and to this day, I'm a fan of the team. Hopefully the team's future is bright with the new Head Coach and new recruits they got!

NCAA Football 11 was my favorite one. The Road to Glory was just too good.

Was looking for NCAA games online and didn't wanna pay an outrageous amount on eBay, so I settled for ncaa 13. It's a solid game, but I would prefer simpler recruiting personally. But, the gameplay is ahead of its time for sure, love it!

Just got off NCAA 06 due to watching your videos. Great work btw on your reviews and opinions.

So glad you made this video. I’ve always felt like 13 was better than 14.

The heart part 4 as your background beat. I knew i liked you for a reason softdrink

I actually looked forward to the recruiting more than the games themselves in 13😂

I was just playing NCAA 13 earlier, easily my favorite college game of all time, if the new NCAA game is similar, it will be a massive success

As a person who didn’t buy 14 and now can’t justified buying it for 100+ 13 is my game of choice

One thing I always loved to do in '13 was play as the rival team in Heisman challenge (RG3 on TCU, Barry Sanders on the Sooners, etc). It's always fun to step into (or make from scratch) an alternate canon in a sports game.

A Thing that hurt this game at the time was not being able to import your draft classes into madden 13 due to madden changing its franchise mode.

Anyone else see him play this on stream?

It's kind of crazy how EA seemed to genuinely put in more love and depth into their college football games than the freaking Madden games at this point in time they had every incentive to just make the same games but slightly different but these games were still really good while madden was just decent maybe the developers were different and were given more time or something idk that could explain it

Oh man the nostalgia…. So I had a ps2 and PSP up until December 2012, backtrack to ncaa 11 ps2, I saw the gameplay trailers on KZhead showing the new pre game traditions and espn integration. I was SO excited to finally get it for Christmas, i vividly recall popping it into my ps2 expecting the GO Blue banner entrance…. Only to see it was basically the exact same as 09. No new traditions, no espn, no anything. Granted I was 10 years old, maybe I should’ve known better, but it was a HUGE LETDOWN. Flash forward to Christmas 2012, I finally got a ps3. But no ncaa 13 until later that night at my grandmas house, unwrapping it was MAGICAL. FINALLY popping it in to the graphics, the traditions, the espn broadcast, the many alternative uniforms, the heisman intro…..it was ALL PERFECT to me. I remember my first game was Under The Lights with the throwback uniforms. It was lifelike to me. NCAA 13 will always have a special place in my heart.

NCAA 13 is the best game in the series and I have all the NCAA games since bill walsh college football. It's way better than 12 because in NCAA 12, every LB can jump like they have Zone KO elite in madden. It's also much better than 14 because NCAA 14 has some serious Physics issues.

The last legitimately good football game EA ever made was NCAA 13. It most definitely has the best recruiting of the PS3 era to me. It didn't have the immersive little things PS2 did like whether or not a player was Mister Football for their state and their HS numbers, but yeah. I legitimately love this game and it's a big reason why I parted ways with 14. 13 is the better game overall yet 14 is the more celebrated even though I believe it is worse than 13. 13 is a simulation game that really makes you work for what you get. Dynasty is really good and the physics is just as good. 10-13 were solid, pity Madden stopped being able to import draft classes after 12.

Finally someone else feels this way about 13. I never got to grow up with any of the NCAA football games unfortunately, so by the time I got interested in these games it was too late. I bought NCAA 13 on eBay for $15 and have had blast. I rebuilt Utah State, FAU, San Jose State, and even did a road to glory. I always felt like I was missing out because no one makes videos on NCAA 13. From what I have seen from NCAA 14 videos, I think that 13 is better. After watching this video, I feel like my opinion is a lot more validated. I'd also recommend 13 to anyone, as it's way less of a hassle to find, and won't break your bank account either.

Always loved NCAA 11-13, everything just looked a bit more Realistic vs 14

Man I loved ncaa 13

13 is my favorite. I never bought 14 at release and bought a copy more recently and was not a fan of it as much as 13. Recruiting is one of my favorite things about 13 for sure.

13 had some of the best joystick juke moves in the series. It was literally so smooth and fun to use. Have no idea why they changed it

In NCAA Football 3, if you run PA Read in any shotgun formation and hold (A for X-Box; X for PS) during the fake handoff, the QB will hand the ball off to the running back. This was removed in NCAA Football 14. So technically, NCAA 13 has RPOs, while NCAA 14 does not.

This is the game I still play. Sure the recruiting takes longer, but it's so worth it! It's way more in-depth, challenging, and realistic. In 14, you just throw points at players lol. It's a lot harder to master the recruiting in 13 as well, which I like.

I wish the modding community was about 13 instead of 14 . That's why I play 14 😢

I got this game in Christmas of 13 and it was amazing I still love it to this day and it’s my favorite ncaa

I found I preferred 13 due to recruiting actually based on elements about your school rather than the simple “spend points, bar go up”

This is the game I wish had gotten the revamps instead of 14

I really enjoyed the infinity engine in 14 and the lighting. But 13 was great no doubt

Highly agree. 13 is honestly my favorite on the PS3. 12 was very solid and built a great foundation for 13 to strive on. 14 was good but I hated the new recruiting system and passing felt very weird imo. 13 wasn't perfect but it was great.

I recently got this game off of ebay. Haven't played it in a long time. It's still as fun as I remember.

NCAA 11 12 and 14 is goated

I have 13 it was a dope ass game. I love college sports games because of the recruiting. Also have college hoops 2k8 and NCAA MM 10 all beastly games

I remember being unimpressed by 14 compaered to 13 as well

Even though I Prefer 14, hell it sucked when I lost my copy of it. I liked to play 13 as well and yeah it’s underrated but sadly it’s overshadowed by 14.

13 was the only one I had and I’ve loved it for so long. Almost never felt the reason to upgrade, even in the moment.

Team builder released in 10 not 12

11 is my all time favorite

I dumped so many hours into Heisman mode. Once I rebought it, I've done the same. Still holds up so well.

heart part IV background is hard

Great video as usual soft drink fingers crossed on CFB 25. What’s the music from on the intro?

You made some great points in this one. NCAA 11’s gameplay is amazing (imo) when compared to NCAA 13’s arcade feel. But NCAA 13’s presentation I feel like blows away NCAA 11’s. I always catch myself going back and forth between the 2

13 was the first college football game I played after like 03-04 and it was something else

I love playing NCAA Football 13. I am currently using UTSA in Dynasty Mode, and it is a satisfying experience.

Eddie Lacy at Bama ❤️‍🔥

The main thing that 13 had over 14 was draft eligible underclassmen actually left early if they put up great stats. In 14 your star 99 overall rated underclassman edge rusher could have 50 sacks his junior year or redshirt sophomore and still return to school. In real life he’d be gone.

I have every ncaa that came out on the ps3 and this is my favorite one

Good game Good video Good livestream

One of my favorite games of all time

Hated when lex marston buried the game in his retrospective and hyped 14. Glad you do good

I hope the live stream got saved somewhere, I missed it 🙏🏻

I still play this game to this day on my Xbox 360 🙌

NCAA Football 13 was the last college football game I played on PS3 and I ended up selling it a few years ago and I always regretted selling it and my PS3. I also regret never getting NCAA Football 14 when I had the chance.

I like how compared to 14, 13 doesn’t give a montage before the game

Great video and great reasoning

This is my favorite NCAA Football behind 06.

I still have my copy of ‘13. It is a great game in its own right. I think the added care and attention to detail in NCAA stems from them having a different dev team versus Madden. Those guys seemed to really strive to make NCAA feel different than Madden.

You should make an ncaa vs Madden comparison video

I remember playing the older ncaa football games for the ps2 but nothing beats 13 imo

I bought 13 and 14 the same day. Played 13 one game. Kept getting picked off on crazy LB jumps. Moved to 14 since. Ima give 13 another go tomorrow and see if i can make it work

Cant wait i have my money ready

Maybe you can review MVP Baseball 06 and 07. AKA the college baseball games.

Man my favorite is 09, not sure why I think it’s the gameplay just differs from all the others. Id love to see a vid on that one. I feel it’s a bit underrated!

I have way too many hours in this game, easily my favorite football game of all time

I never had 14, still have 13 and my 360. I still play it regularly today

That’s why you have to create the max amount of prospects in dynasty in 14 so teams stay good

I have NCAA 13 on my shelf it's a good game till I found out how to do NCAA 14 revamped but now I'm ready for NCAA 25 or college football 25

i still have this game today simply because as a 7th grader i was not paying full price for ncaa 14 so i bought 13 for a calm $20 instead 😂😂

12 hands down my all time favorite football game ,, 2nd too my fav game Bo3

I remeber lookong frantically for this one day sad to say i probably lost it in a move

That very last point is very true. NCAA 14 goes for ~4-5 times more, and you can get 13 pretty cheaply

Personally I prefer 13 because of the school traditional pre-game stuff (helped it feel more lifelike pre-game vs 14) versus a highlight reel of it on 14 with countryish music (never been a fan of country haha)

Omg Eddie lacy unstoppable on here lol

I still play 13 religiously to this day and depending on how 24's revived I'll probably keep playing it till I'm in the ground. It's also the reason I never got 14 because why bother when I got 13 which is the same game aside from a few changes and no Heisman Challenge

12 and 13 were way better and the only reason 14 is remembered so well is because it was the last. When I was 17 I decided to go and buy almost ever made, you you wouldn’t believe how low ncaa 14 ranks on your list once you’ve the played the other games

i peeped you used the heart by kendrick beat

I know 14 gets all the love, but as someone who never had 14 this game is my goat. The amount of hours I put in this game in my childhood is unmatched.

Aaron Murray mentioned 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Literally my favorite football game ever.

I loved the heisman mode

The heart part IV in the background 🔥🔥

I think i will always prefer 13 to 14. The dynasty mode is way deeper and the recruiting is way tougher, which makes it more satisfying to recruit well

I always preferred the recruiting in NCAA 13 over NCAA 14. Even though it was more time-consuming and a little tedious, I felt like the process of having to call prospects every week to talk to them about their personal goals and desires went a long way towards humanizing the prospects and making them feel more like actual characters, instead of just a collection of attribute ratings attached to a name and a home state. A few years ago, I made a whole video praising NCAA 13 for having this extra degree of humanity, and lamenting that NCAA 14 kind of got rid it and made recruiting more impersonal and gamified: kzhead.info/sun/atyMe9JssYSuZWw/bejne.html

Can you please do a Ncaa football rebuild for Marshall?

I actually bought NCAA Football 11 based on your retrospective. Do you think 13 is better? Considering buying this now lol

I always liked 12 as I never played 13 and it's still difficult to come by even if I already have 14