Retro Bowl College in IOS

★★★★★ App Store Editors’ Notes

★★★★★ A top alternative to College Football

Probably one of the best football games I’ve played. A free College Football game that lets me play out as my fav team and build them into a dynasty? Say less! It’s got everything Retro Bowl has but with a college twist. Player GPAs, Scholarships, you name it. I like the challenge of only having players for only 4 years. It makes each roster you have fresh. The gameplay is seamless and the ranking system is pretty cool, too. Not only do they have all 133 FBS teams (well, fictionalized counterparts), but also all 128 FCS teams as well (still fictionalized). The fact that they did what EA wouldn’t even do with their past CFB games is just amazing. But I will talk about the flaws. You can’t realign conferences to your liking. Want to move Winston S. (Wake Forest) to the Sun Sash (Sun Belt) for being a bottomfeeder? Too bad! Think your Midwest (MAC) dynasty team should be in the Large X (B1G)? Nope! There’s also no transfer portal, so that’s a bummer. That would really add some spice to the game. Also, no redshirting. Some would say the jerseys and teams aren’t exactly the same as the real CFB teams, but, c’mon, unlimited is ¢99 so get that. Also there is no field editor, so I CAN’T MAKE MY BOISE STATE FIELD BLUE. I know, bummer. But besides all that, it’s probably the best CFB game to come out in a while and it should definitely be on everyone’s mobile device. You don’t even have to be a CFB fan to get into RBC.

★★★★★ Needs to be more like the current college game

Love the OG retro bowl and have customized it as a college game for awhile now. So I was super excited for an actual college version to play but have found this one a little disappointing. First off, the gpa is weird as a lot of people have commented on so it needs to be changed where you don’t have to bench your players every other week. Once or twice a season seems more accurate. Second, where is the transfer portal and NIL? These are huge parts of the current game and could be easily modulated from the pro versions free agency and salary cap. New star needs to research this and add it here. It would be a nice wrinkle to have to match NIL offers from other schools between seasons. Third, why can’t you start at the school of your choice? I like the work your way up approach but also might like to pick my team for a different game just for fun. I want to be able to do both. RB is escapist entertainment and sometimes I want to escape by working my way through the ranks and sometimes by dominating with my fave team. Give both options. Finally, I don’t understand why certain parts of the game aren’t included. If you have kick returns why not punt returns? Kickers but not punters? Let us play defense! And actually see our defensive players we recruit in action! Let us have more players! 12 is not enough. Overall RB is the best sports game app hands down and my fave. Keep working to make it even better.

★★★★★ Great game with small things to fix

I’ve been a fan of the bowl games for as long as I can remember and the developers are usually pretty good at making adjustments. College football is definitely a bit harder to manage due to the huge amount of teams, locations, bowls, rankings, standings, etc. I really do hope they can make it work because it’s ones of the best mobile games in our time. Issues I’ve noticed: ranking system is weird, doesn’t make sense at times; a lot of teams with the wrong names, and school colors (team editor helped for my favorite team); no way to maintain players GPA levels other than spending a lot of credits player by player each time (Maybe add option for investing in overall Academics); Other aspects missing is actual recruiting work not just admissions; the Transfer portal similar to Free agents in NFL version; having the name of the city or team in the end zone; other team being able to stop the clock with their own time outs; show the final top 4 teams in bracket form; finally implement some type of way to play defense and control my defensive stars. Great work to the whole team that has worked on this project. Hope it can continue to grow with a lot of support.

★★★★★ Has potential

I really like the game, but i have some ideas that i think would benefit the overall experience. 1-playing defense. If we were able to play defense, the games would be more enjoyable. or even being able to choose defensive plays/schemes and formations. 2- custom stadiums-being able to edit the stadium beyond the color of the end zones would benefit the game and make for a more unique gaming experience. 3-coaching decisions. Many of the choices that the game gives me regarding disciplining players repeats itself year after year. It would be interesting to see more scenarios than we do as of now. 4- custom schedules. I understand that each team needs to have a set amount of conference games and whatnot, but I think we should have the ability to choose our schedule outside of conference games. Teams that struggle could make a lighter strength of schedule and successful teams could make a stronger strength of schedule. Lastly, I think adding an online mode would be great, or creating online leagues where we can play against our friends or anyone else online. I thoroughly enjoy the game as it is, but i think it has potential to be a much better game

★★★★★ What’s with the hashes

This is a great game overall and I have loved it for the time it’s been out and have been playing it like crazy, but recently the new update was released and everything is great except the wider hashes. Whenever I run a play I could get downed in the middle of the field but it will still put me on one of the hashes. Also multiple of the routes are messed up specially the ones with the TE. He’ll end up running across the whole entire defensive line just to get put in the dirt before he could even run his route. The way there’s so much space on the opposite side of where you are on the hashes completely throws me off. Sometimes my wide receiver will just streak wide open because of the weird placement of the ball. Don’t get me wrong I love a free touchdown but now it’s just annoying. Also the runs are all over the place. What looks like a inside run ends going outside and it messes me up. Overall the wide hashes just mess with my mind and make the hard for me to play. I want to play the game but these hashes just get on my nerves over and over again. I really hope a developer sees this and responds. PLEASE FIX THIS

★★★★★ Just a few things

Ok, awesome game, but the only complaint I have is it doesn’t feel like college football. For example the fans cheer when the other team scores, even when you’re at home. You should add something like CFB 25 where the home fans make noise when the away team is on offense. Also, it doesn’t feel like there’s any tradition, and that’s the best part of college football. Where’s Boise State’s blue turf? And Tennessee’s checkered endzone? Those are the only complaints I have, I’ve been playing so much and the game just rocks but maybe add these couple things. Edit: 2/9/25 I’d really like it if there was an exhibition mode. I’ve heard New Star is going to add it but it hasn’t happened yet. I’d also like it if you could start with your favorite team like in the OG retro bowl and RB25. I wanna be able to rebuild my favorite teams, you know? Also you got the rights from the NFL, so why can’t you get them from the NCAA? One of my favorite parts about RB25 was the pixelated logos and endzones. It just felt so classic and made the game even better. I would also like if you could add a team builder and conference realignment like CFB25.

★★★★★ Awkward mechanics in the game

First off I love this game I have always liked cfb better than the nfl but have been disappointed in just a few aspects. First off I like how the game doesn’t let you pick the specific team and have you build up to get that offer, I have been an Ohio State fan for my whole life and the fact that I have to build up was kinda interesting but way too time consuming as it took me 9 straight seasons of winning the major to get me that offer. Second I think gpa was an interesting twist but I got my players gpa from a 1 to a 3 using coaching credits in the meeting and he still is benched? Finally I think it’s interesting how its much more difficult to become ridiculously overpowered because you 5 star players wont reach their potential by the time they’re out of college. I also think its weird how some jerseys are completely inaccurate since the teams don’t violate copy right, why was this not an issue in the original game, if you don’t know what I am talking about for example university of Illinois’ uniform is purple and yellow instead of the navy and orange, the indiana hoosiers are also like a texas orange instead of the dark red