‘College Football 25’ delivers on all its promises to become one of the best football games of all-time

‘College Football 25’ is exactly what we hoped it would be.

There are few video games met with more anticipation than College Football 25. Over a decade of yearning met its catharsis with the game’s release this week — which leaves the only burning question: Is it all worth it? Is EA Sports’ return to college football the game fans deserve, or have fears of a phoned-in, re-skinned version of Madden been realized?

It’s unfair to keep that answer a secret any longer, so let’s go ahead and say it.