Overview
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 2/10
- Offline: 34/36 (980)
- Online: 2/36 (20)
- Approximate amount of time to 1000: 15 - 20 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 3 (Dynasty and RTG Mode. These can all be simulated.)
- Number of missable achievements: None
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
- Does difficulty affect achievements?: Yes (Play on Heisman difficulty for Unstoppable)
- Glitchy achievements: Yes (See Read and React)
- Unobtainable achievements: None
- Extra equipment needed?: Two Controllers (Recomended)
- Online Pass?: Yes (There's a Two-Day free trial)
Step 1: Dynasty Mode
You can either do this the long way, or you can do it my way and save another playthrough. If you're going to do it my way, these are the achievements that you will unlock during the process.
- Living Legend
- Dual Threat Coach
- Dream Job
- Let's Do It Again
- Hometown Hero
- And the Winner Is...
- Best Class Ever
- Go Ahead, Ask me Anything
- No Regrets
- Look at the Game Tape!
First, start up a Dynasty with a created coach and set his Alma Mater as Alabama. Make sure you sign as a Head Coach to Alabama on the next screen. Doing this will net you Dream Job in the process. Next up, you're going to want to start recruiting some prospects. Head into the Recruiting Board screen and select search from the menu. Go down and change the caliber to four stars and click search to continue. Go down the list and target each prospect with an interest of 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. Do this for every five and four star prospect until you fill up your recruiting board.
Once finished, back out of the board and start your season. Now head into the Recruiting Menu and select Recruiting Board. We will now be unlocking Look at the Game Tape! and Go Ahead, Ask me Anything. Select a prospect and choose to scout him for 50 or 60 minutes. If a player only has 30 minutes, go back into the list and find another player that can do 50 or 60 minutes. You should unlock 5 or more attributes after scouting the player and will unlock Look at the Game Tape!. Now head back and find another player that has a very high interest in your school. Select "Call Prospect" and choose 1 Topic (10 Minutes). From the "Choose Pitch" screen, select "Prospect's Choice". You should gain a minimum of 75 recruiting points and will unlock Go Ahead, Ask me Anything. If you don't get enough points, back out and find another player to do it with. Before you start playing, head over to the "Dynasty House Rules" menu and change the Recruiting Difficulty to Freshman.
Once all of the recruiting is finished, you're going to want to start your Dynasty! Basically, you have two choices. You can either have fun and play the Dynasty, and also unlock a few achievements on the way, or you can simulate your season and be done with it. If you're simulating, please do this before doing so. Head into the "My NCAA" menu and scroll down and click on "System Settings". From there, set Autosave to "OFF". Now back out and save your Dynasty. This way if you lose a game when simulating, you can always quit out of Dynasty and revert back to your old save. You're going to want to have an undefeated season!
Once you have finished the regular season, you should be undefeated and have a chance to play in the BCS bowl. On the way, you should have players committing to your school which will help your recruiting class ranking. Now is the time to play in the BCS Championship. You will need to actually PLAY the game for the achievement to unlock; simulating will not work. Once you have finished playing the championship and completed the season, you should have unlocked Dual Threat Coach, Living Legend, Best Class Ever and Hometown Hero.
Now is the time to start your off-season. This is where we will be unlocking No Regrets. Please refer to that achievement in the guide for info on how to unlock that.
You will now need to start up another Dynasty in order to unlock the Welcome to the Club. This can either be unlocked with UMASS, UTSA, or Texas State. Please refer to that achievement in the guide for an easy way on how to unlock it.
Step 2: Road to Glory Mode
This mode shouldn't take more than several hours to complete. The only real time consuming achievement is Earn My Trust, which is obtained after reaching the max coach trust level. You should unlock this before completing your first season in your college career. The other achievements tied to this mode will be unlocked by progressing through your career. Refer to any of the achievements in the guide below if you need any extra help.
Step 3: Heisman Challenge Mode & Mop Up
Luckily, each Heisman Challenge can be completed in under 15 minutes by simulating most of the season. You will be able to get number 1 on the Heisman rankings by only playing one or two games during the season. Here's what I had done to complete each one:
Start up a Heisman Challenge and choose your team as Alabama. Any team is perfectly fine, but I had chosen Alabama since it will be easy to win most games when simulating. Simulate to Game 12 or 13 of your season. You should have acquired some stats from simulating to help a little in the Heisman race. Simply do your best the last few games and you should be number one in the race. I had my difficulty set to easy and usually scored over 500+ yards and 5+ touchdowns when doing so.
You shouldn't have that many miscellaneous achievements left after playing the two game-modes. If you happen to do so, please refer to the achievement listed in the guide below.
Conclusion
With the help of simulating, most of these achievements can be unlocked without playing a whole lot of the game. You shouldn't run into any trouble on your way to 1000. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the game!
[x360a would like to thank Rep for this roadmap]