Maximum Football Brings Free-to-Play American Football to PC via Early Access

Maximum Football Brings Free-to-Play American Football to PC via Early Access

From Hardcore Gamer (Written by Jeremy Peeples) on | OpenCritic

The Maximum Football series has been around for about five years, with the prior version featuring Doug Flutie as its title star. Now Maximum Entertainment has returned with an all-new entry -- and a launch for the series in early access form alongside it being free-to-play. In June, the game had a beta and it received mixed reviews, with players wanting more polish to the gameplay and overall presentation.

Gridiron Greatness

New to the early access build is a revamped camera, with a more dynamic camera in place and replays featuring camera-to-camera transitions to look more TV-level realistic. Tackle animations look nice and are quite physical and have been made to look more impactful. More detailed animations are also added in for things like passing the ball or tackling a player mid-throw looking more organic.

Power Plays

The goal of replicating the flow of a game has been better-replicated with a redone running game allowing more running lanes than before. Now the games have a faster pace to them and the amount of blocks available to players has been increased in amount and improved in execution. The ball-carrier now has more moves available...

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