Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

[mtmetcalfe]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

So I contributed to the “competition for better future video game football fund” and had a few takeaways from my brief playtime.

Things I liked
- running with the ball doesn’t have that suction feeling that I’m so use to
- I liked the time it takes the quartback to deliver the ball. You have to actually factor that split second in. QB release should be a rating to differentiate QBs

Things I don’t like
- all the ratings are the same for each team so I had trouble gauging how much of impact they have
- navigating the menus are not intuitive. The circle button is the ‘back’ button on PlayStation since forever. Not a big deal but just something that stood out
- not having a strafe mechanic was something I noticed missing immediately
- playing dline isn’t fun at all. To be fair it sounds like there is a break block move that I wasn’t aware of so my opinion may change on that.

I’m going to play thru a whole season this weekend to get a better opinion but I’d early impressions is this game has a long way to go. I’ll say the same thing again when Axis drops, a deep franchise mode is what will get this game in the mind share of football enthusiasts. Maximum is ways off from competing with Madden on a gameplay level but could easily catchup and even pass it in franchise.

[strawberryshortcake]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

Spoiler

So I contributed to the “competition for better future video game football fund” and had a few takeaways from my brief playtime.

Things I liked
- running with the ball doesn’t have that suction feeling that I’m so use to
- I liked the time it takes the quartback to deliver the ball. You have to actually factor that split second in. QB release should be a rating to differentiate QBs

Things I don’t like
- all the ratings are the same for each team so I had trouble gauging how much of impact they have
- navigating the menus are not intuitive. The circle button is the ‘back’ button on PlayStation since forever. Not a big deal but just something that stood out
- not having a strafe mechanic was something I noticed missing immediately

- playing dline isn’t fun at all. To be fair it sounds like there is a break block move that I wasn’t aware of so my opinion may change on that.

Spoiler

I’m going to play thru a whole season this weekend to get a better opinion but I’d early impressions is this game has a long way to go. I’ll say the same thing again when Axis drops, a deep franchise mode is what will get this game in the mind share of football enthusiasts. Maximum is ways off from competing with Madden on a gameplay level but could easily catchup and even pass it in franchise

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Flick your right analog stick when playing with a D-lineman.

[Spear]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

http://canuckplay.blogspot.com/2018/04/maximum-football-2018-general-control.html

Controls can be found here.

[BoSox59]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

A couple questions re customization:

It seems if we edit a team in CFL 9 the changes aren’t carried over to the analogous team in CFL 10 which could be pretty frustrating if I need to edit both sets of teams. Is there a trick that I’m missing?

Canuck Play has said there are no online features so no roster sharing, so is our only option for roster editing to edit each player individually ourselves?

Has anyone noticed much differentiation in players’ skill sets? Is Bo Levi Mitchell noticeably different from, like, anyone under center in Montreal?

[Spear]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

A couple questions re customization:

It seems if we edit a team in CFL 9 the changes aren’t carried over to the analogous team in CFL 10 which could be pretty frustrating if I need to edit both sets of teams. Is there a trick that I’m missing? I believe both leagues are independent of one other. The 10 team has Halifax

Canuck Play has said there are no online features so no roster sharing, so is our only option for roster editing to edit each player individually ourselves?

Has anyone noticed much differentiation in players’ skill sets? Is Bo Levi Mitchell noticeably different from, like, anyone under center in Montreal? All players and teams are fictional and unlicensed. They all have generic ratings and aren't based upon any real players

See above for my answers in bold.

[The_Cane]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

My breakdown of the Main Menu and other menus.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CX2MP7ZcJX4?ecver=1" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[strawberryshortcake]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

@Spears ... I'll update a future post (or simply edit this post) in the next couple of days with visual evidence. But for the time being .... issues in spoiler tag to save thread real estate.

Spoiler

(1) Defensive backs running well past the point where the receiver goes for a catch. Defensive backs running out of bounds, leaving the receivers open for a potential catch.

(2) Not sure if the following is purposely programmed to exist or simply a conflict of American vs Canadian football field size, but sometimes receivers will continue running out of bounds trying to make a catch because the throw trajectory travels out of bounds. This could be a boundary (or restriction) issue in the source code because the width of the fields for Canadian and American football (I believe) are different. A lot of plays have the receivers route practically only a couple feet away from the sidelines. American Football routes usually do not straddle that close to the side lines.

(3) Too many long successful passing plays resulting in touchdowns. It could be a combination of the following factors:
(A) Defensive backs lack of speed, something could be slowing down the defensive backs, etc.
(B) Defenders in catch up chase down mode seemingly never dive tackles a receiver or ball carrier running towards the endzone, resulting in long successful passing plays and ultimately leading to successful touchdowns. It appears the defenders that are within reach would have simply attempted a dive tackle, we would cut down on too many long big plays.
(C) The sprint button giving the user an extra speed boost to outrun defenders. Not sure if this is too overpowered resulting in long plays where the CPU defenders can't chase down the ball carrier. I personally like the sprint button (reminds of 2k football), but it does give the user the ability to pull off extremely long touchdown passing plays.

(4) CPU calling timeouts when the time is not running. Usually near the end of quarters around the 2 minute mark (I think).

(5) The clock isn't stopping when it should in American Football rules. I'll try to get footage on this.

(6) Contextual animation issue. The QB throwing animation is out of place when he throws to the right side of the field. The QB faces left and steps towards the left whenever he throws a pass to the right.

(7) "Short yardage" defensive formation contributes to overpowered slant routes. When all defenders including the linebackers are straddling the line along with their D-lineman teammates, there are no linebackers in the middle of field to watch for slants. The middle of field is completely open for big gains.

(8) I didn't see any field goal block or punt block formations.

[JayBee74]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

I've yet to see a replay available on a TD.

This was in strawberryshortcake's spoiler:

(6) Contextual animation issue. The QB throwing animation is out of place when he throws to the right side of the field. The QB faces left and steps towards the left whenever he throws a pass to the right.

This is a still from a game I played:



Prior to that on the same play:

[JayBee74]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

I actually like the economy of plays but practice mode needs the ability to set the defensive play you're up against and also give you the ability to play defense vs offense. And NO instant replay in practice mode?

[Spear]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

Thanks guys, keep the feedback coming. We're having a meeting tomorrow to see what bugs we can make quick fixes on.

Also I encourage you guys to join our growing Discord server:

https://discord.gg/z3HJYuB

[Turbojugend]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

Thanks for the info Spear. Will there eventually be an option for custom logo uploads? Recreating an accurate CFL -- logos, uniforms, etc. -- would make this an essential purchase for me.

[VCdolphin]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

My breakdown of the Main Menu and other menus.

Well, I'm an idiot. Do you just keep pushing down to get to the other player editing pages? I think I was looking for another button to switch pages.

I'm sure you know by now you can use the Left stick to adjust the color bar, I stumbled across that after getting tired of pushing the D-pad.

Anyway, appreciate the videos.

[Spear]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

Thanks for the info Spear. Will there eventually be an option for custom logo uploads? Recreating an accurate CFL -- logos, uniforms, etc. -- would make this an essential purchase for me.

No option planned to upload logos for legal reasons.

You will be able to customize your teams with the logo editor (next content update) and there are uniform editors already in-game.

[Spear]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

David Winter (lead Developer of Maximum Football) will be doing a Reddit AMA on the PS4 Subreddit tomorrow at 2pm EST.

Get your questions ready. Dave will be talking about Maximum Football and his experiences in the game industry. Dave also worked at EA from 05-09 on title such as Madden, FIFA, NHL. https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/

Would love for you guys to stop by tomorrow.

[PES3Paul]

Re: Maximum Football 18 Impressions/Feedback/ Game Details

Please consider releasing any codes for PS4 and XB1 to everyone, not just those who have won podcast contests, OK?