by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:30 pm
This will be the last thing I post here about it. I might do a proper review on Caltrops or something.
I just finished the first "Tier" of this game. There are three - you start at the bottom and you play two playoff games for the right to play in the Tier 3 Bowl. The worst team from Tier 2 ("Cleveland Coyotes") plays my team, the Las Vegas Outlaws, who were the best team in Tier 1.
It was pretty damn exciting.
I once played a few seasons of a football game called Unnecessary Roughness. (I can't remember if it was the 95 or 96 version.) I played as the Saints and got to the NFC Championship game against the Lions. I had a few plays that worked and felt I knew how the AI handled things. I was dorking around at the end and I want to say something happened that had never happened before, like the computer kicking a field goal to win the game as time expired, where in the regular season they always tried to score a TD. Something like that. They made the field goal, I lost the NFC Championship game and that was it, the season was over after having played 16 games and a playoff game to get to that point. I was worried I'd play a "Tier 2" team in this and get blown out.
The Tier 2 teams are better, but not so better that it is ridiculous.
I did win the game and I am in Tier 2 now. But before all that happened, Axis Football 18 has modes for the following:
- You see awards.
- You see who retired from your team.
- You have the opportunity to re-sign your players whose contracts expired.
- You get to see which players have improved and gotten worse for the next season.
- There is a draft! You get to see grades for the rookie class and how they rate in various categories and then you get to make your picks.
This is all fun stuff and the sort of thing I like about computer football games. It all worked great. And the gameplay has held up as well - the second tier has teams that are tougher, that can run the ball a little better, that can cover a little better, that are better at tackling. This is really fun.
I never thought we'd have a good non-Madden football game again (some would amend that to just say there'd never be another good football game again) but Axis Football 18, while not perfect, is really good and a bit addicting.
This will be the last thing I post here about it. I might do a proper review on Caltrops or something.
I just finished the first "Tier" of this game. There are three - you start at the bottom and you play two playoff games for the right to play in the Tier 3 Bowl. The worst team from Tier 2 ("Cleveland Coyotes") plays my team, the Las Vegas Outlaws, who were the best team in Tier 1.
It was pretty damn exciting.
I once played a few seasons of a football game called Unnecessary Roughness. (I can't remember if it was the 95 or 96 version.) I played as the Saints and got to the NFC Championship game against the Lions. I had a few plays that worked and felt I knew how the AI handled things. I was dorking around at the end and I want to say something happened that had never happened before, like the computer kicking a field goal to win the game as time expired, where in the regular season they always tried to score a TD. Something like that. They made the field goal, I lost the NFC Championship game and that was it, the season was over after having played 16 games and a playoff game to get to that point. I was worried I'd play a "Tier 2" team in this and get blown out.
The Tier 2 teams are better, but not so better that it is ridiculous.
I did win the game and I am in Tier 2 now. But before all that happened, Axis Football 18 has modes for the following:
- You see awards.
- You see who retired from your team.
- You have the opportunity to re-sign your players whose contracts expired.
- You get to see which players have improved and gotten worse for the next season.
- There is a draft! You get to see grades for the rookie class and how they rate in various categories and then you get to make your picks.
This is all fun stuff and the sort of thing I like about computer football games. It all worked great. And the gameplay has held up as well - the second tier has teams that are tougher, that can run the ball a little better, that can cover a little better, that are better at tackling. This is really fun.
I never thought we'd have a good non-Madden football game again (some would amend that to just say there'd never be another good football game again) but Axis Football 18, while not perfect, is really good and a bit addicting.