Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020

This game is literally the embodiment of Steamed Hams. You are promised a $30 dollar College Football experience. You are given likely a $5 worth, clunky, really raw experience instead. It just doesn't fit, man. When you have to spend an hour alone modding a game you got on sale, then maybe it just isn't worth attention. You're going to get the most out of this experience from modding, and also getting it on sale. Not 30 dollars. At least it isn't Madden?

bought this pos for the dynasty mode which does not even load, game doesnt even recognize a simple a button input, screw this game and the new one they make

It is a good and acceptable football game if you go into it with the right expectations.

It generally try to wait to give reviews until I've spent a fair amount of time playing but, well here goes. Look, it's just not a well built game. A lot of reviews defend it as "don't expect EA", but even expecting 90s level EA is gonna let you down a bit. The game play is clunky, the controls can be adjusted but are still awkward regardless. The ball carrier moves are insanely slow compared to the speed of the game and only serve to break the runners momentum so he's easier to tackle. I mean, it can be fun, sort of... The play creator is fun to mess around with, and the game isn't unplayable, but I certainly wouldn't pay full price. TBH I feel a bit ripped even off getting it on sale. I hear Maximum Football 2023 is in the works. Here's hoping they make some significant strides in game play.

I decided to give this game a try since I had played the very first original Maximum Football game many years ago! I rediscovered this game on Steam after actually searching for the new version that is currently being developed! I feel this game is a nice step up from the earlier original version. The graphics are much more polished! I really love the customization features! I had as much fun creating the real 130 college teams logos and uniforms as I have playing the game! Now the game has some glitches here and there as with any game! But for it to have been developed by a small company the game is really not that bad! Also I am a PC gamer I very rarely have played on consoles! Even though the game play and animations are a little clunky at times I have enjoyed this game thus far! I opted only to update the logos and uniforms! I also was able to update the logos for the bowl games and conferences! I didn't put time into creating rosters because I like the way the game is setup to recruit players to your school to replace seniors that are graduating I like that you can cut and red shirt players at end of season if you deem necessary! Because of this I felt like it wasn't really that important for me to attempt to recreate real team rosters when throughout the course of the dynasty they would graduate and be replaced anyways! I finished my first season at 9-4 and made it to a bowl game! I was 0-3 before finally getting the hang of how the game works! The game is not perfect but no game is even the AAA titles with big budgets has bugs and some of the same and worse than this game so by all means I still give my kudos to the prior development team who worked on this series for many years! I am now looking forward to what happens with the next installment of this game! But in the meantime I'm going to continue having fun with Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020!

Recommend only to use as a college dynasty sim. The recruiting is good and very similar to the NCAA series. However, the gameplay itself is pretty bad. -Way too easy to score -Damn near impossible to make a tackle -Animations are clunky and slow -AI doesn't understand late game situations -Kicking is wonky -Switching to player on defense closest to ball doesn't exist -Passing animation is too slow -Receivers occasionally glitch away from the pass -All QBs are way too fast -Would like to have an option in choosing uniforms (alternate uniforms too) -No optimization settings

I actually like this game. It’s not very appealing visually, and the sound is much worse than the visuals, but there is something about the gameplay that really works for me. Both the on field gameplay, and the Dynasty mode recruiting and management are addicting and fun. If you care about a particular college team, there is a mod which gives you all the correct school names and logos, in addition to the NFL and Canadian teams. Very easy to Google and find it. I am a bit disappointed to see that it’s no longer a small indie project moving forward, but hopefully the new dev team will move this project forward. Totally worth the $5.99 I payed for it, but the original price of $30 is probably excessive for this.

I would like to recommend Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020 to everybody.

HOLY COW THIS GAME IS TRASH. EA SUCKS. WE ALL KNOW THIS. BUT WOW THIS GAME MAKES EA LOOK LIKE SAINTS.

Still the best (read 'only') 3Down version video game available. While it has its limitations and quirks and errors, it is still a very enjoyable game. I create my own teams, leagues, and in Dynasty Mode I like to see how long it takes to start with managing the worst team and build it up to a Dynasty. I enjoy the customization and especially the play creator. With the right settings, the "Manager- viewing" game mode is my preferred way.