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Axis Football 2016

Axis Football is a an American football simulation featuring innovative aimed passing and massive customization.

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Axis Games
Publisher
Axis Games
Release
July 29, 2016
10 years and 6 days ago
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Mostly Positive124 reviews75.0%

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About the Game

Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring innovative aimed passing and massive customization.
We are back for our second season on Steam, and you're going to love the changes we've made!

New in Axis Football 2016

  • Massively upgraded graphics (shadows, textures, player models, and more!)
  • 100+ New Animations
  • Team mods (names, logos, uniforms, crowds, and more!)
  • Completely redesigned GUI
  • Franchise mode
  • Increased playbook size
  • Cheerleaders
  • Brand new announcer and QB audio
  • Extended Player Attributes
  • On-field graphics for each team
  • New player controls (Spins, Jukes, and Dives)
  • Camera controls
  • New stadium crowd graphics
  • New game setup options (day/night, weather, quarter length, uniform choice, and more!)
  • Unlimited uniform support for every team
  • Lots of templates for easy modding
  • Improved AI (blocking, passing, pursuits, and more!)
  • All new player and team ratings for all 32 teams

Game Modes

  • Player vs AI
  • Coach Mode (call the plays and watch the action)
  • AI vs AI (watched a simulated game, coming soon)
  • Local Player vs Player (two controllers)
  • Franchise Mode

Modable Features

  • Team names
  • Player uniforms
  • Cheerleader uniforms
  • Team GUI icons
  • Team mid-field logos
  • Team endzone graphics
  • Team stadium crowd graphics
  • Rosters (names, numbers, attributes, skin tones, and size)
  • Hot Routes
  • Announcer
  • QB Audio (cadence, snap, and audibles)
  • Stadium mods
  • Broadcast mods
  • Complete set of templates for easy modding

The Future of Axis Football

We think Axis Football is a lot of fun, but it's certainly not up to current standard for sports simulations in terms of graphics and depth of features. We made huge strides from last year and have even bigger plans for what we can accomplish next year. Your purchase and support of this game helps to make those plans a reality. We plan to release annual versions of the game with improvements to graphics, animations, features, and more! Let us know what you'd like to see in the game, and share Axis Football with your friends!
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