From statements of people who played it the only free thing after you paid the 1 bar to enter max mode are the normal cancels.
Does that mean
all normals become special/super cancelable after max activation like in HD?
My earlier question was actually about canceling into quick max. Can you quick max a special like in '98 um and recover from the move sooner? or is it limited to quick maxing normals and command normals?
The Max mode system properties are gonna be a big factor in how this game gets played. Certain characters worked particularly well in XIII because of the ability to cancel specials in to further specials. For example XIII Takuma, without XIIIs system of drive and HD cancels he wouldn't have been such a fearful character to deal with, I feel he probably would have ended up more like a grappler with projectiles. With the current Max mode I think he'd need another rehaul (assuming he gets in).
Also is it true that GCCDs haven't returned? If so I hope Ralf plays like his XIII incarnation, his pressure game with some meter required some risky moves or GCCD to stop in XIII.
EDIT: I just saw in one of the Gameplay vids floating on youtube GCCD is still in.