Multiplat AFL 23: Launch Thread (Xbox release date TBC)

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

STATE OF PLAY:

• The game is out for Steam and PlayStation. There have been issues with Xbox release and it is unclear when the game will be available.
• Big Ant are aware that there are playability issues & bugs at present.
• Content has been temporarily removed from the game to identify where the issues lie.
• This content will be re-introduced via patches in the coming days.
• Big Ant have released a summary of what is to be reintroduced, which can be seen below.

Spoiler: Features to be added

Spoiler: MOST RECENT PATCH NOTES

Issues & constructive criticism are best communicated to: support.bigant.com

Michaels Twitch video with QA from Ross(BigAntStudios) from 31:40

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Will the roadmap include when the game will be available on Xbox?

I just hope that as they're fixing the PlayStation and PC versions, they're also fixing the Xbox version before it's released too

 

[palmomagpie]

Finally had the AI miss a setshot goal


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[GoldbergsGold]

This game definitely has potential, plays like these are awesome to see unfold, will day grabs from the middle, kicks into space to a leading wingard who spears it to moore for the goal

I'm shocked the Geelong player didn't teleport 10 metres to lay a tackle like what has been happening to me.

 

[bdawwg1021]

BigAntStudios
Appreciate the efforts and updates, mate.. Can understand this would he frustrating situation for you and the team @ Big Ant. Confident you guys can turn things around in a timely fashion.

 

[hawthorn2008]

Simulated first season in management mode and majority of draft pics in national draft are players in their mid 20s or some even 30 years old.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Finally had the AI miss a goal


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Unrealistic, would have given a free away for umpire dissent with that temper tantrum.

 

[Abers]

"The wrong version got released"

And yet for some unexplained reason they can’t just release the right version…..

 

[Baz_hawk]

With all the gameplay issues I am surprised the last 5 pages have been spent complaining about camera position haha.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Simulated first season in management mode and majority of draft pics in national draft are players in their mid 20s or some even 30 years old.

Born in 2018 but aged all in their 30's.

 

[jdoggdrool]

Simulated first season in management mode and majority of draft pics in national draft are players in their mid 20s or some even 30 years old.

No way I'm touching management mode until this is in a more stable place and things like this are fixed. No point.

Is it true you can't play 2P locally with two controllers at the moment? Surely not.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

With all the gameplay issues I am surprised the last 5 pages have been spent complaining about camera position haha.

Gameplay issues were in the first 100 pages.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

FOUND A FIX FOR CRASHING IN CAREER MODE!

Thank ****. After 10 games straight of replaying the same match. I realised if you try and skip the song and final cutscene after a match it crashes. Let it play out and it brings you back to the main menu fine.

 

[BigAntStudios]

If camera is occluded by said item, could it not be programmed to not be drawn? Eg. When an open world game doesn't draw the trees, houses etc not in view or behind the player?

There are technical issues around this with crowd, how the stadium is built (size of geometry), etc. and then switching for replay cameras/cut-scenes, etc. fair to say if the guys have made any errors where there is no occlusion or points of interest in view then we will swap to the normal broadcast side.

 

[DasItMayne]

I'm shocked the Geelong player didn't teleport 10 metres to lay a tackle like what has been happening to me.

Very frustrating. You’re 10 metres in the clear and immediately get tackled while kicking.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

With all the gameplay issues I am surprised the last 5 pages have been spent complaining about camera position haha.

Priorities, Tippa needs to be face scanned in, before anything else.

 

[Hate]

BigAntStudios JNT BA

I would love to offer some commentary on the actual gameplay of AFL 23, however, I can not get even that far. My game, even after re-installing multiple times and updating drivers does not seem to be loading assets (?). The loading animation on launch (where it pans across the stage to the AFL 23 logo) is mostly blacked out, the grounds and player models are black. Not sure if this has been raised directly, but thought I would raise it anyways.

You can see it in this post and this post.

I would love to experience the gameplay everyone is talking about, but in any case, I was impressed the last time I played Cricket 22 after the state it was in when I originally played, it was a drastic improvement, so I don't have the panic stations running yet.

Here is a screenshot of how the menu looks:

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

My biggest gripe is Matt Rowell

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Matt Rowell

Age

23

Ht

180cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

having brown hair. He is the fiercest ranga I have ever seen.

 

[Xtreme]

Priorities, Tippa needs to be face scanned in, before anything else.

Touk Miller dislikes/feels left out by this post

 

[ice444]

And yet for some unexplained reason they can’t just release the right version…..

We don't know for sure, but if the patch corrupted then applying fixes to the corrupted version won't fix the underlying issues.

They would need to go back to a "working version" and then re-apply the fixes one by one to make sure nothing else breaks.

 

[center half_bench]

BigAntStudios Eta on a roadmap?
Need something to look forward too

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

BigAntStudios JNT BA

I would love to offer some commentary on the actual gameplay of AFL 23, however, I can not get even that far. My game, even after re-installing multiple times and updating drivers does not seem to be loading assets (?). The loading animation on launch (where it pans across the stage to the AFL 23 logo) is mostly blacked out, the grounds and player models are black. Not sure if this has been raised directly, but thought I would raise it anyways.

You can see it in this post and this post.

I would love to experience the gameplay everyone is talking about, but in any case, I was impressed the last time I played Cricket 22 after the state it was in when I originally played, it was a drastic improvement, so I don't have the panic stations running yet.

Here is a screenshot of how the menu looks:

Fair guernsey clash here

 

[DNAngel]

Safe to say bigant aren’t keeping the licence.

Bring back Wicked Witch!

 

[Grechy]

Born in 2018 but aged all in their 30's.

What an absolute mess. Game should be pulled off the shelves. What the **** was this team doing?

 

[GoldbergsGold]

This game definitely has potential, plays like these are awesome to see unfold, will day grabs from the middle, kicks into space to a leading wingard who spears it to moore for the goal

Very rough, but that's the competency if it were close to the standard gameplay, excluding the bad player turn movement, that would make it easily the best AFL game ever.

 

[hawthorn2008]

Born in 2018 but aged all in their 30's.

I wasn't expecting NBA2K level when it comes to the draft, scouting players throughout the year etc but would expect the ages to be correct and not drafting people in their mid 20s.