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

 

[jdobs95]

I just want milk that tastes like real milk

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I'm truly amazed that your sole purpose for being here is seemingly to sh*t on people for choosing to stick with this game.

For someone who doesn't even own the game, you sure seem to invest a lot of attention into it.

Personally grateful (and I'm sure all Xbox owners are) that so many have been willing to be unpaid beta testers who in fact paid $100 for the privilege.

Keep those bug reports coming!

 

[sakes]

This edginess from a lot of people is getting real old now. The game is being worked on, have some patience and if you don’t have it then stfu bro

 

[Lesnish]

There is still so much wrong with the game.
-Moving the player is so janky, I play on from a mark and the player runs backwards for 20m before slowly turning around the face the right direction.
-The ruck from after the patch has gone from not being able to win a single hit out to not being able to loose a single hit out.
-if your in a pack it is impossible to not mark the footy.

It would be nice if Big Ant put out a list of there known issues so people can either add to it or not have to keep repeating the same issues. Just feels like there is so much wrong things are going to be missed.

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[Ambrose Burnside]

It would be nice if Big Ant put out a list of there known issues so people can either add to it or not have to keep repeating the same issues. Just feels like there is so much wrong things are going to be missed.

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Great idea

 

[UAWM]

Can we expect another patch sometime today?

 

[BRAB]

There is still so much wrong with the game.
-Moving the player is so janky, I play or from a mark and the player runs backwards for 20m before slowly turning around the face the right direction.
-The ruck from after the patch has gone from not being able to win a single hit out to not being able to loose a single hit out.
-if your in a pack it is impossible to not mark the footy.

It would be nice if Big Ant put out a list of there known issues so people can either add to it or not have to keep repeating the same issues. Just feels like there is so much wrong things are going to be missed.

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Once things stabilise and they can get things closer to what Michael’s played before release I think it’s definitely worth putting together a list of issues.

 

[jdoggdrool]

Personally grateful (and I'm sure all Xbox owners are) that so many have been willing to be unpaid beta testers who in fact paid $100 for the privilege.

Keep those bug reports coming!

To be frank, I've barely played it. Like Cricket 22, I loaded it and saw it needed work so will come back in a few weeks.

The limited time I get to play video games is spent playing Jedi Survivor.

 

[hawthorn2008]

Every drafted player looks the same in management mode. A generic bald player lol.

 

[Outtatym]

Well I feel bad for the people that spent their hard earned and the team that are working their ass's off to fix this dumpster fire.
Just shows that the pre launch smoke was indeed fire.
Try again next year

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

To be frank, I've barely played it. Like Cricket 22, I loaded it and saw it needed work so will come back in a few weeks.

The limited time I get to play video games is spent playing Jedi Survivor.

Reckon what should have been the launch version will come mid-late June which is when I assume ultimate team will launch alongside the Xbox version.

The only party that looks good out of all this is Microsoft for refusing to publish the launch disaster. Which I find hilarious given the pre-launch bullshit coming out of Big Ant and amplified here.

 

[magpienato]

The sad part is that this trainwreck wasn't more obvious to more people. The fact that there was no gameplay mere days away from launch should have sent alarm bells ringing throughout the old thread. The sadder part is that BigAnt misled and obfuscated the state of the game/delay for as long as they could to maliciously bait people into buying/preordering what they knew was an unfinished game. It's just so wrong, morally, ethically.

Still haven't bought the game so they'll get my $100 when the game is, you know, worth $100.

 

[jdoggdrool]

Reckon what should have been the launch version will come mid-late June which is when I assume ultimate team will launch alongside the Xbox version.

I'm happy to wait for it to be good because from the 5 or so games I've played, there is genuine promise. If they fix the biggest gameplay issues people have with it, which it seems they're working on doing, this will eclipse anything that's come before it.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I'm happy to wait for it to be good because from the 5 or so games I've played, there is genuine promise. If they fix the biggest gameplay issues people have with it, which it seems they're working on doing, this will eclipse anything that's come before it.

I just hope it's in an acceptable state before Cricket 24 is released, because once that's on store shelves support for AFL 23 will dry up quicker than you can say Indian goldmine.

 

[Mootsy]

version 1.4 on the PS4 has improved tackling/hand-balling a lot. So that's a good thing. Some things i still notice.

• Player movement is still janky and not smooth, at times.
• Feels like i'm not controlling the player in direction of running, like a circle or forcefield is holding me back, at times.
• Players look like they are sometimes sliding on the grass instead of walking, like a hot-shoe shuffle.
• The ball sometimes rolls too quick towards the boundary, could be fine-tuned.
• A Player lining up for goal, sometimes the ball feels like it's travelling really fast at the goals.
• AI could try to defend a bit more.
• AI doesn't quite feel as natural as it could be.

 

[Bakesy]

I agree.. so much to like about this game but we shouldn’t have to let go of sprint to tackle. The player movement after receiving the ball needs work aswell receiving a handball and trying to hurst away feels like you’re getting pulled back in by your nan for a kiss, almost as if you’re a toddler in a sandpit! But I do still enjoy the good parts of the game, just heed these game breaking tweaks made.


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Shouldn’t have to let go of sprint for “auto bounce” either.

Evo 2 you just pushed the left stick and bounced

 

[thedavemiester]

Great idea

I mean they have it for Cricket 22 Known Issues

 

[caloschwaby]

We didn't see anything related to management mode before the release, which I don't know why. The new contract system is very exciting and when fixed the drafting should be good.

The lack of any preview before launch would've been alright if the game was working fine on release.

But in hindsight it reflects badly that we didn't see anything until we saw the broken version. Which I'm sure Big Ant are just as annoyed with.

My thoughts exactly. How were we supposed to know this wasn't how it was intended to release when we saw fk all in the build up? A couple games from streamers (that were buggy as) wasn't a shot of confidence to begin with.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

The sad part is that this trainwreck wasn't more obvious to more people. The fact that there was no gameplay mere days away from launch should have sent alarm bells ringing throughout the old thread. The sadder part is that BigAnt misled and obfuscated the state of the game/delay for as long as they could to maliciously bait people into buying/preordering what they knew was an unfinished game. It's just so wrong, morally, ethically.

Still haven't bought the game so they'll get my $100 when the game is, you know, worth $100.

I don't get why they didn't change their MO, after AO Tennis.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Shouldn’t have to let go of sprint for “auto bounce” either.

Evo 2 you just pushed the left stick and bounced

Bouncing should be a button mechanic like R3 or something, not ending sprints like Live 1. It doesn't work well, because sometimes the players don't bounce even if you end a sprint. game_chromosome took my advice and put it in his footy game.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I mean they have it for Cricket 22 Known Issues

Their older games have a lot of things this doesn't.

 

[Monfries7]

Are people forgetting that even the gameplay we saw before release looked like a buggy mess? Players hand balling 50m backwards and players standing around and watching a ball in dispute.

When criticism was given we were told it wasn’t the final build, but now we’re being told to wait for the game to get back to that level

 

[pattymalone00]

i don't remember cricket 22 being this bad at launch but i might be wrong

The running between wickets at launch was shot I remember

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

When criticism was given we were told it wasn’t the final build, but now we’re being told to wait for the game to get back to that level

"Not the final build" is up there with "irrefutable industry data" and

As mentioned on occasions to numerous to count, no one will be in the dark about the contents of this game prior to purchase - and that is all that should matter.

 

[dekani19]

there’s little to no crowd in season mode and management mode still