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

 

[dardog]

Yep.
Google it.

Surely with your legal expertise which you have continued to sprout, you could provide just one case citation backing up your earlier assertion?

 

[tastiger]

Feels bad for the individual blokes hauling a** at Big Ant to provide patches ASAP.

But how did it come to this in the first place? Time that could’ve been spent on quality of life updates is being wasted to crunch towards making the game playable.

Released fairly late in terms of the season. Got delayed by 2 weeks yet looks nowhere near a functioning product. How?

Gross mismanagement and knowingly releasing a broken product to cash in on your $$$ while they chase tail

Can we sticky this post, might save me reading another hundred odd just like it.

On VOG-L09 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[bdawwg1021]

About to try mg first exhibition match. Can anyone suggest the best camera angle?

 

[Financialpanther]

Surely with your legal expertise which you have continued to sprout, you could provide just one case citation backing up your earlier assertion?

Its the vibe.

 

[andy_c91]

About to try mg first exhibition match. Can anyone suggest the best camera angle?

Broadcast normal is fine for me but I play on a big tv and I like being able to see up the ground. Might be different if you play on a monitor.

 

[Grechy]

Let's hope there is some competition out there when BigAnt lose the licence. Building on the biggest budget ever for an AFL game, there is such demand that an enthusiastic and devoted team could create something special. You'd have to imagine there is some talent out there that could flourish, if given the resources.

It doesn't help. You actually need Big Ant to keep the license and be able to re-iterate on the product they have. That's why AFL games haven't been able to continually get better because we're looking for the next dev to do it when in reality you need the same teams building on it year after year.

 

[T2B_]

But when you're the only AFL game, people will buy it.

I was thinking about this last night.

What I would love to see is some talented, passionate indie dev team come along as a third option and make a game where they just purely focus on getting the gameplay experience A1.

Their first iteration might not have any licensing, real life likenesses etc (Brisbane Lions for example probably called the Brions or something with a generic lion logo), but they hammer that sucker's gameplay (and gameplay options, customizations etc) into such a state that everyone takes notice of it and can't deny it as a true Aussie Rules experience.

Then the expensive difficult real life license stuff comes later.

 

[DasItMayne]

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[Ambrose Burnside]

I was thinking about this last night.

What I would love to see is some talented, passionate indie dev team come along as a third option and make a game where they just purely focus on getting the gameplay experience A1.

Their first iteration might not have any licensing, real life likenesses etc (Brisbane Lions for example probably called the Brions or something with a generic lion logo), but they hammer that sucker's gameplay (and gameplay options, customizations etc) into such a state that everyone takes notice of it and can't deny it as a true Aussie Rules experience.

Then the expensive difficult real life license stuff comes later.

And so long as they make all the team names etc editable...

 

[T2B_]

And so long as they make all the team names etc editable...

Exactly.

 

[St 07]

It doesn't help. You actually need Big Ant to keep the license and be able to re-iterate on the product they have. That's why AFL games haven't been able to continually get better because we're looking for the next dev to do it when in reality you need the same teams building on it year after year.

Sunken cost fallacy. This may be the case if this was their first AFL game. All we are wasting now is time and resources that another small company could use as tremendous development opportunity.

 

[BRAB]

I was thinking about this last night.

What I would love to see is some talented, passionate indie dev team come along as a third option and make a game where they just purely focus on getting the gameplay experience A1.

Their first iteration might not have any licensing, real life likenesses etc (Brisbane Lions for example probably called the Brions or something with a generic lion logo), but they hammer that sucker's gameplay (and gameplay options, customizations etc) into such a state that everyone takes notice of it and can't deny it as a true Aussie Rules experience.

Then the expensive difficult real life license stuff comes later.

There’s actually a bigger company who released a sports game with no licenses that focused on gameplay first in addition to a wide variety of customisation options. They revolutionised Cricket gaming and outcompeted the licensed product at the time.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

There’s actually a bigger company who released a sports game with no licenses that focused on gameplay first in addition to a wide variety of customisation options. They revolutionised Cricket gaming and outcompeted the licensed product at the time.

 

[BRAB]

Full circle. They just released their own Ashes Cricket 2013.

 

[Cocomarsh]

Full circle. They just released their own Ashes Cricket 2013.

That is neither true nor fair.
Ashes 2013 was a game that was never completed.
AFL 23 is a game that had a patch failure that will be rectified in a week.

You really are desperate to find misery.

 

[hooked on fishing]

You can return it and move on to something more productive.
Half-baked demands and expectations won't fix anything though.

All you have done since you came on the forum is argue with everyone re their opinions, which like you, are entitled to have. Then if someone disagrees with you or has a differing opinion you berate them and insult their intelligence.

If your IQ is so high (which in one way or another you have been saying without saying it) why don’t you just click the little logout button, get off the app, iPad, pc or whatever it is you use and take some of your own advice. “Move onto something more productive”

People have looked forward to this game for a long time and to be served up the pile of shit that is AFL 23 we are all entitled to voice our opinions.

 

[Pickitt]

Thread is getting ridiculous now lol

People don't seem to read the thread but again, Pro team was never promised for launch, focus on the bugs in the game so they can be fixed instead of saying the same stuff over and over

 

[BRAB]

That is neither true nor fair.
Ashes 2013 was a game that was never completed.
AFL 23 is a game that had a patch failure that will be rectified in a week.

You really are desperate to find misery.

 

[sakes]

I can't give you an exact answer, because I don't know.
As a hypothetical though, have you considered that a single individual may have caused the failure, and that the primary duty of care is protecting their wellbeing ahead of your entitled tantrum?

The only fact is none of us know exactly what has happened, but are not entitled to a detailed explanation about what happened either. The government regularly runs billions of dollars over budget on heavily delayed projects, and we don't get any apology or explanation. This is reality.

So you don't have to accept the game or explanation. You can return it and move on to something more productive.
Half-baked demands and expectations won't fix anything though.

only tantrums I'm seeing here are from people like you lmao

 

[BallaratBulldog]

It doesn't help. You actually need Big Ant to keep the license and be able to re-iterate on the product they have. That's why AFL games haven't been able to continually get better because we're looking for the next dev to do it when in reality you need the same teams building on it year after year.

This isn't completely true.

WW had 5 attempts. License held for 2009-2022

Iris Guru 5/6 attemps depending if you count premiership version of 2004. License held for 2002-2007.

How long should we be giving them for a decent improving game?

But yes Big ant should get as long as both of them imo

 

[Pickitt]

People have looked forward to this game for a long time and to be served up the pile of s**t that is AFL 23 we are all entitled to voice our opinions.

Game is getting a little too much hate imo, still better than any other AFL game to date and half the game does look really good, definitely disappointing but you're acting like it's a complete write off

 

[Aberration]

The AI handballing and instant decision making is killing the game for me.

Hoping this is patchable as it is my biggest issue with the game as well.

Honestly, if they manage to improve this, make the AI significantly harder (defenders staying closer to their direct opponents, ability to spoil, ect.) and tune the tackling/player responsiveness, along with introducing tactical options, the game could be quite good.

There are some solid core mechanics underneath but they can't really be shown off with the game in its current state.

 

[Cocomarsh]

All you have done since you came on the forum is argue with everyone re their opinions, which like you, are entitled to have. Then if someone disagrees with you or has a differing opinion you berate them and insult their intelligence.

If your IQ is so high (which in one way or another you have been saying without saying it) why don’t you just click the little logout button, get off the app, iPad, pc or whatever it is you use and take some of your own advice. “Move onto something more productive”

People have looked forward to this game for a long time and to be served up the pile of s**t that is AFL 23 we are all entitled to voice our opinions.

Uneducated criticism isn't an opinion.

 

[RG16]

Pardon my steam noobness here but the patches auto update as soon as the PC is turned on in most cases dont they?

I haven't seem a update file come through last night but it's set to be done automatically so I assume it is


Played a management game last night, no crash.

Still fairly easy though.

Looking forward to the AI buff!

Gameplay feeling any better?

 

[Pickitt]

A couple things controls wise, has anyone been able to get the RB/R1 homing tackle to work?
That and the right stuck controls like putting your arms up in a tackle