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

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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.




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

 
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Pickitt said:
Hmm true,, except for the oval field, oval ball, 36 players on the field side of things
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Agree - press pause and it does look like footy (amazing graphics and attention to details), but unpause and then quickly it becomes apparent that there's no logic or tactics at play.

Perhaps a better way to describe what I watched as 36 auskick kids fuelled on on red bulls, told that they may not stop moving the entire time and to run anywhere they want.

I genuinely don't mean this in a bad way, I want the game to do well and I hope to purchase it, but at this stage to me it just doesn't feel like a game of footy.
There's just too many core elements of football missing for it to be enjoyable (again, this is just my opnion)

The Evo games had this same hollow feeling when they first came out, but improved significantly (again, I bang on about it, but sliders were critical in creating a realistic footy game). I'm hoping this does as well, but it's certainly starting from a long way further back.
 
This will imo actually play quite well human v human now.

The missed tackles is a clever way to free congestion and open up play a bit more. The ruck is also a lot better, ruck dominance I think will be a lot harder to get now.

Online 5 min quarters leagues would score really well/realistically however understand it probably wouldn’t work for quick search games
 
This was my first really enjoyable game so far. Still had a few bugs but on hardest difficulty, it seemed fairly well balanced. AI still make the occasional sctrange decision but it's much better. Auto interchange doesn't seem to work. Or maye it's not supposed to in Management mode.
AI kicked very straight ut in the stream I saw earlier, they weren't that good. So maybe they were lucky against me.
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ptrg said:
Agree - press pause and it does look like footy, but unpause and then quickly it becomes apparent that there's no logic or tactics at play.

Perhaps a better way to describe what I watched as 36 auskick kids fuelled on on red bulls, told that they may not stop moving the entire time and to run anywhere they want.

I genuinely don't mean this in a bad way, I want the game to do well and I hope to purchase it, but at this stage to me it just doesn't feel like a game of footy.
There's just too many core elements of football missing for it to be enjoyable (again, this is just my opnion)
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Hopefully once tactics are integrated into the game it will open up more.
 
Has anyone else noticed the difference between hardest and easiest is extremely small, like I can beat a team on hardest by 5 goals, but when I switch to easiest it only goes up to about 7-8 goals that I’m able to win by. Btw I’m on ps5.
 
Fizzler said:
Anyone else finding the trophies to do with season/management mode are bugged? So far I should’ve earned the following trophies yet they haven’t turned up.
  • It gets better!
  • You’re my rival
  • Premiers
  • Season’s Greetings
  • We gave it 110%
  • Made the Eight

That’s 6 trophies which should push me up to 20/27 but instead I’m sitting at 14/27, super disheartening as despite all the patches (I have attempted to earn the trophies on most versions of the game) they still won’t turn up. Not sure how anyone has earned them yet but it would seem I must be an outlier here. Still… what the *!!!!
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I’ve been randomly getting some. Played one finals game and got the ones for %, being in top 8 and rival (Rich v Coll)

Tackling one I also got when bugged with only 5 tackles for the game…

Gotta love looking forward to something only for this incompetent developer to absolutely fumble it. I get that creating games is not easy but the fact it came out in this state is an utter disgrace. Wouldn’t see this from EA.
 
Dr Jan Itor said:
Hopefully once tactics are integrated into the game it will open up more.
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Evo 2 had very basic tactics, but setting all 18 teams' "wingman tactic" to be a spare in defence made such a difference to the realism.
Rebound footy from the defensive 50 was actually really enjoyable, as you usually has an extra man to work with, and the coding seemed to tell them to stream forward if you won the ball in your back half. (there was a tactic option to be either defensice, neutral or attacking)

And the added bonus was a trickier inside forward 50 due to the AIs extra man, forcing you to have to wait and look for leads and options, or chip sideways to buy time and look for a different path.
 

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Until tonight, I had completed one match out of about 15 I’d commenced, with mid quarter crashes ruining them all.

Was impressed with the improvement on this morning’s PS update, until mid quarter crashes ruined every game again. Ultimately gameplay improvements mean very little if it’s so unstable you can’t reach the end of a game.
 
kingbob182 said:
This was my first really enjoyable game so far. Still had a few bugs but on hardest difficulty, it seemed fairly well balanced. AI still make the occasional sctrange decision but it's much better. Auto interchange doesn't seem to work. Or maye it's not supposed to in Management mode.
AI kicked very straight ut in the stream I saw earlier, they weren't that good. So maybe they were lucky against me.
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How many minutes per quarter are you playing?
 
Once again cheers for making the game infuriatingly difficult today, really hope the new patch can salvage it tomorrow on PS5. Had been having fun since release but **** this drained the life out of me today.
 
Well, had one great game and the next crashed halfway through q1.
Bed time. Launch may be messy but it looks like the game will be top notch fairly soon. Assuming the crashes are fixed.
Still the same error details I had last time.
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Hey Ross any idea of what we can expect in tomorrow night's patch apart from gameplay changes? any new features etc?

Would love the interchange screen in the management menu at all times not only gameday. Pretty much any manager mode (like fifa for example) has this feature. Cheers!
 
tigerairau said:
Hey Ross any idea of what we can expect in tomorrow night's patch apart from gameplay changes? any new features etc?

Would love the interchange screen in the management menu at all times not only gameday. Pretty much any manager mode (like fifa for example) has this feature. Cheers!
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agreed.
 
stewi09 said:
Any chance you could throw in some screenshots in for us? I would love to see it. Miss going to Subi oval
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you and me both stewi09 . Here are some screenshots for ya. Hey BigAntStudios reckon we could get some giant anchors for stadium creator? I'd know where to put some :roflv1::roflv1::roflv1:

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Can anyone give me a valid reason as to why the game was released ?

The number of patches being released is borderline amateurish and hurts the image of the game.

I love afl games but this is not a good experience
 
kingbob182 said:
This was my first really enjoyable game so far. Still had a few bugs but on hardest difficulty, it seemed fairly well balanced. AI still make the occasional sctrange decision but it's much better. Auto interchange doesn't seem to work. Or maye it's not supposed to in Management mode.
AI kicked very straight ut in the stream I saw earlier, they weren't that good. So maybe they were lucky against me.
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How long was this game?
 
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