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.

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

 

[Kidneykid95]

BigAntStudios JNT BA Are feature suggestions better here or still at support.bigant.com?

One thing from AFL Live that I'm really missing is that when you locked on to a receiver or were cycling your lock on options for a kick, AFL Live used to indicate this on the mini map so you could tell which player it was if they were off screen (ie when using the side on camera). At the moment if you're trying to hit up a target off screen you can't really tell who it's going to.

AFL Live example below (the dotted line indicating your target):

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This would be a good addition in my eyes as I play the same camera angle and tend to be kicking to space, but I'm only usually trying to play wide to slow down the play

 

[George]

It's playable now. 5 min quarters on medium is what I'm starting out with. Played Saints v Swans and it was back and forth, came from 24pts down to go 18 up middle of third before they got on top late to win 78-72.

Turning after a mark is still ****ed, tackling needs work and players in hectares of space has to be fixed.

 

[CrowsArmy]

Any reason to why crowds differ for different people, as my crowd on PS4 hasn’t changed from the patch but others have?

 

[CultOfClose]

It's playable now. 5 min quarters on medium is what I'm starting out with. Played Saints v Swans and it was back and forth, came from 24pts down to go 18 up middle of third before they got on top late to win 78-72.

Turning after a mark is still ****ed, tackling needs work and players in hectares of space has to be fixed.

I'm hopeful tactics being introduced will fix the players being out in space.

 

[mendellemayehm]

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Any reason to why crowds differ for different people, as my crowd on PS4 hasn’t changed from the patch but others have?

To be fair, a crowd for a game between saints and suns would be that small.

 

[tembolowlakumba]

I just lost a game that I was winning the whole time by 4 points because I couldnt tackle . There needs to be a fix in how the tackles work because too many slip, I mean all of my tackles slip off and I only got 2 tackles to 20 for the AI.

 

[Blogbusser]

I just lost a game that I was winning the whole time by 4 points because I couldnt tackle . There needs to be a fix in how the tackles work because too many slip, I mean all of my tackles slip off and I only got 2 tackles to 20 for the AI.

Are you holding the button or just tapping?

 

[Chark96]

I found mine on PS4 was crashing when trying to start a game on management mode once i started the second season. Are you in the second year of career and it's crashing?

Nah in the first


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[T2B_]

I definitely have more luck with tackling by holding the button rather than tapping

 

[BuddyF23]

Anyone else’s game in career mode just looses commentary late in the game and when games over it goes black and u have to play the whole game again

 

[TwoAmeobis]

i've not followed the thread since release so not sure if it's been mentioned but one of the biggest issues for me right now is when i hold X to charge a kick and my player decides to launch a clearance kick wherever even though i've not touched L2. Have had the same happen sometimes after free kicks/marks where my player freezes and won't kick or handball and then suddenly sends a kick out of bounds on the full (i even had a player handball it once when i was pressing X to try and kick). It's ridiculously frustrating when you're in transition and spot a teammate in space but end up losing possession instead. Despite this and the other issues which will hopefully be fixed in the next couple of weeks I'm still enjoying it for the most part, although I've found it's a lot more fun to play against or on the same team as another human than individually against the AI in its current state.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Anyone else’s game in career mode just looses commentary late in the game and when games over it goes black and u have to play the whole game again

I lost commentary playing in Play Now mode against my son last night then 5 minutes later it crashed

 

[FearTheBeard13]

This might have been mentioned but the in-game date in Management mode is always decades ahead (mine is 2077 after the initial season) I’m thinking this is why all star players seem to regress so quickly and end up with 30’s as overall ratings

 

[Pickitt]

This might have been mentioned but the in-game date in Management mode is always decades ahead (mine is 2077 after the initial season) I’m thinking this is why all star players seem to regress so quickly and end up with 30’s as overall ratings

It's 2077 for every mode

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

It's 2077 for every mode

Easter Egg reference to that other game that also had a dodgy launch.

 

[KangaFan35]

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Any reason to why crowds differ for different people, as my crowd on PS4 hasn’t changed from the patch but others have?

All my crowds are small as well, unsure if this is just a bug on management mode or PS4 as even my Grand Finals had no one there.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

All my crowds are small as well, unsure if this is just a bug on management mode or PS4 as even my Grand Finals had no one there.

Ross disliked someone's comment for mentioning crowd sizes not being fixed, will be interesting to know what's happening.

 

[dekani19]

Is the game still crashing in management mode or has that been magically fixed overnight?

 

[stewi09]

Newst patch (ps5) playing Season mode

first game crashed 2mins in

Second game 3/4 in all good so far

Pros
vibration helps a hell of a lot
difficulty seems to be working so far

Ive noticed also as others have that interchange doesn't work as away team (yet to play home game but will try)

handballs are a hell of a lot better but still get the odd random one that just does what ever, also get the player stuck in the mud here and there.

also since figuring out I'm an idiot and was doing set shots wrong I can now actually kick goals from a decent distance haha

 

[Treehill23]

Whilst it’s better (not hard) the game is still so damn clunky
Turning circles and overall player control feels like AFL 2005
Tackling still needs a hell of a lot of work, there’s essentially no chase down tackles. Pretty much have to rely on a shitty AI pass to get within tackle distance
Kick gets smothered wayyyy too often. How it even gets smothered when you’re in front of the guy chasing you makes zero sense at all. If anything it should be like a slight nudge that effects the accuracy of your kicks (sometimes)
The handballing is still ass. Can’t get any chains going without someone stopping right in their tracks and getting tackled and ruining a nice bit of play (I seriously don’t get how of all things, this seems to be BigAnts Achilles heel) Was shit in Live and even more so now
Game still needs a lot of work before they slow down the patches, that’s for sure

 

[Nicho50]

I haven’t had a game today so unsure of what’s changed but one thing I did notice that I forgot to mention last night is I feel like kicking distance is overpowered. Pretty much if your within 60m of goal or the AI in particular they can just have a shot for goal and make the distance quite easily, no real chance of intercepting marks or pack contests close to goals like in real life. It just feels like as soon as you get it out of the middle you will score. On the cricket games you see plenty of edges or shots that doesn’t go as far as you wanted etc which again is harder to replicate in footy.

Do player ratings even come into it because the games I played higher rated players did stuff all and there was no stand out difference between players which is something I felt was the same in cricket 22 there were special attributes like swing king or spin specialist etc and never felt like they had a bearing on the games.

Has anyone found a good camera to work on? I feel like the side angle is to far away from the action and I can’t really see or judge if balls have been hand passed etc it all feels like it happens to quick and you can’t see it until the balls rolling out on the wing or flanks.

I’ve tried the end to end camera which I felt was awesome for those midfield battles you can actually see broken tackles , high tackles ( no free) but at least you can see and cna get hands up to handball etc. The pro is its great at kicking forwards to see a leading target but it’s impossible to find a target sideways or behind you and the game is to fast paced to be able to check the radar and fire out a pass in that direction. I know it’s a hard sport to replicate but yeah my biggest issues so far in what I’ve played is finding a camera angle that works to make the game enjoyable.

 

[stewi09]

Newst patch (ps5) playing Season mode

first game crashed 2mins in

Second game 3/4 in all good so far

Pros
vibration helps a hell of a lot
difficulty seems to be working so far

Ive noticed also as others have that interchange doesn't work as away team (yet to play home game but will try)

handballs are a hell of a lot better but still get the odd random one that just does what ever, also get the player stuck in the mud here and there.

also since figuring out I'm an idiot and was doing set shots wrong I can now actually kick goals from a decent distance haha

Just finished this game off

Yes there is still things that need fixing etc but I'm sure it will come with time for the mean time I really do see the game playable. Goal kicking is a little too easy dunno if its harder on harder difficulties. I tried the game on "easiest" just to try out new patch and kicked 27.0 with West Coast (wish they'd do that in real life)

 

[SledgeMania]

I haven’t had a game today so unsure of what’s changed but one thing I did notice that I forgot to mention last night is I feel like kicking distance is overpowered. Pretty much if your within 60m of goal or the AI in particular they can just have a shot for goal and make the distance quite easily, no real chance of intercepting marks or pack contests close to goals like in real life. It just feels like as soon as you get it out of the middle you will score. On the cricket games you see plenty of edges or shots that doesn’t go as far as you wanted etc which again is harder to replicate in footy.

Do player ratings even come into it because the games I played higher rated players did stuff all and there was no stand out difference between players which is something I felt was the same in cricket 22 there were special attributes like swing king or spin specialist etc and never felt like they had a bearing on the games.

Has anyone found a good camera to work on? I feel like the side angle is to far away from the action and I can’t really see or judge if balls have been hand passed etc it all feels like it happens to quick and you can’t see it until the balls rolling out on the wing or flanks.

I’ve tried the end to end camera which I felt was awesome for those midfield battles you can actually see broken tackles , high tackles ( no free) but at least you can see and cna get hands up to handball etc. The pro is its great at kicking forwards to see a leading target but it’s impossible to find a target sideways or behind you and the game is to fast paced to be able to check the radar and fire out a pass in that direction. I know it’s a hard sport to replicate but yeah my biggest issues so far in what I’ve played is finding a camera angle that works to make the game enjoyable.

On this, I assume the intended idea was if you overpowered the kick and get it in the red zone it would be a massive shank and not go too far. However it seems that overpowering just makes the kick go super far.

 

[Ramalam Adingdong]

So from what I am reading, I believe that console users cannot upload logos but our PC users can. I also understand that these logos can be shared across different platforms too.

Therefore, I was wondering if it was at all possible to get into bed with one of our PC users to get a logo uploaded into the 'community' so my son can download it on the PS5 and create the guernseys and logos for his footy team that he plays for?

Is there any possibility in the near future BigAntStudios that there could be an 'online portal' where us console users can upload 'one off' logos to use?

 

[Benji8]

Mine just arrived in the mail, so keen!