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

 

[Hoffy95]

Joke's on you, I only paid $79 for a game that doesn't work.

2 spuds and change

 

[BuddyF23]

Is there gonna be vs ur friends mode?

 

[Toump Ass]

I get this mate but 100 bucks on a computer game that doesn't work is a pretty tough expense.

Boomer here, why didn't you just wait a couple of hours before buying it so you could read some reviews and make an informed choice? You know, if $100 is a lot of money and all.

 

[Thrasher97]

Issues following day one patch:

• Bare cupboard for features. If I knew it was this bare-bones, would've wanted to wait until XBox was out to purchase.
• Have not laid a single user tackle. I press the button, it doesn't work. It's not my controller either, as marking is fine and pressing 'Y' on menu screens works. Must I buy a ps4 controller?
• No tactics, stats pages, anything that makes you feel immersed at all.
• Handballs while not as broken as launch still terrible, no way to lace through traffic, or actually hit a handball target without the player losing all acceleration. Everything feels clunky, static and slow, and then when you're kicking, its quick, often without being able to slow the game down. Pacing is just wrong.
• No idea how rucking/jostling in the marking contest works. No communication on this either. Do I just direct the joystick? Is it timing based? No clue. No communication.
• No dev guide. No 'how to play' from BA.

I've refunded it on Steam, I'll buy it when there's reason to. Really flat.

Trying to refund now, Shattered really wanted to like it but at present it's pretty poor.
Maybe i suck but the AI is kicking my arse.
Handballing is terrible, seems a lag for kicking on the run, can't tackle seems to be a delay when switching players where they pause so can't play on quickly, the AI doesn't seem to have these issues (easy handball chains).

 

[RU_]

I have a power outage until 10pm.

What the actual ****.

 

[BlazeOfGlory]

Played a bit, I think it will be fun once it's patched. That being said I have played the s**t out of all the releases and forgiven all the bugs. It's just broken right now but once sorted I will flog it.

Couple questions though;

• Can you actually edit player attributes? I can't seem to figure out how to edit players.
• How the F do I change the sub role?

I don’t think you can edit attributes unfortunately. We are very limited to what we can do. I can’t even work out how to put my created player on a team. Can’t even edit a player from that team and change his name etc.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

I would hope that you don't accept misogyny.

We just love our diversity

 

[RG16]

Attempted two online games, both froze during replays and timed out

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

JNT BA BigAntStudios
Can either of you lads help me out here? I need to edit a few ratings and positions, can’t figure out how. Need to know

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

I don’t think you can edit attributes unfortunately. We are very limited to what we can do. I can’t even work out how to put my created player on a team. Can’t even edit a player from that team and change his name etc.

Really hope this is due to them stripping it back to patch. This is the one feature missing that will piss me off. I don't care about cosmetic edits but I should be able to edit player attributes.

 

[REDSTONE MJJ]

Great Barrier Reef arena still has the cricket sightscreens…

Copy and Pasted straight from C22?

 

[T2B_]

Joke's on you, I only paid $79 for a game that doesn't work.

God bless JB HiFi

 

[BringBackTheAnchor]

Copy and Pasted straight from C22?

looks like it, wonder if north sydney is the same. should have included the waca if thats the case.

 

[carlton_99]

Attempted two online games, both froze during replays and timed out

Same

 

[Millky95]

Played a half so far. Swans vs WCE. "Normal" difficulty

• Handballing is jank, can't work it out (could be me)
• Set shot mini game makes no sense but I can't miss
• Music didn't play on start up until I went into the settings which was weird
• Ladhams as the sub? lol
• Don't know how to tackle, only mark and spoil

 

[new0066]

Yeh would have been. I just found that the commentary wasn’t trying to commentate every single action and there were breaks in between which is jarring with huddo and playing with afl teams

I think that’s what Bennett does in actual games, he usually doesn’t over commentate

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

JNT BA BigAntStudios
Can either of you lads help me out here? I need to edit a few ratings and positions, can’t figure out how. Need to know

Seeing as we can’t do this right now, someone get to modding ASAP

 

[Demonic Ascent]

This game is absolutely cooked!! How can they release a game with this many glitches? Don't they feel guilty taking people's money for a product that is clearly not finished it's so bad my son and I are just laughing trying to play it (when it doesn't just crash). Playing on PS5.

 

[crowsflag2030]

I think the biggest issue which has got us into the situation we're in now is a significant misallocation of resources. This game had 5x the budget of any other Australian sports game ever. From what seems, much of that got put into capturing players, enhanced graphics etc. And the graphics and player likenesses are a massive, massive, step up from what we've seen previously. And it's great. Nobody is questioning that. However, I would've much preferred only slightly improved graphics, and more funding to be put towards the backbone of the game, for things like management career, which it seems significantly lacking in depth, even considering the patches we may get. Hugely disappointing after being told how in depth it would be. Maybe BigAnt had much more planned for it at first, but clearly this was a rushed released, regardless of whether they released the wrong version. We were promised a player career, which didn't eventuate for reasons I can understand. However put that alongside the 'training' and other mini-game modes we were supposed to receive, plus the yet to be released state leagues and pro-team. It was not ready for release today, let alone April 13. In saying all this, the gameplay itself that we saw on the streams prior to release looked really promising. It shouldn't be too long before we get back to the standard of gameplay we saw, and hopefully more. But the many promised features that are not currently present has really disappointed me. We are missing a large chunk of the game we were promised.

 

[Xtreme]

AFL 23 is the wooden cutlery of video games.

The paper straw of video games!

 

[dtkking]

When will the patch for PlayStation come out cause you can’t even play a full game without crashes

 

[shev76]

AFL 23 is the wooden cutlery of video games.

That's generous. At least they still work. It's more a soggy straw in a frozen coke type.

Edit. Oh no I was beaten

 

[ultimaotaku]

- Bumping with right stick makes the player tackle instead

- Marking is AFL Challenge levels of bad, it’s just press the button and you’ll probably mark it

- Can’t get through Round one of season mode without the game crashing, a guaranteed sign of a crash is the commentary cutting out, like they’ve evacuated before the bomb went off

AFL challenge? the PSP game? oh man that game is a guilty pleasure of mine

 

[RayceHawk53]

PS4 version desperately needs the patch, 4/6 times I tried loading a match it crashed before even being able to start the game, 1/2 matches I actually was able to play crashed in the second quarter. Also why is multiplayer not an option in Career mode??? Can’t even log a second controller in on the side deflect before a match without game locking me out at the title screen, had to change sides in game to get a second controller in, which is only an option in quick play. Cooked.

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

Also would be nice to have every players height + weight on their identity screen.

Also need the ability to change jumper numbers in management mode. All my new players wore #0

Also need to be able to change around team lineups when selecting play as competition in season mode. What’s the point of that if I can’t change the teams each week?