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

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

The constant crashing is concerning. Thought that would have been the number one priority. Must be a tough fix.

 

[Krazy Kris]

2013 dockers if I can’t run it back and rewrite history

Why make the 2013 dockers when you can just as fruitlessly lose the grand final with the 2022 crop and just add Pavlich and Sandilands

 

[ripthebeanzzz]

Not all things we look at are in the patch notes, just what I consider to be major, online gets a lot of the offline changes.

Are the online disconnects and crashes fixed yet? And when can we see custom game added in.

 

[Fizzler]

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 ****!!!!

 

[extractasam]

Everyone saying the handballing is better but it’s not in the patch notes ?
Did this get tweaked or ?

It feels more fluid. The bogged down mechanic is still lingering here and there though.

I suspect ppl will say it’s too easy or some shit now lmao but it’s getting places the responsiveness just needs a bit of a wind up imo

 

[tigerairau]

Gameplay has improved but crashes occuring a lot more this patch

 

[Krazy Kris]

Ross - this is more a question for down the line, but will there be improvements to the 'broadcast' aspect of the game? E.g stats after a goal, last ten goalkickers etc, even a breakdown at half-time?

 

[Chark96]

Great news

Playing on hardest right now and I'm 7 goals up for some reason, does anyone know which one is actually the hardest?

Seems to be all over the shop I’ve found medium harder than hardest


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[GoldbergsGold]

This looks a lot better.

Won't be 100% convinced though until GoldbergsGold gives handpassing and tackling his seal of approval (with videos!)

The Interactive Replay is the greatest tool ever for this. More people should use to it cite bugs, issues and glitches.

 

[Grechy]

Difficulty will be the big change for tomorrow's patch, so people can really select a level that suits their standard, along with more AI balancing.

Much improved gameplay.

I really hope goal kicking is looked at. Set shots and goal kicking in general play should be more challenging.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

mayday mayday
players can run and recieve a handball at the same time

Definitely would be a high bump by the opposition in real life at the end there.

 

[Cryptic56]

Really hoping state leagues make it in soon.

 

[ptrg]

Definitely would be a high bump by the opposition in real life at the end there.

For that to occur you'd need both bumping and free kicks to exist in this game, both of which do not.

 

[Pickitt]

Just watched Michael play 3 quarters on his twitch, and while tackling and initial pause on possession have slightly been improved, the rest is still garbage.

He played 3 quarters (5mins each?) and in that entire time, there were 2 ball ups (not including ones after goal) and a single throw in.
There was also ZERO free kicks.
Worse, the AI is ridiculous. Every single player runs around at warp speed, regardless of what's going on. We all complained about too many one on ones in Evo2, but this is far far worse. It's just a random player in random spot generator, with absolutely no respect for either the game state or defense/attack.
Far too many times the AI won the ball and kicked forward to 3 or 4 loose players in their forward 50. Nothing you can do about it as a human player. And bar a single miss, the AI slotted everything both set shots and casually on the warp drive run.

And the speed. It's utterly insane.
Everyone and everything thing happens at a speed that is just so unnatural. Every player is moving at what I'd say is double a realistic speed, and also they are doing it the entire time.
Like ants on a board, they just run randomly everywhere. There's no good AI coding here, it's just told to move randomly everywhere and respond if ball lands happens to land in its area.

And of course, it couldn't be AFL23 without a crash, which happened after another 3 v 0 AI goal.

Still unplayable to anyone with any sort of desire to play an AFL game

Edit: thought I'd add, it was missing the "essence" of footy. No stoppages, no chain of handball in tight spaces, no multiple tackles, no having to pick your way through a defence, or being cautious and finding a target inside 50.
This was just end to end nonsense.
Simply, whoever gets the ball in the middle gets a shot at scoring.
An acceptable basketball game, but what I just watched was nothing like actual footy.

Probably play the game first but anyways

Here's what happened to mine with 3.5 min quarters

12 ball ups and 4 throw ins

I didn't notice the ai being "ridiculously fast"

I wouldn't say "double" the speed, it's definitely a little fast but I've found the pacing to be acceptable

"No multiple tackles" is just false, TOO many tackles was an issue some had
You can be cautious finding a target inside 50, how is that a game thing and not a playstyle thing

 

[RickSanchez]

Seems to be all over the shop I’ve found medium harder than hardest


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Lol I played my first game on medium without knowing the buttons and won by 8 plus goals
3 days later I played on easiest, just to muck around and show a mate, and won by 8 pts. Even did the sits up and pays attention move when I was losing as it was crazy how much I suck.
Fair to say my mate was enjoying me derping around.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Too bad bumping nor free kick exist in this game (along with plenty of other footy related things)

It does exist, it's the right analog stick. But it wasn't really effective.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Woah, they took my L3/R3 manual bounce idea, but I thought R3 would have been easier to use.

 

[carn tigez]

Probably play the game first but anyways

Here's what happened to mine with 3.5 min quarters

12 ball ups and 4 throw ins

I didn't notice the ai being "ridiculously fast"

I wouldn't say "double" the speed, it's definitely a little fast but I've found the pacing to be acceptable

"No multiple tackles" is just false, TOO many tackles was an issue some had
You can be cautious finding a target inside 50, how is that a game thing and not a playstyle thing

I had tonnes of examples of using handball to get clear of congestion and linking up with an outside runner in my game too!

 

[kingcuz]

Will speccies be eventually added in? Noticed there's a speccy rating.

Also would like to see more with the replays. Replays for certain marks, Tackles that are awarded FKs, ect

 

[ptrg]

Probably play the game first but anyways

Here's what happened to mine with 3.5 min quarters

12 ball ups and 4 throw ins

I didn't notice the ai being "ridiculously fast"

I wouldn't say "double" the speed, it's definitely a little fast but I've found the pacing to be acceptable

"No multiple tackles" is just false, TOO many tackles was an issue some had
You can be cautious finding a target inside 50, how is that a game thing and not a playstyle thing

So 3 stoppages and 1 throw in a quarter, and I'm guessing zero free kicks, bumps or AI spoils. And I'll also guess something like a combined 20+ goals in that time?

Sounding like basketball to me

 

[BigAntStudios]

Woah, they took my L3/R3 manual bounce idea, but I thought R3 would have been easier to use.

+1 for BF getting a change into the game.

 

[Braydos24]

BigAntStudios not sure if it's been considered, but with some of the crashing occurrences people are experiencing, is there scope for autosave at each quarter interval so to not lose too much progress in crashed offline games in season/management?

 

[BigAntStudios]

BigAntStudios not sure if it's been considered, but with some of the crashing occurrences people are experiencing, is there scope for autosave at each quarter interval so to not lose too much progress in crashed offline games in season/management?

Not a bad idea - I'll see what can be done.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Liking what I’m seeing from the PC/steam patch tonight!
Let’s hope it has the same impact on the PS users tomorrow!
Solid progress so far BigAntStudios

Looking forward to really enjoying the game.

Crashed 8/8 today so hopefully that’s fixed. Submitted on PS report for about half of them.

 

[Pickitt]

Sounding like basketball to me

Hmm true,, except for the oval field, oval ball, 36 players on the field side of things