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

 

[dekani19]

Absolute Joke. Lost the progress of my management mode again in the 4th quarter. (30 minutes of gameplay)
PLEASE fix the crashing!

PS5 Management Mode crashes every game.

 

[andy_c91]

Absolute Joke. Lost the progress of my management mode again in the 4th quarter. (30 minutes of gameplay)
PLEASE fix the crashing!

PS5 Management Mode crashes every game.

Should submit a ticket along with any screenshots to support.bigant.com if you haven’t already.

 

[Haymo_of_thor]

Anyone else having a seriously bad time with kick ins? I get a good bug 50% of the time of kicking to a locked receiver who then runs away from the ball and leaves it for the opposition


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Most of the time I just play on and hoof it down to the wing

 

[BigAntStudios]

Steam should already have a new patch - Consoles are working through as they normally do...

Notes to follow soon.

 

[UAWM]

Just played first game on the hardest difficulty and got smashed

1st - 3.1 19 to 5.1 31

2nd - 5.2 32 to 10.3 63

3rd - 5.4 34 to 12.5 77

4th - 7.5 47 to 15.5 95

Lets see if the 2nd game is just as hard..

 

[jdoggdrool]

I'm not playing a management career until the game is more stable and the management elements of the game are more functional. I just don't see the point right now. Happy enough with season mode, despite the fact that Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

48

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

is a bald guy and you play with a red ball in night games.

BigAntStudios are these season mode issues being looked into?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Absolute Joke. Lost the progress of my management mode again in the 4th quarter. (30 minutes of gameplay)
PLEASE fix the crashing!

PS5 Management Mode crashes every game.

I got through 7 management games today. It’s weird how it is different for everyone. I’m on PS4, you’d think we’d be fairly similar?

 

[illnino]

About to blow your minds...

Press R2 and NO direction to play on from a mark or kick in, WITHOUT actually playing on. You can then take complete control of your player until you move off the line when play on will then be called.

 

[Treehill23]

Absolute Joke. Lost the progress of my management mode again in the 4th quarter. (30 minutes of gameplay)
PLEASE fix the crashing!

PS5 Management Mode crashes every game.

This is exactly why I’m holding off doing anything aside from play now
Just not worth wasting my time whilst everyone is beta testing this game

 

[Treehill23]

About to blow your minds...

Press r2 and NO direction to play on from a mark or kick in. You can then take complete control of your player until you move off the line.

I think this has been a thing for a while tbh
I’ve been doing it for kick ins since day 1 I’m pretty sure

 

[illnino]

I think this has been a thing for a while tbh
I’ve been doing it for kick ins for since day 1 I’m pretty sure

I feel like I've seen tonnes of posts not knowing it so thought it worth saying again

 

[BigAntStudios]

 

[tigerairau]

first game on the new patch. Manual interchange was working yesterday, broken now. Date and time still broken. Auto interchange still not working. This was on the hardest AI. Bonus is that it didn't crash.

 

[Lesnish]

Crashed 30 seconds into a management mode game after latest update.

On SM-S901E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[dekani19]

This is exactly why I’m holding off doing anything aside from play now
Just not worth wasting my time whilst everyone is beta testing this game

Yep I won’t be doing management mode anymore. hopefully in a couple months when the game is fixed

 

[Michaels]

Michaels you streaming the new patch tonight ?

Yep just getting kids sorted.

Should be on soon

 

[Gresh_Prince_4]

Is anyone else really struggling with centre bounce rucking even after reading thousands of posts of how to do it? Don’t think I’ve won a centre bounce ruck tap since Day 1 but also haven’t lost a ball up or throw in tap

 

[SweetD]

****! Still can't select Richmond, wonder if its a graphical issue based on loading the models in

 

[CultOfClose]

Is anyone else really struggling with centre bounce rucking even after reading thousands of posts of how to do it? Don’t think I’ve won a centre bounce ruck tap since Day 1 but also haven’t lost a ball up or throw in tap

Center bounce ones are definitely tougher.

 

[crowsflag2030]

I don't know how everyone feels about this but personally I think it would be nice to get a controller vibration when your team scores a goal. Goals feel slightly insignificant at the moment and this is something small that might be able to help.

 

[Etto]

BigAntStudios When can we expect Online Custom Matches?

 

[Treehill23]

How long do we realistically expect for this game to get to where it was supposed to be on launch ?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Ross say “over the next week, we’ll work to get this back to how it was supposed to be on launch”
Paraphrasing of course.
But this still feels so far off from being a good game, I don’t even know what to expect anymore

 

[FearTheBeard13]

Ok so after playing a game for the first time since Friday, to me this feels worlds apart from what I experienced last time I played! Granted it isnt flawless but at least its a lot better in terms of fluidity and AI responsiveness. A few takeaways:

• goal scoring is way too easy (I kicked 15.3)
• marking is a roll of the dice event
• interchange doesnt seem to work at all
• tackling is way better than what it was
• the game has a real PES feeling to it in terms of smoothness and player movement
• love the stats screens

Overall really enjoyable! I’m not going to start Management Mode yet until the game is patched up but to me this was a big step up from last week. The controls are hard to learn because the game is so fast but I like a challenge!

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Good job, can we expect by the time Fridays patch is released, the stuff at launch will become available?

Or is that still uncertain at this stage?


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[Michaels]

Live on Twitch now testing out the new patch if anyone wants to stop by and chat!