Multiplat AFL 23 - PS/Steam Releasing May 4, Xbox TBC

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

WHEN CAN I PLAY? READ BELOW:

• PlayStation (Physical): Thursday 4 May
• PlayStation (Digital): 8:01am AEST Thursday 4 May
• Steam: Currently 8:01am AEST Thursday 4 May, may be moved to 12:01am AEST
• Xbox (Digital or Physical): TO BE CONFIRMED, unlikely to be 4 May

Spoiler: Specific Big Ant quotes about the release:

Those that pre-ordered PS versions will be able to play on Thursday, disks will have already been mailed by retailers, they will also be available in-store.

Steam will also be available Thursday.

Stating the obvious, we are still having issues with XBox.

Seriously, anyone that looks hard knows there’s issues - why do you think there are so many exclusives for a particular platform that are not marked as exclusive, but are only on that platform.

If I took that road, life would have been a lot easier.

Xbox digital and retail will release at the same time - that is not a decision we get to make.

It applies now and I will no doubt pay a price.

Spoiler: Other Quotes

Re: commentary team

Spoiler: Other Quotes

Hamish is still there, Daisy didn't make it into the final version of the game.

We added Gary and increased the workload of Harf.

Re: game availability/release dates

I can never give 100% guarantee about anything in the future, but as it stands today, the statement I am prepared to make it that all stock that is at retailers on 4 May will be available for sale.

As to the amount that will be there for sale, and whether it is enough, that is a question I cannot answer.

It will be made digitally available on the various platform holder electronic stores.

Clarifying, the game will not release prior to 4 May 2023.

I am vague as there is one platform that has had sufficient stock at retailers and the other has not, and I cannot name them (contractual reasons).

The game will not be further delayed because of the numbers of units in stock.

Re: Steam listing

I've already put in a request for the screenshots to be replaced with current ones, they'll probably only be there for a day.

As much as the feedback has generally been positive, these are old, meant to be placeholder only and were not meant to go live.

Re: playing lists

All playing lists are accurate for the 2023 season.

Re: content creator footage

This is all prior to day one patch (as some have noted updates like numbers etc are apparent)

Re: Career mode

A head's up on Career mode.

At the AFL 23 Launch night I mentioned the non-team based Individual Career Mode in an interview with Dean (Twistie3). As alluded to at that same event, we were working with the AFL and AFLPA to include as many past legends in the game as possible.

The great news is that we have received approval for far more AFL legends than were previously envisaged, but this has meant that we had to make the tough decision to divert resources away from the Individual Career mode development. The individual Career Mode function will not make it into AFL 23, Career Mode will be entirely team based. I expect this mode to be include in future iterations of the game.

Re: microtransactions

You do not have to make purchases, things can be earned.

Re: general development

So fundamentally flawed, in so many ways, it’s bananas.

We are doing AFL as it’s a passion project, without us doing it there would not be one being made.

So much more upside with making games that are played internationally, let alone one that will not even be played in every state in this country.

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

How can the ratings have changed in the last 5 months when its been the offseason? But anyway as long as I can edit myself everything the only thing that matters is gameplay, let me play 2,000 matches at the MCG and forget the rest if it makes the gameplay better

Because the game comes out at the start of round 5. 4 entire rounds of data to update the ratings with

 

[SugarShane]

Jesus prepare for a letdown then you two. It might be decent at launch but I'm on the side of the fence that what you saw was playing relatively true to what you'll get and they seem to be running late for launch but without updated ratings. Expecting a messy take off with big patches to come imo. So many people living off AFL live 1 like it was a masterpiece in here is bizarre.

Let down? Bro, I've been a Crows supporter for 30+ years. It's going to take more than a few glitches at launch to even register on my disappointment scale.

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

Just opened a thread where I will post my ratings in the lead up to launch. Go here for player ratings discussion.

GTL's AFL23 Player Ratings

I will release my famous player ratings to create discussion here. I will post each Team over the coming weeks in the lead up to AFL23.

www.bigfooty.com

 

[GetAroundHim99]

I mean I believe that it's an earlier build myself from both what's been said and what I saw in Michaels stream.

Shaun Higgins

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is still in the build that was at the launch event. He had been moved to Free Agent by the devs but he's still in the build. He officially retired in September last year.

That's probably what stood out to me but then again, I did just notice Reuben Ginbey there who was Pick No. 9 in the Draft. So I don't entirely know but considering we've got old ratings in this version, We've had a lot of talk from the devs and insiders saying so and we can see retired players still in the build, I would think that this is an early build IMO.

How early, I don't know. Don't know when Big Ant scanned the Draftees. I do think that I did hear something about them being at the combine or talking to young players at some point last year I think but I can't remember it entirely.

 

[Andonis1997]

Only reason I want to buy this game is get revenge.

 

[tastiger]

I do expect the launch to be a bit of a disaster but that's based on Big Ant's track record.

They do have a good reputation for patching so my hope lies there.

Most of their games get around 6/10 reviews so at launch I'm expecting that. 6/10 is what both Live and Evo 2 scored for reference.

I'm hoping it improves over time For me a lot rides on the AI. It was poor at the reveal, fix that up so we actually see evidence of assistant coach input etc, finally get rid of the tacklefest gameplay and it should be good.

I'm really hoping for sliders, reason being so I can change the tackle distance.

On VOG-L09 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Xc9894]

I mean I believe that it's an earlier build myself from both what's been said and what I saw in Michaels stream.

Shaun Higgins

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Shaun Higgins

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36

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184cm

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89kg

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Fwd

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20.4

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9.8

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3.9

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1.0

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21.8

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10.3

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11.5

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2.3

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3.6

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0.1

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12.0

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7.2

3star

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4.8

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M

2.8

3star

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1.8

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0.6

3star

is still in the build that was at the launch event. He had been moved to Free Agent by the devs but he's still in the build. He officially retired in September last year.
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That's probably what stood out to me but then again, I did just notice Reuben Ginbey there who was Pick No. 9 in the Draft. So I don't entirely know but considering we've got old ratings in this version, We've had a lot of talk from the devs and insiders saying so and we can see retired players still in the build, I would think that this is an early build IMO.

How early, I don't know. Don't know when Big Ant scanned the Draftees. I do think that I did hear something about them being at the combine or talking to young players at some point last year I think but I can't remember it entirely.

If that’s the only evidence of it being an early build from that time frame I’d disregard that. You can only take it as the latest version to play unless BA say otherwise and not dance around the topic


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[Mkcaptain]

Do we know if there is going to be any 'potential' type attribute for players that impacts their development or ceiling in career mode?

 

[BigAntStudios]

There is no "age" of the build, it is a build that will never be seen for anything else than the launch - it has code that is very old, assets that are very old, assets that are new and code that is new - primarily a build that won't crash on the night on a dev kit (which it didn't).

The build played at the AFL 23 launch event was a "Frankenstein" build, not made for public consumption, just for the launch - which was a successful event that met all of our goals on the night.

All of this is very apparent from the streams and interviews.

BTW Mitch Robinson

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15.8

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11.3

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4.0

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3.6

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will have something go live tonight that I believe will be worth watching.

 

[Xc9894]

There is no "age" of the build, it is a build that will never be seen for anything else than the launch - it has code that is very old, assets that are very old, assets that are new and code that is new - primarily a build that won't crash on the night on a dev kit (which it didn't).

The build played at the AFL 23 launch event was a "Frankenstein" build, not made for public consumption, just for the launch - which was a successful event that met all of our goals on the night.

All of this is very apparent from the streams and interviews.

BTW Mitch Robinson

5

Mitch Robinson

Age

35

Ht

184cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

11.2

4star

HB

8.7

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

15.8

4star

K

11.3

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.9

3star

CL

1.8

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.0

4star

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3.6

5star

will have something go live tonight that I believe will be worth watching.

Appreciate the clarification for the thread Ross


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[AFL23fan]

There is no "age" of the build, it is a build that will never be seen for anything else than the launch - it has code that is very old, assets that are very old, assets that are new and code that is new - primarily a build that won't crash on the night on a dev kit (which it didn't).

The build played at the AFL 23 launch event was a "Frankenstein" build, not made for public consumption, just for the launch - which was a successful event that met all of our goals on the night.

All of this is very apparent from the streams and interviews.

BTW Mitch Robinson will have something go live tonight that I believe will be worth watching.

Hopefully AFL23 Gameplay

 

[Cubs2Lions]

There is no "age" of the build, it is a build that will never be seen for anything else than the launch - it has code that is very old, assets that are very old, assets that are new and code that is new - primarily a build that won't crash on the night on a dev kit (which it didn't).

The build played at the AFL 23 launch event was a "Frankenstein" build, not made for public consumption, just for the launch - which was a successful event that met all of our goals on the night.

All of this is very apparent from the streams and interviews.

BTW Mitch Robinson will have something go live tonight that I believe will be worth watching.

You mean Brisbane Lions legend, Mitch Robinson

 

[AFL23fan]

There is no "age" of the build, it is a build that will never be seen for anything else than the launch - it has code that is very old, assets that are very old, assets that are new and code that is new - primarily a build that won't crash on the night on a dev kit (which it didn't).

The build played at the AFL 23 launch event was a "Frankenstein" build, not made for public consumption, just for the launch - which was a successful event that met all of our goals on the night.

All of this is very apparent from the streams and interviews.

BTW Mitch Robinson will have something go live tonight that I believe will be worth watching.

On youtube?

 

[Michaels]

I have nfi what platform Robbo will be using for this but here Is his twitch in case it's something there.

It says his next stream is between 1 and 5pm today I think

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

a build that won't crash on the night on a dev kit (which it didn't).

It did though. Was on Michaels stream. Only once though from what I saw. PS5 had to be reset.

Apart from that though thanks for the clarification. Everyone is keen to see what the differences will be at launch and beyond.

 

[Gameova_]

Abu gameplay videos

 

[Fizzler]

Only reason I want to buy this game is get revenge.

Would’ve been very handy yesterday…

 

[netslave]

 

[LennyHayes77]

Can we get rid of the pinned message at the top please? Sick of having to scroll past that every page!

 

[FearTheBeard13]

If you zoom in on the screen, it says ‘attach custom face’ and ‘remove custom face’ make of that what you will

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Nice looking banana and orange on the desk too, but what does it mean?

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

There is no "age" of the build, it is a build that will never be seen for anything else than the launch - it has code that is very old, assets that are very old, assets that are new and code that is new - primarily a build that won't crash on the night on a dev kit (which it didn't).

The build played at the AFL 23 launch event was a "Frankenstein" build, not made for public consumption, just for the launch - which was a successful event that met all of our goals on the night.

All of this is very apparent from the streams and interviews.

BTW Mitch Robinson will have something go live tonight that I believe will be worth watching.

Thanks Ross!

 

[JT_the_Man]

Nice looking banana and orange on the desk too, but what does it mean?

JNT BA ate all the apples?

 

[BigAntStudios]

JNT BA ate all the apples?

It means it's definitely not JNT BA 's desk - nothing fresh gets near his lips, the guy even drinks coffee from a can!...

 

[SugarShane]

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If you zoom in on the screen, it says ‘attach custom face’ and ‘remove custom face’ make of that what you will

One of the old cricket games had a face overlay thing where you could put the face over the model to try and get the dimensions right.

On the other have one of the old WWE games had the stick a face image on a player thing which looked kind of odd. But the picture of Mitch looks more like a well adjusted face model rather than a picture slapped on a head.