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.

 

[FearTheBeard13]

How long ago was this photo taken BigAntStudios View attachment 1641660

Are you implying he’s gotten older since the scan?

Ps BigAntStudios how much would it cost me personally to have Ryan Lonie scanned in?

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

Are you implying he’s gotten older since the scan?

Ps BigAntStudios how much would it cost me personally to have Ryan Lonie scanned in?

Much prefer Alan Didak, personally

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

Are you implying he’s gotten older since the scan?

Ps BigAntStudios how much would it cost me personally to have Ryan Lonie scanned in?

No just trying to get an idea for how long now they’ve been scanning legends

 

[StoneyHawk]

Peter Bosustow (The Buzz) is an absolute WAFL and Carlton legend who has recently been cleared of cancer, which is amazing news. He has also had some financial problems in recent years so an absolute prime candidate for support by the AFLPA....great initiative by Big Ant.

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

So which other past players were at launch? Did you see anyone else Michaels berisha

 

[RossFC]

I was always going to put Robbo in a Blues jumper

Craig Bradley for Port Adelaide and Carlton would be good if you can track him down.

 

[jdobs95]

Imagine incorporating the “What could’ve beens” into Star Team

Sean Rusling

Sean Rusling

Age

38

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.2

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

1.6

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

4.0

1star

K

3.2

2star

HB

0.8

1star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

, Luke Vogels

Luke Vogels

Age

41

Ht

194cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.8

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.1

2star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.4

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.6

3star

and Dayle Garlett to name a few

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

Imagine incorporating the “What could’ve beens” into Star Team

Sean Rusling, Luke Vogels and Dayle Garlett to name a few

Anthony Morabito yes please

 

[Fizzler]

Craig Bradley for Port Adelaide and Carlton would be good if you can track him down.

I tell you what, if the uniform creator has lace up jumpers, that would be absolutely crazy. Lace up bars, don’t mind if I do!!!

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Get Luke Beveridge in so can play him and others out of position to the detriment of the team so he knows what its like.

 

[FearTheBeard13]

For those still a bit weary about the game I’d advise watching Twistie’s last Youtube vid. Goes into really good detail about the outdated game they played at the reveal, shows some good little details visually (unique goal kicks, camera pans to crowds etc) and also shows the controls which in turns reveals a lot of options with handballs, kicks, aiming and power/precision modifiers. Pumped

 

[Quivorir]

Does he show the game in action whilst being played by competent people?

 

[jdoggdrool]

Does he show the game in action whilst being played by competent people?

He's far more competent than anyone else I've seen playing the game. His footage is also much better.

 

[SugarShane]

Yep that latest Cheezel vid is a decent look. Plenty there to like. I love how smooth a lot of the animations are, like players running to take a mark just smoothly adapt into the marking animation. There's still a little bit of snapping animations but seeing a player take the ball out of a ruck tap, sprint then kick all with smooth transitions, and a player running back with the flight and smoothly turning around to mark just looks so good.

 

[jdoggdrool]

a player running back with the flight and smoothly turning around to mark just looks so good.

I love that animation, too.

There's plenty to like and you can see with some patches - and with people getting used to the controls - it'll be a good game.

 

[MadMundy]

Zac Dawson

Zac Dawson

Age

38

Ht

197cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.5

3star

MG

34.4

1star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.4

4star

Diamond 99 Overall card or get the **** out.

99 spoil stat too

 

[FearTheBeard13]

Yep that latest Cheezel vid is a decent look. Plenty there to like. I love how smooth a lot of the animations are, like players running to take a mark just smoothly adapt into the marking animation. There's still a little bit of snapping animations but seeing a player take the ball out of a ruck tap, sprint then kick all with smooth transitions, and a player running back with the flight and smoothly turning around to mark just looks so good.

A lot of the goal kick animations seems to have a quick clipping at the end of them but safe to presume thats because of the build used and not canned animations

 

[game_chromosome]

I noticed in the controls on PlayStation square to tap ball and also handball. This was a headache in Evo 1 and 2 and am hoping for button remapping

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

I noticed in the controls on PlayStation square to tap ball and also handball. This was a headache in Evo 1 and 2 and am hoping for button remapping

Sounds like you might just have a bad habit of smashing the square button early before the player gathers the ball. Was never an issue for me.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Imagine incorporating the “What could’ve beens” into Star Team

Sean Rusling, Luke Vogels and Dayle Garlett to name a few

Starting to sound like 2K here lmao. They’ve put a 99 overall Thon Maker into MyTeam more than once.

I’d rather not go that far into the realm of unrealistic.

 

[jdoggdrool]

A lot of the goal kick animations seems to have a quick clipping at the end of them but safe to presume thats because of the build used and not canned animations

I noticed this as well on a few set shots. Fingers crossed it's something that can be patched out of the game.

 

[Mkcaptain]

I'm not even sure if I'm going to invest time into this game mode, I probably won't if its online only... but I'd love if after release Big Ant put out 'Request a Legend' surveys where people could request for past players that they want added into the game. Mostly cause I'm lazy and probably won't make players myself!

Also if Big Ant can answer yet... are you doing the ratings for legends yourselves? Or is Champion Data still doing those ratings too?

 

[Flagmantle Pod]

Also if Big Ant can answer yet... are you doing the ratings for legends yourselves? Or is Champion Data still doing those ratings too?

I’m clearly not Big Ant but I’ve been playing 2K’s version of MyTeam for about a decade now and I will say that the cards you can get - especially at the end of cycles - play nothing like their real life counterparts. In a MyTeamlike mode, the base cards you can collect are never the cards you use. They often make versions of players that are way better than their real life self. For instance, I’ve played with a Bol Bol card before, and whilst he’s at best a rotational player in the NBA, he had a 96 rated card or something like that because it was part of a pack promotion. Expecting a similar situation here where fringe players will get amazing cards and will be used more than the standard cards of real life superstars.

Hope that wasn’t too hard to read or understand

 

[robertto]

Yep that latest Cheezel vid is a decent look. Plenty there to like. I love how smooth a lot of the animations are, like players running to take a mark just smoothly adapt into the marking animation. There's still a little bit of snapping animations but seeing a player take the ball out of a ruck tap, sprint then kick all with smooth transitions, and a player running back with the flight and smoothly turning around to mark just looks so good.

Am I missing something, where's this cheezel vid?

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

Am I missing something, where's this cheezel vid?

I think he’s confused with twisties