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.

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Fixed

 

[REDSTONE MJJ]

Played Evo 2 for shits and giggles, Sydney vs Geelong Grand Final preview.

First thing I noticed was Buddy in the ruck. OK.

Apart from it being a nightmare to work out who has the ball in a contested situation, so your best bet is to mash Y (or triangle I guess) to either lay a tackle or take advantage of the throw it on the boot option, it shits me to tears how slow it is after you take a mark. Like I take a mark, I see a free player upfield, and I can't do anything until my player takes an age to get back to take the kick, because otherwise the ball is smothered. So my snail gets into position and ... there are no free players any more because no one on the field is as slow as the idiot with the ball.

And don't get me started on the mark animations you have to sit through.

Ugh.

You just never feel like you're fully in control.

Please fix this.

Bro just change your line up so you don't have Bud in the ruck

 

[REDSTONE MJJ]

It didn't say anything about Evo 3

Calling it AFL Evo 3 made me throw up in my mouth

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Bro just change your line up so you don't have Bud in the ruck

Oh yeah I know I could have, the point is I shouldn't have to. Like why is Buddy the default ruckman for Sydney? Makes no sense.

Like for the Eagles, the team I play most often for obvious reasons, the default second ruck is Jack Darling. Wat.

Just shows a lack of care/polish and hell even knowledge.

 

[GOTHELIONS16]

Played Evo 2 for shits and giggles, Sydney vs Geelong Grand Final preview.

First thing I noticed was Buddy in the ruck. OK.

Apart from it being a nightmare to work out who has the ball in a contested situation, so your best bet is to mash Y (or triangle I guess) to either lay a tackle or take advantage of the throw it on the boot option, it shits me to tears how slow it is after you take a mark. Like I take a mark, I see a free player upfield, and I can't do anything until my player takes an age to get back to take the kick, because otherwise the ball is smothered. So my snail gets into position and ... there are no free players any more because no one on the field is as slow as the idiot with the ball.

And don't get me started on the mark animations you have to sit through.

Ugh.

You just never feel like you're fully in control.

Please fix this.

Buddy starting in the ruck is on you.

Oh yeah I know I could have, the point is I shouldn't have to. Like why is Buddy the default ruckman for Sydney? Makes no sense.

Like for the Eagles, the team I play most often for obvious reasons, the default second ruck is Jack Darling. Wat.

Just shows a lack of care/polish and hell even knowledge.

but Buddy isn’t the default ruckman…

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I've literally never played as Sydney before?

Unless there was an injury I didn't notice or some weird arse thing with the latest downloaded team list.

 

[Pickitt]

Just saw the trailer, looks great, in particular the player animations, lighting still looks a little bright but all games have that problem.

Would like to see an improvement like the little things, a big one for me is the crowd after you kick a goal, even some early 2000s afl games show the crowd standing up after a big goal

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Just saw the trailer, looks great, in particular the player animations, lighting still looks a little bright but all games have that problem.

Would like to see an improvement like the little things, a big one for me is the crowd after you kick a goal, even some early 2000s afl games show the crowd standing up after a big goal

It's not really a thing in AFL, but I love it in FIFA when you score a goal and the crowd rushes the fence going nuts.

 

[DaveM303]

Just noticed that the small AFL logo that appears on all jumper numbers is missing in game. Literally unplayable.

 

[Strahany]

Just noticed that the small AFL logo that appears on all jumper numbers is missing in game. Literally unplayable.

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what the actual f**k

cancelling my preorder

 

[kermittheslob]

I wonder what the game will actually be called. At the moment it's just going by 'AFL' but I doubt that will be the full title. Will it go by 'AFL23'? AFL Live 2023'?

 

[afl2004]

I wonder what the game will actually be called. At the moment it's just going by 'AFL' but I doubt that will be the full title. Will it go by 'AFL23'? AFL Live 2023'?

Live 2023 will make people realise it's the other maker's i reckon

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Live 2023 will make people realise it's the other maker's i reckon

100% reckon the only people who know there are different developers are the people who post in this thread.

 

[DaveM303]

Live 2023 will make people realise it's the other maker's i reckon

Wicked Witch made Live 2 though.

 

[afl2004]

Wicked Witch made Live 2 though.

Ok never mind , I'm a moron

 

[Bianconeri]

OFFICIAL TRAILER

Where are the 5 one on one speccy’s with the same animation and the or the players spinning around nobody?

 

[Mootsy]

I wonder what the game will actually be called. At the moment it's just going by 'AFL' but I doubt that will be the full title. Will it go by 'AFL23'? AFL Live 2023'?

Footy & The Elder Scrolls!

 

[SugarShane]

Please, if you could record it, could you do in higher quality? The footage coming out from others looks like its from a 2005 Nokia.

Isn't that always the way? Videos of cats or tiktok dinguses are always so crisp you can see the cat's whiskers or the individual botox injection points yet when someone has something cool like this it's always shot through 10 years of finger grease on a Nokia 7250i.

 

[dylan7]

It’s insane the detail. Buddy is wearing a black arm band

 

[Cleavy]

OFFICIAL TRAILER

love the realism, since they accurately captured Dangerfield looking like a flog.

 

[DNAngel]

Hey all, finally decided to make an account here. Can't wait to know more about the game. Glad it made its way back to Big Ant, as at one point, I was borderline addicted to AFL Live.

Welcome, and I hope to see you online for the new AFL game!

 

[DNAngel]

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Hopefully there is a cinematic Career mode!

 

[Quivorir]

It’s insane the detail. Buddy is wearing a black arm band

Odd that nobody else is though.

 

[DNAngel]

I wonder what the game will actually be called. At the moment it's just going by 'AFL' but I doubt that will be the full title. Will it go by 'AFL23'? AFL Live 2023'?

AFL 23 like how their Cricket game was called Cricket 22 .

 

[DNAngel]

Will there be public play sessions for AFL 23 around EB Games at Elizabeth St and Highpoint in the near future BigAntStudios ?