AFL Evolution - Launch thread

[TheInjuryFactory]

is this game sold out everywhere?

went to 2 eb games near me and they said they sold out

Go back today, apparently everyone is returning it

 

[Xtreme]

Go back today, apparently everyone is returning it

ZINGGGGGGGG

 

[Oraz]

Go back today, apparently everyone is returning it

Nah where can i buy it? i want to play today

 

[Dockerjonz]

Go back today, apparently everyone is returning it

i can't return it, i've left mine there

 

[BG32]

is this game sold out everywhere?

went to 2 eb games near me and they said they sold out

Monday they will have plenty of pre owned copies

 

[GoldbergsGold]

I find it amazing how big ant make a good foundation game and everyone kissed the ground they walked on but WW make a better foundation game and people criticise the crap out of them, if you look at big ants games over the last 6 years you'll see that their games are still extremely basic and haven't evolved much from the foundation at all

Funny how the people being most critical of the game are the ones who were against it from day 1 (almost like they went in with closed minds)

Credit to WW for creating the best AFL game ever made by a fair way, is it perfect ? No but with a patch it'll be a great game that'll easily last the year or two until Evolution 2 comes out to bring further depth to the already established gameplay and modes

Again, that's only your opinion. I recall prior to Evolution, you were praising Live 2, when a consensus rejected it. Also, the foundation of Evolution is still the same as AFL Wii or even AFL Challenge, which I and many others did not want a repeat of. The difference with Big Ant is they finally pulled off a Football game (on their first attempt) that was somewhat competent, and is still the bench mark. Your closed mind argument is like saying, "How dare you believe Mike Tyson would beat up an old granny...". It was easy to predict this would happen, when they had been chosen as a "balance sheet" alternative. I really did give them one final chance, and thought they would at least match Live 1, but they're still 100 steps behind it.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

Nah where can i buy it? i want to play today

Mate got mine from jb hifi for $79, no idea why people are fronting a hungey at EB, I'd be mad too

Had to go to two stores but the first one told me where I could get it.

 

[Xtreme]

Monday they will have plenty of pre owned copies

Sold at 99.95

Zing again

 

[Jacare]

Every tackle on the AI is a free kick against and every tackle by the AI is a free kick for them and the contested marking seems impossible to win. I haven't played online so I don't know if it's just trash or if the AI cheats to the highest degree to add difficulty. It's not fun either way, and if I drop it down just 1 difficulty level the AI won't score for the entire game

 

[Grandsun]

so why is everyone taking the game back is it bad?

 

[BG32]

so why is everyone taking the game back is it bad?

Read the later part of this Fred

 

[Grandsun]

Returned to EB, I'll check back in a few months to see what's changed when the Steam release comes around, but it probably won't be enough to get me to buy again.

why did u return it?

 

[illnino]

Not sure if it's been posted yet, gonna have a crack at this "technique" soon.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

so why is everyone taking the game back is it bad?

If you have reasonable expectations its fine. I've enjoyed it, best AFL game in 4 years

 

[the harry]

so why is everyone taking the game back is it bad?

Largely because they haven't worked out how to mark yet and are disappointed that there are a lot of glitches and seemingly pretty obvious errors that should have been picked up in any testing done, but that could be rectified with a patch.

And Richo. Richo is awful.

 

[Grandsun]

If you have reasonable expectations its fine. I've enjoyed it, best AFL game in 4 years

Ok

 

[Dockerjonz]

Monday they will have plenty of pre owned copies

and at the special pre-owned price of $109.95

 

[Elite Master]

Evolution seems to have gotten a lot of promotion, much more so than the launch of AFL Live and AFL Live 2, in fact more than any other AFL video game.

The graphics don't seem that much better than AFL Live 2, and the kicking animation seems just as jerky and unrealistic.

 

[BRAB]

Not sure if it's been posted yet, gonna have a crack at this "technique" soon.

One interesting part about that video is that they said when you get the "good" timing your player will nudge the opposition away from the ball. So people thought you had to actually bump them, that's not the case and that's not what the AI is doing, you just have to mark at the correct moment. Might change the way some people play.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

For marking I've found that positioning and engaging your opponent with L helps big time. Have to be as close to the front and centre of the circle, and these guys have it right, hit Triangle/Y a beat before the circle goes white, you should start your animation.

Spoiling with the R stick is so so so much easier and has more control than the L2/Triangle combo.

 

[Jebus]

Has anyone played an online game without terrible lag? It's either crazy lag in your favor which means you win by a massive amount, or its crazy lag in their favor which means they win by a big amount.

 

[NinjaSwan]

It's so frustrating how if you tackle the AI and the ball comes out it's play on, but if the same thing happens to you it's called for a throw every time.

 

[YelloMit]

I don't mind if I don't grab every mark, but the fact that the AI marks every single kick is ridiculous.

 

[YelloMit]

It's so frustrating how if you tackle the AI and the ball comes out it's play on, but if the same thing happens to you it's called for a throw every time.

Or when you tackle, it is a free against you for push in the back or high.

 

[Temploar]

When I returned my copy to EB games the girl there said she's had quite a few copies come back already.

I said don't worry there will be much much more after the weekend.