AFL Evolution - Out May 5 - (Cont in LAUNCH THREAD - link in OP)

[GetAroundHim99]

God damn just a snippet a screenshot acknowledgment of its existence!

God i hate Tru Blu. If only we could crowdfund Big Ant to make Clive Waterhouse Football 16 like we all dream about

Why Clive Waterhouse? If we're going to use an obscure forward from the 90's, Why not use 1999 Coleman Medalist, Scott Cummings? (At least he won something of worth.)

 

[RossFC]

Would like this to be Relton Roberts Football Challenge 2016.

 

[Murraj1966]

Would like this to be Relton Roberts Football Challenge 2016.

Maybe we get another random on the cover like Ted Richards

 

[kangle4]

Maybe we get another random on the cover like Ted Richards

Even better, Xavier Richards.

 

[Murraj1966]

Xavier Clarke confirmed.

Raph Clarke Football 2K17

 

[bradburygold]

Why not put sam reid on the cover? Oh wait..

 

[CJApples87]

Why not put sam reid on the cover? Oh wait..

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[HavenMac]

Maybe if they put Gillon McLachlan on the cover, the AFL might decide to put some money into the game...

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Maybe if they put Gillon McLachlan on the cover, the AFL might decide to put some money into the game...

Prototype Gillon McLachlan doll:

 

[JT_the_Man]

Prototype Gillon McLachlan doll:

AFL probably invests millions on Gil McLachlan dolls, but not a cent on AFL video games...

 

[GinniAndTonic]

Do we have a release date yet??

 

[JT_the_Man]

Do we have a release date yet??

Nope

 

[LeeARM]

You would assume they will take a while to finish the new rosters.
Easter would be a reasonable guess.

 

[RossFC]

Why do I have a feeling they will release a 2017 game not before pre-season but around finals time?

 

[palmomagpie]

Why do I have a feeling they will release a 2017 game not before pre-season but around finals time?

Honestly wouldn't surprise me! A late December release with 2016 lists wouldn't surprise me either

 

[LeeARM]

A late December release with 2016 lists wouldn't surprise me either

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have the license to use ex AFL players so I doubt they would do that.

 

[palmomagpie]

Hardest part is conceding that regardless of if this game is crap, I will still buy it. Not for Wicked Witch/Tru Blu, but for the future of AFL games. The dinosaurs at AFL HQ will never fully get behind a game if we aren't buying them, and if the game flops and nobody gets it, the AFL and Tru Blu will can AFL for another 10 years, or until Big Ant can negotiate a licence again

 

[Freo16]

Hardest part is conceding that regardless of if this game is crap, I will still buy it. Not for Wicked Witch/Tru Blu, but for the future of AFL games. The dinosaurs at AFL HQ will never fully get behind a game if we aren't buying them, and if the game flops and nobody gets it, the AFL and Tru Blu will can AFL for another 10 years, or until Big Ant can negotiate a licence again

When Live 2 released I said something similar while everyone was talking about "sending a message" and showing tru blu that we won't buy a WW AFL game, clearly if an AFL game doesn't sell they won't be thinking to change developer as much as they will be to cancel the games altogether

 

[SugarShane]

Hardest part is conceding that regardless of if this game is crap, I will still buy it. Not for Wicked Witch/Tru Blu, but for the future of AFL games. The dinosaurs at AFL HQ will never fully get behind a game if we aren't buying them, and if the game flops and nobody gets it, the AFL and Tru Blu will can AFL for another 10 years, or until Big Ant can negotiate a licence again

It's lose-lose, they'll always hear what they want to hear.
AFL2 sells heaps = Wicked Witch are great, let's get them to make more
AFL2 sells nothing = People aren't interested in AFL, no more games

The sad part is there's no real avenue to explain to Tru Blu that people want AFL games that are of DBC quality. They don't respond to (or probably even read) emails, facebook or twitter. Tru Blu's entire social marketing strategy can be summed up as "head in the sand and fingers in the ears."

 

[sfletch100]

Miserable bastards

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[Quokka]

Its so bizarre, they have a real history of not promoting games (and getting criticized for it). When the name was leaked via classification and a bit of hype was created you'd think that if they had any faith at all in the game, they would release something even if it was as little as an empty stadium or a bouncing ball.

Failing that even a tweet to say 'be patient, something is on the way' would acknowledge that people are interested.

Instead they completely ignore free publicity and say **** all.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Hardest part is conceding that regardless of if this game is crap, I will still buy it. Not for Wicked Witch/Tru Blu, but for the future of AFL games. The dinosaurs at AFL HQ will never fully get behind a game if we aren't buying them, and if the game flops and nobody gets it, the AFL and Tru Blu will can AFL for another 10 years, or until Big Ant can negotiate a licence again

They said that last time with Live 2. I don't know if buying a quick cash grab type of game is going to help with a potential good Football game. At least not with Wicked Witch involved. I'd rather another developer come a long who loves the sport dearly and knows how to produce games, and crowdfund that or something. The gaming industry is changing all the time, especially how games can get its funding. Just look at Lacrosse 16.

 

[SugarShane]

They said that last time with Live 2. I don't know if buying a quick cash grab type of game is going to help with a potential good Football game. At least not with Wicked Witch involved. I'd rather another developer come a long who loves the sport dearly and knows how to produce games, and crowdfund that or something. The gaming industry is changing all the time, especially how games can get its funding. Just look at Lacrosse 16.

Yep. At times like this I'm not even sure that "Any AFL game is better than no game" is true. I played AFL2 for maybe a month maximum before delisting it. Considering the quality of other games around these days, it's getting harder and harder to expect people to be satisfied with a cheap cash grab game. Is getting a crummy port of a Wii game every 3 years that we play for a few weeks but never really enjoy actually any better than not getting anything? If there was no game in the works, that'd at least have the positive that it means we're one step closer to getting a good dev behind it than we are now.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Yep. At times like this I'm not even sure that "Any AFL game is better than no game" is true. I played AFL2 for maybe a month maximum before delisting it. Considering the quality of other games around these days, it's getting harder and harder to expect people to be satisfied with a cheap cash grab game. Is getting a crummy port of a Wii game every 3 years that we play for a few weeks but never really enjoy actually any better than not getting anything? If there was no game in the works, that'd at least have the positive that it means we're one step closer to getting a good dev behind it than we are now.

You may as well pop out the old PS2, and start playing the old IR Gurus games. The gameplay is essential the same. There's no evidence Wicked Witch have decided to throw everything out the window and create something completely new. It's quite evident they're happy to produce the same content, ie Rugby Challenge 3.

 

[palmomagpie]

You may as well pop out the old PS2, and start playing the old IR Gurus games. The gameplay is essential the same. There's no evidence Wicked Witch have decided to throw everything out the window and create something completely new. It's quite evident they're happy to produce the same content, ie Rugby Challenge 3.

Which really sucks. You'd think they'd actually be putting in effort seeing as they're a small dev team who have their chance to make a name for themselves. Maybe it's budget, maybe it's lack of skill. They're based in Melbourne too aren't they? So they'd know how passionate we all are about AFL. And to top it off, there was that guy on here a few months back, who "worked" for Wicked Witch and would have read our comments. Surely they'd be putting some effort in to create a great game