Multiplat AFL 23: Launch Thread (Xbox release date TBC)

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

STATE OF PLAY:

• The game is out for Steam and PlayStation. There have been issues with Xbox release and it is unclear when the game will be available.
• Big Ant are aware that there are playability issues & bugs at present.
• Content has been temporarily removed from the game to identify where the issues lie.
• This content will be re-introduced via patches in the coming days.
• Big Ant have released a summary of what is to be reintroduced, which can be seen below.

Spoiler: Features to be added

Spoiler: MOST RECENT PATCH NOTES

Issues & constructive criticism are best communicated to: support.bigant.com

Michaels Twitch video with QA from Ross(BigAntStudios) from 31:40

 

[dekani19]

Anyone had grand final jumper patches or gold afl logo on the jumper? Swear that feature was gonna be in the game would be cool

 

[BlackMamba]

So you're OK with the 5/10 reviews, but not a 4/10 review?

Got it.

Expecting a review to ignore the biggest story the game has told is a weird take, but I understand why you'd have that view.

Geez, we got the CEO of the game company on here, trying to help, giving us updates and inside info....and people are acting like dicks...
Fine if you don't like parts of the game... but how about you discuss it constructively, and help make a better game!

This stuff is clearly being heard at BigAntStudios ... so whether we get improvements in a patch, or in the next version of the game, maybe don't get offside with the guy who has a ton of passion and is trying to help out.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I would hope such reviews get updates too...
Corrections for when the game changes and improves...

But instead, they typically just sit there... no updates... and even so, people who first read it probably won't return to it to the article later on to see what changed (like they would when playing a game).
I can understand the disappointment at a bad review... especially when the team are working their backsides off to fix up the launch patch issue.

If the game improves massively it won't be a secret. Everyone knows that games like No Man's Sky is a massively improved game these days and pretty much unrecognisable from the version that would have been reviewed.

I have no doubt that it'll be the same here if the game improves the same way.

 

[patfootball04]

Game is still hard to play despite the improvements.

-We NEED to have a feature in which we can lock onto a receiver properly. Way too hard to aim a kick to the player who is circled. Usually goes in a different direction or even a behind when kicking out.
-Why can’t we see player overalls when selecting lineup in Management mode?
-Spoiling is nearly impossible.

 

[BlackMamba]

If the game improves massively it won't be a secret. Everyone knows that games like No Man's Sky is a massively improved game these days and pretty much unrecognisable from the version that would have been reviewed.

I have no doubt that it'll be the same here if the game improves the same way.

I think there's a huge part of the population that have written off the game from the media attention it got after release.
Not everyone knows this info. Heck, people are still complaining to Big Ant about the XBox release... something we all know from this forum is all about Microsoft stuffing up.

And I'm sure Big Ant know that too... and will have to wear it from the game's launch issues and XBox challenges.

So when more recent articles pile on, and they're not up to date with the latest info.... I can understand the frustration of the developers to say 'that's not true anymore'.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I think there's a huge part of the population that have written off the game from the media attention it got after release.
Not everyone knows this info. Heck, people are still complaining to Big Ant about the XBox release... something we all know from this forum is all about Microsoft stuffing up.

And I'm sure Big Ant know that too... and will have to wear it from the game's launch issues and XBox challenges.

So when more recent articles pile on, and they're not up to date with the latest info.... I can understand the frustration of the developers to say 'that's not true anymore'.

The reviews we're seeing are based on the most recent build they played through. And they're calling it a 5/10 game. A build from a week or more after release. Waiting that long isn't normal, and gives Big Ant the benefit of the doubt. I'm not sure what else you expect? Hard to take? Sure, but if someone reviewed it at launch it would have scored far, far lower.

 

[palmomagpie]

I still have that bug where the commentators stop, and then at the end of the quarter the game pans to a shot of the forward flank where you have to force quit!!!!

Also, the marking is impossible now, you lose 100% of the 1v1’s, even if you press triangle when the controller vibrates (can’t see the ‘blue’ zone as it does not show up under my player)

EDIT: I wrote this in frustration as I was losing to the cats before the glitch. But the marking needs to be evened out. Darcy Moore is not getting out marked by Brad Close, ever.

Yeah I had that error just before again as well - submitted the video to Big Ant. I'm about 50/50 with the marking - Sicily will outmark anyone, Jiath sometimes. I have more luck running into a contest and marking it rather than a direct 1 on 1 though

 

[Free Agent]

I can't figure out why switching players is so difficult.

Put settings on manual. I've tried assisted.

Pressing L1 isn't switching the player on either setting

 

[caitybpies]

Is there a reason I can’t search up teams, players etc in academy that are built on a PC, I can only see ones that are created on PS4 (playing on a PS4)

 

[DasItMayne]

I can't figure out why switching players is so difficult.

Put settings on manual. I've tried assisted.

Pressing L1 isn't switching the player on either setting

It’s been broken since launch. Really shits me.

 

[shev76]

Not sure if it's a bug or not but when I try a set shot around the body playing as Carlton the ball isn't launched into the Marvel stadium roof. Can this be fixed?

 

[Jadoss_ATCHA23]

Have just played AI on hardest after downloading latest patch on PS5. Gameplay has improved significantly. Also like the addition of smothers and big marks however it randomly was taking them throughout the game- would prefer it be a control combination or single button and possible freekick if used incorrectly. Player movement when the opposition has a free kick is still very poor. Also not sure if anyone else has this but when AI go inside 50 it is near impossible to spoil a mark. Good improvements so far- game still doesn’t feel completely smooth, particularly when defending.

 

[DasItMayne]

Gameplay has improved significantly

False; agree with the rest.

Also impossible to get HTB or ID against the computer.

 

[palmomagpie]

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Anyone else finally taking hangers, only to get done as holding the ball? Player hits ground, no mark is called, and BAM, they're tackled

(have lodged this with BA, just seeing if it's a common occurrence)

 

[Cheifkeith95]

They’ve mostly fixed the interchange
Am still yet to see a free kick that isn’t holding the ball
How tf are you meant to spoil the ball now too
I’ve lost every single marking contest since the update

 

[Slimbeanie]

Don't release a bad game and you won't get bad reviews. Seems a pretty simple concept to me.

do you ever stop crying bruh, refund your game and give up on this thread you clearly wanted a perfect game on release and didnt get it, youve given quite a few opinions on a pretty meh game but your still here ? Go find somthing else to play

 

[BigAntStudios]

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Anyone else finally taking hangers, only to get done as holding the ball? Player hits ground, no mark is called, and BAM, they're tackled

(have lodged this with BA, just seeing if it's a common occurrence)

We've noted it - thanks for the report.

 

[BlackMamba]

The reviews we're seeing are based on the most recent build they played through. And they're calling it a 5/10 game. A build from a week or more after release. Waiting that long isn't normal, and gives Big Ant the benefit of the doubt. I'm not sure what else you expect? Hard to take? Sure, but if someone reviewed it at launch it would have scored far, far lower.

Hard to tell exactly what build they were playing though. Maybe it should explicitly say that at the start... and alert the reader to where they can find the current patch version number.
Again, if you know the story of the launch as we do on here and the journalist appears to know too, you would understand why this information is crucial to a reader who may not know.

Given it was for PS5 on May 15, I'd expect it to be, at the very least, Patch 10 (Friday's patch). Being in-the-know, there were 3 more updates about to land on PS5, that had landed on PC.
Also, there's mention of no in-the-back free kicks (which WAS in Patch 10)...but the mention of speccys (was only came over the weekend in Patch 11), and an image that I think was from Patch 3 last week.

So yeah, I am confused about the review, coz it's not all about a single version that any one of us have played.

 

[Cheifkeith95]

It’s pretty much broken again, if oppo get it inside 50 it’s a certain set shot because you can not spoil, always one step forward two steps back with this game

 

[BlackMamba]

View attachment 1688931

Anyone else finally taking hangers, only to get done as holding the ball? Player hits ground, no mark is called, and BAM, they're tackled

(have lodged this with BA, just seeing if it's a common occurrence)

I'm also pretty sure I took one while holding sprint (R2) at a contest... and not the modifier (L2) like it should have been.
Will have to play more tonight to see if that's completely right though.

 

[Kidneykid95]

We expecting a patch tonight Big Ant Studios?

 

[Cabs]

Breaking news coaches have returned as goal umpires

 

[hooked on fishing]

Any word re crashes on ps4 management mode. Really want to play it but can’t bring myself to it after playing a couple of games (pre over weekend/last night patch) and having 2 really close games and then it crashes.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[GoldbergsGold]

I haven't heard back from the support staff, after I sent a ticket out on Friday, I hope they at least saw the gameplay footage of the things I think need to be patched.

 

[BlackMamba]

Breaking news coaches have returned as goal umpires

And boundary umpire too (look to the left as it goes through).
I noticed you got a bit of a delay after the goal... this happened to me, and the game later crashed... which I reported to Support.... wondering if yours did too?
It may all be related.