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

 

[illnino]

Surely when we can actually use tactics, that will go some way to alleviate some bad ai.

 

[ice444]

When your coaching career doesn't work out, become an umpire instead...

 

[jdoggdrool]

When your coaching career doesn't work out, become an umpire instead...

Let's face it, that's as close as Simpson is getting to seeing West Coast kick a winning score.

 

[footyfreak_]

How do I get interchange to work

 

[RayceHawk53]

Curious whether this is just the AFL loosely rewriting the information we’ve been told or if there’s credibility to the “coming days” timeline. I have my money on no credibility whatsoever.

 

[T2B_]

When your coaching career doesn't work out, become an umpire instead...

If the game had released in a good state, but with a couple hilarious glitches like that, it would have been the best launch ever.

 

[George]

How do I get interchange to work

Wait a couple weeks

 

[LachieNealesCalves]

Is there really an issue with the grounds broadcast camera being wrong? Or is it a annoying OCD type thing?


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More of a realism thing. It just looks off seeing it the other way

 

[Quivorir]

How do I get interchange to work

You don't.

 

[BigAntStudios]

Is there really an issue with the grounds broadcast camera being wrong? Or is it a annoying OCD type thing?


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I believe the grounds are correct but the broadcast camera has been changed to the other side on some grounds because it would otherwise clip into a grandstand/structure if it remained on that side.

 

[BigAntStudios]

There will be further patches today.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Ai not spoiling is number one on my list.

They were spoiling it a lot on my end, kind a bit unrealistically. If it were possible to turn, I could at least hand ball away from the opposition.

 

[GoldbergsGold]

There will be further patches today.

Are you guys looking into the turning issues? That's the biggest problem I'm having with the game, when it was no issue with Live 1.

 

[jdoggdrool]

There will be further patches today.

Any chance those will also be on PS5 today as well?

 

[LTFabled]

There will be further patches today.

When can we expect that roadmap

 

[Hoffy95]

Don't get too hot & bothered over this guys head outside, get some fresh air & fly a kite or something.

 

[Quivorir]

I believe the grounds are correct but the broadcast camera has been changed to the other side on some grounds because it would otherwise clip into a grandstand/structure if it remained on that side.

So rather than fix that you just chuck the camera on the wrong side?

 

[RayceHawk53]

There will be further patches today.

Any elaboration? At least a heads up when there will be?

 

[ice444]

There will be further patches today.

Thanks for the update - the first patch made it more playable, and I look forward to the game becoming better.

Have the crashing issues been fixed?

 

[Chark96]

Ive been playing on and off for awhile now ill list some of the things i think need tweaking:

• AI needs to be able to spoil and outmark the user when in a 2on1 or 3on2
• User movement needs to be tuned sometimes it feels like the player is a truck and struggles to turn around or just move in general
• Handballing needs a little bit more work
• User tackling needs a lot more work still, still feels like i cant tackle

Modes or features that need to be added:

• Online leaderboards or some sort of stat tracking (maybe a reset of games played to date currently
• Online Private or Custom Match option
• Stats screens at breaks (QT, HT, 3QTT, FT)
• Tactics, probably the one that needs to be added in ASAP

Overall its got a good base to work off, just some things need tweaking to iron the bugs out

I 110% share the same thoughts as you mate! Great base but the above needs addressing


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[FearTheBeard13]

There will be further patches today.

Will patch notes be available Ross? Cheers

 

[Lucev23]

Played a bit now post-PS5 patch.

Slightly better, not really a fun game apart from being able to nail set shots and hit up leads which is good.

Marking is deplorable, ruckwork is shithouse, handballing sucks, tackling is crap. There's no joy in being in congestion or in the contest, it's an absolute mess. Players doing that weird pause when they receive the ball combined with the horrendous handballing makes it super frustrating.

Besides all that, in terms of game modes and extras the game is obviously incredibly light. Career management has some semi-cool things but trading is broken and the whole thing lacks polish. Not sure if you can make it past season 1 after this patch but I couldn't initially.

Online is frustrating as all hell. Every game I play descends into a quarter of soccer where it bugs out and nobody can pick up the ball.

Really sad for all us footy+gaming nuffies who just want an enjoyable gameplay experience for the sport we love, especially us older fellas who've put up with this rubbish for most of our lives.

Sadly, it seems that we will never get a decent AFL game. The sooner we realise that the better I guess. The size of our dinky little sport just doesn't make it feasible.

I am going to return my game to JB Hifi now. Had BigAntStudios given us some kind of indication (hope) of where the game SHOULD be and how long it'll take to get back on track then I would have kept it. I'm not blindly holding hope after the last few months of vague responses and avoiding questions. For a lot of my life I've dealt with offshore factories so I'm used to picking up on red flags, reading between the lines and identifying when somebody is avoiding the tough questions and then deducing the answer as a result. It seems very similar to the way Ross has acted at times (like, where have the VFL/WAFL/SANFL teams gone??).

I'll keep reading this trainwreck for the lols and by some miracle if the game does improve in the coming months I might grab it again but for now I am counting down the hours till the next Zelda game.

 

[RayceHawk53]

Don't get too hot & bothered over this guys head outside, get some fresh air & fly a kite or something.

I think instead it’s best that we all act like the world is ending because our AFL game is buggy

 

[FearTheBeard13]

The game won't be truly playable until they fix the inability to turn properly.

That plus the handballing, interchanging and stats overlay. If just these 3 things are fixed I’m good until the next patch.

 

[UAWM]

Don't know if this helps anyone with PC Crashing but it seems to be triggered (for me atleast) if you skip the cutscenes too fast lmao. Like the game cant keep up