AFL Evolution - Launch thread

[Boohemian]

Also, why do the umpires say "that's a mark!" when a player marks it?

That doesn't happen in real life.

Also, the groans the players make when they get tackled is laughably bad.

This might surprise you, but the game was developed by an Australian developer, with a modest budget. There's a direct correlation between production values, attention details and the budget.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

People sure do worry about commentary. It'll never be good in an AFL game. Might as well just turn it off.

 

[Mootsy]

Way too hard to kick a goal on the run.


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That's a shame, the trailers made this look very good in terms of goals on the run, so that's disappointing..

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Hopefully there's no, "I am tipping Adelaide in today's game", "Sorry Dennis I don't agree with you, I am tipping Adelaide to win today" in this game.

I liked it when you played as a created team: "I am tipping... in today's game"

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

One annoying thing is there is no training mode, and the free roam chooses the team at random for you.

 

[Mootsy]

Who gives a Sh!t about the commentary, talk about the gameplay and skills etc

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Yeah there's a lot of irrelevant talk for us impatient types still at work. Commentary? Training mode? Who cares? Haha

Talk us through a game you played.

 

[BorisDawg]

Is there any sort of noticeable difference between playing with AFL teams and the lower levels such as VFL, TAC or even the international sides?

 

[tom1991]

Does this game allow 4 player couch multiplayer? More specifically, 4 players playing for the same team?

 

[Temploar]

A lot of people will be taking this back to EB next week. I'm confident of that.

This game is like a frozen meal. Looks way better on the box than it actually is and by the time you actually get to eat it you realise you've gotten what you paid for. Cheap crap.

I wonder how much of a budget wicked witch had for this. It's AFL live 2 with much better graphics and some gameplay tweaks. The stench of live 2 still lingers underneath however.

 

[BG32]

Heaps of young girls buying the game where I eas


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Might have request a VOIP Feature for MP then

 

[shaggy_mark]

Picked it up just now from EB Werribee Plaza and the girl serving me asked without me even prompting her "would you like to price match it at $79?"
so those having no luck getting it price matched must just have aholes that work at their local EB.

Plus why did she even bother asking me? What idiot is going to say "no, I'd love to pay $20 extra, nick off with your price matching shenanigans" ?

 

[Ahern2Boof]

People sure do worry about commentary. It'll never be good in an AFL game. Might as well just turn it off.

It is worrying when AFL Live 2004 provided better commentary than a game released today.

 

[BG32]

Players have all same body type

 

[aussiedude]

Classic Tom Boyd

 

[scaryness]

The game just seems chaotic.

 

[Mootsy]

A lot of people will be taking this back to EB next week. I'm confident of that.

This game is like a frozen meal. Looks way better on the box than it actually is and by the time you actually get to eat it you realise you've gotten what you paid for. Cheap crap.

I wonder how much of a budget wicked witch had for this. It's AFL live 2 with much better graphics and some gameplay tweaks. The stench of live 2 still lingers underneath however.

The trailers didn't give that impression, especially the drop kick along the ground and goal, side steps and Majak door high mark and so on..

 

[Jobe Watson]

People sure do worry about commentary. It'll never be good in an AFL game. Might as well just turn it off.

That's a lame excuse, "it'll never be good so just accept it". It's not exactly a difficult thing to get right. They're already paying Dennis and Richo the big bucks to lend their voices, might as well try to at least make it sound vaguely realistic and worthwhile. No one is expecting NBA 2k levels of depth but surely we could get something that sounds better than Shane Warne Cricket '99.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Picked it up just now from EB Werribee Plaza and the girl serving me asked without me even prompting her "would you like to price match it at $79?"
so those having no luck getting it price matched must just have aholes that work at their local EB.

Plus why did she even bother asking me? What idiot is going to say "no, I'd love to pay $20 extra, nick off with your price matching shenanigans" ?

At least she's showing some initiative and doing it herself, and doing the righty and letting people know. Plenty of retail workers and especially dickheads at places like EB/JB wouldn't ask or anything.

Is there basically going to be a tonne of these games around or what? Or just a few dozen?

 

[RossFC]

It is worrying when AFL Live 2004 provided better commentary than a game released today.

That game couldn't even get the Port Adelaide players names right. I think Matthew Primus kept getting called Joel Patfull.

 

[adammonerz]

So far so good right now small soundtrack but the songs are great, Game feels like Live 1 more then Live 2 which is great still updating though. Commentary is stiff but it has it's good moments sometimes. Graphics are pretty decent, Replays are sluggish however but it's not a huge issue

 

[HaroLad]

The commentary is shithouse on FIFA, and people expect decent commentary for this?

 

[braydensharp]

Anybody else got the marking worked out in this game? Seems so bloody hard for me

 

[Monfries7]

Simulated a full season of the manager career.. some interesting notes.

Brownlow medalist was Sam Lloyd and the Coleman medalist was Jeff Garlett. This was shown after the GF.
Each team had about 2 draws.
Can't see disposals per game but each teams leading possession getter was a small forward.
Jarman Impey had a broken collar bone and was out for 46 weeks
You get team contract offers at the end of the season, I had 4 different teams
Draftee names weren't all player names, majority were different
At pick 94 I picked up a player with 96 potential
Of my 4 draftees their ratings were 58, 76, 66 and 60

 

[Mootsy]

Anybody else got the marking worked out in this game? Seems so bloody hard for me

I read that if you are in career mode than it's not easy eArly on, not sure about non career games.,