AFL Live 2012/13 Wishlist Thread

[EBUS]

I know AFL Live 2011 hasn't even been out a month but this will really help Ross and his team.

Career and Be A Pro Mode:

An obvious one but a career mode with trading and drafts is a must, also be a pro mode would be awesome.

Crowd Noise:

Crowd noise needs to be realistic, a Collingwood v Carlton game should have better atmosphere than a North v Freo game, a game at Subiaco should have huge support from the home team compared to hardly any from the travelling team and a finals game should sound louder than a home and away game.

Improved Graphics:

While the graphics for AFL Live 2011 weren't bad they could definitely use an upgrade.

More Menu Music:

We definitely need more than 2 songs for AFL Live 2012/13.

AI Bumping and Shepherding For You

It would be great if when you got the ball the AI would shepherd for you to give you some space.

Post your wishlist for the next AFL game.

 

[Xtreme]

Streakers invading the ground mid game.... and maybe "Be a Streaker" mode, have the ability to interrupt games that people on your friends list are playing .

In all seriousness:
More goal celebrations

Maybe a return to mini games in some fashion, like longest kick, handball - target zones, goal kicking competitions etc.

More animations - be it tackling, evading, marking, goal kicking etc.

 

[strauchanie59]

All of the above! More stadiums: Blacktown, regional grounds. Grounds are ACTUAL size. The MCG and the SCG are not the same length! And that's it. EBUS stated all the main obvious ones.

 

[EBUS]

Streakers invading the ground mid game.... and maybe "Be a Streaker" mode, have the ability to interrupt games that people on your friends list are playing .

In all seriousness:
More goal celebrations

Maybe a return to mini games in some fashion, like longest kick, handball - target zones, goal kicking competitions etc.

More animations - be it tackling, evading, marking, goal kicking etc.

To add to this how good would these games be online?

 

[dajesmac]

OP pretty much sums it up for me. Franchise mode >>>>> B.A.P though so at this point if BAP isn't in 2012 I'm not fussed.

Franchise mode is the big one though.

 

[Gibbsy]

Yep, Association/Career/Franchise mode is the big one needed. Also, surprised anyone hasn't mentioned instant replay yet. You can't truly appreciate the player models without having a manual replay option. To be then able to upload to a site ala 2k11/FIFA would be insane.

Finally, this is only a small one but more customisation when designing guernseys/logos. The ability to upload a logo and then use that on a guernsey as well as being able to choose your own colours would be perfect.

 

[Hopping Mad]

Just give me a franchise mode and instant replays and I'm set.

 

[John Dorian]

Handball power metre. Like the kicking one so it's not just a tap.

 

[Quivorir]

Handball power metre. Like the kicking one so it's not just a tap.

Its not just a tap, hold it longer ball goes further.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

The graphics are good enough for the next game. Maybe swap the budgets for graphics guys and sound guys for the next game. That way we get slightly better graphics and (hopefully) much better sound.

 

[jp13]

VFL, TAC Cup etc. would be good to have in the xbox and ps3, not just wii.

a my player sort of thing where you start as a dud and work your stats up in TAC cup and get drafted then play VFL/AFL.

franchise mode where you can trade, scout, recruit, draft and stuff like that, and have a training mode included? and maybe have your VFL affiliate and play some games for them if you wanted?

and also a better salary cap for created teams!

 

[bombers555]

Be a streaker mode?? definately oh yeah and more options for create a player ie. more hairstyles blah, blah, blah

 

[smiths]

Adjustable/correct sock lengths.

 

[USACats]

Originally Posted by Xtreme
Streakers invading the ground mid game.... and maybe "Be a Streaker" mode, have the ability to interrupt games that people on your friends list are playing .

In all seriousness:
More goal celebrations

Maybe a return to mini games in some fashion, like longest kick, handball - target zones, goal kicking competitions etc.

More animations - be it tackling, evading, marking, goal kicking etc.

To add to this how good would these games be online?

Has anyone played MLB The Show 11? They have a weekly challenge online of mini-games. Get one try. More chances costs cash. First time SCEA has done this for The Show, and looking at the attempts people are making at these mini-game challenges, they're making some serious cash off it.

 

[Archer_11]

Streakers invading the ground mid game.... and maybe "Be a Streaker" mode

I laughed. Maybe even lol'd!

 

[JADED]

LOL @ be a streaker mode. Funniest thing I've read on here in a long time. Ross will love it. Just hide behind the fence, waiting for your moment of glory and BAM, off you go.

One MAJOR thing this game lacks is in the team selection department.
The layout is terrible. Why a full screen ground view wasn't used I don't know.

You need both teams on the team selection screen also. That way you can play a tall defence when needed etc.

 

[RU_]

They said its not a full field as they need to fit two and cant.

 

[Van Nostrand]

Definitely need some sort of evade button. Will eliminate a lot of the tackling.

Also need to get the sprint levels of players sorted out so the faster players are actually faster.

Having an automatic handball lock-on would be good too.

 

[BlackMamba]

They said its not a full field as they need to fit two and cant.

I wonder if you need two fields.... Maybe you could have just one, with both teams on it.... both players moving players around on the one field.... but an interchange/reserves section on the side for each team.

Better Commentary - Done well in AFL 99, where instead of there being a commentary segment for each name, it seemed to have "by <Insert Name>" as a segment. i.e "by Thompson"

This way you get the break in a sentence at the right point, which I think would make it sound better.
i.e
at the moment it's
Segment 1 - "That was a great goal, by"
Segment 2 - "Brown"
You hear: - "That was a great goal, by....Brown"

Should have it:-
Segment 1 - "That was a great goal"
Segment 2 - "by Brown"
You hear: - "That was a great goal....by Brown"

Also, some fixes for how it currently is:-
- Don't say the name of the tackling player on it's own, it just makes it confusing.
- Bumps get commentary for tackles (i.e "Tackled by Franklin" when Buddy lays a bump)
- Goals are mentioned as soon as the ball is kicked. This is why, when the ball is smothered, you still hear Dennis say it's a great goal.
- Custom team names, and players, are just blank for some of the commentary. If there is no name, don't say a comment that inserts a name in there.

 

[Jonts]

just career mode to do it and trades

also SANFL/VFL and the rest with Foxtel Cup?

also love to have be a new club mode wher you can try and poach as many players as you can and are loaded with draft picks possible tasmania team?

 

[royboy2]

Crowd Noise:

Crowd noise needs to be realistic, a Collingwood v Carlton game should have better atmosphere than a North v Freo game, a game at Subiaco should have huge support from the home team compared to hardly any from the travelling team and a finals game should sound louder than a home and away game.

On the crowds, for mine the flags shouldn't be waving for the entire game. Only when goals for that side are kicked.

Crowd size - Make it realistic, check with past years if need be. But for a Port vs North H & A game the stadium should be closer to empty than full. Surely its not that hard to animate empty seats.

 

[Jacare]

Career and Be A Pro Mode:

An obvious one but a career mode with trading and drafts is a must, also be a pro mode would be awesome.

AI Bumping and Shepherding For You

It would be great if when you got the ball the AI would shepherd for you to give you some space.

They're the 2 things I'd really love to see. Graphics are good enough to play with and the menu music isn't that annoying because I don't usually sit in the menu screen for more than 30 seconds.

 

[Peck]

IMO The things that should be included in order of importance.

A Manager mode that includes Trading, Drafting, and Player Development. The trading would preferably not involve static player salaries. The drafts IMO should be selected from a pool of 2 or 3 hundered pre generated players, but I'm sure Big Ant Studios have ideas for this kind of thing.

If the Manager mode is solid, then everything else in the game will matter a lot less, as this can keep people playing forever if it has enough depth. (I played the hell out of FIFA 05 even though I didn't think the gameplay was that great, others played a lot of AFL 07 or whatever, simply because of the manager mode) Hence I would say this is the most important thing for Big Ant Studios to change / include in the next game.

The Gameplay should be improved. A couple of things that I would focus on are improving the difficulty curve, and making the game more tactically deep.

I'd also like to see the auto subbing improved, maybe designating players for midfield rotation, or giving them minutes like in NBA games. The in play subbing also needs improvement IMO.

I would love to see gameplay sliders included ala NBA 2k11/NHL 11, though I am unsure how difficult these are to program in. But I think that this would be just about the best thing they could add, as it would make customizing the gameplay to perfection a lot easier.

I would also like to see the salary cap removed for offline play. Maybe not for season mode regarding trophies, but definitely for custom games. Me and my brother tried to fantasy draft super teams to play against eachother with, and could only make really crap teams. Which was fairly lame given we weren't going to use them online or anything.

 

[Notorious_29]

Live needs a pause function. Something like a 10 second pause would be perfect to adjust tactics.

 

[Jobe Watson]

- 'Skill Moves' for players would be sweet. The ability to side step, spin out of trouble, take a step back to get more space, etc. would be very usefull in congestion.
- Ability to look at stats any time during the game, for any player.
- Jack Darling