New AFL Game in the Making!

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I'm very excited with this news. I hope it's more decent than the other ones a few years back! It's made by a local company called Big Ant Studios and will be published by a biggeer company. No release date has been said of yet, but pre-season of 2011 is the likely time frame.

I'll keep updating this post with info.

Feature List curtesy of Big Footy:


  • Every player of every team has been photographed and modelled.

  • In the game the face, eyes, etc.. are animated.

  • Controls : there are Torpedo's, stabs, snap kicks etc.. taps in the ruck, punches - mongrels will generally happen when you do something that doesn't make sense given the position on field, power of the kick, on the run (or not)

  • Handball can be to a player directly or to space - the trajectory is dealt with by the system - there are "look aways" and over the head handballs.


  • Have implemented a control mechanism for both handball and kicks that players can choose to "lock" to a team mate, allowing for strafing and drawing the opposition.


  • Hoping the novice will be able to pick it up and play but that others will get more depth through "modifiers" we've put in there, eg. triggers/shoulder buttons for stab passes, torp's, strength of tap/punch in the ruck and so on.


  • Bouncing the ball can be manual or automatic (default). Will not bounce while sprinting. (Will get pinged if you run too far).

  • The grounds - they have all been licensed. Real MCG, SCG, etc... and they look *real*!

  • Marking: Contested Pack Marking will be a contest. Players will hit up/honor leads.

  • Crowd/Atmosphere - Crowd is in team colours, there are flags and the old "floggers" made out of paper.

  • There is more home crowd than away, based on interstate or not. There isn't booing.

  • Heritage rounds, ANZAC day etc... are all in there.

  • Dennis Cometti to do the commentary (Will be more then just Dennis)

  • Players individual attributes will be at play, including distance/accuracy, fitness, etc... ie Fev will find it easier to kick from outside 50 than Judd.

  • Fully Licensed Game, only licensed product will be in the game, ie, all jumpers/logos shall be those that are currently under license.

  • Dynamic Weather: Rain, sunshine, even shadows of clouds going accross the ground.
 
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Yeh this is old news.

They have been working on it for a couple of years. I remember reading an interview with the designer saying whats going into the game, and whats going into the future games. Can't remember where i read it though, google is your friend.

Sounds promising though, at least will get a current-gen game with online as well :)
 
It's been way too bloody long. Dying for a decent AFL Game :( Might have to buy a damn PSP!
 
Apparently their trying too release it by the start of the next season.
 
Hope this comes out on PC as well. I still enjoy playing the old AFL 2003 and AFL 2004 occasionally, even though they aren't brilliant - they were great fun in the day..
 
Hope this comes out on PC as well. I still enjoy playing the old AFL 2003 and AFL 2004 occasionally, even though they aren't brilliant - they were great fun in the day..

It is coming out on PC, 360 and PS3. Online games can be played as well, so already it sounds better then the previous versions. Hope that the graphics are good as well. Looking forward to this coming out.
 
I really hope they get the gameplay right.

I think at the moment, they are leaving some of the gameplay the way it is. I think i read somewhere, that they are mainly focusing on the out of play graphics. Stadium features, crowd gestures and all of that jizz. But by the time they figgle around with that, i hope that they advance in the game play
 
Well by the way their saying is that eventually we'll get a great game
 
Well head on over to the Big Footy Forum, Big Ant Studios is answers most of your questions! Here's the link. This game's now up and flying.

Also a screenie was released on the toopic of Tattoos. Here's a comparison.

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More features are been announced as the days passed. Check the first post for the up-to-date list of features. Also some more screenies below of Nic Nat.

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