Don't know how many here in Demonland arev gamers but, today it was the official launch of the new AFL 23 game.

Petracca is in the cover of this game... However, he has been rated as a middle of the pack player 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Similar to Clayton Oliver who is at around the 20th best player (with Bontompelli and Cripps at the top).

Max Gawn ,on the other hand, is nowhere to be seen in the top 40 players.

Apparently the game developers used Champion Data to calculate the player ratings. What a load of [censored] data!

Yes it’s a fantasy in many ways 

Here is the evidence. Surely this is a [censored] take and will be fixed in a patch. 

Some absolutely laughable ratings here . Champion data involved so say no more

I mean Fritsch 50+ goals the past 2 years being rated the same as fringe senior bulldog Mitch Hannan. Being one glaring example.

Washed up nic nat same 86 rating as gawn and higher than the bloke on the cover Trac who find s himself an 85 with Aaron Hall , Jayden laverde and Chad Wingard 

 

 

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-player-ratings-in-afl-23-video-game-every-clubs-players-rated-team-ratings-stats-release-date-features-latest-news/news-story/74146d7be883744061b6f2920cbfb67c

 

 

Edited March 22, 20232 yr by Bates Mate

That is why I play Call Of Duty.

7 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Similar to Clayton Oliver who is at around the 20th best player (with Bontompelli and Cripps at the top).

The game developers used a basketball game as their starting point, so it's natural they would favour players who throw the ball.

4 hours ago, Bates Mate said:

Some absolutely laughable ratings here . Champion data involved so say no more

I mean Fritsch 50+ goals the past 2 years being rated the same as fringe senior bulldog Mitch Hannan. Being one glaring example.

Washed up nic nat same 86 rating as gawn and higher than the bloke on the cover Trac who find s himself an 85 with Aaron Hall , Jayden laverde and Chad Wingard 

 

 

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2023-player-ratings-in-afl-23-video-game-every-clubs-players-rated-team-ratings-stats-release-date-features-latest-news/news-story/74146d7be883744061b6f2920cbfb67c

 

 

Imagine having a Giannis or Devin Booker rated middle of the pack in NBA 2K , that's the level of ridiculousness here 😂😂

21 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Imagine having a Giannis or Devin Booker rated middle of the pack in NBA 2K , that's the level of ridiculousness here 😂😂

In NBA term it's like Giannis and Tobias Harris being on the same rating

Ok another AFL game, can we expect wingers to not be out on the boundaries at least?

Edited March 22, 20232 yr by layzie

2 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

That is why I play Call Of Duty.

Really? Halo has Petracca as the main character.

Been playing it all morning.

The player ratings are warped, but the graphics are amazing!

 

3 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

Been playing it all morning.

The player ratings are warped, but the graphics are amazing!

 

yeah, definitely better than the real thing 😂

10 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

Been playing it all morning.

The player ratings are warped, but the graphics are amazing!

 

Out of Bounce on the Full

I have no idea about this "game", but I am very happy for the proverbial "they" to continue to underestimate us.  Karma will be all the sweeter.

The AFL games are duds unfortunately. They're too small-fry for a big developer to invest in, so we've been stuck with smaller developers giving it a crack and they just don't have the capacity to capture our unique sport in a fun and accurate game. 

Petracca being the star on the cover, only to have a rating of 85 alongside Aaron Hall, Harry Cunningham and many other battlers is an absolute laugh. Just shows the depth of knowledge the devs have about the sport.

1 hour ago, Grapeviney said:

Been playing it all morning.

The player ratings are warped, but the graphics are amazing!

 

This and NES International Cricket are all the stimulation a developing brain needs.

 

 

And no Love Shack!

It's called virtual reality for a reason.

I can't think of one thing digital that has AFL finger prints on it that doesn't completely suck. 

Edited March 23, 20232 yr by Queanbeyan Demon

They did say these are preliminary ratings which are expected to change. 

We all know the game will likely be bad and yet will still buy it because its a footy game and Trac is on the cover.

The biggest problem imo is that the worst teams are still rated too highly. The lowest ranked team should be nowhere near 83. If we compare to FIFA, the lowest premier league teams are rated in the low 70s. All it means is that in your season mode teams like Hawthorn are going to have too many wins and make it feel even less realistic than its going to be anyway.

I feel like it's groundhog day. Doesn't this happen every year?! Champion data release their rankings and everyone freaks out and gets all outraged. No wonder they keep doing it, it generates so much outrage and therefor so many clicks. They have been slow getting them out this year so Fox is jump starting the outrage cycle by using the ratings in this game for the same effect. God this is tiresome

21 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

They did say these are preliminary ratings which are expected to change. 

 

Exactly.  Once it goes live or the first patch or two comes out, the rankings could look very different.  No need to take the pitchfork out of the shed just yet.

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

Out of Bounce on the Full

First thing that sprung to my mind when I saw that image!

6 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

The game developers used a basketball game as their starting point, so it's natural they would favour players who throw the ball.

Where's Pendles in the top 5? I'm sure I heard someone say he had a basketball background. Can't recall who though.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/afl-23-releasing-april-13.1289336/page-215#post-78367791

There's their more up to date ratings. With Trac and Clarry rightly taking top spot at 94.

 

6 hours ago, Grapeviney said:

Been playing it all morning.

The player ratings are warped, but the graphics are amazing!

 

Best AFL game ever made. Who could forget this guy.