AFL Live 2011 - the video game

[one-eyed]

Not sure if anyone is into the video games of AFL but here's the trailer for the latest "AFL Live 2011".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG6TlOyHQzU&feature=youtu.be

[wayne]

They always look so underwhelming. It's a PS3 game and has graphics you would find on a PS1.

The most important part though is game play, and apart from Aussie Rules Footy on the NES, no game has even got close to being an enjoyable representation of the AFL.

I remember one game, AFL 2000 maybe, the opposition would win a centre tap, their rover would bomb the ball the CHF and they would have a player standing on their own 50m out every single time.

[gerkin greg]

looks totally unrealistic - dan jackson taking a hanger 

[Coach]

They always look so underwhelming. It's a PS3 game and has graphics you would find on a PS1.

The most important part though is game play, and apart from Aussie Rules Footy on the NES, no game has even got close to being an enjoyable representation of the AFL.

I remember one game, AFL 2000 maybe, the opposition would win a centre tap, their rover would bomb the ball the CHF and they would have a player standing on their own 50m out every single time.

PS1 my ar se. The graphics are solid and it's easy to tell who most players are. Take a look at some of the screenshots. The game will be decent

looks totally unrealistic - dan jackson taking a hanger 

Agreed. They should have him tackling someone high with some old whores on the boundary creaming themselves over it

[mightytiges]

A video game of Aussie Rules would be a lot harder to program for than say Soccer's FIFA 11 which also has the resources to go hardcore. Footy has too many variables so you have to draw the limit somewhere and that limits its realism. I haven't played the recent versions but in the 2003-2007 versions you were often better to play old school footy of just banging the ball as far as you could either by hand or foot to beat the AI opponent. The tactical options were very limited as players were stuck in old fashion positions of 3 Backs, 3 half-backs, ..... 3 forwards (In Soccer this works are you have 4-4-2, 3-4-3, 4-5-1, etc options). Hopefully that area has improved in the latest AFL Live version.

[Dubstep Dookie]

Ps3 - pffft.

It's the best of the consoles, but if you ain't on iTunes you're so 2007.

[mightytiges]

For some reason I've kept many of my old video game consoles. I still have my old Nintendo console from the early 90s plus a few games from that era and I also have a space invaders/phoenix hand held early 80s style console but I bought that about 10 years ago for the fun of it. The later ones I have are PS2 and an Xbox.