Originally posted by Los Lover+Feb 21 2005, 01:29 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Los Lover @ Feb 21 2005, 01:29 PM)</div>
Originally posted by locksley@Feb 21 2005, 01:08 PM
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@Feb 21 2005, 08:48 AM
yeah i just wanted to know how you feel about the longevity of the game now that you have had it and played it for a while. do you still get excited over playing it.
i mean for example pes series is a great addictive game that in my opinion never gets boring.
i thought wcr would be a similar experience with all the hype from trevorr and ian but it turned it rather poor. (plus pes is a simulation.....wcr is arcade)
i am very excited but want to know whether it is worth buying or will a week rental do it.
are you still seeing new animation or new little things that make you smile? i understand how hard it is for rugby games to be as good as pes, or american sports games but from your review it sound like they have made a game that will last......do you still stand by your initial views....as sometime playing for longer can change your opinion.
also can anyone point me in the direction of a video that is shwon in the side camera angle....as i have only seen classic views (i think)
thanks. i apologize if all this has been asked before (i did have a good look through three pages of topics)
yeah i just wanted to know how you feel about the longevity of the game now that you have had it and played it for a while. do you still get excited over playing it.
Right, if I'm being really honest now, I'm more than a little bored with the single player game! On normal mode, I'm scoring the same type of tries, my defence is well up to scratch and "nilling"the opposition is an alarming regularity.
For Example, an hour ago I started a Ten Nations tournament on the normal difficulty level, 5 minute halves, as Ireland! My first 3 matches were England, South Africa and New Zealand! the scores were as follows; 31-7 (Penalty try to England after a collapsed scrum), 24-0 and 33-0! Now this to me, is a bit annoying! So I quit that tournament and had a one off match, as Ireland, against Argentina on "Hard" mode!
The game in hard mode is just that.... HARD! So hard in fact that it seems unplayable! You CANNOT make ANY kind of break on it! Not ONCE did I break the line.... or win a lineout.... or win a scrum! The only good things were that my defence was top notch and turnovers were kept to a minimum, other than that, I could have played the match on hard for 24 hours and neither team would've scored! That. to me, is not very enjoyable, so I stuck it back on normal mode!
I suppose the answer to your question is yes and no!!! Yes, I get excited when I play the game in multiplayer mode (especially 2 on 2), but no, I'm not to bothered about playing the single player game anymore!
On a side note, after long continuous play, the sidestep and shoulder charge may as well not be there! They're pretty useless to be honest! Every now and again I've handed off a couple of would be tacklers, but I've NEVER stepped around the AI! I have in multi-player mode, but that's probably because the human player doesn't follow a set defence pattern and can be fooled by stepping!
I think you need to play better against hard - I have watched some of the play in the videos and think, all respect, it could be better.
I am only (mostly) going to play single player as this is the measure of a game anyway (if it's good then multi-player is always good - multiplayer being good doesn't make a game) so if you say Hard is too hard I'm sure utter skill will eventually break it down and make tries etc really satisfying.
For example - how much would you win a hard level game on rugby 2004 between, say, NZ and England with out pumped-up players over ten minutes? Could you rack up several tries? B/C I find it no challenge at all to do so....
Also - you say step doesn't work against AI - but on one of the videos Sailor runs back at the defensive line at full speed and just steps straight through it and out the other side like a knife through warm butter......I love everything you've done with the videos and the endless assistance - it's been amazing - but I question whether you push the D enough, kick too much and time the step etc correctly.
Sorry, but the AI etc has to be good IMO to buy this......If you say hard is "impossible" - I am looking forward to it. You say you lose every scrum and maul etc yet when you were first playing it you stated that the bar made no sense etc when it was obviously a representation of the colours of each team fighting for possession. Like JLR etc I am sure I can win possession on hard.
Is it possible that you have played normal for too long and thus hard seems too frustrating..? I mean normal!! Shouldn't you have started on hard. [/b]
