Originally posted by Trev@Swordfish+Nov 22 2005, 10:59 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trev@Swordfish @ Nov 22 2005, 10:59 PM)</div>
@Nov 22 2005, 09:40 PM
Could Trev or Ian tell me why the maximum game time is 15 minutes in Rugby challenge 2006? The minumum I would want to play is ten minutes halfs and there isn't even this option in Rugby Challenge I am told. This is one of reasons I didn't like playing Jonah Lomu ruigby, beause you never felt you had tiome to really get 'into' a game, felt like you had to rush. For instance if you are a few points behind its nice to know you have some time to catch up! I can't see why a longer time could not have been included, surely it wouldn't have been that difficult? Very dissapointed.
There are actually two very good reasons why we limit the game time:
1. The primary reason is from a QA standpoint. Longer match durations extend QA periods by a huge margin. Actually including a full 80 minute match mode would cost us a fortune in QA resource. Unfortunately, we have to work within a limited budget on our niche sports ***les and just as we limit the number of stadia we can include, we also have to limit the match length.
2. The other issue is from a game balance point of view. As one of the other posters pointed out, you would get unrealistic scores. Whilst that is much less of an issue and up to the player at the end of the day, we do take it into account.
Sorry you are disappointed. I think EA include long match lengths, so if that's your priority I guess you could buy their game.
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