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Rugby League 2 review
http://www.varsity.co.nz/games/articles.asp?id=5061
Well, what can I say?
I hope Jonah makes a sturdy recovery back to the All Blacks for RWC07, because we really need a rugby/league console game that competes against his '95 version, and sadly, this is not it.
Don’t get me wrong, they’ve tried really hard, and you can tell.
The similarities to actual players, both in looks and ability in play is amazing. The attention to detail to the stadiums and crowds is awefully accurate and the Franchise game mode option is full of detail off the paddock. However the playing of footy gets rather frustrating.
Again, they’ve tried real hard.
On paper, it should actually be a real good game of League. You have all the options you could think of for a console game. From the tackle ball you can pass one out, two out, three out, even skip three players to a fourth, you can pass directly to one of your two playmakers, and you can even scoop and run from dummy half.
With ball in hand, you can offload in the tackle (depending on which player it is) skip pass, dummy, step and fend, you can punt, bomb and grubber kick. On defense you have three different types of tackle options, including stripping. So really you should be set up for a mean game of League.
But you aren’t.
The reaction time from pushing your chosen play to it actually happening is slower than a Brent Webb conversion. All the camera angle options are like Benji Marshall post try celebrations “just not rightâ€. Whenever an infringement or break in play takes place, you are waiting a solid amount of time as it goes to a “Logo screen†then to a player shaking his head, back to this logo screen before waiting for a scrum to pack down. Which doesn’t sound like much here, but the button delay’s for skipping these screens are more apparent here than during play, and after a few games it really does get more frustrating than Stephen McIvor hyping something up.
We spent more time swearing at the screen than the players do.
So, unless you have a League teams brand tattooed on you arm, play in the NRL or your first name is Mad, surname Butcher, your tolerance for this game will be low. Hire it sure, have a bit of fun with some mates, by yourself play the franchise option. However purchasing this game will have you dropkicking yourself after about 3 hours of play.
Go Jonah. Put Cardiff Blues at the top of the Premiership, come back for a kiwi season, put that black jersey back on and fulfill your destiny of bringing that Webb Ellis trophy back to its rightful home. We need your console game upgraded.
I have spoken
Mike aka t-wrecks
http://www.varsity.co.nz/games/articles.asp?id=5061
Well, what can I say?
I hope Jonah makes a sturdy recovery back to the All Blacks for RWC07, because we really need a rugby/league console game that competes against his '95 version, and sadly, this is not it.
Don’t get me wrong, they’ve tried really hard, and you can tell.
The similarities to actual players, both in looks and ability in play is amazing. The attention to detail to the stadiums and crowds is awefully accurate and the Franchise game mode option is full of detail off the paddock. However the playing of footy gets rather frustrating.
Again, they’ve tried real hard.
On paper, it should actually be a real good game of League. You have all the options you could think of for a console game. From the tackle ball you can pass one out, two out, three out, even skip three players to a fourth, you can pass directly to one of your two playmakers, and you can even scoop and run from dummy half.
With ball in hand, you can offload in the tackle (depending on which player it is) skip pass, dummy, step and fend, you can punt, bomb and grubber kick. On defense you have three different types of tackle options, including stripping. So really you should be set up for a mean game of League.
But you aren’t.
The reaction time from pushing your chosen play to it actually happening is slower than a Brent Webb conversion. All the camera angle options are like Benji Marshall post try celebrations “just not rightâ€. Whenever an infringement or break in play takes place, you are waiting a solid amount of time as it goes to a “Logo screen†then to a player shaking his head, back to this logo screen before waiting for a scrum to pack down. Which doesn’t sound like much here, but the button delay’s for skipping these screens are more apparent here than during play, and after a few games it really does get more frustrating than Stephen McIvor hyping something up.
We spent more time swearing at the screen than the players do.
So, unless you have a League teams brand tattooed on you arm, play in the NRL or your first name is Mad, surname Butcher, your tolerance for this game will be low. Hire it sure, have a bit of fun with some mates, by yourself play the franchise option. However purchasing this game will have you dropkicking yourself after about 3 hours of play.
Go Jonah. Put Cardiff Blues at the top of the Premiership, come back for a kiwi season, put that black jersey back on and fulfill your destiny of bringing that Webb Ellis trophy back to its rightful home. We need your console game upgraded.
I have spoken
Mike aka t-wrecks
