ive always been a forum reader never posted anything before but i had to for this!
Its unbelievable that it took so many years to get a Rugby Union game out on the PS3 the only reason i bought a ps3 was because i was hoping one day a Union game would make it onto the ps3 and after waiting sooooooo many years we get 2 games out within a month and both are total ****! ive been a huge union supporter for games since Jonah Lomu Rugy on PS1 which is the greatest game of all time I still have PS1 just to play this, and Rugby 2001 on PS2 is good to other then that the rest are dissapointments.
I swear either the people making these games have actually never picked up a footy ball in there life or the critics who say these games are good dont even know what union is cause there from some other country. Rugby Challenge is terrible! Mauls are nothing u press x or o and get lucky and if u do get the ball then u have like 2 seconds to get it out of there before the stupid player picks it up and stands there, and if u try and pass the ball it uselly ends up dribbling 10 metres behind you to no one. u cant set any plays up from the maul. if u do happen to get it to the back line there is no chance of throwing inside ball or cutout pass or anything cutout pass uselly means it throws the player and goes straight through him and out of touch.
Players run around in circles trying to get out course and offloading is ridiculous a 5 minute game and u can offload 50 times and most of the time the offload will be like a 50 metre pass through other players to a random player its a joke. if your winning a game all of a sudden u cant tackle the computer because there offloading to every player on the team and then some before running through a tackle to score.
you totally have to have knock ons but come on its a sunny day and it seems 3 out of 5 times u get the ball it knocks on and goes to a pathetic scrum which again u cant even set up a play from it uselly pass it to the next player who will throw a wild ball to no one. there is the option of holding pass and it comes up with x o on players heads but the view doesnt even allow u to see where they are and i got a big tv so no its not my tv.
if you do make a it zooms in on the player wit the ball wtf??? how are u meant to do your next move u have no idea wether there is a man to the left or right to offload to or to kick to because it zooms in on the player why would u do that???? its awesome to make a break but its pointless if u cant even see wats going on after u do to make the next move.
lineouts are a joke! its pretty much impossible to win one against the team throwing it in. u try and get it to throw down the middle and thats it other team gets it. and if u do get it again no way to set up any plays.
a fun part is sending fowards up the middle to make metres but being able to pass to one running onto it is impossible and u do happen to get lucky u will lose the maul straight away.
kicking goals is lame, a circle fills up and u press it on the mark thats terrible wind barely makes a difference.
there is nothing worse though wen u do make a break and pass it to the next player and it either flings 20 metres behind u on the ground or straight through the player ur passing to!
pretty much the only positive thing about the game is the infeild kicking with grubbers and bombs although there far from perfect.
career mode is nothing 13 year career mode dont advertise this. its basically playing all the competitons through in one go over and over. no depth
now i love union games just after waiting so many years and getting this **** its so annoying i wish ea sports would take over and bring a union game out look at the quality and movement in FIFA 11, if jonah lomu rugby ps1 was updated into hd and brought out on ps3 i would buy it in a heartbeat or even rugby 01 the games where players actually pass to each other and run directly where u want them to without running in a circle to get them selves moving.
if you think this or the rugby world cup game is good then u need to go buy lomu on ps1 and see the difference and that was made in 1997 and it kicks ass! its devastating that lomu would let them put his name on this ****! this is pretty much exactly the same as the weak league games from you guys come on any chance u can upgrade lomu ps1 for ps3 pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
there is much more i could say on the topic but i doubt anyone will even take the time to read this far haha but if u do let me know your thoughts good or bad please
but big thanks to the guys for at least bringing out a union game even if it aint good its nice to play it again on ps3.
peace!!!!
