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<blockquote data-quote="jovialjonny" data-source="post: 441769" data-attributes="member: 22610"><p>I finally got this yesterday as have been on hols. </p><p></p><p>There's definitely good news and bad news to it. </p><p></p><p>Good news is focusing just on the gameplay theres a lot of fun to be had here, the extra options at the breakdown and the chips and grubbers open up whole new ways to attack that are much more fun than the limited ones available in R08. </p><p></p><p>Guard control is also excellent, it removes the crazy random diving direction thing and adds much greater realism to tackling as you can execute tackles much more like the real world rather than a hit and hope as its hard to gauge the camera angle. </p><p></p><p>I'm a bit on the fence about the rucking, I think I like it because I'm starting to get the hang of the need to switch tactics against aggressive teams up front (e.g. SA) and also its not just a button mash because I played a guy online last night and he had me pinned in my 22 and I was mashing the hell out of it, kept conceding penalties and then got jamie heaslip binned! I thought that was very good as I was taking the mickey and the game punished me in realistic fashion. </p><p></p><p>I'm also a convert to end on camera, I really like the feeling of space on the pitch versus side on and it allows for more creative attacking. </p><p></p><p>Bad news wise its all been covered really but it is hard to deny that the off the pitch part of the game is pretty bare boned. I dont understand why not have a tournament mode that would allow you do custom 6 nations/tri nations for a bit of variety. Wouldnt matter that its not licensed.</p><p></p><p>Also the online is really the bare minimum that could have been done. On the pitch against a good player its great. But its ridiculous that there's no option to replay the match, some of my best online encounters in fifa have been where I find a similar style player to me and we end up in a best of 5 bonanza. Its also poor how detached it all is with just random match ups and no feeling of progression, points or ranking that allow you to keep playing better players. They really missed out on building a passionate online player base on this. </p><p></p><p>We may not get another rugby game for years, having a really strong online community and a few thousand strong leaderboard would surely make it an easier sell on the business case to build this into a franchise. </p><p></p><p>So in summary the experience on the pitch is really a fun one, everything off of it leaves a lot to be desired and that's the main reason these reviewers seem to be hammering it. </p><p></p><p>Better online capabilities would be my main wishlist item.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jovialjonny, post: 441769, member: 22610"] I finally got this yesterday as have been on hols. There's definitely good news and bad news to it. Good news is focusing just on the gameplay theres a lot of fun to be had here, the extra options at the breakdown and the chips and grubbers open up whole new ways to attack that are much more fun than the limited ones available in R08. Guard control is also excellent, it removes the crazy random diving direction thing and adds much greater realism to tackling as you can execute tackles much more like the real world rather than a hit and hope as its hard to gauge the camera angle. I'm a bit on the fence about the rucking, I think I like it because I'm starting to get the hang of the need to switch tactics against aggressive teams up front (e.g. SA) and also its not just a button mash because I played a guy online last night and he had me pinned in my 22 and I was mashing the hell out of it, kept conceding penalties and then got jamie heaslip binned! I thought that was very good as I was taking the mickey and the game punished me in realistic fashion. I'm also a convert to end on camera, I really like the feeling of space on the pitch versus side on and it allows for more creative attacking. Bad news wise its all been covered really but it is hard to deny that the off the pitch part of the game is pretty bare boned. I dont understand why not have a tournament mode that would allow you do custom 6 nations/tri nations for a bit of variety. Wouldnt matter that its not licensed. Also the online is really the bare minimum that could have been done. On the pitch against a good player its great. But its ridiculous that there's no option to replay the match, some of my best online encounters in fifa have been where I find a similar style player to me and we end up in a best of 5 bonanza. Its also poor how detached it all is with just random match ups and no feeling of progression, points or ranking that allow you to keep playing better players. They really missed out on building a passionate online player base on this. We may not get another rugby game for years, having a really strong online community and a few thousand strong leaderboard would surely make it an easier sell on the business case to build this into a franchise. So in summary the experience on the pitch is really a fun one, everything off of it leaves a lot to be desired and that's the main reason these reviewers seem to be hammering it. Better online capabilities would be my main wishlist item. [/QUOTE]
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