So really they weren’t ready enough in september 2023. They’ve just give date to keep us interested in the game.
They needed 1 year more, and they took it 4 months of delay after another…
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Again the announcement is not givennuntil the very last working day before the deadline. And to top that off, the only timescale thats been given now is “until a later date”. The problem now is that even if they rebrand as rugby 25 they’ll have to amend all of the teams again for the new season in september. It will be a shambles if it releases later in the year as rugby 24 with 2023/24 teams
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Resharing my previous thoughts from when they announced their second delay on 31st January.…
Is it truly essential to “travel the world capturing teams” for this game!? If that is a true statement, it feels like they have massively overvalued the requirement to have accurate player appearances from all 140 nations.
Or at least they could’ve released these each month AFTER the release of the full game. Imagine this…
January International Teams Release: Spain, Portugal, Greece
February International Teams Release: Cyprus, Israel, Bulgaria
March International Teams Release: UAE, Egypt, Qatar
Isn’t this exactly what Big Ant did for the Pakistan Cricket team this month?
I live and play rugby in a country that does not hold an IRB World Ranking, but I believe they are included in Rugby 24. I am grateful for the inclusion, but I don’t understand delaying the release for accurate photo imagery.
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now all we have to do is wait and see… in the meantime I’m going back to rugby 08!
@JNT_BA I know you can’t and probably won’t even reply to this but please tell the team that no fan in the history of rugby gaming has thought that realistic player faces is the most important feature for rugby games and justifies a delay. GAMEPLAY will always be number 1 and lack of mention and willingness to show us the gameplay tells me all I need to know about the state of this game unfortunately
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As more people are also doing, I will take a break from following the game. I have been trying my best to spread word, keep being positive but this goes too far.
I feel this is Nacon’s responsability. The community is keeping the hype as strong as possible but there isnt any reward in the end.
The " As you can see, we have Premiership ", man do you think that we watched the trailer and be like " Oh they only have the licence for two teams, I hope they get the rest
Why not letting us know which team the game will have, which league, which modes etc…
This is beyond understanding. Ring me when something happens. This better be the game of a century.
Are you expecting a Top Spin incident again with a studio releasing a rugby game before ?
Back to Rugby 22. Wishing you the best Big Ant and Nacon, ring me when something is hapenning.
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Piri Weepu @ the blues.
Hansen leaving out Ben Smith in 2019 semi v england.
Wayne Barnes missing the infamous forward pass in 07.
TMO becoming too prevalent in rugby Union these days.
Not having roigard on the bench last year final.
Nacon + Big Ant’s partnership.
All these things have one thing in common…
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All is bu…it !!! 
The disrespect to their fanbase is actually insane.
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On TieBreak, the first Early Access allowed 6 modeled men and 6 modeled women (if I’m not mistaken) to play with, solo matches and there were several courts available.
There were bugs and the gameplay wasn’t perfect. There are still some bugs but it’s getting better with their patches.
They could very well have done the same for Rugby24, released 4-5 modeled teams (we know you already have at least Sarries and Sale), some random teams, and released the Stade de France or Twickenham and we were good for an Early Access.
As others indicated, I think the problem is deeper than photogrammetry and that it is unplayable at the moment.
They must have started working on it not as long ago as we thought. At the same time with AFL23, Cricket24, Tie Break and Rugby24, for a studio of this size, they must have found themselves under water.
Big Ant or Nacon, whoever in charge of the communication, could have played fair from the start and said it instead of waiting until the last week each time (here the last day) to say that they were not ready to release the game…
We are a lot to be convinced that once final release will be out, this game will probably be one of the best Rugby game ever, if not the goat.
But come on guys, please give us some pictures, of ANYTHING, as Ross is doing for Cricket, that would be great and keep us interested.
We know that Rugby is a niche game, and that the lads waiting in the forum are the big fans: the majority of people who will buy don’t know yet the existence of this game. But please, for all loyal fans, who are patients, please share with us some things. We will be the first to share with our friends this game, so please don’t let us down like this in the dark.
And please, the coming weeks should be real coming weeks and not coming months.
Have all a great day my friends,
Cheers
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Agreed, all this talk of photogrammetry is really just an excuse because they know we’re watching them do it for cricket. At least big ant have provided a 101 on how to kill hype for a videogame
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I really can’t wait to play this after I 100% complete GTA6.
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Yes unfortunately I will no longer buy the game. If this was released when it originally was intended to be I would have. But now I’m about to travel for a year I’m not going to bother buying it.
Sure I’m only a small Cog in the, I guess small machine lol. So it won’t really impact their sales/revenue… or will it considering the market for a rugby game is already so small?? I don’t know.
We dont care about delay ,but just keep us updated every week
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we won’t have any news before September I think and they will tell us that it is still not possible to release the game… we understood that I will never release but that they assume…
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Where are you travelling?
Long time lurker of the forums and even longer time rugby gaming fan. I’m as disappointed as most of us regarding the latest setback. I saw the following replies from Ross on twitter which provides some more context.
The positive thing is that they are making a game that is the most “integrated, fully licensed Rugby game”. I assume more than Rugby 06/08 which is probably the benchmark when it comes to licenses.
The not so good news is they cannot get access to the players to do photogrammetry. Sounds like some unions are not so accommodating to get this done, which is disappointing for us. To get early release they need “top international representation” and “a complete competition” in terms of photogrammetry.
It’s a shame as the early release crowd would probably just want to see how the game play is. Then provide this feedback about it. Maybe photogrammetry is an excuse for other things lacking gameplay wise. However I’m sure BA/Nacon probably don’t want to rush another game. It’s quite damaging have a game release that is not ready, the reviews are always based on games upon release not 6-12 months later and then playing catch up via patches.
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“Over the coming weeks with video and screenshots”
@JNT_BA , hope you are doing well.
Should we understand that we will have videos and screenshots in April ? Cheers
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Going on Nacon’s previous statements about updates I wouldn’t hold your breath!
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