Rugby 25 Megathread

[ATM-Gamer]

I’ve just tried another match in Play Now. AI v AI, England v Scotland on PS5.

Everything was fine until about the 60-70 minute mark then the game crashed back to the PlayStation Home Screen.

I tried another match this time in my season mode and same thing crashing part way through the 2nd half?

Anyone have any advice or suggestions? Maybe I uninstall the game and wipe my saves and start a fresh?

Or are there any less drastic measures I could try out?

Many thanks in advance for anyone offering advice.

[F14tomcats]

You are experiencing ai draw and passing, using open wingers to score open try opportunities rather than take contact, passing through the hands out through the backs,? If you are then you are playing a different version than other people. If not then there’s definitely passing issues. All I’m getting is contact offload Fest, absolutely nothing like actual rugby and add in zero tactical kicking ( occasional box kicks) but no territory kicking…

[Chris20000]

Let’s hope for a new patch next week

[Valhalla_Vagabond]

At this point, let’s hope for a new game next week

[ivor2de]

Online mode - offloads and handoffs still too easy. Defensive urgency and responsive AI must be looked at. All.games are high scoring, ball possession is king. In rugby games can also be won on good defense and urgency to force attacking sides to make mistakes or kick ball. There is no incentive to kick the ball.out of 22 in this game, easier to run and score 100m tries. And we play in a very competitve online group where guys have been playing rugby games since jonah lomu rugby.

[Nesreviac]

Yeah, it’s not just online either. The kicking game is not strong enough to be worth using online or offline.

[ATM-Gamer]

It seems to me that PC users are way ahead of PS5 in regards to patches. Am I right to assume that or can anyone tell me any different?

The way I like to play the game, which is AI v AI, is unplayable atm. Game crashes part way through the 2nd half no matter which mode I play.

Question for @JNT_BA or any other dev that may look at these comments.

Do you plan on patch the PS5, or consoles as a whole, up to the versions that the PC are at?

[JackyD93]

Played on the xbox version today. NZ vs Aus. Hardest, 10min halves. Finished 24-19.

Actually had some fun with it. I slowed down how i would usually play, and played as realistic as possible, not playing any cheese or using the games exploits.

Ai scored 2 trys from my mistakes, poor control of a fb and an intercepted offload. The good try they scored was the usual one up and offload, however they were in my 22, maxing out 5 to the ruck to hold possession so it was a viable and realistic option.

Ai need to be more intelligent, more variety, and need to have a kicking game. The ai kicked twice, both box kicks in this game.

Some animations need tidying up or changing. Side steps are not effective, its too slow. Try scoring dive into getting tackled is so immersion breaking. The played on the ground in a ruck rolling over and handing over the ball in a turnover is ridiculous. Big fan on the automatic breaking tackle animation tho, need more of this sort of thing.

Passing confuses me. Im not sure if its support player positioning that makes it feel off, but something just doesnt feel nice. The positioning is bad, support players always so deep. I dont mind a deep option, but give me some flat hard line options. Wingers need to be flatter 100%. Most well executed offloads actually feel good. Players running onto the ball, nice and flat.

Goal kicking annoys me. Im not a fan of the animation, however i can live with that. But i hate the stick flicking, i hate the floaty ball, i hate the swerve that cant be adjusted or anything, i hate that everyone seems right footed.

Few bugs obviously.
2 knockons that seemed to be ignored.

1 ai lineout, seemed to be a substitute hooker throwing, however he was sat down, and did not throw. Maybe a bug with lineouts when a sub has been made but not completed?

2 times the ai made a break, stopped and made a strange run backwards.

1 pass left from a ruck, went right and into touch.

The last time i played was on pc, and the game felt broken. Not sure if its the latest update or the xbox version is slightly different, but it felt better today. (Still not good btw)

Im a huge fan of rugby league, and i enjoyed league live 3 and 4. So im obviously buzzing theres a new one on the way. But please get this union game to a decent state before abondoning it for new stuff.

Thanks

[FilthyBandit]

Series X
Hard

THE FOLLOWING HAPPENED IN 1ST HALF.

GAME DOES NOT PAUSE on Series X when going to xbox dashboard. Shocker. Tested this three times with same result.

Oponent took a quick lineout and was penalised for no reason.

Perfected the kick meter, ball went about 5m…

Passes going opposite way to button press from ruck on occasions

Vertical passes

Halfback runs opposite direction off ruck (side camera)

Teleporting players to rucks

Basic basic basic issue. Time incorrect on opening scene. See screenshot below, night game being played at 1pm…

Best looking, worst playing rugby game unfortunately. Seriously half baked and broken to the point where matches are decided by fundamental issues caused by poor development, rather than player input.

[Chris20000]

Henry Pollock rating might be about to go up he’s at 83

I think he may be around 87 or 88 player

[Sancho]

Righto that will do me. This game is obviously not getting a major update. They are just tweeking minor Things. The game had so much potential.

To think they thought they could release it before the world cup lets you know everything you need to know. We gave them so much time! I don’t know why they even told us it was coming out and help off until 2026 to release it.
I rememer deleting rugby 22 thinking I’ll never play this again…. until EA games make another rugby game I don’t think any of these little companies have the funds.

These guys obviously have only ever played or watched rugby league, the whistle is even league. The tackles look like they have been used from their old games.

First step would be forgetting about photgrammetry and just making the first game that can actually play. What a waste of time and money travelling around to clubs and stadiums to make a flop. Once you’ve made a decent game then you can focus on that the next game and leave customizing for us to do in the mean time.

Cya big ant

[MYKIonXBOX]

More like wait until the 2027 World Cup lol

[MaD_Dragon_Rugby]

Has there been another secret update to make the game worse? Or is the xbox version just rough as nails.
First time playing on the xbox since wednesdays update. This is the final tackle stats on a 5 minute game on hardest.

My players missed 84 tackles. Every single carry by the AI is back to Handoff or Sidestep.
Sometimes they are able to perform both actions on a single carry. Followed by an offload, for the next guy to just dodge another tackle with a sidestep.
AI also sprinting to rucks whereas my guys take their sweet time and I couldnt get the ball back.

Issue with kicking from tee has returned where once kicked the ball rotates 90° and the ball flies like a watermelon rolling down the hill.

AI also missed 2 conversions (which dont get me wrong, I like they CAN miss conversions now) but AI were playing as South africa, and Pollard missed 2 conversion from infront of the posts? Maybe on easy they could miss that, or on hardest missing from a touchline conversion, but litterally infront of the posts on hardest is so jarring as basically no international fly half would miss that type of kick.

Weve also got the return of the classic “once AI offload, they become a ghost for 1st tackler” glitch. Which isnt helping those missed tackles as they can litterally walk through the defence.

Also had loads of issues with my defensive line have these enormous gaps because of the 5 player rucks, and the AI can exploit way too hard. The AI attack seems to be able to pick a pass from anywhere on the pitch where the first reciever just runs through 2 defenders (while both my guys dive on the floor not even close to a tackle) and then run atleast 50m up the field before my fullback can get the tackle (which is just handed off anyway) and they run over to score. I had 4 instances of the AI running 80m tries against me from 1 phase and I couldnt do anything about it. And 2 of those tries were by props. How can props still sprint 80m and outrun wingers in this game after multiple updates targetting that exact thing.

Its crazy how different this experience is to playing the PC version on wednesday. Where the AI could barely get the ball off me. Is this going to be another instance of the pendulum swinging too hard the other way as a consequence of nobody liking the last couple of updates. Because if so, were in for another rough week this week.

No colour screens today though, so thats a… win… i guess

P.S.
Started messing around in testing, you can pick the ball up with your scrum half and run laterally across the field, and the AI dont move until you run forwards, so you can run 50m sideways before just running around their winger, and because everyone is still the same speed. You are away for a try.

[IanOM]

When a man with the patience of a saint starts to sound annoyed, you know things are bad.

[Chris20000]

I think could be difficulty level, I was noticing less fend offs and break tackles from CPU, I think playing on easiest I had 28 or 30 user missed tackles, still a debate if that number is too high I’d like to see it under 20 for a 7 min game

I think it maybe be partly due to you playing on Hardest and a mechanic to try and help AI against you, its a basic tactic but probably effective to an extent but really makes stats look bad.

[ATM-Gamer]

Still crashing for me every game I try and play.

Also after watching Mad_Dragon and BearsGamer’s last videos it sums up entirely how I feel regarding the game at this point in time.

I’m on this bandwagon to the end but it sure is a bumpy uncomfortable ride at the moment.

I’d like to really hope that by the end of the year I can look back and think “Wow, what a game I’m playing”.

However, I am also preparing for the worst if I’m being honest.

I have no enthusiasm, no interest in loading the game up as it is in the state it’s in right now.

I sincerely hope for the best, but like I said, I am planning for the worst.

Good luck Big Ant and @JNT_BA

[tigersmad]

I’m sure there are different issue’s with each platform,I’m on PS5 Hardest and it plays fine for me tbh might be wrong

[BigSi-23]

Also playing on Xbox Series X and I just had a great game against France. Had to score after the 80th minute to keep the Eden Park record intact!

Kicking was as you described and basically broken at the momemt.

But strange, its like people are all playing on different builds even on the same systems and latest updates!

[Bapean]

Meanwhile, coming in AFL26 in 3 days lol…

Very happy for AFL fans, gutted for Union fans. Would be so cool to have that…
We only have a 0 to 5 stars thing for the coaches, scouts etc, and no clue if there is actually an effective difference between 0 and 5, if it’s doing anything or not haha.

When Massive Patch ? When end of Early Access? When fun ?

[AdamX]

Wow where is all that cool stuff for us???