Played my first match for about a month. 10 mins half, on medium setting. I won 12-7. Possibly best match I’ve had for a while
BUT
The offensive alignment and running angles of the players is stopping this game becoming good or great. The players are bunching up behind the ruck like it’s school rugby, there’s no pod systems or even everyone spread out in a line. And then when they catch it, they run at the ‘wrong’ angle (hard for me to describe). Sadly isn’t good enough to be rugby union
Also, I’d love it if the computer could highlight better which opposition player has the ball, it’s a simple thing that would add quite a lot
Can we get a roadmap or backlog of what bugs/improvements are being looked at, similar to what EA are doing for F1 25? Be good to know what we can expect in the short to long term with improvements
We again have the glitch where every time a player is tackled over the try line, the ball is adjudged to be held-up. Can we get the animation back where a try is scored 66% of the time? Also, the players cannot dive/slide for a try anymore from 5 meters out, but you nerfed it too much now. They should still be able to score a try 3 meters out and not wait to cross the try line first before scoring. When they dive, they should be able to start the dive so that their landing is on or just over the try line, so please buff that again.
Then, for custom competition, besides all the things we have already asked for, please do the following as a matter of urgency:
Give us the option to name the custom competition
Allow us to either set the calendar, with days and times, OR allow us to select the match time under match settings, so every match isn’t played at 1pm.
Allow us to change the crowd size under match settings, as various matches and stadiums would have different crowd sizes. Being a graphics setting, as it currently is, means you have to exit competition mode, change the crowd size, and go back in before every match. Really bad
When a player gets an injury, make him ineligible for selection in the next game, whilst he recovers from his injury, for a realistic amount of time. For example, a broken arm would keep him out for at least 6 weeks, whereas a torn ligament might be less. Either automatically replace him with the next best player in his position, or prompt the user to change the team sheets ahead of the match (whether the team is AI or user controlled). The latter seems a better option for me.
Finally, look into some of the refereeing actions. Often the referee would call “offside” or “knock-on” and not give advantage or blow the whistle. Other times, there would be a clear knock-on and the referee would not even call it. Other times he would make the call AND blow the whistle, but the play simply continues.
Yet another game played (AI v AI), whereby blatant penalties were ignored and the game just played on as though nothing happened.
I counted about 3 knock ons, a couple of forward passes, and all these were just ignored by the gameplay and the match just carried on as though nothing happened.
I must admit I am getting very disheartened with all this. Ok so a few folk at BA are badly. But surely they are not that poorly they can’t quickly post a comment to acknowledge all our feedback.
I dont know about other forums but here it does seem like our comments are falling on deaf ears.
I’ve just watched @MaD_Dragon_Rugby video from earlier. If just those 5 bits of gameplay were implemented into the game it would make it a far better game %.
I only hope some of the devs watched his video, Oh nearly forgot, again another game where at the end of each half depending on the situation the teams don’t seem to want to get the ball into touch. This is making the games drag on well past the 40 and/or 80 minute mark.
I do so hope this game turns out to be a No Man’s Sky or Cyberpunk 2077. Hope fully from the depths of despair the game rises to become really good. Come on BA you can do it. You have before.
Getting away from all the side-splittingly unfunny “banter” and memes going on, I thought that maybe it might be a good idea to post up something constructive.
I’d love to know if JNT and any of the team at Big Ant actually watch the videos from Mad Dragon, as his attitude is always constructive and positive.
Loving some of these suggestions, and I really hope we can see some of these improvements implemented.
I have just ordered a physical copy of rugby 25. I have been holding off since its release after seeing the state of the game. From a massive rugby fan, what do I need to know before playing to make sure Im not disappointed?
You need to understand that it’s highly likely that you will be disappointed in several aspects of the game. There’s no way to “make sure” you’re not disappointed.
There are issues with kicking, ruck play, glitches, poor maul system, very basic line-outs, a dependency on fend and offload, goal kicking which is over-simple and with a stick flick issue and others, MANY others. There is still a playable game at it’s core, but it’s not really like a proper Rugby game yet.
We’re hoping that some of it will be improved, but currently there is a lot yet to do to make the game better.
Just some feedback on Ai decision making. PS5 Hardest Difficulty, Coach Career.
Super Rugby Semi Final - Force leading 28-21 Crusaders (Ai)
80th min offside penalty against my Team Western Force. Ai Crusaders awarded a penalty but take a goal kick instead of a lineout, tap or scrum. They had a chance to even up the score to go into extra time. If this could please be improved when we have situations like this at the end of the matches. Thanks
Fantastic, not a content creator on You Tube myself, but it’s obvious that some of them have a very positive and constructive outlook and I’m glad that you as part of the BA team are seeing these videos.
I found it interesting in this one that one of the things he talked about was ruck contests and how a blend of Rugby 22’s system and RWC 2011 might work better, as the current system feels more like a surprise if you win or lose the ball rather than the result of competing for the ball as you do feel in those other two titles. This is something I’d mentioned some weeks back in a very similar way, so I did wonder if he’d perhaps read that one from on here.
Another brilliant point was him bringing up contesting kicks. He really nailed that one. The current multi-ringed cirlcles are a complete mystery to me and for some reason, when chasing a kick-off your chasing player changes at times for no reason.
As for his thoughts on general play kicking, it’s meter bounce-back and lack of distance, well that one’s so obviously not where it needs to be that I’m sure your team is going to be all over that some time in the next month or so surely.
The goalkicking system in AFL 26 did look to have some transferrable elements, so hoping there’s time for a revamp there too eventually.
Anyhow, I hope most of the team have recovered from whatever hit a bunch of you last week, not just so we can hopefully see a good patch, but just genuinely of course.
Please can we mix it up with players complaining to the referee before a lineout, rather than it always being my loosehead prop (or just remove that cut scene)?
A few notes from my side once again. I have mentioned a lot of these before and I know that almost everyone else has too, but just playing over the weekend again, I found these my most annoying points.
Creative Team:
I started 3 different careers because I wanted to experience three different leagues and eventually get international offers from 3 different countries. I play as The Sharks in the URC, Saracens in the Gallagher Premiership, and The Blues in Super Rugby. The URC, and Gallagher’s licensing is there, the field is marked, the presentation is all beautiful, but not with Super Rugby? No Marking on the fields? the referees wear big ant clothes?
There are still no advertisement boards in the stadiums, it looks dull.
There are players I noticed especially in The Sharks team who’s faces are still not scanned in yet, that is not Lukhanyo Am and Aphelele Fassi, and how can some of the bigger clubs and countries still not have their player names where it shows “number 1” or “number 8”? Surely you have the licenses as the kits are right?
There are still no national anthems
The crowd is boring, they barely make any noise when their home team score or win a penalty, or break the line
Commentary is awful
I have asked multiple times in the past about whether The Rugby Championship, Rugby World Cup, NOC, and Currie Cup will be added into the game
If they are not, then for heaven’s sake, give us the ability to create these tournaments ourselves. The format for Custom Competitions does not allow us to create the World Cup or The Rugby Championship. And how can we still not name our Custom Competitions?
That is not what rain should look like
Most players with long hair has these weird white specs when the camera is on them
There are try-scoring dives I have never seen in a rugby game. That strange handstand try animation should be canned. How can we not yet touch down the ball without diving?
I have never seen a ref wear a whistle like a ring, it is wrapped around his hand and he holds it between his thumb and index finger when blowing the whistle.
Gameplay:
It is impossible to be able to break through the first defender every single time and then to add to that the attacking player offload the ball where that attacker will also now be able to break the first tackle, add to that my defensive line is completely confused, my players run right past the attacking players making no attempt to tackle, I find myself conceding a try in 2 - 3 phases.
What determines which player I will switch to on defence? I have tried figuring out how the game determines who should be the next defender, but it is completely random. The player I switch to should be the next most logical defender.
What on earth is going on with my defensive line drifting away from the attackers? All it succeeds in doing is create a gap wide enough for Big Show to fit through.
The scrum mechanic is stupid, PLEASE NOTE IT IS NOT A SIN TO STEAL ONE OR TWO IDEAS FROM PREVIOUS GAMES!!! I understand you want your game to be original but goodness knows there are better scrum systems out there.
Why can I not win a scrum without my scrumhalf having to pick the ball up before it collapses yet?
The lineouts are stupid. The jumpers do not stretch to the side like friggin ballerinas, it should be one smooth motion, up and down, maybe an outstretched arm to tap the ball from the defending team, and once the ball has been taken, it’s either throw the ball to the scrumhalf while still in the air, land and then throw the ball to the scrumhalf, or land and form the maul.
There are still no set plays in the game?
Goalkicking, AGAIN, IT IS NOT A SIN TO STEAL AN IDEA OR TWO FROM ANOTHER GAME
There are probably still so many issues that I forgot to mention, but this me.
I want to love this game so much as it is a very beautiful game, but it keeps breaking my heart.
Made a topic for Currie cup and Japanese Leagues to be added! Join in and and you thoughts on that. We as fans bought a game hoping for a rugby game with the best licensing and gameplay.
Speak up
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