Rugby 25 Megathread

Game is somewhat playable again but any early release version was better. Give us sliders now! Game speed, forward speed, backs speed, kicking distance, kicking Accuracy. Ruck speed, turnover rate, etc..

Give us all leagues to be playable and unlimited editing and transfer of players.

Whats taking so long to mark a pitch?

Sub cutscenes are nice.

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I also appreciate this update. No big revolution but from one week to the next you shouldn’t expect a revolution every week. I see that overall the game is progressing and that’s the main thing. Now we have to take care of the kicks on goal which have become too easy again. The AI ​​is progressing but it’s still too easy. We have to space out the players in the offensive line. Speed ​​up the side step animations and the 360 ​​degrees. And of course, modify the teams please

Im not falling in this “separate teams for separate games” ! As we all see ,the moment tiebreak went to a good state ,they started to put more work for rugby25 ! Now they have afl26 to work a bit on it after the release (thanks God) wich lead us to 1update/week and also new RugbyLeague game and Cricket are coming (depends by the state off the release ) will lead us to 1-2 updates/month !

I dont imagine the "tennis team " now chilling (since the work is almost done) ,or a Rugby League team not doing nothing for so many years ,its nonprofitable !

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Progressing is the main thing for you?

That is not the main thing to me lol. Game has been “progressing” since 2023. Those excuses of just give it time are far gone. This game has been released as a full priced product for months and it’s just the worst. Minor improvements made while ignoring all the big stuff asked for.

I also hear a few people say at least 27 Or 29 will be a great game, at least it’s a base for a great game. Also not a good enough excuse for charging people full price for a sub par product.

It is still a broken buggy mess which defies rugby laws and the laws of physics too often to be considered a finished game.

Main thing for me is GIFs … and I can’t post any in here. Very upset.

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The gameplay loop isn’t fun.
Another week and another update that was fixing last weeks update issues. 11 months since EA on steam and even longer from when Ross tweeting he was having fun playing the game in the office. The rules aren’t fully implemented into the game yet! This is so wild!

Career mode is awful. Nothing is explained. I had to watch Bears Gamer explain it all only to find out you get 10 stars at the start of every season and only then can you change your coaching, recruiting and recovery staff. There is no point of having this if I can’t max out my staff. I earn points from weekly challenges that do nothing either. Player progression isn’t explained. Doing training session only gives them a boost for the upcoming game. There is no indication they have gone up in overall. A simple green or red up or down arrow to show the changes.

Serious changes need to be made but they will never come. It is always fix one thing → makes game worse → repair update → game is kinda ok now → update again → game breaks and repeat.

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@JNT_BA @Lachie_BA

Why oh why are proper rules not implemented yet?? On MadDragons’s video, an AI player is offside, and MadDragon is running towards the try line, against the offside player, and suddenly a penalty. The offside advantage was fine, but allow offside players to defend/tackle and let the advantage go on!!!

Why when MadDragon took a Tap and Go from the penalty, the AI back three players came running out from the CROWD to defend, like what the heck is that??

Implement correct rules! This is no AFL/RUGBY League game, if so, change the name, but this is the buggiest so called “Rugby” Union game ever. We as rugby enthusiasts are so frustrated with what you are not doing!

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I asked the Devs about pitch branding in March, when Womens games were introduced via a ticket (strongly advise the community to lodge bug reports, issues with AI etc via the support site as well as on here too). Each individual brand has to sign off on their appearances in the game, it’s why W6N has the Guinness logo etc but M6N doesn’t. To put it simply it’s a licensing nightmare based on what support said back then.

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The feedback is not good. The anger is clear.

I’m disappointed we cannot edit teams it makes our job harder to remove players without a face you can’t really do this yet

I’m devastated for the community

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Thanks for the context. If this is true, then why did Rugby Challenge 4 have all logos on the pitch in every competition? At this point I would take simply a competition logo in the middle of the pitch.

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Played 2 games and both crashed the game back to the dashboard oh my xbox series x

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Different developer, different agreements. RC was not a Big Ant/Nacon game. To be fair the Gallagher Premiership assets in-game are close to IRL, just need to get the actual TNT Sports logo (if they can) and updated branding for the Final in, amongst other things. Plenty to be done gameplay wise first before Art can be prioritised!

No excuses really. From JNT himself.

@JNT_BA, still no roadmap possible (gameplay, photogrammetry and content) ?

Thanks to that, it would make us stop asking for the same damn things since 1 year if we know it is planned or not for R25, for R26/R27 etc…

PS: Please improve MASSIVELY the game, I don’t want Shep and Tani to be right haha.

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The future of this game is online. Please drastically reduce the effectiveness of handoffs (joystick down). This breaks a tackle every time.

It takes two players to defend; after three passes, there are no more players to defend. I think the hand-off (fend-off)success rate should at least be divided by three.

Always online, regarding the “invincibility bug” (impossible to tackle).
It seems the game thinks we’re still in a “ruck”, so the AI ​​can’t tackle.

If only this is fixed, we’ll have the best online rugby game of all time.

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After a year we still have:

Penalty touch line kicks always left footed.
scrums that don’t work.
line outs that is just rubbish.
Rugby rules not implemented correctly.
Quick throw in not working
Player positioning not correct
Passing like rugby league
AI thinks it’s rugby league.

No roadmap
Hardly any communication .
The list goes on.

All this mentioned multiple times and tickets raised.
Worst rugby game ever!! In fact as a rugby game it’s unplayable because it’s not rugby.

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never bother to reinstall the game,first time since my last reply and i see still all of the users is very unhappy.and the sad truth as is i said in beginning this game will be fixed not by a longshot they will never get it right,you released a product on the market to consoles..without being finished,working on the game since 2023.The worst part of all that they have bring in a new team to develop the rugby game.The problem is there game tester,bug testers,because hell nah i have seen on MADRAGON game the bugs are really a issue,the stability patch is not gonna fix the game the game is already on released the game will only get worst..We are not angry enough the fact that we will not get our money back,for the worst rugby game ever made…Talk about the worst between Rugby 15,Rugby18,Rugby20,Rugby 22 its just madness and huge dissapointment as for Big ANts and they team…what is the problem no communication no roadmap as promised for last year before the end of the year…We really want answers!!!

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Hi Team,

There is something really wrong with the Wallaroos. Games crash when players run out and the menus are all broken. PS5.
I have lodged a ticket. #30856

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I play hardest on pc.
This is my priority list for making gameplay fun and realistic, but I think it covers a lot of players’ requests.

  • Implement the rules completely
  • Increase fouls: High tackles, dropped balls on tackles, forward passes, penalties on rucks.
  • Improve phases: repair the scrum, more complex lineouts, more challenging penalty kicks (wind, precise gauge).
  • Improve the effectiveness of special moves (shoulder charge doesn’t work well, sidesteps are useless) and make their effectiveness dependent on PLAYER ATTRIBUTES.
  • Improve up and unders and drop kicks.
  • Implement set plays
  • Improve support runs for the ball carrier. Team-mates should converge and get to the ball carrier’s level.
  • Make AI more dangerous: a little harder to tackle, capable of precise kicks (50-22).
  • Prevent forward players to dive for tries. Only allow dives within 1m from the try line or within 5m from the lineout.

I’d also like to stress that the game really does have its strengths, and I think that’s where a lot of players’ frustration comes from.Graphics, menus, animation, content are very good, and gameplay needs to align with it.
Thanks for the updates.

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Game crashed a couple of times around the 70 minute mark, PS5 , difficulty deffo stepped up on hardest with the lower ranked side, not complaining about that at all need the challenge :+1:

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@JNT_BA game keeps crashing at random diff teams. Xbox series x and seems like on PS5 as well. Hotfix incoming???

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