Agree, personally I hope there is no Rugby 27. There seems to just not be enough understanding of 1. What rugby union is and 2. What parts are important to be included in a video game to make it feel like Union.
I doubt heavily that will magically change in a follow up title, would likely just be a shallow re skin to cash in on a World Cup.
Unless there are substantial changes still to come for this game, I’d prefer it if they let it go and let another dev have a crack at a game and the licenses.
Maybe one day Union will get the game it deserves lol. That day just isn’t today.
I can see subtle changes in the overall gameplay, which i do appreciate. I can still have some fun in setting up plays and scoring.
That being said, the absence of a territorial kicking game from the AI still means games are blow outs, because now that the rucking system has been balanced (which i do like), it is impossible for the AI to go phase after phase and score a try from within their own half.
I have to also agree with the sentiment that it is strange that they have changed the punting option when no one really asked for it.
Please, please, please give the AI a tactical kicking game. It’s absence at this point is really unjustifiable.
We just have to hope it’s the licenses aren’t a multi year, exclusive deal (although I don’t really see anyone else attempting to make a game).
As much bad rep that it gets, Rugby 22 is 100x the game 25 is. I wish they’d received the funding for the next rugby game from Nacon instead of BigAnt.
They had solid and fun gameplay and if they’d built on their career modes and customisation it would have the longevity it was missing.
And the silence of the Devs /@JNT_BA and others speaks volumes honestly, it speaks volumes in not patching whats actual concerns, it speaks volumes in not giving us a Roadmap, hence the reason Patches has random unnecessary fixes that doesnt concern the important things of the union game.
The fact that theres no roadmap is a clear indication that they are not looking at the real concerns we raise here, because all other fixes and kinda dumb tickets gets looked at, its just frustrating and how they can’t see it is boggling my mind honestly!
They’re scrabbling to get the game to a workable state at a very basic level before canning it.
Nacon will be piling heaps of pressure on because they are spending resources on a video game that one would expect is way ove budget given the 18 month delay of the full release
Early access, botched release, and the game being on sale have all been cash grabbing exercises with nacon desperate to claw back some capital
I thought the stamina issue had been fixed? 3 games into my career, finishing each game with all players on at least 75% stamina, some are finishing a game on 100%, zero injuries so far, so I’m only making subs out of boredom!
Still don’t have a clue whats happening at ruck time. It goes from clear and obvious turn over opportunities where I don’t win even when I’ve got 2 or 3 players in over the tackled player with no opposition, to my players just standing looking at the tackled player on the ground not doing anything, to winning the ball whilst there’s a full on 5 man ruck going on with no idea how it’s happened!
Game is getting better, but still needs a lot of work
Ai is playing better. Overall. Thanks for the continual efforts to try and improve Ai behaviour. Still missing 50/22 kicking as one big thing missing.
My main point I wish to raise. I just played a really tense , enjoyable, fun and exciting Currie Cup Custom match and you know the fundamental reasons why ? It was with two custom teams. The fact that all stats could be edited for all the custom players making them faster, stronger, plus other skills in my opinion really contributed to a high scoring game and the match going down to the wire.
I will post the match shortly on my YouTube channel if you wish to see it. Toyota Cheetahs vs Western Province.
Please Let the community to be able to edit all licensed teams and the players skills. It’s really a major factor that can help improve the game in all licensed competitions with Ai and player behaviours. We will get more competitive high scoring games.
Other issues with patch.
Wallaroos still broken on PS5. The Wallaroos crash the game once they run in the field and player management menus still broken. I really wanted to play controlling the Wallaroos at this time with international tests currently with USA, Black Ferns, Canada. It’s a bit annoying I can’t play with the Wallaroos. It’s a perfect time to promote Womens rugby in Australia on YouTube yet I can’t play a match to show it.
Logos - Seems some logos do not save in their appearances once you adjust them and make them bigger. Once you turn off the game or shut the console down some of the custom logos go back to their original size.
I see a lot of the people on this page says game is better and AI is more challenging, yes that might be true, but its unrealistic towards the Rugby is real life, first attacker DOES NOT ALWAYS handoff/bump/or side step. How can you always handoff and beat the first defender, thats dumb and unrealistic. Get the AI to play rugby, meaning pass the ball before contact, NOT offloading every single time, and kick the ball as well, with the AI giving away actual penalties, then I can agree the game is better @JNT_BA@Lachie_BA , but how can the AI give away penalties if the Rules of the game isnt even implemented
We should be honest and stop saying we are happy with the patches that came out, because it didnt fix the actual gameplay of the game or display Rugby Union in real life, one should be fed up for sugar coating these patches
I actually think the game is so un realistic it is funny! Like a parody of the sport.
This is to rugby union is what scary movie is to scream.
Played a few games today, fin Russel is a super human who beats EVERYONE with a handoff no matter what position the tackler is and Will Stewart is the second coming of sonny bill Williams with out the back door in the contact passes
This game is a pure example of “tell me you don’t know anything about Union, without telling me you know nothing about Union”
Played some of the update yesterday and its desperately disappointing, turnovers are too easy now, positioning has not been fixed, and now kicking is ruined. I did notice wingers running onto cross field kicks, the offside tackler can tackle now and maybe some new catching mechanics which is nice but changing the kicking system is braindead behaviour. It was possibly the only aspect of this game which worked (despite others opinion, I found it actually easy to find 50/22’s etc) . Previously, it was possible to play a game of rugby in a player v player game through applying kick pressure etc so now that thats not possible. Offloads also so easy still, dont know why this is not tuned based on stats, props pulling off crazy offloads is so immersion breaking.
The patch still improves the game overall, even if there is still a lot of work to be done. But why add a new system for kicking? The old one was good, it was just necessary to increase the range of the kick. The game is becoming more fluid and it’s enjoyable. Besides, I encourage people to play several games because sometimes the improvements are seen over several games. The AI is progressing, it’s better, but it should play with the foot, and break the line less automatically. We need to improve the step and the 360 which don’t work often enough. On the sideline, often the 9 sends the ball into touch while I press the opposite button. Keep going and don’t give up, we will get there even if I repeat that there is still a lot of work to be done.
This update sucks!! Rucks is a mess i keep on losing it not knowing what to do to withold possesion. Most of the time i manage to get 4 players in then the opposite team only get’s one player in the ruck but they manage to steal the ball? I can’t even play more than 2 rucks without an turnover. There is no indication on if i am doing something right or wrong! Kicking is a step backwards. This game is a mess. I whised Big Ant never made a rugby game.
