Haha I was gonna bring this up too! There are 4 buttons to place the ball, and all of them are dives!? Make one of them a simple place, maybe one of them could be like a slide?
I do also have some thoughts after having a bit of time getting to grips with it.
The game is deffo getting better, and I think understanding the mechanics a bit more helps too (still no idea what I’m doing once I hook the ball on scrums).
My thoughts are pretty much going to echo what’s already been said but I guess the more feedback the better?
passing and support runs need to be tweaked, passing is very slow to react (the offload button very rarely works), but the real reason you can’t get more than 2 passes together is because the players just come up in a flat line, and then similarly when you break through the line, no one makes support plays.
with that in mind I think there must be a way to fix players in position a bit more, I get that wingers and full backs might join rucks but my second rows and flankers are CONSTANTLY in the centre and wing positions, outside half’s barely touch the ball in the games I’ve played so far.
running mechanics are sketchy, even players with a sprint speed of 40-50 are able to skin most wingers, scored a 30yard dash with Joe Marler yday, that would kill him in real life! Someone also proposed a slider mechanism? Great shout as the game does feel a bit fast and chaotic with everyone constantly running around at full pace, be good to be able to slow it down a lil (these sliders are possible as they were a feature in cricket 24)
the cpu seems to have the same tendencies in every game, the all blacks play very differently to South Africa so I feel this would be cool, I know this is not necessarily that doable as it’s not really a feature in big games like FIFA or NBA 2k either.
rucking needs looking at, feels very league/arcadey but enough has been said about that, and I think once u get the mechanics of it a bit more it’s less frustrating, this might just be that I’m an ex back so don’t really understand what all the forwards are doing anyway!
as I said earlier, there should be an option to just place the ball for a try rather than doing a Van Der Merwe finish every time.
very tiny, but would be cool if as well as scrum caps, you could add head bandage.
That would be it for feedback, I think the game IS getting better, but there’s a lot of improvement needed, the licensing and game options are insanely good! Like they do rival that of a EA sports or 2K but I play ONLY sports games and every sport has a game with rock solid gameplay, so I don’t think there’s a reason the gameplay on this can’t match the gameplay of the big boys (it’s the best sport after all!)
I do have general query’s if anyone knows the answers.
do we know if you are going to be able to edit/add oficial players to official teams? Wanna add a lot of players to the wales team, and there are loads of others that are missing players, also be fun to mix up squads a bit (wanna see Kini Naholo play for NZ).
will we be able to edit official players? There are official players available in community so I’m assuming that’s because ppl edited and shared them during ea? Will this feature be coming back? It’s bugging me that Liam Williams is rated 90 and Faletau is rated something like 82!
Just got the game . This game is really poor ! AI only knows how to pass the ball to one player each time . Doesn’t matter how much effort you put into player photogrammetry the gameplay need to be what stands out and sadly now its bad . I played two games and decided to stop playing this terrible game . You had all this delayed time to fix the game and you come up with this . Its really bad , actually a joke towards rugby . You guys need a rugby challenge system with all this content
It doesn’t matter who you have in your team - all the players are the same. There is no discernible difference between have a prop at inside center and a fly half in the second row.
And even if you could decide to call players up… they are just gonna be standing on the field looking at the AI doing one pass inside over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, with you finishing the game on 8% possession.
They must fix the important stuff first before even contemplating the fun stuff like this.
Could maybe make scrums a button mash, I’ve never understood why games make it a “wave” type ordeal
Scrums are constant pressure
Could also make it heavily influenced by front rows “scrummaging stat”
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To be clear, you’re suggesting that a group of professional game developers, who have made several games, listen to an entry level podcast that’s been created using Google’s AI podcast generator and makes consistent reference to Unity, an engine I’m pretty sure the team aren’t using?
Don’t know answers to your questions as a mere player of the game, but i do agree with all of your thoughts and highlighted points. Plenty of room for improvement but the base is there. Fingers crossed Big Ant are able to consider the feedback so far and action it to make it a better game soon - fans and gamers will likely lose patience if action isn’t taken. Just hope that those who play now don’t get totally put off and don’t wait for the updates to play it in a few weeks time - that would be a real shame.
Sliders are huge, completely changed my Rugby challenge 3. Sliders are a must , some like games more arcadey others more simulation sliders will help with this, and you satisfy more customers. I say the more sliders the better.
After playing multiple online games, considering the AI is not fun to play against, I have some feedback. Surprisingly, I am more positive about the game after playing online, despite the obvious issues I will detail about gameplay, the game does feel more like rugby against a real opponent. So I have some overall feedback and will try not to regurgitate the same points as above.
Gameplay:
Kicking should have a slow motion mechanic, or at least soemthing similar to allow us to kick effectively.
Defending - I think the player switching needs to be improved or reworked. The game is an inherently physical game, therefore players should not be able to run through players even if they are not being controlled (because player switching is not quick enough) so maybe there should be a mechanic to make some sort of tackle and autoswitch immediately to complete it.
Passing - This has been touched on enough, I think the button selection mechanism is poor and would be better used if you could trigger runs with it, same idea but I think more functional then just passing directly to that player.
Positioning - The outhalf enters the ruck so frequently it is hard to actually use them as a playmaker, this should be improved to have some logic that the forward enters above the outhalf and the outhalf only enters when there is no other support. Also, wingers should stay wider.
Online - As I said, this mode changed my opinion on the game. However, with all the problems above, it will be tough to retain a playerbase. I think there should be an emphasis on online play and bring in a ‘Seasons’ competitive mode. For the current mode, please shorten the match times or remove replays, online games take too long as it is and will just lead to people quitting at half time constantly. You also can not make substitutes in the online mode.
Overall, I think with the licensing and player models, there is hope and similarly, playing online was the closest this game has felt like rugby yet but without improving responsiveness (passing, tackling), online modes and overall gameplay, I feel we may lose out on an active online playerbase.
Been said multiple times,but the passing is absolutely the main fix needed, until you have union style passing this game will never play well . I honestly can’t understand how anybody on the team played this and thought yes that passing is accurate to the sport the game is trying to replicate. I just did a match on rugby challenge and the ai just absolutely did me with a break from there own half utilizing wingers and the final winger fended one of my tacklers and sidestepped the last one and try in the corner… Get the passing looking/ playing Ike union then build on improving other areas, at least then the game will resemble the sport it’s supposed to replicate because currently it’s nothing like it at all…
