Agree, even just being able to change a players boot colour or socks up/down. These are simple things! Also the fact some players have actual adidas rugby boots but we can’t select these for other players is just non sensical - if you can put these boots in the game why not make them widely available.
Is the community going to be enabled this week @JNT_BA ? At the minute there’s some really weird players we can’t edit and can’t download better versions for? E.g Dan Kelly is now black with dreadlocks and mike brown has a blonde mullet !…
Almost no springbok players are face scanned?
I can’t create a team??
It doesn’t allow you to filter
And like 80% of the players it says player likenesses will be updated in future update?
Something to potentially look into for stadium creator in Academy - while it is nice to add seated stands, can we have the option to put standing terraces in too?
Passes still behind players, Defense blitzes everything, can’t string multiple passes together, pointless having a 10 on the pitch, can’t run any moves or even use his passing skills to find space for other players. We need another patch
Rucks are awful, AI attack is awful it’s one pass from scrum half every time and you can’t get the ball back unless they boot the ball out or you try intercept a pass. The game has huge potential but these things are killing it for me I reckon if the rucks were fixed the game would be so much more enjoyable
I mean there’s a LOT still very wrong, passing somehow feels worse Rucks are…well it was the biggest complaint in EA and nothings changed but plenty of people will say about the fundamental problems
Some small things
With wales Ben Thomas is listed as a fly half as his primary but this his secondary position he’s mainly an inside center
Liam Williams…well in real life he’s white so….
I can’t seem to search for players to sign in career mode,
can’t also find any women’s teams
Players still fazing through barriers
I’m sure I’ll be back with more stuff because….wow there’s a lot of work to do
I just got my hands on the game, and honestly, I’m bitterly disappointed. The basics are the issue. the ball doesn’t even spin correctly on some passes, I can’t kick during a break, and trying to get the ball out wide is a struggle. The gameplay feels clunky and far from smooth, and its so dissimilar to what rugby is!
I have played a lot of Rugby League Live 4, and the passing there was so much more fluid with no noticeable delay. Even Rugby 08 had better animations, and spreading the ball wide was actually doable.
On the bright side, I appreciate the licensed teams, the detailed stadiums, and the solid graphics and player creation options. But the core gameplay, which should be the heart of the game, feels like it’s stuck two decades in the past.
I just wish the gameplay came first. Things like career mode, and all the licensed players, would be worth it!
The game has so much potential, but these fundamental problems are holding it back.
Please please focus the next update on arguably the two most critical aspects of a rugby game:
Rucking and Passing
The passing doesn’t feel right at all, too floaty, not enough time to get passes away, not enough variety of passes, the AI seemingly don’t pass at all
The player positioning is largely there but the passes aren’t coming off. If there’s a pod then there should be options to tip in, tip out and pull back to a man in the boot
The passing movement looks clunky, players don’t turn to face the pass and it looks frantic, they also run off forward rather than pausing to support play
There needs to be a way to generate quick ruck ball, a momentum system would be ideal, and this should carry into the tackling system so dominant collisions translate directly to quick ruck ball
There should be an option for quick turnovers rather than just counter rucks
Honestly the game has the makings to be great and the buy in from professional clubs on Twitter is great. But the fundamentals need work to make this game replayable and enjoyable
Do knock ons exist in this game? I’ve had about 3 blatant knock ons overlooked, Also I’m pretty sure my players live offside and it’s not been called once.
Custom Competition only allows for 8 teams? I mean really guys. I want to do a comp of 10 teams, now I have to wait for further updates. What if someone wants to create their own version of the world cup with like 30 teams? Please address this urgently as well
Just played a 100 minute game (10 minute half) where the AI end the game 0-0 despite having a 10 point difference in rating. There were numerous penalties but neither ever kicked for points.
The AI never make substitutions, even for their injured players who just keep playing 100 minutes.
The game ended where the one AI scrum half passed to the referee and the ball just changed direction into the opposition player’s hands, after which he was invulnerable and just ran through everyone and eventually over the dead ball line, because he was also unable to score a try?
The players still run out from the wrong side of the stadium and the player benches are also on the wrong side of the stadium. All of that should by by the main pavilion, which is where the tunnel tends to be and also tends to be below the broadcast camera. Please swap the players and benches to the other side of the stadium, i.e. by the main pavilion below the camera, and do not swap the camera.
Game is boring. Another 0-0 AI game on 15 minute half. One pass from the ruck and crash up. No backline play. Eventually ball turned over then other team does the same thing. Minimal tactical kicking. No kicking for points. Boring
No doubting the content, interface, graphics etc…great features. Really want this to be a brilliant game.
The gameplay in areas feels smoother than EA, but clunkier in others.
Glitches / major elements sofar:
No player names on screen, only positions
At some turnovers, user player will become invincible and can only stop play if scoring or running out of touch as AI won’t touch the player
Passing icons are changing rapidly or not going to chosen player, e.g. ‘A’ receiving player is changing quickly, so you can’t choose the right pass, or a player in between passer and receiver will take the ball instead of intended receiver
Offsides must be switched on. User players are taking unfair advantages and AI players are getting into very awkward positions, especially the tackler after a ruck has formed
AI mauls are not forming, user team always tackles the receiver and forms a ruck
Scrums always going round in circles
Game crashes on Xbox, happening when trying to change the team lineup
Slow scrum half to ruck issue is back again in force
Tried to play a game in Dunedin and it looked like a blue coloured nightclub, not sure what the issue is there
Rules for kicking into touch on full from the 22 not implemented correctly, always brought back to where the kick was, regardless of the phase starting inside or outside the 22
Selecting a team when going to the individual clubs (A team named Novadari seems to cause a crash)
Game has been crashing and I’ve been mostly on the menu screens .
Since playing.
Selecting a quick throw in when the opposition goes into touch, opposition holds onto the ball and everything stops. Players are standing on one spot until thy kingdom come.
Lineouts are very robotic, better animations would be appreciated. Would be nice to win an opponents lineout.
When selecting to maul in the lineout, I always get tackled before a maul can be formed.
Randomly being penalised for being offside when in the ruck.
At the restart, opposition kicks the ball into touch than they were awarded a lineout.
The game in its current state is EA7 with rules added. The gameplay is still not fun at all. Its basically a crash ball simulator. No set plays in a rugby game in 2025 is absolutely mind blowing to me. I cant even put a kicker in the pocket and put up high balls to chase which is a core part of rugby these days.
The pass selection is all over place. When I press the trigger button to pass to forwards its take ages for them to get in place and then when i switch to pass out to the backs, most of the options shown are forwards again?!
I could go on and probably will on a other post but I’m letting my frustration out now as the game is fully released and i should rate the game on what it is now and not what its promised to be.
The game is in a state that most of us expected it to be in when it entered early access. It just still, has so much more to be done to make it even a good game, gameplay wise. Even the crowds and the general atmosphere feel dull during matchs.
The presentation is great but the gameplay in its current state is some of the worst of any rugby game as not one of the core foundations seem to be polished out.Basically NOTHING really works as it should. I said this a while back but if all you guys are going to do is tweek things then this game will never get better as most systems need a complete rework.
Im sorry for being so negative but as a full release title with all the competitions and teams acquired, it truly feels like the top dogs wanted to make the best looking rugby game as opposed to the best rugby game.
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