The players and stadium look great. The menu music is great as always some great bangers.
The gameplay is rubbish and it will never be fixed at this rate. The positioning is awful and this is something that was fixed in EA and then completely broken with the weird pod implementation.
It’s just not a fun game, I don’t think there is any aspect of playing that makes me go “just one more game”.
Oh well.
When you make changes to your lineup on career mode it seems to work but reverts to the original line up once you start playing
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?
I’ve had about 10 game crashes in an hour, can’t even finish a game
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
All on ps5
I can’t finish a game, keeps crashing on ps5
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
Substitutions at half time don’t work
Clock doesn’t go red in 6N
Also offsides still arnt in the game ???
Ai seems to never kick so it’s basically just a press square sim when defending
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.
Soo disappointed. So much potential.
And than you guys put a very small update on ps5 and it actually made the game worst and the grass suddenly looks terrible 
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
Is there a patch coming for Rucks and scrums? You cant win a ruck
Don’t get your hopes up
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: