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Quite sure those smaller comp were incredibly easier to reach and probably didn’t even ask for money. On the other hand EPCR for sure asked for quite a lot. Not sure what’s about currie cup.
The same happened in my first quick match kn PS5, then tried again and it played fine
I really wish I could be positive but this game is dreadful.
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Hello Big Aunty ,
just plain deception !! With no surprise at all, this day one patch is a blatant joke. There has been better gameplay during EA, even though it was pants all the way. Since last EA patch, you’ve added content for sure but have ignored all feedback and the gameplay has gone backwards, of course it was never good, not even reasonable as some might have stated, but it’s just getting worse.
-You’ve finally added rules to the game: of course they dont work. I got penalized for trying to steal the ball in a ruck… but it was my ball and my scrum half was just about to pass, maybe opposition tried to steal i guess…
-since the first day of EA, we warned you about passing, but it still random as hell, skipping the closest player for no reason and passing to whoever.
-Last pass never reaches the winger and always goes to touch, and that’s been reported since the beginning of EA and is still in the full release.
- Rucks: ok s you dont care about feedback and maintain your system, ok fine. But please make it work. Right now you can’t contest at all, the ruck mechanic is broken. Closest players don’t rush in the ruck and take to much time killing all momentum. And when it seems there finally is some momentum, rucks don’t reflect it at all, this part is broken.
- rugby union tackles please !!! too many league tackles in the game.
- running and tackling angles should impact the impact. Tackles feel just scripted and dont reflect the pace nor momentum of neither the attacker nor the defender.
About content, well I guess you forgot something. The game was supposed to come out for the Wolrd Cup in France in september 2023 (yeah, feels like 2 years ago, believe me, i know)… yet the World Cup isn’t in the game ? Oh come on, how could you miss that, but still manage to put in Bangladesh and Brazilian rugby leagues…
- no haka in the game
- no classic teams
and a lot more stuff missing or not properly working but just as during early access, I guess we just have to wait for a new roadmap and just hope they start focusing on gameplay and finally take our feedback in consideration.
Cheers !
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Wonder what the point of EA was. No gameplay feedback taken into consideration at all.
I feel robbed.
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Just one question: Quand 13 February ?
Rucks have to be a minigame. Relying on stats and luck for a turnover just doesn’t work. You have to be able to earn a turnover. That one mechanic would actually make the game a bit more playable.
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Yeah, tbh I actually just feel bad for the team. This is bad, really bad. I don’t see a world in which this is something they wanted to put out tbh and I presume they just ran out of money.
Licenses etc are great (though some of the ratings are seemingly entirely random), but the actual game itself is just not fun.
I can’t really be bothered giving detailed feedback again at this point, because everything has been covered in the EA threads, but I’m not sure that there is a single part of the gameplay that is in a good place. Rucks, tackling, passing, AI etc is all just not good.
I respect the ambition, and I’m sure everyone has worked really hard on this, but yeah… Sad.
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Yes, this , why is it so hard to understand this.
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Blame should go to Nacon and senior management at BA. There are no excuses for getting even the trailer wrong. Maro Itoje being fullback. How do you get that wrong. It’s like calling a scrumhalf a dummy half. Oh wait that’s happened.
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Has the day one patch dropped yet? Cant play until Saturday
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It seems like a common denominator is fix the rucks. Not giving up on them, because the rest of the game is fairly fun, but rucks actually ruin the game at the moment. I am a big, big fan of Rugby league 3, so I do feel bad for the programming team, but it is what it is, What I don’t understand, this has been said over and over and over. I don’t understand, how people can even be concerned with socks, stadiums, and manger mode, etc., etc., everything else. None of that matters at this point. 110% dedication to fix the rucks to save this game.
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If you play on ps5 do not download day one patch game looks and play better before day one patch
Please like if you agree. Hopefully then they see this and change it
Rucking and passing NEED improvement + game crash fixes
Rugby league live 3 passing was spot on, passes went infront of players to run onto and pass receivers moved parallel to the ball carrier. You could actually complete 2V1’s because the defender would bite in and take the ball carrier making for very satisfying trys.
Rugby league live 4 has the same sort of passing as rugby 25 were the passes are floaty and pass receivers run weird lines which literally killed rugby league live 4 and is now doing the same to rugby 25.
Rucks need to take a page from rugby challenges book, something they done well. I find myself just tackling and rucking for whole halfs with no ball possession.
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Also AI doesn’t do more than one pass
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come on guys, fingers crossed these things get fixed soon
I feel this game’s rucking system needs to be similar the rugby 22. Rugby 22 was able to add multiple players if you were losing, yould actualy steal the ball, and was easy to understand.
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So finally got a few games of the new patch.
My expectations were incredibly low, and it’s still managed to disappoint me.
No two ways about it, this is an absolute disgrace. Beyond bad.
What was the point in early access? Did any of the regular, detailed and accurate feedback get taken into account?
- rucks remain spectacularly slow, with little to no improvement since ea1. The most criticised aspect of the game over the last 9 or so months hasn’t been touched. No ruck penalties, the same 3 or so animations, no jackaling, neck rolls, side entry, etc.
- attacking flow is non existent players still line up with no rhyme or reason players don’t run good lines, no set plays, no real tactics, why can’t I put the fly half in the pocket? Why can’t I adjust line width and depth?
- defense is untouched mostly those ‘placeholder’ rugby league tackles are still widespread
- ai remains terrible 1 up runner goes into contact, and repeat over and over and over.
- can’t comment on career mode, I’m not touching this game again.
I could keep going for paragraph after paragraph, but itd be a waste of time I’ve done that already and it’s made no difference
I assume this was pushed out by Nacon. They should be ashamed of themselves I’d love to think that some of this feedback would reach them, but I know it won’t.
I doubt I’ll be able to get a refund from steam as I put about 20 hours into early access but I will definitely try.
Adios rugby 25, it’s been a disaster from start to finish
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When’s this roadmap coming…?
Really think it would help BA and the press around the game
Also, I really hope that there’s the ability to fix ratings for players. Without sounding arrogant, I know a lot more about Premiership rugby than I would assume everyone at BA, as someone who is a season ticket holder at quins and watches about 3 games a week. Therefore, let me do the ratings that would be most accurate to make it the game I’d like it to be
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Hey there,
Firstly thanks for taking on the challenge of making a new rugby game. The effort towards licensing etc looks really good.
I believe the improvement lies in the gameplay as that is the foundation of the game and without that it doesn’t feel like playing rugby.
There needs to be some structure on attack. Players need to be standing in the correct position otherwise there is no difference between back and forwards. Number 10 needs to be directing play and the first receiver outside 9 from the ruck with 12, 13 etc outside him. You could use the key pad right arrow to call for a pod of 3 forwards running off 9 or left arrow on the keypad to call for a pod running off 10. You could then have an option to press “X” where the ball carrier of the forwards pod can either take the ball into contact or press X and pass the ball out the back to 10 or 12 as tip depending on which forward pod has the ball. But unless if you press the trigger, 9 should be passing to 10, and if 10 is in the ruck or made a tackle then 12 would become the first receiver until 10 is back into position or 15 will come into the line and be the first receiver. There could be a button to have 15 join the backline. If there is space on the blindside then your 15 could join the line with 13 and one of the wingers outside him.
Would also be cool if off kick offs, or after putting up a bomb you could press “X” to have your wingers go up in the air to contest the ball and try win back possession or whoever is in the chase line.
Obviously you could add in set plays/cross kicks etc as you progress but first you need to nail the fundamentals, player positioning, structure/shape, smooth fluid attack. You also need to make sure support players are running lines of the ball carrier and at gaps and keeping up with the ball carrier when they make a break and refine the passing as it looks too floaty and not direct. For these two points I would look at the gameplay of Rugby 08 or even Rugby Challenge 2 and see how they did it. Would be cool if you could control your attacks line speed, depth and width as well.
For Kicking it would be cool if there was an option to put your 10 into the pocket to clear for touch or drop back into position for a drop goal, having a slow motion set up when your 10 receives the ball to kick would work well.
The breakdown and rucking system needs some work. I went 70 minutes without touching the ball.
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