additional, will consoles ever get a texture update? on pc the game looks amazing, on console its alright. No 3d grass?
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First I want to thank Big Ant for the dedication they are showing to this game. Over the last few weeks the game has improved massively and twice weekly updates shows how committed the team are.
I believe Rugby 25 has the potential to be great. Keep on this path, I believe it will be.
However for me, there is a major sticking point to overcome and thatâs the AI attack
The current AI is way too predictable, with one off passes from the ruck, and the occasional pass to the man in pocket then a bullet pass to the wing. Its pedestrian rugby and way too easy to read.
Where are the AI pop passes and offloads?
Where are the passes in broken play?
where are the inside passes?
where are the running lines and formations?
Its all too static and the AI stand so deep they cannot get any go forward or momentum.
Please Big Ant, this is a key area that I believe is holding this game back.
Watch any of the content creators and they all the say the same thing. Its the same messageâŚthe AI donât offer enough in attack.
The funny thing is some of early access builds had better AI attacking with offloads and more fluid and random passing structures. Where did they go? Why were they taken out?
Again I donât want to be too critical but I pray that more positive changes are made in this areas. Get this right, and this game will be awesome!
What do you think would improve the AI attack? What changes improvements need to be made in this area?
Thank you!
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Tried the Update, cool to see and play with womenâs team.
After some arsh comment from ourselves, the game seems to be slightly improve.
Now SOMETIMES offside is called when i run from ruck line.
Still that has to be consistent and more robust. Also offside should be called (with an advantage) when i donât tackle the ball carrier.
Seems to me that forward passes from offload are wrongly called as offside penalty.
Also the weird âscrumâ call from penalty AI do is still there.
P.S.: i wanna remind you that all the penalty a user could give up, AI should be capable to do it to. So âHold onâ penalty, offside, high tackle.
No matter the difficulty.
Remind you that AB took a Red Card in RWC final. So not even the best are perfect.
Still game seem better. But please donât dare give this game no attention⌠work on it
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Beyond everything, what happened to
the issue of the very slow rucks limited to 3 participants?
the very rare penalties and knock ons?
promised set plays?
rain and mud on the players?
sin bins and red cards?
(and much more, such as rolling mauls, scoring from mauls, robotic lineouts, advertising in stadiums etc.?)
The mates who agree to play a few games with me (ps4), if they donât get bored after a handful of minutes, do nothing but ask me "Why on earth should I buy R25 in life? 
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did Wicked give up the licenses for rugby challenge or did they loose it ?
With so many Patches to Rugby 25 , i cant see this game getting better , its clear if you look at other games that released , 1 or 2 sometime 3 patches before is complete , we going to be having 20 to 30 patches before its complete and then another game will release by then , did we enjoy the game or did we move along with the development of the game , Really Bad , really really .
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I donât know if itâs there a âRugbyâ License to lose in the first place. Problably all the lincese for the teams expired or were bought by nacon and they were exclusive deals.
For the rest i agree. We will probably have a R26 before we get a good r25
Makes sense , or maybe the full game will be released at the next world cup lol
BA can you please fix being able to add and remove players from certain teams for example leinster and munster its very annoying and its been said for weeks.
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Still cant add players to created teams very annoying with lions tour coming up.
Ai has not improved lets be honest still will never loose a game.
Pitch has never looked as bad.
Lets not forget this is not early access its been sold full price
There has been no improvement of note and its incredibly frustrating week in week out hoping for something but nevet getting what is being asked
I have been like many on this trying to convince myself that its getting better but everytime after playing a game or two the realisation hits and i turn it off.
BA please stop with this weekly non existant updates and give us fans who have paid hard earned money for this game something to enjoy
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Iâm testing out the AI now with a 20 minute half AI v AI match. Iâll post the result when complete. Iâm already going to predict a 0-0 final score. BRB with the result.
Update: Final Score RC Vannes 5-7 LOU Rugby
Ok so there were a couple of tries in the game but by and large the AI is still pretty much the same as before the patch. A marginal improvement at best. If Big Ant put their efforts into fixing whatâs wrong with the game instead of adding more content then we could have a good game on our hands. They do need to focus on improving the AI if players are going to have any kind of challenge in this game. Plus for AI v AI enthusiasts like myself it would make for a more realistic game and score line. But I agree with everything that folk before me have said regarding all areas requiring improvement. This really ought to be a major priority over any more content additions. Big Ant please donât follow the philosophy of so many other game developers by adding a ton of content but not fixing the base game. Iâm on the bandwagon for the long haul but we really need to see improvements before too long guys. 
Feels really great to play with the women teams! Good job!
The only problem that Iâve noticed so far is that there are too many bump off since the last update, looks like the AI beats the first defender the 80% of the time now.
But step by step, weâre having an almost decent rugby game. The problem is still the gameplay, but at least now itâs kinda playable. Keep on with the great job!
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Canât appear to be able to play mens friendlies stuck on womenâs teams
What is with the branding looking so much better for the same stadium when its a womens game v a mens game. It makes no sense, it cant be licensing which is the excuse for everything, considering twickenham is night and day between a womens game and a mens game. The womens matches even have accurate chants/songs.
Hey itâs been a while since Iâve popped on here for some feedback but as someone excited for the womenâs teams to be added I thought I best let you know about some issues.
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Team management doesnât work in the womenâs six nations. Any changes are not reflected in game.
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Womenâs teams are limited to just 5 subs instead of 8.
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Nice work on the pitch advertising but why not include that in the menâs matches?
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Hopefully Iâm not being stupid but there looks to be lots of new stadiums whilst playing the womenâs six nations which are not available in play now.
Those are just womenâs exclusive issues Iâve come across but here are a few things for the overall game.
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When AI teams try to kick the ball out at HT/FT they make a complete mess of it and donât use any power in their kicks. It usually goes straight to my team.
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Pyro/fireworks donât work all the time.
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AI are still selecting scrums too much for penalties.
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When a player is injured and the ref calls stop the game the game hardly ever stops. Iâve seen one injured player cutscene.
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Will we get substitute cut scenes?
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The AI kicking game is none existent, could we see them using more grubbers/up and unders etc. That would immediately make things more interesting instead of the normal passing patterns.
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Speaking of the kicking game the Ai hardly ever kick the ball away when on their own try line. This makes things very easy as you just tackle them over the line and regain possession. Teams in that position would 99% of the time kick away. (Unless you are the Bristol Bears
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Thatâs everything I can remember at the moment (Iâm sure there are more). Thanks very much for the regular updates and for continuing to try your best to improve the game.
Here is a link to my latest video if youâd like to see the new womenâs features.
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Yeah, Virgin Media Park (Ireland Womenâs second ground in the tournament) seems to be exclusive to Competition mode, bit of a shame considering that Munster do also use it on occasion for smaller games when Thomond Park is unavailable.
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And it actually looks great. Advertising, flags etc, but cant use it in career mode, online or free play. It is mind boggling. Perhaps this will be our big update next week, womens and mens stadiums now have the same effects..
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The previous update solved the problem, you made a new update so that the problem came back. It really seems like a big joke to me, after so many updates, not to solve this problem once and for all. Until you solve the big problems that prevent you from having fun, relaxing and enjoying rugby, I will not play this game anymore. It is a big joke for all rugby and video game lovers, I have written to you so many times, I have attached pictures. You cannot play a match to the end if the player remains stuck on the ground with the ball and you can do nothing. Now I am starting to understand why some people asked for their money back, too bad about the graphics but I have never encountered such bugs in any sports game.
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What the hell big antâŚ
Weâve been asking for weeksâŚ
I donât care if you added women, aliens or ghosts to the damn game. Just make the game more playable!
AI still utterly useless on attack and we have been asking and asking and askingâŚkeep on going like this and no one will be asking anymore because there will be no player base left.
Below is a screenshot of me playing as Canada Away against Ireland. Too easy even on hardest difficulty.
Rather focus on actually improving the gameplay before adding in new teams. That can come later when the game is actually playable and funâŚ
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What the hell random person!
Itâs like adding new teams and art to a game has nothing to do with gameplay programmers.
I really donât understand how many times we have to say this. My work I could spend weeks on doesnât change anything a gameplay programmer works on. The entire ART team could work on something and it doesnât take away programming time. Do you think the gameplay programmers are adding teams? Making the models and art?
Itâs like two or hundreds of things can be done at once when they are separate. Crazy right.
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I noticed some of Irish women players are bald is that just a hair needing to go on or something?