Be better if the back of cover shot displayed the full disclaimer clearly readable because it contains in detail what competitions are included in the game…
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Not offically but would expect it to be pretty much the same as AFL26 and Rugby25 which are both super indepth
No mention of UK Superleague from what I can tell in the copyright disclaimer on the back cover …could this mean that the NRL version only contains NRL Clubs and vice versa??? I am using RLL4 back cover as a comparison where all competitions logos and trademarks are mentioned…
No, itll contain both its just focusing on the NRL because its the NRL version your concept wouldnt make sense.
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hope your right…previous covers outlay it differently
I wasn’t expecting the game to look vastly different to RLL4, I just wasn’t expecting it to look identical to RLL4 with a new scoreboard and updated jerseys. I don’t play enough Fifa to comment but I can tell you right now, Madden 17 is a vastly different game to Madden 25. Hell, look at the difference between all the different Rugby League Live releases, they all resemble the sport of Rugby League, but each are dramatically different (in some cases better, in other cases a step backward)
Naturally year to year releases won’t change much i.e Big Ants cricket games which is fine, thats the nature of the beast.
But we aren’t talking year to year, we’re talking 8 years and a console generation of time in which they haven’t even updated the kickoff animation, which even when it was released at the time was janky and weird looking.
Like I said, I hope for all our sakes the day one patch dramatically improves things. Rugby 25 has had about a thousand patches and isn’t even close to being anywhere remotely playable to the extent Rugby League Live 4 is, so I am not hopeful based on what we’ve seen so far.
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To be fair though, Fifa does get released yearly as opposed to the 8-year wait for the league. If you compare this year’s Fifa to the one back in 2017 there would be (I assume anyway) a substantial amount of differences and improvements.
Rugby 25 isn’t really that in-depth game is boring after 4 games janky and pretty much same gameplay from Ai from every game no variation in gameplay.
I will also add don’t get hopes up about leak gameplay is old build and day 1 update will be huge heard and seen it nothing huge changes r25 still in a bad state
Given how nacon/ba have gone about things over the last few years it looks exactly how i expected it to.
Cricket 24 was a carbon copy of cricket 22 with a big marketing push aimed at massively improved fielding. The fielding is terrible with multiple bugs still unresolved.
Rugby 25 is an absolute disasterclass
RLL26 looks to be a copy and paste of an 8 year old game.
Nacon have played a great hand. Aquire a developer that made niche sporting games.
Spend the budget aquiring licenses which could deter competitors. Then have the devs do the absolute minimum creating the new game. Finally release a shoddy, well below par product that people will buy because theres no alternative on the market.
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RLL4 with pro teams and a more in depth career than what was in RLL4, tied in with current gen graphics and updated UI would be quite a change. Madden has been worked on constantly since 2017, Rugby League has not been.
I think it will include loads of Rugby League animations from older games … I mean … it is still rugby league so they still work.
Definitely expect to see that expanded on though. Even Rugby 25 has been getting additional animations over time so I would not see this game being any different.
I have minimal expectations for RL26. So just gloss up RLL3/4, make it playable, add the pro teams and a deeper career and all is good for a starter to hopefully a more consistent release schedule and improvements in later games imo.
HOPEFULLY - we don’t see the licensing nightmare they seem to have in BA show up in this game and half the players not have names, faces or stadiums etc without signage and refs wearing rando BA tops like they do in R25. But I would not be shocked if we do either 
#nothingshocksmeanymore
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As much as I agree with your comment … that leaked gameplay makes me think it will still be a bit janky at release. Even after the day one patch … but people will still buy it, like they did RLL4 because there will be no other league games to compete.
Not long to go until we find out either way I guess but I don’t assume things on logical progress from last titles anymore 
After seeing AFL23, TieBreak, Rugby25 … I am prepared for anything 
#hopeforthebestbutpreparefortheworst
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Will there be a digital version available to purchase through the PlayStation store? When will that be available?
There is gameplay on youtube right now..
There is another video on Twitter/X Hullfcfanpage_ is the handle.
Looks similar to the old fanhub menu, showing the 2025 Hull FC team with 2 of their current jerseys, the 3rd alternative jersey is missing.
Likenesses look really good for both previous NRL players and for Hull’s academy and lesser known players.
Not sure the player ratings are what they should be, a few academy players and a semi retired prop are the highest rated so far!..
(youtube . com/) watch?v=pCutwjZ-ePg - remove spaces and brackets
Theirs a livestream on yt boys! Watch it from the start, Please not ross has confirmed this is a very old build not even version 1.0 and is closer to 0.3 so is very janky still. But graphics look amazing imo same with most player scans!
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ross said game isnt finished and its just the base of it
gosh i hope so because it looks rough as guts on that livestream lol. Lindsay smith being the hightest rated on the Panthers is insane
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It looks like a graphically improved RLL4 but the gameplay looks the same, hopefully the Patch makes big changes.
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