For me the biggest fault that has now been ignored for way to long is the inability to get extra players into the tackle, especially in the in goal. I now believe 90% of tries scored against me are because only one defender goes into the tackle close to the line whilst the others stand around watching. This has been a major issue since RLL4. How hard can it be fixing this. You can get extra players into the ruck in the Rugby Union games Bigant and Nacon makes.
There are a few annoying faults like kicks into the back of a player are now just play on, the dummy half not picking up the ball, markers offside not being penalised when making tackles etc but for me this needs to be the priority.
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They could base it on whether you are controlling the player or the AI is. If it is you, then automatically 2 other AI players will join you in the tackle in the redzone, or you could call them manually by using a trigger on the controller.
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Physics. There is no way a halfback should be able to stop a full speed Payne Haas in his tracks. There needs to be momentum in the hit up/tackle instead of players coming to a complete halt. post contact meters are a big part of rugby league.
Crowd Atmosphere. The crowd atmosphere is non existent it feels like the crowd noise is coming from another stadium across town.
Player movement. Player movement and player positioning still feels way off compared to how players move and position themselves in real life.
Body types. The body types of players is all over the place. Their body size in game does match their body size real life.
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Ive had issues with this (still have) on Xbox when using Custom Difficulties. Can not work it out exactly, but sometime that is exactly the issue, its like hitting a brick wall, when the day before, using the same settings and teams I can still push forward into the tackle, next day, no chance in hell. If I fully restart the Xbox, it usually fixes it straightaway.
All I can think of is that for whatever reason (and this maybe Xbox only) the Custom Difficulties do not always load correctly when using Play Now and it just loads the Legend settings, or some other default settings, where it is hard to push forward intothe tackle.
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Too much AI control of your defensive line when defending.
I want to do it all by myself manually.
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It does the same in custom comp games and the game comps as well on the PS5
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100% this! Luco ,I even hate scoring like this. Most unsatisfying tries scored this way. At the very least should be 50 % chance of ball being held up or knocked loose, or not properly grounded. Or maybe a quick mini game to try an put the ball down while the defense tries to stop it. But yes, ultimately have a button to drag other defensive players into the tackle to help if standing next to the tackle. These are the moments the replay judge should be used to verify try or no try. I thought older games did have this. There were more variations on outcomes of putting the ball down for a try, sometimes it would be lost, sometimes knocked loose, other times held up, there are not enough animations for these situations. It’s always a dragged out try, with the defense standing around watching.
P.S: Making the defense more aggressive and increasing standing tackles seems to help some.
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