Exclusive First View of Rugby World Cup 2011

[greenbomber]

and the extreme bunching???

Well its hard to say what took place on the field just before that screen grab. Lets wait and see what happens.

 

[kenroid]

I'd hazard a guess that they turned the player graphics right down...possibly? In order not to give too much away for E3?

Either way - for me its all about the gameplay...

Hopefully there will be some video footage after E3!!!!!!

 

[hen2511]

Extremely disappointed :-/

 

[nato]

Extremely disappointed :-/

Disappointed at what? Besides any way it's not like you're opinion matters, HB doesnt need downers saying this is terrible they need support not negativity.

 

[OnTheBall]

Some people are very quick to jump to conclusions based on some early, low resolution shots it seems. A few psychics can even predict that the gameplay will be poor and all!
Some people may be eating their words by the time August 26th rolls around, imo.
I think people need to show a little more faith in a games developer that has a history of delivering top notch rugby games.
I have every faith in HB Studios to deliver.

 

[Muzzy]

the graphics look exactly the same as the ps2 graphics, even the game play looks the same,

That second one gives me the horrible feeling that the ai will make EVERY PLAYER chase the ball carrier after a break, which is something that really irritates me about rugby 08

exactly what i was thinking

i'll buy the game no matter what though, but i was really hoping they'd have a way to make players run different lines or throw and inside pass to make it a bit more like the real game

i'm hoping that this will look much better when you're actually playing it though

 

[Ruaidhri]

I hate pointing out when people say this, but "next gen"? It stopped being "next gen" about 2-3 years ago. This is current gen. The PS3 has been out 5 years and the Xbox just about 6!

Otherwise why not play Jonah Lomu Rugby? That's ridiculous, that's taking the point on graphics to the extreme. Some people are saying that graphics are not that important in the context that they don't need to be quite leading the field. They can be "okay" by current standards rather than "wowing" people and the game could still be awesome.

That's because there are other factors. If you have awesome gameplay better than ever before, incredible animations and solid physics, an almost perfectly bug-free game, smooth online play and just "okay" current gen graphics, it's not the end of the world about the graphics surely?

yes but the graphics are not ok they are horrendous. the gameplay looks the very same as rugby 08 so there is nothing different to me and you are kidding yourself if you t5hink these graphics are acceptable (player graphics i mean, th posts look good).

 

[Lochsta22]

I'd hazard a guess that they turned the player graphics right down...possibly? In order not to give too much away for E3?

Either way - for me its all about the gameplay...

Hopefully there will be some video footage after E3!!!!!!

What does turning the graphics right down achieve though. If I was making a game I would show it's full capabilities

 

[david0404]

Now i'm not a man who knows a lot about stadia but from what I've heard the stadium looks nothing like eden park which is what it is supposed to be in the screenshot, personally i have no idea as i do not know much about NZ stadia. Now if Rugby Challenge has all the NZ licenses and so on surely that means that they have the right to call it Eden Park and that is about it. In RWC i expect you will be able to select Eden Park simply as 'Auckland' but does the licenses Sidhe have mean that RWC are not allowed to make the stadia look like the real one or does it have to be completely different? This is not a criticismof the screenshot at all, merely a question out of curiosity.

 

[mskux19]

terrible.. not on my wishlist!

just visited the sidhe site
all I'm going to say is
SIDHE > HB STUDIOS

 

[Muzzy]

That second one gives me the horrible feeling that the ai will make EVERY PLAYER chase the ball carrier after a break, which is something that really irritates me about rugby 08

now that i look at it again some of the players are running different lines so maybe they won't all be chasing the ball carrier

 

[TVH11]

Right okay, i must be blind or somin, but the graphics look really good (imo). I may have smaller expectations than other people, but i really think they look good. The in game shot looks a bit odd, but i do believe its "work in progress pic". lets just wait for E3 and then we'll see some serious stuff i hope Keep up the good work HB and TRF

 

[tom29]

looks rubbish! when in rugby do all the players chase the ball carrier. Rugby challenge will be much better

 

[lynam1104]

looks rubbish! when in rugby do all the players chase the ball carrier. Rugby challenge will be much better

How do you? Maybe they all thought they could stop a try? We need to see a video of gameplay to make that judgement

 

[Groundhog]

looks rubbish! when in rugby do all the players chase the ball carrier. Rugby challenge will be much better

also its impossible to compare it to challenge as they havent even released a screenshot of players. if your judging on some grass and goalposts theyre about the same

 

[Trojan]

I'm not entirely convinced, the environment, stadium looks good but the players not so much, this maybe because of teh higher view and not really getting to see

 

[shezza88]

Disappointed at what? Besides any way it's not like you're opinion matters, HB doesnt need downers saying this is terrible they need support not negativity.

Surely the forum IS for opinion so HB know what their customers do not like? Obviously people are jumping to conclusions, but there isn't a need to dismiss peoples opinion because of this

 

[Rhyer]

I wish not to offend anyone in saying this but maybe you are being unfair. This is three months out and a far out zoom of the rugby being displayed. I am a lurker on both here and Sidhe and will be buying both and someone on Sidhe posted a screenshot of an early release of Fifa 11 zoomed out like this and it looked bad and comparable with this photo.

I'm just very happy that a screenshot has been released. I've been waiting for one for ages! Not to be nasty or anything also rugby Rugby Challenge does not have a good track record when it comes to graphics! Rugby League on the Sony Playstation 3 was unfortunately rather lacking in the visuals.

Maybe if HB read this you can make the scoring animation differently? Maybe with a one hand put down while still standing seems to be the usual for a run away try like one displayed! Dives are for chatte like Ashton!

 

[stormer4life]

LOOKS PRITTY... SH*T really if it was for the playstation 2 i would maybe considered buying this game Rugby Challnge sound way better that this crap

 

[Drogers93]

Gd to see screenshots! Really put my head to rest. Can't wait to see the polished thing tho, Can't really say much on graphics from these shots tbh