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More impressions:

I started a Super 14 season with the Highlanders:

Pros
-CPU gets called for a fair amount of penalties, including offsides and dangerous tackles. In 06, it seemed they would never go offside. I have even seen one red card so far against the Lions after a scuffle!)
-Great Camera options, including tuning of each of the default cameras
-Weather and wind variable in each game (I've seen winds in excess of 50kph, rain, muddy field, muddy jerseys, cold)
-AI will make mostly smart decisions - kick to touch deep inside its territory, drop goals when I am play great defense and score is close, call the right plays to counteract my defense)
-Teams seem to play different styles and get harder as you go deeper in the season (I beat up most of the early schedule - Lions, Force, Stormers, but as the season went on, the Bulls , Blues and Reds started to give me trouble)
-Good player graphics for PS2 (including facial expressions)
-Easy to read overlays, nicely displayed team logos(06 font was too small, the flags in the score overlay really bugged me)
-Great flow to game, game not always stopped by offsides. I like how they stopped most of the stupid offside penalties , players will mostly get back on their own, but I have still a fair amt of calls against me)
-World cup and Super 14 schedules can be set to random
-World cup challenge mode is a fun way to play a quick game and unlock stuff

Cons
-Not enough varied overlays (none for territory, no season stats, for example)
-Tough to kick drop goals (i have since been better with this, by not holding down the button for as long, I only tap it now)
-Easy to tap L1 button to pass too many times resulting in a turnover
-Not enough injuries (can be fixed by increasing the injury slider- I have it now 3 clicks from the left and have seen a few players knocked out of games)
-Injuries don't seem to last for multiple weeks
-No "franchise" or multiple season mode (has been problem in past rugby games)
-No variable weather (rain stopping and starting, etc)
-World Cup challenge mode makes you do the same goals over and over to achieve an unlockable.If you don't complete all the goals in one game, you have to repeat ALL of them to try again.

Thats all I can think of for now, as I'm at work, and not playing. I'll probably add to this later.

<blockquote data-quote="adam31" data-source="post: 130443">More impressions:I started a Super 14 season with the Highlanders:Pros-CPU gets called for a fair amount of penalties, including offsides and dangerous tackles. In 06, it seemed they would never go offside. I have even seen one red card so far against the Lions after a scuffle!)-Great Camera options, including tuning of each of the default cameras -Weather and wind variable in each game (I&#039;ve seen winds in excess of 50kph, rain, muddy field, muddy jerseys, cold)-AI will make mostly smart decisions - kick to touch deep inside its territory, drop goals when I am play great defense and score is close, call the right plays to counteract my defense)-Teams seem to play different styles and get harder as you go deeper in the season (I beat up most of the early schedule - Lions, Force, Stormers, but as the season went on, the Bulls , Blues and Reds started to give me trouble)-Good player graphics for PS2 (including facial expressions)-Easy to read overlays, nicely displayed team logos(06 font was too small, the flags in the score overlay really bugged me)-Great flow to game, game not always stopped by offsides. I like how they stopped most of the stupid offside penalties , players will mostly get back on their own, but I have still a fair amt of calls against me)-World cup and Super 14 schedules can be set to random-World cup challenge mode is a fun way to play a quick game and unlock stuffCons-Not enough varied overlays (none for territory, no season stats, for example)-Tough to kick drop goals (i have since been better with this, by not holding down the button for as long, I only tap it now)-Easy to tap L1 button to pass too many times resulting in a turnover-Not enough injuries (can be fixed by increasing the injury slider- I have it now 3 clicks from the left and have seen a few players knocked out of games)-Injuries don&#039;t seem to last for multiple weeks-No &quot;franchise&quot; or multiple season mode (has been problem in past rugby games)-No variable weather (rain stopping and starting, etc)-World Cup challenge mode makes you do the same goals over and over to achieve an unlockable.If you don&#039;t complete all the goals in one game, you have to repeat ALL of them to try again.Thats all I can think of for now, as I&#039;m at work, and not playing. I&#039;ll probably add to this later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adam31, post: 130443"] More impressions: I started a Super 14 season with the Highlanders: Pros -CPU gets called for a fair amount of penalties, including offsides and dangerous tackles. In 06, it seemed they would never go offside. I have even seen one red card so far against the Lions after a scuffle!) -Great Camera options, including tuning of each of the default cameras -Weather and wind variable in each game (I've seen winds in excess of 50kph, rain, muddy field, muddy jerseys, cold) -AI will make mostly smart decisions - kick to touch deep inside its territory, drop goals when I am play great defense and score is close, call the right plays to counteract my defense) -Teams seem to play different styles and get harder as you go deeper in the season (I beat up most of the early schedule - Lions, Force, Stormers, but as the season went on, the Bulls , Blues and Reds started to give me trouble) -Good player graphics for PS2 (including facial expressions) -Easy to read overlays, nicely displayed team logos(06 font was too small, the flags in the score overlay really bugged me) -Great flow to game, game not always stopped by offsides. I like how they stopped most of the stupid offside penalties , players will mostly get back on their own, but I have still a fair amt of calls against me) -World cup and Super 14 schedules can be set to random -World cup challenge mode is a fun way to play a quick game and unlock stuff Cons -Not enough varied overlays (none for territory, no season stats, for example) -Tough to kick drop goals (i have since been better with this, by not holding down the button for as long, I only tap it now) -Easy to tap L1 button to pass too many times resulting in a turnover -Not enough injuries (can be fixed by increasing the injury slider- I have it now 3 clicks from the left and have seen a few players knocked out of games) -Injuries don't seem to last for multiple weeks -No "franchise" or multiple season mode (has been problem in past rugby games) -No variable weather (rain stopping and starting, etc) -World Cup challenge mode makes you do the same goals over and over to achieve an unlockable.If you don't complete all the goals in one game, you have to repeat ALL of them to try again. Thats all I can think of for now, as I'm at work, and not playing. I'll probably add to this later. [/QUOTE]