Originally posted by ak47@Feb 1 2006, 09:56 AM
well as much as i am league but thru and thru in reality
union games just add more variety coz u can have tunrovers more than every 6 tackles
upon this news of feeling like league etc etc
WELL f***.......f*** **** f***..........toretz, kicks in
ur kidding
this is BS.
How can a rugby game not have proper rucks
Lets play madden without any play calling
what-a-load-a-****
Well Los the developers have ko'd me for 6 again.............not directed at any in particular, but nothing has served rucks well since rugger 2001
When will the JLR rucks'n'mauls arrive on better machines
When will Ruggers 2001 rucks be implemented
I mean gimmie something............anything just something...........
This is bad news, but i will uphold my motto in life
"Believe half of what ur eyes see, and nothing of what u hear"
Thus, my current stance is negative, i wont be throwing my TAB ticket away just yet...............i hold hope for my top weighted sprinter to finish strong in the 3200m melbourne cup.............come on son whip it, *****, just whip it now!!!
EDIT EDIT EDIT
just read toup review of the rucking system
the above tears have now been addressed until furthur notice
sux eh?
Hope you find redeeming aspects anyhow. good luck!
Thing about JLR though was that I NEVER lost a ruck against ai or opponents using the thumb slide back and forth technique....however it left me with terrible cramping and a sore hand for days after tournaments.......so I'm happy to pull back from that nonsense to be honest......
bring on the open play....my forwards will run, fend, barge, step and pop balls....I'll be damned if they're mauling and driving much more than was already in rugby 05...
also rugby 05 and I guess thus EA06 had good things about forward play that were still good....
- tightheads
- turning the scrum (very satisying) and turning posession by going 90 degrees
- mauls
- the ability to stop a maul drive dead in its tracks, with no ground made, with good timing of a defensive surge
- lineouts that were rewarding to win against the throw and had a challenging rear jumper throw too, as the timing depended on the no8 and the hooker etc..it was/is good
- rip the ball in the forwards
- secret turnovers (when available)
- collapsing scrums/mauls
off the top of my head that's a list that's surely better than nothing if youhave the rest of the game kicking arse surely? AK?
anyway....peace.
PS - sorry lazy chestnut, but it is not about being childish, it is that:
1. I have had nothing but arseholes about it
2. The situations in which they are used effectively are about on screen flickers and a gamer's feel from playing it so much......I couldn't explain the situations. It isn't possible in words. sorry.
a couple of the techniques...note - you will try ut and simply say it doesn't work....everyoe does, so I don'tknow why I'm bothering...
* holding r3 as you make the tackle and timing it to rip as you hit the ground - amidst the melee it is turned over instantly as your forwards pile over
* using r3 in the right SITUATION (see....) rips the ball.....I did five in a row when my momentum was up high in the space of five game minutes near the end of a clash last night and was not penalised ONCE.
* the twist of the directional-pad between up and down, whilst pressing one of L2 or R2 can effect a quick steal at a ruck....in, like two seconds, while they are organising...WELL BEFORE the time lapse of the automatic turnover.
* similarly, a similar combo, not exactly sure, is a feel thing and am not playing obviously..so...sorry.....but it enables the players with ball in hand to shake out of weaker tackles easier (not forwards or rucks etc, but thought I would throw it in).
the others are too complex and I have been too hurt by insults.
* tip for twisting scrum....simultaneous push of square and 45 degree angle of the left analogue stick....do ot shift its placement as the scrum twists, no simply have it correctly placed in the first place.
* on attack for un-bunching your bcks...simply choose set play move and throw to backline just before it is set.....this spereads them for the move, but you do your own.
that's all I can be stuffed with, need to read some more threads and then do some work.
see ya.
