Rugby 2005 bugs

[MightyQuin]

Deliberately throwing the ball dead is a penalty

"Law 10 - Foul Play
2 UNFAIR PLAY
© Throwing into touch, etc. A player must not intentionally knock, place, push or throw the ball with his arm or hand into touch, touch-in-goal, or over the dead-ball line.
A penalty try must be awarded if the offence prevents a try that would probably otherwise have been scored. "

raziel_eire is right, in the England France match a few weeks ago, one of the French guys was about to be caught, totally isolated, 5 metres from his own line by 3 chasing England players - and simply hurled the ball into touch. Outcome was (just) a penalty.

 

[CeeJay]

If a ball is kicked dead then it is a scrum to the defending team back where the ball was kicked, there are two exceptions to this rule

1. If the ball is kicked from inside the 22.

2. If it is a drop goal attempt.

This is not a problem with the rules, the problem is when you catch a ball kicked into your ingoal by the opposition and run it dead(sometimes your fullback does this on his own) it should be a dropout, but instead the other team gets a 5m scrum.

 

[Sallad Tobar]

no....
there is a problem with kicking the ball dead aswell....
as i`ve mention previously in this thread, sometimes it will be a drop out instead of a scrum where the ball was kicked dead depending on how the ball was kicked dead.

if the ball gets kicked dead over the ingoal sideline it will be a dropout instead of a scrum where the ball was kicked dead, which is wrong.

when the ball is kicked dead over the deal ball line (which is paralell to the try line) then the game applies the correct rule and gives a scrum where the ball was kicked dead.

 

[Serge]

It is annoying how you cant do late tackles, well i dont seem to be able to.

 

[woosaah]

yeah the late tackle thing is annoying as well (been doin it alot) also sometimes when you hit a guy really hard you think "yeah he shouldn't get up from that right away" but nooo he gets up and carries on. also that forward passing thing is still annoying me when they do the dummy switch move its damn annoying...



also anyone had the comp give away a penalty other than a collapse of a scrum/maul??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[nui1stxv]

OK, i have played the game nonstop for awhile now, and the biggest gripe i have with the game is the stupid "i must kick the ball" mother f@#kn AI!!!! I hate this so much. i just finished a game, ABs vs Aus, on normal, and when ever they got the ball, they kicked the f@#n thing, including when they were in my 22!!now wats up wit dat??

Also the amount of turnovers are staggering!! Playing world cup lastnite, ABs vs Romania, and when ever i got into there 22, they turned it over!!!! Im getting angry wit dis!!

This game is awesum, but im starting to feel like its a spruced up "Rugby 04"!! I no dats sumthing to say but i cant help feeling that.

Y i think its similar to 04:
- when you increase the difficulty, the AI doesnt get brainier, the opposite teams stats, especially rucking attribute, gets better then yours
- the fend!! its awesum, dont get me wrong, but the animation looks like the 04 animation but with glossy player models, and it actually works

- ne1 herd the 04 music?? I herd it lastnite, when i was in squad management!! you no the music at the menu thing after you press start!! Brought back horrible memories
- playing super12 now, and every game doesnt feel like a different game like it should, if you no wat i mean?? seems like the teams are the same from the last 100 games i played previously, just with different uniforms!!
- crap create-a-player!!
- kicking sucks ****
- 1st five gets the ball standing still, and when you do that thing with the halfback picking up then passing, you often have to run backwards so you dont get tackled

well i have more, but i cant think at the mo, this putting me in a bad place!!

im already starting to not have to play it. but the best thing about the game is playing it with sum1else. Multiplayer!! cant see myself playing single player too much nemore. Its just making me angry!!

gud game but cud be better!!ill c how long ill play this, and maybe ill get more enjoyment out of this good attempt at rugby!! Hopefully.

 

[Bullitt]

Originally posted by nui1stxv@Mar 19 2005, 09:06 PM
- kicking sucks ****

I hope your not refering to the goal kicking? thats the best system I've ever seen - It's good use of ripping off Tiger Woods/Madden.

Kicking from hand sucks though, I'll agree on that.

 

[woosaah]

also another thing that is annoying me, when the comptuer decides to do a set play, like the dummy move (not doing the forward pass thing atm) you know it is going to the 10 so you put a guy there to tackle him, should be tackled right? NO it just bumps him off and carries on until it gives it to another player. happens all the time, but when i try to do it i get tackled wtf is with that????

oh well i have ranted alot about this game i have had it 2 days and getting annoyed with it aready

 

[Bullitt]

Originally posted by woosaah@Mar 19 2005, 09:33 PM
also another thing that is annoying me, when the comptuer decides to do a set play, like the dummy move (not doing the forward pass thing atm) you know it is going to the 10 so you put a guy there to tackle him, should be tackled right? NO it just bumps him off and carries on until it gives it to another player. happens all the time

Press the dive tackle button as you run into them!

 

[woosaah]

yep done that, most of the time it either misses them completly or still bounces at them like they shouldn't be there and moves around them

stupid!!!!

 

[Bullitt]

Works fine for me on PC.

 

[Morfious]

I don' tlike how the game baltently cheats when you get insde/near the 22. I can control the ball the entire field, but get near the 22 and a turnover is pretty much guaranteed. I also don't like how the computer always scores a try on a 5 m scrum (I never do) and gets mauls to move downfield on line outs. I have never turned a scrum 45 degrees let alone 90. Computer seems to do it without problems. I'm sorta giving up on this game as it's not fun to march downfield to turn it over for no good reason. Even when doing crash balls with teh forwards.

 

[Saint N Sinner]

Il agree that its annoying when the opposition kicks almost 100% of the time, but apart from that i dont see much wrong about it, not enuf to start ranting and raving about it anyway. Great game.

And the turnover thing, start running near the pack more, it wont turn over as much. cus the breakdown is where they need to be, and when the opposition fullback gets there to tackle you there is most likely a centre to take the ball, dive onto it to secure it.

 

[nui1stxv]

Originally posted by Morfious@Mar 20 2005, 07:19 AM
I don' tlike how the game baltently cheats when you get insde/near the 22. I can control the ball the entire field, but get near the 22 and a turnover is pretty much guaranteed. I also don't like how the computer always scores a try on a 5 m scrum (I never do) and gets mauls to move downfield on line outs. I have never turned a scrum 45 degrees let alone 90. Computer seems to do it without problems. I'm sorta giving up on this game as it's not fun to march downfield to turn it over for no good reason. Even when doing crash balls with teh forwards.

this is the exact reason y im not playing the game now!! well i dont need to play it like i did b4!! probly just play multiplayer now

 

[flanku]

I´ve seen this twice...

CPU has a set play move on and I take one of my defenders down the line hunting for the switch or cut-back and get the chance to dive tackle the ball carrier (who is also going sideways) he goes down and the ball "bullets" forward about 5-10m in a straight direction to his player on the right who carries on. Like an american football pass executed by someone laying on the ground. Definately a bug, but has only happened twice in about 20 games that I´ve played.

 

[flanku]

oh yeah, one thing that ****** me off is the bloody ruck meter...several times I have had more than 50% of strength, so I wait patiently for the friggin set play to get ready by waiting for the triangle to turn green...and I get turned over in an instant. While waiting I always watch closely to see if I am losing strength, so what I am saying is that I litterally go from good strength to losing the ball in an instant.

I have to assume the CPU cheated and put hands in. Otherwise the ruck meter is worthless shite.

Anyone got insight into this or have had different experiences?

 

[Inertia]

ive pretty much came across the sam eproblems as mentioned here.

..losing the ball to easily once in opponents 22 (guarenteed if its a winger

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..ruck set moves take too long to execute.

..dropgoals are worthless as ball wont travel far enough

..kicking is also pretty hard too

..cpu never gives away penalites

..cpu always scores from 5 meter scrum

..cpu always kicks the ball away

..you can only substitue one player at a time????

..fend, shoulder charge and side step is useless

..grubber kicks barely work

..if the ball goes over goal line players nearly always dive on it and put it in the dead area.

its amazing that all these rugby games still have the same flaws. i find these games always more tweaked for straight attacking play and the extra things never seem to work at all.

 

[DawieDieKabouter]

Tried a up&under into the goal area, caught it for the try, and got a 5 meter scrum

First few seconds of opening play lags extremely, then settles. This is on my 9600pro.

Once you learn how to drop, side-step and shoulder charge, then it's not useless

The colour in the game seems a bit bleek

Bug, well, Super Schalk Britz ainit in the game, and thats bugging me.


Overall this game is well worth the bucks, I was very very sceptical in before I got it, but EA has done their job for a change!

 

[OZGOD]

Only bugs I've had so far:

1. I kicked the ball out from my 22 in general play and was awarded a lineout on my throw

2. When taking a goal kick one of their guys rushed all the way up to where the ball was and stood on it. I basically ended up kicking THROUGH him and kicking the goal, it was like a ghost animation.

That's about it - those little gameplay issues, like CPU kicking all the time or losing the ball etc, I don't consider them bugs, more gameplay issues. Oh, and I get the lag right at the start that Dawie mentioned above. I'm using an FX5900.

 

[Bullitt]

Originally posted by OZGOD@Mar 21 2005, 07:31 AM
Only bugs I've had so far:

1. I kicked the ball out from my 22 in general play and was awarded a lineout on my throw

Did the ball 'bounce' off one of the Computers defenders?

Sometimes it looks like the ball has gone straight out but in fact has bounced off a players foot or face (discovered thanks to the wonder of instant replay!

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