i am going to be brutally honest. having seen the demo i am massively disappointed. i expected this game to be real class, coming off the back of rugby 08, which was a good game at the time, but all that has happened is the graphics have been made hd and the commentators are different. the engine looks the same, the side step animation is the same, the open field and set piece kicking is exactly the same, the lineouts are the same and the commentary is terrible. its just like listening to a load of separate phrases mashed together, the comm doesnt flow. also the lack of intelligence by the referee in the demo was disappointing. at one point there is a knock on that is completely missed and an incident of crossing/accidental offside that goes unpunished. ontop of this, a player can still beat a defender by just rapidly changing direction of their run, without losing any of their speed during the turn, very unrealistic. having seen the demo and seen the q and a on this site with the developers, im also very disappointed by the lack of features of the game, so much so that in the demo they are actually advertising being able to modify the line up and changing your set play options as intuitive, something which fifa has had for years and in fact you can now build your own set plays on fifa. and if it couldnt get any worse, they dont even have the all white and all black WORLD CUP KITS for a WORLD CUP GAME, shocking.
This game is gong to crash and burn when it comes up against rugby challenge, which has more game modes, more game modes, better animations and mechanics, a new lineout system, a new scrum, ruck and maul system, a new offload mechanic, an extensive player creation centre and the ability to create your own set plays!
this is a shocking effort from hb studios!
