RWC 2011 Game - Not impressed

Terak

Terak

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So, I managed to get my pre-order yesterday, as another supplier broke release date.

I have owned every rugby game since Francois Pienaar Rugby.

I must say.... I am pissed off!!!!

:mad: /flame suit on!

In all honesty, this is a HD version of Rugby 08. And calling it an HD version is pushing it. It seems like all they did was add shiny details to the jerseys. Most of the players dont look remotely close to their real life counterparts. I think HB studios is in fact embarrased of their own game. At intermissions during the gameplay, the camera never foucses on the player faces, almost as if HB is ashamed of their poor performance in rendering the players.

What pisses me off the most, is that HB studios have had 4 years to make and improve this game. Sure, the gameplay is changed a little bit by being able to steal the ball at the breakdown, or take quick lineouts. But everything else is exactly the same. From the animations, right down to stupid stuff the AI does. It looks as though HB spent 4 years improving the textures used for the grass and jerseys.

If anything, the AI has been dumbed down even more. Players still catch the ball standing still, or sometimes ignore the ball completely when its passed to them. During some of the "set moves", the ai on your team would pass the ball to nobody. At many a time, right off a scrum near the goal line, I would pass the ball to the blind side, only to have the opposition's to sprint to the other side of the scrum, leaving it completely open. Its crap like this that makes me angry. The game is just as clunky and frustrating to play as Rugby 08.

The sad part is that how on earth did HB acquire the rights to the teams. Beforehand I could understand, as EA was in charge. But the gameplay is shocking. In the previous rugby games, there were career modes, leagues and tournaments. All this is here this time round is world cup, exhibition, warm up games, and penalty shootout.

Oh, and wanna know what happens when you win the world cup? Nothing. Your team runs around for 4 seconds celebrating, then a nice "photo shot" of them posing with the cup. No fancy confetti, no crazy animations, just that. Not even an unlock.

I dont understand how crap like this gets recycled. Yes, sure, Fifa is in the same boat, the game get recycled with new features every year. BUT, at least FIFA is a good, solid game.

I cant believe I wasted R550 on this piece of crap. Sometimes I wish we could get refunded for the crap they let out of game studios. AAARRRRRGHH!!!!!

/flame off
 
Terak, Don't buy sports games lol
As you can see, nothing relaxing about them :P
 
Lol, I think you are right Xero.

No but what irritates me is that I enjoyed the previous iterations. But it just feels like the same game over and over. Sure plenty of game recycle lots of stuff, but when it plays exactly the same, it irritates me!

I hope Rugby Challenge will be better, hopefully I can trade this in for something decent!
 
Well unless it has incorporated the impact engine like in fifa2012, The gameplay dynamics will be very similar to previous releases. Also, world cup titles fall under the "movie game" catagory. They are just developed as a quick cash cow to be released with a big event. No real effort goes into changing gameplay or graphics unless it is the actual annual release version of the game.
 
The question with Sport titles is though, How much more can they revamp something?
I mean in Rugby's case, the ball is still the same shape, still the same general rules and still the same amount of players, that's why I prefer other genres to Sports, its the same thing every year, marketed with some new gameplay feature that is designed to disguise the fact that it is a slightly more polished version of EXACTLY what you got last year
 
ZeVo1f: I understand how world cup games can be quick cash in's, but before the got the license for the world cup, HB was advertising on their site "Rugby 11, a new generation of rugby games", for at least 2 years. How is it that after 4 years since their previous release, they can drop the bomb like this.

And yes, it probably will sell well, as you can see, they got my pre-order. Last time I buy a game of theirs...
 
Xero said:
Kalahari, I get that you are advertising the name and brand etc, but next time you want to make a suggestion, use a link to an actual review that the user will find helpful instead of punting your sales portal, what you just did was contribute absolutely nothing to this thread or to the user in question

Terak
Have you read this comparison ?
http://www.xboxgaming.co.za/news/rugby-challenge-vs-rugby-world-cup-2011-game-first-screenshots/
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Apologies Xero, I meant to post this link too: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2011/07/27/hands-on-jonah-lomu-rugby-challenge/
 
Xero said:
No Apologies neessary K :)
Your pricing on the game looks pretty good as well ;)
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Cool Thanks!
BTW: The Release date has move from 9th September to 8th September. We are shipping it on 7th September, so you get it on the day of release. If you order it from us ;)
 
Xero I understand your argument, and I agree fully. As time goes on games will get more and more realistic and what not. My argument, is that the gameplay is crap. Rugby is awesome, I'm sure most of the SA population can agree, but when you make a shitty game of something you enjoy, its really frikkin frustrating!
 
Terak said:
Xero I understand your argument, and I agree fully. As time goes on games will get more and more realistic and what not. My argument, is that the gameplay is crap. Rugby is awesome, I'm sure most of the SA population can agree, but when you make a shitty game of something you enjoy, its really frikkin frustrating!
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Thanks for the heads up. I was really looking forward to this game...but I think I'll get it once the price goes down a bit. In the meantime, I'll check out Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge, as it has (from the start) looked more promising with a lot more game modes and teams. Sucks that the Springboks are licensed for RWC 2011 though...
 
Xero said:
The question with Sport titles is though, How much more can they revamp something?
I mean in Rugby's case, the ball is still the same shape, still the same general rules and still the same amount of players, that's why I prefer other genres to Sports, its the same thing every year, marketed with some new gameplay feature that is designed to disguise the fact that it is a slightly more polished version of EXACTLY what you got last year
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THe thing about sport games (for me), is that its like a real sport. You watch it over and over again, so you play it over and over again. So if there are few good featuires added each year, it only adds more value to my experience. Plus the new games are updated (roster wise), player attributes change, and that makes it more current and interesting.

I've bought every Fifa, Cricket, Rugby, Almost all Tiger Woods for the past few years and each one gives me a greater feeling than the last.
 
Really ?
Look I understand the attraction, BUUUUUT, growing up with Spartan and KNOWING for a fact that every year he was going to convince me to play Madden at least once after the launch of the annual version was simply too much to handle :/
 
Not big into sports, or sports games for that matter, but that sucks Terak. Nothing worse than shelling out hard earned cash only to find the developer slapped on a new logo.
 
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