I still havent got it yet but I played it quite alot today.
It is really fun but it\'s nowhere near perfect, but it\'s the best rugby game I\'ve played.
Just a few things that annoy me. Players seem to be too even in ability\'s. For example, I played NZ vs Japan and Lomu had trouble running over his man. and we all know this isnt the case.
He kept getting tackled by him. You could understand this if it was Joe Roff or Ben Tune tackling him, but this was just some unkown Japenese player.
Another thing is that when running the ball in the backs the defence tends to drift across to cover the men outside, just like in real life, BUT a lot of the time you can just step inside and there\'s no one there covering so you can make an easy 20 meters nearly everytime. I did this against South Africa. I did it from out infront of my own posts, gained 20 meters and set up the next ruck. I just continued to do this getting 20 -30 meters each time until I scored.
The last thing I\'m going to complaiin about is the speed of the players. One time I had Christian Cullen with the ball and all I had to do was run around a prop to score a try. He would do this everytime in reallife but in this game when you go to tackle the player goes into his tackle animation and speeds up so he managers to catch ythe player which he is suppoesed to be faster than! So Cullen got outrun by a prop.
This also happened to me when I used Paulse from SA. He got run down by a lock!
Other than these things it\'s a very good game. If they can fix these up for a future title (I hope) and add some more options then it would be an awesome game.
My opinion of it is that if you love rugby, BUY THIS GAME. You will get annoyed by little things in it but overall it\'s the best rugby game out on any system.
If your just a casual fan of rugby I suggest you rent before you buy.
Graphics: 6/10 It looks good. It\'s just plain. Not as much detail as Madden
Sound 7/10 Great sound effects like when they hit the rucks and mauls, but the commentry is very bad so you will end up turning that off within an hour.
Gameplay 8/10 I\'ve gone into detail above. Just a few little problems hold this game back from being great.
Lifespan 8/10 If you love rugby, this will last a long time. It\'s just a pity it doesnt have the Super 12. This would of added to it.
Overall 8/10 Good first effort by EA. If they update this series every year the future for rugby games looks bright.
