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Rugby 2005 (Xbox)

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Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Release date: 18th March, 2005
Media: Video Game

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Rating: - More EA trash...

I picked this up new for a couple of quid recently, and I'm almost aggrieved that I spent that much on it.

The production quality is - in typical EA shovel-it-out-onto-as-many-platforms-as-possible fashion - absolutely atrocious.
The menus are superficially similar to other EA sports games, but subtly different enough to be annoying.

The menu screen doesn't display properly on a 16:9 LCD TV (it looks like it's set to 4:3, but isn't - and doesn't trigger a TV mode change), but the in-game screen is OK. Bars showing the previously displayed game screen remain to the left and right.

When playing, it's all too easy to press the A button to bind your players into a ruck/maul, only to find that you've been too hasty, and several of your backs have tried to do a diving tackle; control of the ruck/maul isn't given quickly enough, so you'll often find that you've run your backs offside.

Passing is unresponsive, meaning that you'll often find yourself running into the opposition; there is an ability to do hand-offs, sidesteps, etc. but these rarely have any noticeable impact on avoiding the tackle.

The computer controlled teams seem to be able to turn the ruck over, and suddenly take possession of the ball - it's not clear how this happens, or how as a human player you can do so.

The good parts? I've been tackled several times where my player has been picked up bodily, and dumped headfirst onto the floor. That's pretty entertaining to watch, although it looks more like a wrestling move.
It's also funny to watch the players chase the ball - *every* player seems to rush off after it, with scant regard for formation or structure... just like school rugby.

It's a travesty that EA can keep pumping out utter dross like this; hopefully one day something will change, and they'll actually put a bit of care, thought and user-testing into their development process.

Rating: - needs more work

i was really looking forward to this game, due to the grand slam success of wales and the british lions tour. i found this game very limited firstly there is a lack of teams availible certain english teams are missing. there is a lack of league modes as you can only play european teams in the european competition, there is no option to play local leagues. and the game play is very slow when trying to pass the ball and passing options to forward from a ruck and maul are very limited and unresponsive. this series is getting a lot better but it needs a lot more work to become a classic

Rating: - About time to!!!!

Where to begin, well first off must by for u loyal rugby fans, my love for rugby has decreased recently(being an england and bath fan!!) and this is just what i needed, superb, not flawless but a great game either way!!! Good to see club sides given the opportunity at last and also finally a rugby game beats jonah lomu which last appeared on the ps one!!!!! challenges fifa in the multiplayer mode, great laugh with four players!!!! support the cause and buy this game

Rating: - Best rugby game yet

As far as rugby titles go we have been let down ever since the day of Jonah Lomu Rugby on the PS1. Rugby 2005 is by far the best rugby game yet.
Ea have finally got the balance i think. In this version you have playabilty and a depth to the competitions etc. In the previous 2 titles one or the other was missing!
The only problems with the game are the penalties and the repetitivness. The comp does not give away many penalties-most of the time they are by accident and the game can get repetitive if you havent got the hang of the sidesteps etc.
On the plus side the gameplay is great and the "master league" section is very good and well addictive!

Rating: - Rugby fans will love this

This is a brilliant rugby game if you ever liked the old PS 1 game then you'll love this. The graphics a good with players actually looking like there real life counterparts. The gameplay is good once you play a few games as it can be a bit anoying to start passing the ball one too far. Another review was talking about the A.I not giving away any penalties it may seem like that if you constanly give them away but if you takle them hard they knock on sometimes they put there foot in touch and collapse scrums this is very much like the actual game. The music is good and if you don't know the rules of the game or know how to play there's a rugby 101 which tells you how to play. All in all a good game

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