Rugby League 26

A lot of people scoring this game 0 but I don’t think they understand that this is not a big budget behemoth like FIFA. It’s a small developer with a limited budget that have produced a playable game. Rugby games are very hard to make. They are even harder to make well. They don’t translate very well to video games. This is a game that lacks polish but it still quite fun.

Extremely disappointing, I have played every rugby league game out there, I was extremely excited when this game dropped so much I broke my “no pre-order” rule I implemented after the disastrous launch of “Fallout 76” and got it early. Before I really get into it I will offer my congratulations to the team for at least sticking by the game and fixing it, it is a much much better game now than it was on launch. Now let’s get into it an almost complete view of career mode for those looking. Side stepping just simply doesn’t work, I’ve tried by adding 99 stepping and it rarely works and I mean rarely, out of 100 times you’ll land right into the shoulder of the opposite player 99 times, so if you want to be a prime Benji, Ponga or Johnson than good luck. Players still appear out of position some even stupidly so for example, I was playing the St George Dragons and found Payne Haas (a known prop) was playing wing and even better he was the teams kicker, it happens with the Newcastle Knights that a player known as Matthew Hunter (a half, five-eighth) was also playing on the wing for them. Team lists during the game cutscene are to fast and i wish they would extend it by at least 3 more seconds or go back to the rugby league live style of showing it across the bottom which was easier to read.There are no individual stats such as appearances for a single club, tries for a single club, tries in the season and so on despite previous games having this, you can’t track dally m points, the career mode hub screen can have more things added to it like season stats across the league, trophies won and how many etc. Player progression in career mode flat out makes no sense, fast forward two-three years in career mode and no matter what you’ll get 90+ movement which will not change again during the play through. Players will cut you out of the game completely if you are involved to much which is the biggest unrealistic thing in all versions of the game current and previous, especially when you have position that have to have the ball more than others such as hooker, half, five-eighth. No options for interviews or press conferences which is wild since they are a massive part of the game, no cutscenes or anything for if you join a new club, example is if you have 4 premiership wins and are a big overall a cutscene should player where people react to such a signing and so on. No NSW Cup sides, yes you saw that right, in the state the game was made in Australia doesn’t even have its own junior comp, the game launched with the QCup, super league and the championship but no NSW Cup… it’s honestly not good enough, and with the lack of communication for the developer I’d be surprised if we ever get it. If you win player of the year you should get a cutscene and it should be tracked, I mean come on this is CAREER MODE it’s about immersion you can do a lot with the mode if you are creative, the player pool regeneration in club mode is abysmal after the first year or two, you can really only get horrible players with overalls from 60-80 so it’s hard to find actual superstars as the game’s regeneration is really bad and makes club mode playable for around 3 years than it’s best to restart. Taking over as coach of a national team means you are hogtied, I mean it, it literally doesn’t have a quit option… so I hope you’re fine with life in service. Now I’ve said what I wish for now, to leave a final verdict. A fun game with just enough to make it enjoyable, and I mean just. But don’t go into it with high or even average expectations because you’ll be disappointed, Big Ant has shown itself as a very amateurish studio and I hope they continue to work on this game and make it better and implement even some of the stuff I mentioned as it’s what the people do want, and if you make them happy they’ll keep coming back.

I haven’t encountered any glitches, but just very underwhelming gameplay and lacklustre modes like career and create a player. How come Cricket 24 is mostly playable and this makes me confused every time I try and make an interchange?

50 quid, passing is unbearable Switching players when defending is practically useless Nrl pitches in super league/ championship stadiums Not good enough

Doesn’t get any worse than Big Ant Studios. It honestly feels like playing a crappy mobile game. Save your money and disappointment and don’t buy this game. You just have to look at Big Ants track record to know whatever this studio releases is absolute dog crap. Refund time!

The game is broken in its current state. Too many glitches, and is unplayable. Hopefully Big Ant fixes.