Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge

Don't get me wrong, I like the game. Its just dissapointing.

The developers obviously don't play rugby, they've missed so much out of the game.

No set moves, no proper pick and go from the base, no mauls, no driving lineouts, no no.8 pick ups. Scrums and lineouts are pointless, so easy to win. You can't put your 10 in the pocket for a drop goal etc...

The game is annoying as you can more or less offload out every tackle also.

The game play besides this is good, and is 10 times better than RWC 2011.

I hope they bring out an update which can elimiated these issues, but I doubt they will...

Its very close. I, as so have many others, have been waiting for a good rugby game on the new generation of consoles for ages. And then, in the space of a few months, 2 games come out at the same time. I have only played the demo to the world cup game, but that sucked and judging by the reviews, the game sucked too. So when i heard of Jonah Lomu rugby challenge i was slightly concerned when buying it, but i'm glad i did!

As with all games, there are a few problems. Here is what i find could do with improving;

Passing - This is my main gripe with the game. I often find it difficult to judge the pass and drop balls happen al the time. If you hold R1/L1 down its a further pass, but sometimes it just goes to nowhere or the player knocks it on.

Tackling (sort of) - This is probably just me but there has been a few times when the opposition have just ran straight past and my defence has been week, this has happened to me a few times online.

Now for the pro's:

Tutoriols - There is an extensive tutoriol which shows you how to do pretty much everything ranging from simple running to the full scrums and lineouts. This makes the game much more approachable and easy for begginers.

Scrums and lineouts - Easy to do, involves timing challenges which are simple to master and fun to do

Running with the ball - It's easy (not too easy of course) to get a satisfying side step or dummy pass and score the try.

Licensing - Yes, some of the international teams aren't real, but to be honest it doesn't really matter as there is licsend australia and new zealand. Also, there is australian teams, orange top 14 and the aviva premiership (newcastle falcons!)

Game modes - There is tornuments, quick matches and an extensive (15 season i thing) career mode

Online - I've only really dabbled a bit but what i have is great. It's really satisfying to win a game against another player! Although i got a bit excited halfway threw and pulled my playstation out... There is a little lag on a few games but its fine

Overall i'd reccomend to all rugby an sport fans. There is room for improvement, but all together i'd rate it a very good 9/10!

when i first played this game, i thought this is awful, another dud rugby game, but i did a bit of tweaking and stuck with it, i now like the game ,its not perfect, i find the defending can be the worse aspect of the game, or maybe i havent cracked that yet, i can get my kicks in and my passing is ok now,if you buy this, try and stick with it, not throw it down after the first game...hopefully there will be a bigger improvement on the next instalment, bcos there is the making of a great game.