The scrum is a faithful port of what you would have experienced in Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge, whereby you have to press and time your analogue stick controls in a timed upwards motion to gain control. Set your analogue sticks in the right directionĪs with the real game of Rugby this part of the game is generally a mess, unless you know exactly what you’re doing and understand the various button combinations. The rucks, lineouts, scrums and mauls are a whole different story altogether. Thankfully I’ve not yet encountered a penalty try in the game, but rather safe than sorry. Only use it when there’s a certain try to be stopped. Problem is by doing that it might result in a high tackle, which will convert into a penalty or even a yellow or red card. Should you not have the ball you’ll tackle using the x button or go for an aggressive tackle by pressing the triangle button. The face buttons handles your punts, drop kicks, bombs, chip kicks and grubbers while the right analogue stick takes care of fending, sidestepping and dummy passes by tapping it in a direction. Press both together, when your Scrumhalf fetches the ball from a ruck or maul, and your Flyhalf will receive the ball for touch kick opportunity. L1 and R1 are still used to pass the ball left and right, and by pressing and holding it you can skip a few players for a long pass to your Outside Centre or Wing. There are moments, should the opponents get the ball, that the camera will swoop around, but this can be turned off if it’s something that bothers you. I tried the sideline camera and it just felt very unnatural. The action still takes place with the camera situated behind the players, so you’re seeing the backs of your players. Rugby Challenge 3 plays very similar to Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge, it’s just that it’s been tweaked and small improvements have been made to make it a much more flowing and enjoyable game of Rugby. Once you’ve passed the really short loading screen, where you get to pass the ball around, it’s off to the game. There are 5 difficulty options, the match duration, time of day, weather conditions and you even get to choose the Rugby law you prefer – normal or NRC. Once you’ve selected your team and strips (home or away) you get to toggle with the match settings. It’s the perfect game for someone new to the sport, and it’s also deep enough for veterans. You’ve got your general single match (made up of either Fifteens or Sevens Rugby), the various tournaments or, if you’re new to Rugby, you can learn the basics in the training tutorials.
Rugby Challenge 3 comes with a serious first-world problem – where do you start first? Of course the official New Zealand, Australian and English big-name fields also feature, but enough of all the licensed goodness.
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Rugby Challenge 3 comes with a serious first-world problem – where do you start first?DHL Newlands, Emirates Airline Park (Ellispark for you oldschool lot), Free State Stadium, Growthpoint Kings Park and Loftus Versfeld are all featured and, though it’s nowhere near as impressive as stadiums you’ll see in a game of FIFA, it’s still quite impressive regardless. The detail is rather astounding and unexpected, and I’ve not even mentioned a word about the inclusion of the unofficial Sevens tournament – again, with all the licensed Bok, All Black, Wallaby, and English squads, as well as the official Rugby stadiums. There are other tournaments that include the European Knockout Cup, Pacific Rim Championship, African Nation Cup, South America Shield and more.
The IRB Rugby World Cup is known as the World Rugby Championship, the Rugby Championship and Six Nations both show up as the ‘International Competition’ either featuring southern hemisphere or northern hemisphere teams. The other unlicensed countries are represented, along with the various unlicensed tournaments that you might notice are missing. The various officially licensed tournaments include Buildcorp NRC (Australia’s domestic competition), ITM Cup (New Zealand’s domestic competition), Currie Cup, Super Rugby, Bledisloe Cup, AVIVA Premiership Rugby (England’s domestic competition), French 14 Cup (French Domestic competition), F2 Competition (2nd Tier French Competition) – and that’s just the official licensed stuff. The Springboks, All Blacks, Wallabies and English teams all have the official emblems, anthems, names and resemblance. The very first thing you’ll notice are the official licenses and boy, have they gone to town with it. You might think to yourself that official licenses are not all that important, but you’d be wrong. Fortunately you’re as prepared as the Southern Kings management staff, because Rugby Challenge 3 is easily the best Rugby game since EA’s Rugby ’08. You’re expecting the worst and you’ve come prepared for it. Yes, I understand, you’ve clicked on the link to this review with a very heavy heart.
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