forums.sidhe.co.nz/showthread.ph ... gue-Live-2 seems quite promising

forums.sidhe.co.nz/showthread.ph ... gue-Live-2 seems quite promising

Good to see the biggest problems I had in the first game were the first things to be addressed. Short passes were pretty crippling because they would stop running as it switched control, and I had to switch the commentary off after about a game and a half - listening to the same stupid phrases over and over, it was like watching Sky with only Stevo commentating...

The players out of position thing I didn't see mentioned, though, which always bugged me - why were my centres always in the middle of the pitch and the props out by the edges? I know the backs come in and help out early in the set, but on the last tackle it's hard to take advantage of an overlap made entirely of slow lumbering forwards.

I'm not sure how impartial that review is. I'll reserve judgement for the time being.

Gameplay trailer is out - looks very promising! Flick pass, grubber kick and that inside ball all looking very nice indeed!

It's smarmy-positive which is the worst kind. There are no negatives in it at all. The game will no doubt be an improvement on the previous games, but it won't be 'good', it's just the subject matter that will make most buy it, to support the concept of a league game. The developer's back catalogue is very poor and the previous league games were simply awful. I don't blame the developer, they are in a viscious cycle. Their games have little investment, sell poorly and generate little revenue. Without a big games company investing in it, there is no chance of it ever turning into anything genuinely worth playing.

Our best hope of ever getting a semi decent RL game is for one of the bigger developers to butcher an existing sports game engine and dish it out as an Xbox Live Arcade/PSN game.

for all its faults, I still found the last game (RLL) worth playing, if anything just because I love the sport

I just couldn't bring myself to keep playing the last one, it just didn't feel anything like rugby league I was playing. I know, like saddened says, that it's always going to be "cheap" so to speak, but I just thought the gameplay was utterly awful on the last one with ridiculous issues like fast wingers being caught by props, forwards on the wing, wrong squads etc

Hopefully this will be a big improvement, it'll have to be because if it's not it's the last RL game I shall waste my money on.

I've said it before, but RL doesn't lend itself to being a video game in the same way football does. Football can be boiled down to Pong essentially, with bells and whistles added as the games and consoles progressed. The nature of play in RL means that you need to be able to see different things depending on what is happening.

I admit all of those issues, and in many ways it was a step back from the old PS2 RL games. They really should have developed it for another year or so rather than rushing it out. I only found it entertaining because.. it's rugby league, however bad a representation of the sport it was!

All the signs suggest the next game will be a huge improvement, and a game with far more longevity. I personally can't wait.

Seen the trailer and I think it looks garbage, again.

Rugby League Live 2 Achievements:
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It does a bit. All the players still run the same vertical lines. The fact that they put loads of emphasis on making the career mode good rather than improving the gameplay says it all. Delusional.

Not too sure you've watched the right trailer seeing as there's decoy runners, a drop-off ball, angled inside runs and lines on the pitch indicating where your team mates will be running, all of which weren't seen in RLL1

11th October release date...

For aus and NZ, nothing for UK. Really annoyed and there are rumours about them not releasing it at all over here.

will the Aus/NZ version work on a UK PS3?

or will it be available for download from the Playstation store?

Yep, PS3 is region free.

I cant see why it wouldnt get a UK release.

Why bother putting all the UK domestic game in aswell and then not release to that market?

And its not as if it has a huge worldwide market to aim at.The UK could provide a big chunk of its potential sales.

Im still a bit sceptical about buying this anyway.i want it to be good but the previous game was so poor i think i will wait for a few reviews to come out before diving in.

Quote ="Biff Tannen"I cant see why it wouldnt get a UK release. Why bother putting all the UK domestic game in aswell and then not release to that market? And its not as if it has a huge worldwide market to aim at.The UK could provide a big chunk of its potential sales..'" Exactly - hadn't heard rumours that it wasn't going to be released. Alternative Software still have it on their homepage so they look like their still hoping to distribute it over here.... (www.alternativesoft.co.uk/home.html)

Quote ="Biff Tannen"I cant see why it wouldnt get a UK release. Why bother putting all the UK domestic game in aswell and then not release to that market? And its not as if it has a huge worldwide market to aim at.The UK could provide a big chunk of its potential sales..'" Exactly - hadn't heard rumours that it wasn't going to be released. Alternative Software still have it on their homepage so they look like their still hoping to distribute it over here.... (www.alternativesoft.co.uk/home.html)

Think I'm gonna dive on it for the mplayer, give some Aussies something to really whinge about!

The Game store in Wigan are advertising it for pre-order.

What price do they have it at as on the Game website I could not find anything about it

if it is region free then there is absolutely no reason for it not to be on sale in the UK. Had it needed massive work to redevelop it for the UK, then I can see why they wouldn't release it, but surely it is just a case of shipping a load over to a distributor in the North of England, who will pass it onto the retailers in each RL town.

If there are no distributors willing to do this, I will happily do it for them.

From Tru Blu's facebook page:

"To the UK fans - we are not in a position yet to announce a release date for the UK, obviously if we could we would. Please be patient , we are working around the clock to try and get this date to you ASAP."

The first one was released over here about 2 months after the Oz release if that's anything to go by.

If that is the case then i have my xmas pressie sorted....beats socks!