Kicking is like a golf game swing mechanic. Your direction of the upswing on the stick will determine its final aim - the line to set up is the guide for yourself to aim. Eg if your upswing is slightly left, your kick will go left.
Great improvement with the Ai Bump off. Good to see it looking more realistic. Your videos definitely help the whole community and the developers. Thanks for all your hard work and feedback to help improve the game. I might try and get back to playing this now.
Yeah unfortunately I think it may be a good while after the 6 nations. Would really like a new roadmap to come out so we know what to expect. But I think theres a good 6 months or so left. Really hoping the 6 nations teams could atleast be added before the tournament kicks off.
The moment i see that big ant studio had anything to do with any game is an instant turn off... Anyone who has played there AFL games already knows it's going to be trash
If your kick skews left or right, it means your flick forwards is skewing left or right. Maybe they could do with some visual indicator, but I like that far out kicks are no longer a dead cert.
I thought thats what it was too. But ive tested by purposfully kicking off center and it also doesnt seem to be correct. Ive even pushed the stick right and the kick went left of the posts. So there must be something else in the background for when you dont hit bang on the center when pushed forwards. I personally really liked the Rugby 22 indicator to how how you aimed the kick. Would prefer they replace the entire trajectory line with the Rugby 22 kicking style.
Good to see the fix’s being made. The biggest negative for me re game flow is , whilst attacking you don’t appear to be able to play with tempo- when making a half break or bend the line you should be able to play up tempo and put pressure on the defensive line to get back back by playing quick rucks and drawing in players to the rucks. The pod system should be able to inter play,maybe that comes with tactics or set plays . Great vid appreciate you keeping us console players in the loop
you missed the two tutorial kicks because it was a long distance kick and with the curve, you did not give it enough power on the "down swing", so the curve took it to the left over the distance. The ones you made, you either went full power, or aimed a bit more to the right, or both
With the kicking, the ball doesn't follow the line's path in the air, it lands somewhere in the circle, so even if you time it well, it might still miss if the circle on the ground is outside the line of the goalposts.
Very positive update. I still think that conversion kicking is very easy and they need to add more skill mechanics to make it more rewarding and understandable when you miss. Also formation of team players needs more work to have impact in game strategy. But I agree that the game is becoming better and better and looks like Big Ant are strongly committed, in a true rugby fighting spirit, to make it become a very good rugby game.
As a fly-half /fullback ,when i see how wrong the kicking system is ,make me think that they dont know what they are doing! You just cant use the same animation and trajectory arc for punt,grubber ,high ball,drop-gol ,kicking from the tee! Even at low level rugby you get really smashed when you run 4-5 steps forward to make a kick ! Rugby 06/08 had the best & simple kicking system i would like them to copy it as well as kicking from a tee on rugby 22
Structure of the ai on attack looks far better but they still don’t run onto the pass or start running till the player in possession makes a break. Kills the momentum when a pass goes back 10m
I just hope that trajectory line disappears and the camera angles is further away to get a more broadcast view for goal kicks. It should be fun and interesting and not predictable
Enjoyed your videos as always. Been trying to log into big ant with not success. The game looks to clean not enough grit for me to make it more real with maybe blood replacements etc dirty shirts face covered in mud etc... there is still no singing in crowds. This is a must for me. Much better commentary needed And can I ask where is the Welsh squad? Am I on my own with these thoughts. I'd rather them update rugby 08. The best rugby game ever made. Just imagine what they could do.
If they fix the pass receiver animations which always slows the player down as they always seem to be catching the ball behind them, it would make the gameplay feel way more fluid
now im getting the issue where either u try pick up with 9 and run ball gets stuck in ruck or game crashes..lost count how many times it happened in last two hours
Oh really, Ive only had the ball get stuck in a ruck once in the whole of EA7 so far. I wonder if its linked to the weird thing I experienced in the video where the ball teleports to the Scrum Halves hands, drop it in the FAQ page for big ant to know its an issue.
Not playing anymore as I just had too many crashes. I am playing more Cricket 24 now. Actually a pretty good game. Also has little funny commentary, but overall gameplay is actually great. That does give me hope that this game will probably become much better. One day, I shall try again.... I tried the stupi9d tutorial when they introduced it.
Glad youre enjoying the cricket game. Bears seemed to enjoy their tennis game too and looked decent. Gonna be a long journey for RUgby 25 I think. I know a few people have said they have stopped playing and now just watching the videos for updates on the game progression. Looks like im back to RUgby 22 for the 6 Nations series so will be interesting to switch back to it.
Watching you is enjoyable enough for me atm 😂... I have full faith that big ant will make the best rugby game ever they are from Australia hard working people that side of the world... I HATE Australia if South Africa play any sports against them but in a work environment they are really solid... Thanks for your videos mad dragon 👍
Defensive lines are still a problem for me to much gaps on some occasions. Passing also looks slow and looped, whereas irl the passes are mostly flat and fast
By the time they get this game ready for general sale, half these players will be retired. At this rate, they will be ready for the next RWC and you will be able to play it with the last RWC players! 😁😁 I wish they will give an indication through and asterix or something to indicate which teams have not been updated with names
Yeah, I beilieve they have done all the player names for Club Level teams (even if face scans not done) but for some reason they havent done that for international teams, just as a placeholder. I still cant get over the players names dont stay on screen!!!!! 😂😂
Amazon says its gonna be released on March 31 2025. Hopefully there will be some big improvements in the next few month. At the moment i am enjoying rugby challenge 3 a lot more. Of course 25 looks better, but mechanics, controls, animations in rugby challenge 3 give me a more fluid game experience.
The gameplay still looks very mediocre. Cant help but feel they need to improve the fluidity of the whole game. The movement of the players is boxy and clunky. Running movements the same for every single player. The tackle animations have very little smoothness. Rugby 08 used to have some great diving tackle animations! I don’t fault Big Ants work ethic or commitment to Rugby 25 but currently feel this is going to be an absolute flop when released. The Rugby Challenge series currently feels like it did a better job than the current iteration of Rugby 25. And those games had numerous flaws!
Cant you edit line up of team, choose the captain and kicker? When playing career mode, can you selected international squads manually or are these fixed squads?
Are you going to do squad announcement videos next week for 6Ns once they are released or is that too fine consuming to work out info on new call ups etc 👍👍? If not then there is Two Cents and Rich (Rugby Analyst) that I can check out once Scotland team is announced in the next 4-5 days 😀.
Just purchased the game, but haven't downloaded it fully yet. I think it seems like it's a fun game, but it's still a long way from being something that would appeal to a non-rugby fan or a casual fan as it's so broken and bare bones.
I don’t like it automatically ends up in a pick n go situation, you should be able to poise and make a tactical decision- maybe you turn over whilst defending your line and want to kick long…
All big ant cares about is looks and they can't even do that right, movements feel so unnatural, passing feels forced, breakthroughs, tackles feel premeditated and even scoring a try feels like a strong human magnet pulls the player down fast, nothing natural about any of the movement. Even rugby challenge 3 from 2015 had more natural tackles and movements
The state of the game now still doesn’t look enjoyable at all. Still looks well below the level I thought it would be at prior to them releasing it on EA.
I thought it would be something like that too, but Ive tested it by purposfully aiming left and right on the push forwards, and cant get it to make any difference, Ive even had the ball go to the opposite side of the posts from the direction I was trying to hit it when testing. Maybe its more to do with not hitting it bang on straight, just means the ball is more likely to miss in some way?
Kicking is like a golf game swing mechanic. Your direction of the upswing on the stick will determine its final aim - the line to set up is the guide for yourself to aim. Eg if your upswing is slightly left, your kick will go left.
Great improvement with the Ai Bump off. Good to see it looking more realistic. Your videos definitely help the whole community and the developers. Thanks for all your hard work and feedback to help improve the game. I might try and get back to playing this now.
In the space of 7 years we had: Rugby (2001, on PC), Rugby 04, 05, 06, and 08. None needed a years development time from a Beta release.
Great video! Game has improved. Not going to be ready for the 6 nations which is a real shame!
Yeah unfortunately I think it may be a good while after the 6 nations. Would really like a new roadmap to come out so we know what to expect. But I think theres a good 6 months or so left. Really hoping the 6 nations teams could atleast be added before the tournament kicks off.
its good they fixed the kicking tutorial because the game used to crassh when i tired doing it.
It crashed 100% of the times I tried it too, didnt see it mentioned a lot on the FAQ page, but glad they fixed it.
The moment i see that big ant studio had anything to do with any game is an instant turn off... Anyone who has played there AFL games already knows it's going to be trash
Just like rugby league live games
Look at cricket 24, absolute trash. It is so bad that it could be mistaken for a mobile cricket game.
7:51 I think that wind has something to do about but they just haven’t added the speed or what angle the wind is going to
14:54 John Eales 😂😂
If your kick skews left or right, it means your flick forwards is skewing left or right. Maybe they could do with some visual indicator, but I like that far out kicks are no longer a dead cert.
I thought thats what it was too. But ive tested by purposfully kicking off center and it also doesnt seem to be correct. Ive even pushed the stick right and the kick went left of the posts. So there must be something else in the background for when you dont hit bang on the center when pushed forwards. I personally really liked the Rugby 22 indicator to how how you aimed the kick. Would prefer they replace the entire trajectory line with the Rugby 22 kicking style.
A visual indicator like they do in golf games would be perfect.
If you can pause exactly at 6:23 there is both the glitching of every player being on top of each other then a ghostly head at the top of frame. :)
Good to see the fix’s being made. The biggest negative for me re game flow is , whilst attacking you don’t appear to be able to play with tempo- when making a half break or bend the line you should be able to play up tempo and put pressure on the defensive line to get back back by playing quick rucks and drawing in players to the rucks. The pod system should be able to inter play,maybe that comes with tactics or set plays . Great vid appreciate you keeping us console players in the loop
I really do want this to come out on the console. Been watching your Ospreys series too. That how i found there even was this game
you missed the two tutorial kicks because it was a long distance kick and with the curve, you did not give it enough power on the "down swing", so the curve took it to the left over the distance. The ones you made, you either went full power, or aimed a bit more to the right, or both
I think the kicking has an accuracy element based on how straight the “flick up” is. Issue is they aren’t showing you that so there is no feed back.
With the kicking, the ball doesn't follow the line's path in the air, it lands somewhere in the circle, so even if you time it well, it might still miss if the circle on the ground is outside the line of the goalposts.
Very positive update. I still think that conversion kicking is very easy and they need to add more skill mechanics to make it more rewarding and understandable when you miss. Also formation of team players needs more work to have impact in game strategy. But I agree that the game is becoming better and better and looks like Big Ant are strongly committed, in a true rugby fighting spirit, to make it become a very good rugby game.
As a fly-half /fullback ,when i see how wrong the kicking system is ,make me think that they dont know what they are doing! You just cant use the same animation and trajectory arc for punt,grubber ,high ball,drop-gol ,kicking from the tee! Even at low level rugby you get really smashed when you run 4-5 steps forward to make a kick ! Rugby 06/08 had the best & simple kicking system i would like them to copy it as well as kicking from a tee on rugby 22
Actually looks kinda playable now. Might give it a try again.
Its starting to look good it needs more offloading in the tackles and turn overs at the ruck like Rugby challenge
Yes finally my man
They caught me out with the Early release of the update so had to wait to film, thought it would come out this afternoon 😂😂
I made a post about the Sharks logo and they fixed it (partly) hehe
Structure of the ai on attack looks far better but they still don’t run onto the pass or start running till the player in possession makes a break. Kills the momentum when a pass goes back 10m
I just hope that trajectory line disappears and the camera angles is further away to get a more broadcast view for goal kicks. It should be fun and interesting and not predictable
Enjoyed your videos as always. Been trying to log into big ant with not success. The game looks to clean not enough grit for me to make it more real with maybe blood replacements etc dirty shirts face covered in mud etc... there is still no singing in crowds. This is a must for me. Much better commentary needed And can I ask where is the Welsh squad? Am I on my own with these thoughts. I'd rather them update rugby 08. The best rugby game ever made. Just imagine what they could do.
If they fix the pass receiver animations which always slows the player down as they always seem to be catching the ball behind them, it would make the gameplay feel way more fluid
now im getting the issue where either u try pick up with 9 and run ball gets stuck in ruck or game crashes..lost count how many times it happened in last two hours
wish we could sort team out before playing game
Oh really, Ive only had the ball get stuck in a ruck once in the whole of EA7 so far. I wonder if its linked to the weird thing I experienced in the video where the ball teleports to the Scrum Halves hands, drop it in the FAQ page for big ant to know its an issue.
@@GrumpyKnoxTV Yeah seems bizarre to not be able to change lineup before the match, or at half time, so you dont have to pause a live game.
In online matches it seems to get stuck every time you try to pick and go.
Not playing anymore as I just had too many crashes. I am playing more Cricket 24 now. Actually a pretty good game. Also has little funny commentary, but overall gameplay is actually great. That does give me hope that this game will probably become much better. One day, I shall try again.... I tried the stupi9d tutorial when they introduced it.
Glad youre enjoying the cricket game. Bears seemed to enjoy their tennis game too and looked decent. Gonna be a long journey for RUgby 25 I think. I know a few people have said they have stopped playing and now just watching the videos for updates on the game progression. Looks like im back to RUgby 22 for the 6 Nations series so will be interesting to switch back to it.
Watching you is enjoyable enough for me atm 😂... I have full faith that big ant will make the best rugby game ever they are from Australia hard working people that side of the world... I HATE Australia if South Africa play any sports against them but in a work environment they are really solid... Thanks for your videos mad dragon 👍
Looking better, will we know any more added more licensed leagues as it say it gonna be 15
Defensive lines are still a problem for me to much gaps on some occasions. Passing also looks slow and looped, whereas irl the passes are mostly flat and fast
By the time they get this game ready for general sale, half these players will be retired. At this rate, they will be ready for the next RWC and you will be able to play it with the last RWC players! 😁😁
I wish they will give an indication through and asterix or something to indicate which teams have not been updated with names
Yeah, I beilieve they have done all the player names for Club Level teams (even if face scans not done) but for some reason they havent done that for international teams, just as a placeholder.
I still cant get over the players names dont stay on screen!!!!! 😂😂
Chile has been licensed/Official players since EA 3 or 4.
The style of conversions are still shocking, hopefully they change the run up
Amazon says its gonna be released on March 31 2025. Hopefully there will be some big improvements in the next few month. At the moment i am enjoying rugby challenge 3 a lot more. Of course 25 looks better, but mechanics, controls, animations in rugby challenge 3 give me a more fluid game experience.
The gameplay still looks very mediocre.
Cant help but feel they need to improve the fluidity of the whole game. The movement of the players is boxy and clunky. Running movements the same for every single player.
The tackle animations have very little smoothness. Rugby 08 used to have some great diving tackle animations!
I don’t fault Big Ants work ethic or commitment to Rugby 25 but currently feel this is going to be an absolute flop when released.
The Rugby Challenge series currently feels like it did a better job than the current iteration of Rugby 25. And those games had numerous flaws!
Cant you edit line up of team, choose the captain and kicker? When playing career mode, can you selected international
squads manually or are these fixed squads?
Are you going to do squad announcement videos next week for 6Ns once they are released or is that too fine consuming to work out info on new call ups etc 👍👍? If not then there is Two Cents and Rich (Rugby Analyst) that I can check out once Scotland team is announced in the next 4-5 days 😀.
I just thought about something maybe there waiting intill 6 nations to release all the European teams idk it's just a theory
Just purchased the game, but haven't downloaded it fully yet. I think it seems like it's a fun game, but it's still a long way from being something that would appeal to a non-rugby fan or a casual fan as it's so broken and bare bones.
When you counter ruck does it do the same animation over and over ?
I don’t like it automatically ends up in a pick n go situation, you should be able to poise and make a tactical decision- maybe you turn over whilst defending your line and want to kick long…
When will they release the full game ?
FIRST
First reply to the first comment!
Where is set plays ?
Random but is the super rugby still gonna be on the game?
Yes
Waist of time, it’s days are gone it’s not great watching anymore
@boondiggaz I agree, but would be nice playing with these teams on the game
ever since EA7 ive been constantly getting turn overs over nothing
Can you do premiership rugby tournament
What about roadmap??? Nothing?
All big ant cares about is looks and they can't even do that right, movements feel so unnatural, passing feels forced, breakthroughs, tackles feel premeditated and even scoring a try feels like a strong human magnet pulls the player down fast, nothing natural about any of the movement. Even rugby challenge 3 from 2015 had more natural tackles and movements
Rugby 25? More like rugby league live 4 with 2 new tackle animations and the jerseys changed
The state of the game now still doesn’t look enjoyable at all. Still looks well below the level I thought it would be at prior to them releasing it on EA.
You flicking to the left when you miss
I thought it would be something like that too, but Ive tested it by purposfully aiming left and right on the push forwards, and cant get it to make any difference, Ive even had the ball go to the opposite side of the posts from the direction I was trying to hit it when testing. Maybe its more to do with not hitting it bang on straight, just means the ball is more likely to miss in some way?
still a crappy game, amazing