Scrums do my head in so I took off knock ons and forward passes which has provided me with a more enjoyable experience
I was like that but now I can hold my own in the scrums and sometimes win a loose head.
Game is a good effort. Certainly a step up from the rugby league series. 7/10 imo. I find the defence a bit hit and miss though... The attackers can be quite difficult to line up and can run straight through you if you don't press the tackle button at the right moment. I think this could be tweaked somewhat so that it is easier to 'lock in' on your target, and it would be nice if gang tackles were properly implemented to lock up the ball carrier and prevent a few of those ridiculous offloads
Tell me about it! Last night, while playing online, I reckon the opposition centre wriggled his way through about 6 gang tackles. If he didn't make it through, he offloaded.
I also don't like the way I cannot tackle the opponent in the in goal area when they are just about to score a try. Diving to score tries from outside of the in goal area could also be implemented better, especially when you are attempting to score a try in the corner
I initially thought that but then held a guy up in goal last night. Of course, he then pushed over from the scrum and scored but at least it can be done.
What is really irking me are the rage quitters. I've never played a sports game online so this is a new thing for me. I'm also quite terrible at this game and as of last night, had no wins from 7 games. Then I played some douche who was leading up until I ran in a length of the field try for my maiden win. He quit 3 seconds before the final whistle. Looking at the Sidhe forums, he is a serial quitter who doesn't want to ruin his ranking. I've heard of other stories about people rage quitting because they were playing as the All Blacks and got beaten by Japan and didn't think that was right.
Of course, these people don't know that the online stats are normalised which means Japan are exactly the same as the AB's. I got my first win last night against a guy playing as the Crusaders. I was Namibia. Go Namibia!!!