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Rugby Challenge | |
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Developer(s) | Sidhe |
Publisher(s) | Tru Blu Entertainment |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita |
Release | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows
27 June 2012[5] |
Genre(s) | Sports/Rugby Union |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Rugby Challenge is a Rugby video game, developed by Sidhe and published by Tru Blu Entertainment.[6]
Rugby Challenge was released on 26 August 2011 in New Zealand for consoles and was released on 2 September for Australia and 8 September for South Africa. The release date for Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge (rest of the world, excluding US/Canada) was 14 October. All NA versions except for PlayStation Vita were released 20 October, Tru Blu handled the PC and PS3 versions with Mad Catz handling the Xbox 360 version. The PlayStation Vita version was released on 27 June 2012. In game Commentary is provided by Grant Nisbett and Justin Marshall.[7]
The game is titled All Blacks Rugby Challenge in New Zealand, Wallabies Rugby Challenge in Australia and Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge in the rest of the world.
- 1Features
Features[edit]
Rugby Challenge is based on Sidhe's previous Rugby League games. Features include:[8][9]
Game modes[edit]
- Single Match Mode
- Competition Mode
- Multi-year Franchise Mode
Amongst other things, Rugby Challenge will feature 98 teams, 31 stadia, and 11 competitions as well as extensive Tutorial Mode options available for players new to the sport. The tutorial helps get you up to scratch and various skills, such as running between cones, practicing kicks, and many other drills can be completed. Apart from single and multi-player options, you'll also be able to play up to 13 seasons and attempt a legacy in Franchise Mode. Franchise mode will include both international and representative teams. You will be able to choose a club and an international side to play as during the years. There is a World Championship in Franchise Mode.
Extensive customisation[edit]
- Create and/or customise players, teams, and competitions, using the extensive customisation tools to shape the game to your own preferences.
In-Game Rugby Store[edit]
- Rugby Challenge also features Rugby Money, which players can use to obtain unlockables. These rewards come from completing various activities, whether running through the tutorials or playing online, and can be spent in the Rugby Store. This is not an online function, but rather an in-game unlockable system.
Licences[edit]
Rugby Challenge will feature 94 licensed/unlicensed teams, an additional 4 miscellaneous teams, and 31 stadiums from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Europe.[10][11] Due to rival game, Rugby World Cup 2011, the official strip/emblem/stadium/player likenesses of England, South Africa and France, and the official strip/emblem/stadium of Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Italy will not be included within the game. However, due to Top 14, Aviva Premiership and RaboDirect Pro12 licenses the players of these countries will be included within the game (England, France, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy). Rugby legend Jonah Lomu has also lent his likeness and expertise to the game, the European game will feature him on the cover, and the game will be called Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge.
Stadiums[edit]
Rugby Challenge features 14 New Zealand stadiums, 6 Australian stadiums, 5 South African stadiums and 6 European stadiums.
Reception[edit]
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Rugby Challenge received mixed to positive reviews by critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the PS3 version of the game received a 64/100 rating,[13] while the Xbox 360 was better reviewed, with a 73/100 rating.[12]GameSpot commented that 'inconsistent presentation and licensing issues trip up Rugby Challenge's run for the try line, but enjoyable gameplay and a wealth of modes give it a decent chance at life beyond the World Cup,' giving the game a 65 over 100.
Sequels[edit]
Rugby Challenge 2 was announced on 20 March 2013, the sequel is set for release midyear 2013 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. It is going to be Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour Edition in most regions, apart from France where it is known as Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 2, and New Zealand, where it is to be called All Blacks Rugby Challenge 2.[15]
The third title in the series, Rugby Challenge 3, developed by Wicked Witch Software, was released on April 14, 2016 in New Zealand, and in Australia on April 22, 2016. It was released for Microsoft Windows on June 24, 2016.
A fourth title, Rugby Challenge 4, is currently in development by Sidhe, and is expected to release sometime in December 2019.[16]
References[edit]
- ^'Rugby Challenge » Initial Release Date Announcement'. Rugbychallengegame.com. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^'Rugby Challenge » Rugby Challenge Releases Early in NZ'. Rugbychallengegame.com. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^'Rugby Challenge » Further Release Dates Announced'. Rugbychallengegame.com. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^'Rugby Challenge » North American Date Set'. Rugbychallengegame.com. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^'Rugby Challenge » Rugby Challenge Coming To Ps Vita'. Rugbychallengegame.com. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^'Press Releases - Rugby Challenge Announced For Console And Pc'. Gamasutra. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^'Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge, The Game of Many Names – Voodoo Extreme'. Ve3d.ign.com. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^'All Blacks Rugby Challenge Game – Info'. Facebook. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^'All Blacks Rugby Challenge Hands On Preview'. NZGamer.com. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^'Game developer swaps league for union – Video'. 3 News. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^'All Blacks Rugby Challenge Game – Info'. Facebook. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ ab'Rugby Challenge for Xbox 360 Reviews, Ratings, Credits and more – Metacritic'. Metacritic. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ ab'Rugby Challenge for PlayStation 3 Reviews, Ratings, Credits and more – Metacritic'. Metacritic. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^Chiappini, Dan (20 October 2011). 'Rugby Challenge Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^'Rugby Challenge'. Rugbychallengegame.com. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^'Rugby-Challenge-4-Announced:-Will-Include-Super-Rugby-Teams-and-a-New-Career-Mode'. criticalhit.net. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019./
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rugby_Challenge_(video_game)&oldid=923574524'
Jonah Lomu Rugby | |
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Developer(s) | Rage Software |
Publisher(s) | Codemasters |
Platform(s) | DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn |
Release | March 31, 1997 |
Genre(s) | Rugby union |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Jonah Lomu Rugby is a video game released in 1997. It was developed by Rage Software and published by Codemasters. It was released on DOS, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Its title is a reference to former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu.
Following the 2003 closure of Rage Software, several members of the game's development team went on to work on World Championship Rugby.[1]
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Gameplay[edit]
An example of gameplay in the Playstation version; New Zealand are in possession and running the ball from a ruck. This side-on view is the default in-game camera position.
Jonah Lomu Rugby puts the player in control of real-life national rugby union teams from the 1995 Rugby World Cup, including the 16 finalists and 16 other teams that participated in the qualifying campaign. The game has support for up to four players.[2]
Modes of Play[edit]
Jonah Lomu Rugby features five modes of gameplay: Friendly, World Cup, Tournament, Territories Cup and Classic Matches. The Friendly mode is a single exhibition game in which the player can play against computer-controlled or human opponents. The World Cup mode replicates the 1995 Rugby World Cup format, with the 16 teams arranged into the same four pools as in the real life tournament. Tournament mode is a knockout format contested by either 4, 8 or 16 teams. Territories Cup mode consists of leagues based around geographic location. The Five Nations and Tri Nations competitions feature the same teams competing in the real life equivalents, whilst the American Cup, Asian Cup and Pacific Cup each feature three teams from the areas.
The Classic Matches mode consists of eight scenario matches based on real-life World Cup matches that the player joins in progress with the aim of obtaining a different result to that in real-life.
Development[edit]
Rage Software head Trevor Williams recounted, 'We wanted a game that stayed true to the rules, but was easy to pick up and play without a complete understanding of all the ins and outs.'[3]
Jonah Lomu Rugby was the first rugby union game released on the Saturn[4] or PlayStation platforms. Programmers Tony McCabe and Antonio Argentieri explained that rugby video games are more difficult to make than other sports games, since the heavy specialization of the different players means a number of different AIs need to be designed and programmed to run simultaneously.[3] The scrum was remodeled more than five times in an effort to make it work in play.[2]
Commentary for the game was supplied by Bill McLaren and Bill Beaumont.[3]
The Saturn version was slated for release in June 1997, but the date was pushed back to September 1997.[5] The game was ready by the June date, but Codemasters held it back to coincide with the release of the PC version and the start of the new rugby season.[6]
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Matt Yeo gave the Saturn version a rave review in Sega Saturn Magazine, saying it 'features one of the most innovative and easy to use game play systems ever utilised in a sports game.' He particularly noted the use of on-screen menus during pauses in the game's action, saying they enable newcomers to more easily come to grips with the game by presenting rugby's complicated rules in a simplified, leisurely form. He also praised the four-player support, audio commentary, and dramatic weather conditions, and gave the game a score of 91%.[4]
Computer and Video Games gave a positive review of the Playstation version, noting the 'brilliantly realistic graphics and a logical control system are the stars here' and awarding the game 4/5.[7]
Legacy[edit]
In 2015, a retrospective review in The Telegraph described Jonah Lomu Rugby as 'the greatest computer game the sport has ever seen'.[9] The Irish Independent similarly described it as 'the best rugby game ever made'.[10]
A copy of the Playstation version of the game is included in the Pacific Cultures collection of Te Papa (the national museum of New Zealand).[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^Calvert, Justin (21 November 2003). 'World Championship Rugby announced [date mislabeled as 'November 24, 2003']'. GameSpot. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ abYeo, Matt (July 1997). 'Men in Black'. Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 21. Emap International Limited. pp. 48–51.
- ^ abc'Preview: Jonah Lomu Rugby'. Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 20. Emap International Limited. June 1997. pp. 32–33.
- ^ abcYeo, Matt (July 1997). 'Review: Jonah Lomu Rugby'. Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 21. Emap International Limited. pp. 62–63.
- ^'First the Bad News'. Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 22. Emap International Limited. August 1997. p. 11.
- ^'What Happened to Jonah?'. Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 25. Emap International Limited. November 1997. p. 37. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ abHuhtala, Alex (June 1997). 'Jonah Lomu Rugby'. Computer and Video Games (187): 78. ISSN0261-3697.
- ^'Review: Jonah Lomu Rugby'. Official UK Playstation Magazine (19).
- ^'Remembering Jonah Lomu Rugby, the greatest computer game the sport has ever seen'. The Telegraph. 2015-10-26. ISSN0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^Whelan, Frank (18 November 2015). 'Jonah Lomu Rugby remembered'. Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^'Julian Wilcox and Jonah Lomu's PlayStation video game'. Radio New Zealand. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
- ^'Object: Jonah Lomu Rugby PlayStation game'. Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
External links[edit]
- Jonah Lomu Rugby at GameSpot
- Jonah Lomu Rugby at IGN
- Jonah Lomu Rugby at MobyGames
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