Gamespot release the official trailer for Rugby League Live
OXCGN:
"Rugby League Live is a game full of big hits, amazing tries and nail-biting matches but does this game belong in the big league or the reserves?
Rugby League Live, produced by Australian developer Big Ant Studios for the 360 and PS3, has been released just in time for the Australian Rugby League finals. But was this game rushed and should it have been polished in the off season? Let’s take a look."
How could they make a 360/PS3 version worse than the Wii version?
Well at least there's a Rugby League game on 360 and PS3.
I didn't expect this game to be a disappointment. I thought it was to be a great game. I probably won't get it now.
I'm not into sports games, and by the looks of it this isn't the best on the shelf, but it's definitely a risk to develop a game that would only potentially appeal to one tiny market.
Sports fans want their games to be a close facsimile of the real life counterpart, so I hope it does sell enough for them to look at the second iteration in order to improve it.
Dodgy commentary, last-gen graphics, and a lack of modes in a sports game can be overlooked when the gameplay is tight, but Rugby League Live falls short on all fronts. The fun you'll have here will quickly be overpowered by the frustrations springing from its weak defensive controls, and a lack of modes means the game features little long-term replayability. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 fans have waited a long time for a good rugby league game to come along, and unfortunately, that wait isn't over yet.
Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty Ltd and Gamewizz Digital Entertainment have just announced that Rugby League Live will release in late August this year for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms.
While this is good news, I wish EA had the rights to the NRL franchise.
All I see coming is an upscaled port of the Wii Version...Which was again, ported from the PS2.
Hopefully this is going to be good.
NRL and conversely AFL just aren't big enough money makers to be taken on by a company like EA. They make VERY little profit, if any and it's why even a fairly big sport like Cricket was dropped from EA (despite persistent rumours of them being in development of a title for years now we've had no info for more than 3 years).
Probably the one thing though that RL has in it's favour is that it's not one of the most complicated sports in the world, so a competent developer should be able to make something from this.
That being said Big Ant have made some horrible titles and on top of this RL game are also doing the upcoming AFL game. So they have the future of Australian Sports titles in their hands!
