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3/5 |
Jonah Lomu Rugby
(April 21, 2007) |
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This game was highly recommended to me by friends and many reviews I had read (a lot of which were from this site).
Personally I don't think it quite lives up to the hype. I think Rugby 05 for example is a better game.
What is good I feel are the lineouts, because they require some skill and timing. The rucks are also good because you can force turnovers by hitting the rucks hard and with large numbers in contrast to the "Rugby" games where it seems to be heads or tails whether you win the ball or not. Srums are a bit of a non- event but the fact that you can set up mauls in broken play and use the maul as a genuine attacking platform is very good. In short the forward play is well done and a genuine skill to master unlike the "rugby" games where winning rucks, scrums and lineouts are either easy or out of your control.
The problem I think is the backplay which is crap. All it involved is constantly passing across the field until you can find a fast guy to run. Players never maintain a proper alignment and support players frequently run away as soon as you mee the fullback. Defence is quite good though.
Basically if you're a forward, which I thank god am not, you'll probably like it but if you want to be creative it's not the best. |
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5/5 |
Amazing
(November 15, 2006) |
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This game is phenomenal: A game doesn't need cutting edge graphics when it can generate the excitement and brilliant gameplay this can. |
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5/5 |
It is the game of games
(November 14, 2006) |
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This game is so good it will blow your socks of the first real rugby game ever made. You will never get board of this game it is a great game all round, with some classic commentary statements |
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5/5 |
Indeed a Classic
(March 04, 2006) |
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Still playing 'Jonah Lomu Rugby' to this day. This should be re-released with the ability for network gaming and updated players/commentary, whilst keeping the gameplay and graphics unchanged. Oh if only there was the ability to save replays... |
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5/5 |
still the ultimate...
(February 16, 2005) |
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So mant attempts have been made to better this game - on all the consoles, but Jonah Lomu on the PS1 is still the best. Awesome gameplay is what makes it. The graphics are no better than one would expect for a game of this age, but to even mention it in the same breath as any of EA's 'rugby' games is an insult. The commentary is irritating at times, but ony after playing it for 6 or 7 years! And who could possibly tire of the voice of the famous Bill Turnbull - or... is he perhaps more commonly known as Bill Mclaren? If you can find it, buy it! |