Rugby Challenge 2006 (PS2)

Pre-Owned/Used: Very Good Condition copies available

Product Information

• Prestigious licenses: The 6 Nations tournament, The Heineken Cup, The official national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy, Official domestic premierships
• Updated data for the 2006 rugby season including over 450 official teams and 2000 official players
• A realistic and detailed career mode including player transfers, coach hiring, weekly training sessions and financial management
• A comprehensive training mode to learn and understand the rules of Rugby
• Change the names of the players, teams and tournaments. Create your own leagues and cups.

Product Description

In a nutshell: With the Six Nations more popular than ever there¿¿¿¿¿¿¿TMs never been a greater demand for a decent rugby sim and this game is good enough to satisfy almost all comers. With a full range of both international and national teams this has everything a rugger fan could ask for. The lowdown: Rugby is not the easiest of sports to simulate for a video game but this is undoubtedly the best effort yet. It plays hard and fast with the rules sometimes (which is to say it ignores them if it will unduly affect the flow of play) but as an arcade style sports game it all works perfectly in context. Although occasionally unresponsive the controls cope well with the complexities of the game and the tutorials are great at helping you no matter whether you¿¿¿¿¿¿¿TMre more unfamiliar with rugby or video games. There are also mountains of tournaments and cups, as well as some wholly original concepts like the Superstar mode - where only one player on each team can score points. Most exciting moment: Winning a virtual Grand Slam in the Six Nations cup with the country of your choice. Since you ask: Developers Swordfish Studios also produced the excellent World Championship Rugby for Acclaim, as well as the classic John Lomu Rugby for Codemasters. The bottom line: It¿¿¿¿¿¿¿TMs not the Pro Evolution Soccer of rugby but it comes close. HARRISON DENT

Review

In a nutshell:
With the Six Nations more popular than ever theres never been a greater demand for a decent rugby sim and this game is good enough to satisfy almost all comers. With a full range of both international and national teams this has everything a rugger fan could ask for.

The lowdown:
Rugby is not the easiest of sports to simulate for a video game but this is undoubtedly the best effort yet. It plays hard and fast with the rules sometimes (which is to say it ignores them if it will unduly affect the flow of play) but as an arcade style sports game it all works perfectly in context. Although occasionally unresponsive the controls cope well with the complexities of the game and the tutorials are great at helping you no matter whether youre more unfamiliar with rugby or video games. There are also mountains of tournaments and cups, as well as some wholly original concepts like the Superstar mode - where only one player on each team can score points.

Most exciting moment:
Winning a virtual Grand Slam in the Six Nations cup with the country of your choice.

Since you ask:
Developers Swordfish Studios also produced the excellent World Championship Rugby for Acclaim, as well as the classic John Lomu Rugby for Codemasters.

The bottom line:
Its not the Pro Evolution Soccer of rugby but it comes close.
HARRISON DENT