Rugby 22 - Game Review 

I really wish that rugby can eventually have a serious equivalent to fifa

I bought this game and it matched my expectations really. Its behind games of the same price but I wanted to buy it to do my bit to convince a big studio to make a proper game

Rugby World Cup 2011 best rugby game hands down. Had such a blast playing it

'I literally just tried games where I just box-kicked and did up and unders the whole game' - Ah the Conor Murray special!

Thanks for the honest review. Take care!

Rugby 08, Rugby World Cup 2011 were the best games mechanic wise. Had a good bash on Rugby 22 and the game has a fair amount of bugs

I guess this game will be epic if all the players look similar to the real players and if u can play every tournament (like 6 Nations, Super Rugby, Rugby Championship witch this game doesn't have)

Jonah lomu rugby in 1997 is the benchmark still, was a fantastic rugby game. The graphics were poor but the gameplay made up for it so I think we can overlook some of the graphics and licenced stuff in Rugby22 so long as the gameplay stacks up. Good to hear its good in that respect.

It's been long overdue for a rugby video game but glad you did this for Rugby22

Is there a mechanic where you can hold up the ball in the tryline area? I feel rugby 2011 needed this to truly be a competitive rugby game just to show off more technical prowess in gameplay

In career mode is training players very much the same as rugby 20? As in can you only increase speed by 10 for example through training?

How do you start a scrum set piece? I always get the formation ready but as soon as I press pass or run with the Scrum Half, the set play doesn't work? I see you were able to get it right at 10:46 and was wondering how.

Glad I found this. I've been searching for news about '24 and have pretty much resigned to the game being pretty delayed. So I've had this one ('22) in my (US) PS5 cart for a while however it's still $49.99....I've played Rugby 15 for about 3 hours and other than that, never played Rugby. One question that I would have is how easy is it to pick up the controls? I hate manuals however I think I just might need a manual for this haha.

Thank for the review. I have played previous years of Nacon games. All I can say is unlicensed sucks and graphics are very poor, like you said compared to fifa Nacon need to take it to the next level do it for the fan's 🏉

Maybe it's because I played a lot of different sports long ago, but I can't even consider a sports video game as worth my while-closest I've come is crazy golf :) Video games took over as my main entertainment 25 years ago, so I've played a lot of different kinds-so it's not that I don't like games. I've also had the best experience as I've always played on PC-altho games nerfed to fit console performance have left a bit of a sour taste. I watched Squidge's review a few days ago also, so yeah, not for me. I wonder would a decent budget make a difference? The fidelity of body representation and fluidity of body movement in today's top games is phenomenal-heck, it was even very good in 2007's Crysis. So the totally stilted movement in sports games needn't be an always thing-or so I hope. A general Q: shouldn't field sports work much better as multiplayer rather than single player v AI? Local online teams could be really fun, each guy practicing the skills for his position. Make the first team, then the county… world is your oyster! Ok, enough rambling.

(Sorry if this was said in the vid I skimmed through to check the graphics and animations) Multiple questions for anyone who can answer really how many players are in the all blacks squad or any squad do you get whatever 23 they choose or a depth squad that you can adjust and have a play with in the menu (I’ve never played any rugby 20 games before only played rc4 and all blacks rugby challenge)

Every time when i see a new rugby game released, i get really excited! Only to be heartbroken after seeing a review. Why can't 2k or ea pick this up? (Yeah i know sales and such). I am thinking of buying the game, just te up te sales. Hopefully someday there will be a great rugbygame someday. I can handle bad graphics when the gameplay is solid. But the lack of licenses ia really dissapointing. But thanks for the review mate!

Does this game have CPU vs CPU mode like the RC series?

EA Sports,TAKE MY MONEY and make a proper game please!!!!

i think this is a great base game that can be built on,alot of features im really happy to here about

Great review my only question is do you find it strange that you can't play as Kolbe despite him being the cover star of the game

What about the tackling like can you do shoulder hits etc mid tackles and ankle tackles ? What about steps is there different types of steps etc ?

Are you doing a fantasy six nations league

Have you been able to kick the ball again after a grubber? My guys pick it up every time even if I spam circle/B

Can run a simulation cpu vs cpu like fifa?

Can you edit any players stats and faces and info ?

Spot on review and I think there is the bones of a good game here which plays pretty well. The lack of licences is understandable, but why no edit mode? I think this will put off alot of Bok, Puma and England fans, so glad I only paid £26 for it. If the devs can put in a patch to include a meaningful editng suite then that will take this up a notch.

At A$56 I think I'll wait for it to drop a bit before getting it. If there was decent on line community it might be worth buying straight away

Once again... A giant step backwards. You saved me $60. Thank you!

I've put in many hours already, no regrets at all. Only downside is that it's impossible to find a multiplayer game (at least here in the US)

A game like this good benefit being put on Xbox game pass

How does this compare to Rugby Challenge 4? There are elements that have me intrigued?

Bought the game, started playing and the team kits are completely different, teams arent licensed?? How do you get the licensed teams?

Are the Condors licensed on the game?

Does this game have 7s?

Played a few games today and gameplay has improved abit the passing animation feels too slow and sometimes u can’t get a pass out quick enough…

I bought this game recently and you talked about some of the problems that I also have with this game. If I could name all my problems then I would say that: The springboks aren't licensed, which sucks as well as England and the pumas obviously, some of the faces are real as you said, but that's only the all blacks and french players, the rest of the players have fake faces (except for Johnny Sexton) they should've made as most as possible faces look realistic, and as you said, when the players celebrate after scoring tries, their faces disappear into each others bodies etc. and again as you said, they don't show the players lifting the trophy after winning tournaments and then the replay is also very short and you can't watch it over and over again, then the COMMENTARY, compare to rugby challenge 4, the commentary of this game is kind off terrible, yeah it is robotic voices, but still, the should've worked harder on the commentary.

Thanks for the review. Think this game will draw new rugby fans?

Can I get this on the Vic-20?

Rugby 08 needs to be remastered

I wish they would just go the PES route and let people add everything in themselves, it's just a bit annoying do have this few teams. FIFA skirts by because they are really only missing a couple relevant leagues and teams but this game definitely seems lacking even coming from someone who only really follows France and the top14. Also I really wish they would add a proper career mode as a player or a club that continues on for multiple seasons. I feel like the career mode should be one of the easiest things to get right in a sports games, I see it done in €2 mobile games so why can't it be done in this. I haven't played Rugby 22 yet but in 20 the solo mode is essentially just an ultimate team mode but one player without any online play. It really doesn't make a lot of sense

To this day I still prefer 08. Nothing compares.

box kick the whole game is called connor murray mode

We could have had an AAA Rugby game, but the Islander had to vote for Beaumont....

Are the devs releasing patch's to fix this game up ? looks decent

A PES strategy will work

Ratings are actually bad for many teams in the game. The Stormers are rated worst in URC even though they are far from the worst team in that tournament (currently 7th on the log).

I thought the game would have new Zealand rugby teams like crusaders and tht

How hard can it be to get all international licensed

The passing is what puts me off. The Ball looks like it's floating and the players look like they're moving faster than the ball is moving in the air🤔

I don’t normally bother with computer games but if I did, I’d have to give this one a miss.

Graphics wise it looks like they don't put in much effort compared to FIFA and PES sports games.

I really want to be optimistic about Rugby 22, but unfortunately it's just the same old same old. The graphics look like something from 2012, the game-play just seems un-natural, and it's seriously lacking that final layer of polish-Just the lack of licenced teams, stadiums and tournaments, the lack of animations, the lack of attention to detail..Admittedly, it's a step up from previous entries into the series-But that isn't exactly saying much, considering how woefully bad the previous Rugby games have been. In the dream world, us Rugby fans would have a Fifa equivalent game. But until that day, I think I will be sticking with Rugby 08 lol!

Y can't they just make another rugby08! With updates

I always snipe and I don’t want to but I do

3 Cents gaming here we come

Sounds like Career mode is the only reason to give this a go...

Me: This doesn't look that great. Also me: Watches Ben Vellacott pick the ball up from the back of a ruck and Scamper over for a try for Edinburgh and immediately boots Xbox and gets credit card out!

I beat legend on my second go by about 30

Never played a Rugby game. How is it for someome who doesn't have a clue about teams and have to learn the rules from scrtach?

The real question is, Rugby 22 or Rugby Championship 4?

Man not even 20 international teams for an unlicensed world cup lol...

Does the AI ever try use tactical kicking? This is my number one irritation with rugby games.

If only Rugby actually had ambition and wanted to be more popular... If the various people in charge had any sense, the leagues, teams, stadiums etc would all be licensed at little to no cost to this developer - more people would buy the game despite other perceived shortcomings but, year on year, the increased sales = bigger budget for improvements and with increased popularity, a bigger developer could come in. Alas the people in charge of Rugby around the world seem to be forever short sighted with zero ambition.

Sounds like the gameplay is pretty decent judging from your review, I think I might give this game a crack just for fun. It sucks that the animations look like they're from the late 2000s 🤣

Change player / tackling is non existent. Scrum is impossible. RWC 2011 PS3 was the best game.

Nah not rubgy 08 😅

A game is never 200% if it doesn't get the licenses

There is no kenya 🇰🇪🥲

Not any real big hits.....damn. Huge rugby fan ,never played it myself but i was so pumped to try this and i guess its a pass.....

How could u not have the South African national team, the world cup winners 😑

Nowhere near as good as Rugby Challenge 4. Do you agree?

World champs aren't even licensed..., uhm no thanks,

Why cant EA Sports just slap together Rugby 08 with updated rosters and a few new graphics given it was almost 15 years ago now and everyone will be happy. No rugby game has even come close to comparing to these garbage games.

After the atrocious Rugby 15, Rugby WC15, Rugby 18, and under performing Rugby 20, I don’t trust this development team to produce a quality title. I think I’ll just stick with Trublue’s Rugby challenge and Rugby 06 until I see a sale.

looks crap again