Rugby Union Team Manager 2017

1.) The positives: If Rugby is your favourite sport, this is the best Rugby management sim currently available to buy. The general feel of the game is pretty good - the layout is very simple and it doesn't take you too long to get used to navigating your way around and working out each little game facet.. The player/league database is pretty accurate and up-to-date, although only certain teams from certain leagues are licensed (Aviva Prem, Pro 12, Top 14) and for some reason if you decide to coach international sides, the player's names are not licensed when they are called up to their international squads (something which I found slightly bewildering). Some of the competitions are also not licensed, eg: the Six nations is called the "NH Nations" - but if you can get past the lack of full licensing, this IS an enjoyable game. You can take over a club - build your club facilities, set your own tactics, bring through and cultivate your own youth teams, sign/loan players - even set your...

considering i read somewhere this was a 'completetly rebuilt' game and not a update to 2015 - i'm massively disappointed so far. the transfer market is exactly the same, players aged 21 or 33 at the same level are valued the same, you cant even see the transfer market, loan list or freebies - you have to scout it each time (so if you only have 1 scout and send him out looking at the player, team, league - then your screwed). i get that you need to 'scout' players but why can you scout all transfer listed players instantly and get their stats, yeah if i wanted to just view one player (george north for example) - i would need to either scout his club, position and have to wait a few days. masking player stats would have been a better way of handling this. frankly the transfers opperate awful. one of the bit user feedback on 2015 - was the interface, still as frustrating at before - and because there are more features, its takes longer to remember everything. staff - as far as i can s...

10hrs GP: I've played the game for 10 hours now and I have so far only experienced one bug, so I'm not sure what other people are doing, maybe it's their OS? The menus aren't very laggy, taking less than a second for each click to respond and load the corresponding request, so I don't really know how much quicker people want it? The game is very enjoyable, and is definitely like many other strategy games, I've just reached Christmas and I've now got a set tactical game plan, and I've promoted a few academy players. I've slowly overhauled my staff and the team training is much more effective. I think the problem is, because the game looks rough, it's hard to see past this on first viewing. It's the same as every game, when you get used to the interface, everything is quicker and you look past what it looks like and instead focus on what it does. Would still recommend! 2hrs GP: Right, firstly I need to say this will be a working review even though I am reviewing after 2 hours, becaus...

Poor interface, very basic with buttons that must be toggled to navigate, no smart design with user experience in mind. Lots of bugs, constantly having to refresh pages. Only Prem, Pro12, Top14 & D2 licensed with inaccurate player info & attirbutes. Feels like a framework of a work in progress rather than the finished article. Very disappointed.

EDIT: Just to make this clear - I have only played the game for less than an hour and it wasn't for me. The screenshots are representative of the gameplay, so take a look at those and make you own judgement. If you can get past how the match engine looks then there is a lot of depth to the game, even from my short experience. I really can't reccomend this game as it stands - I'm a massive rugby fan and have been waiting for ages for someone to create a compelling experience like Football Manager for rugby. I'm not expecting the best graphics ever, but it should at least look vaguely like rugby. The scrums are just a mass of players in the same place. I can forgive the errors in the database (numerous spelling errors, positional errors and main squad players i've never even heard of for my team Newcastle Falcons) but if you're charging £25 I'd expect the engine to look better than the original Pro Rugby Union Manager which came out in something like 2005. I know it's not all about gr...

Bought it, played it, refunded it. Menus are laggy, bugs are rife. This game should be early access alpha and a third of the price. I get that the game is generated each time you play it, which is a great idea but the rest of the game just doesn't work. I won't be buying any more manager games for Rugby which is a shame. The last one I purchased was PRM, that is now 69p. This one is pretty much identical and I imagine will go the same way.

I really hope that my review is able to help you; if you would like to know more, post a comment, and I will endeavour to answer. As a long time player of Cricket Captain and Football Manager, I was especially keen to get stuck into a management game focused on my beloved rugby. I have not been disappointed - the game is really excellent, although there are a couple of things that I personally would like to see change. - I really like the interface - it is easy to navigate and easy on the eye. - From a resource management point of view, this game is excelent - one has to manage finances, staff, players, a long term plan (attempting to please the board and also grow the stature and infrastructure of one's club etc). - Tactics: I really enjoy matches and the tactical side of things, although I slightly prefer the FM (and even early Championship Manager) approach of having sliders for everything. The team calls are fun, but I would rather have to analyse my team's strengths and we...

Good update from the 2015 version. The interface is much nicer and easier to move around. Lots of new things to get used to, such as the transfer system, getting staff etc. Also the changes during the match for choosing different plays, etc. is a very welcome change and makes games more fun to play. Obviously still a few issues, such as: - The defence is still rubbish, with players just randomly going walkabouts during the games. - Player ratings are all over the place, with random unknown players being the best on your team. - When any player gets sent off/sin binned, the no. 7 will move into his place and you can't move him back, which is quite annoying to have someone like Chris Henry playing at inside centre. But I do know it's a work in progress and will hopefully keep growing and I'll keep supporting.

A great update from the 2015 edition! Lots of new features and a lot of fun to play.

Terrible game, no idea how it was made in 2017. Do the developers even play another manger games? Very difficult to navigate, no tutorials or help, tactics is a joke, no way to properly pick a team, finding new players is very hard, gameplay makes no sense at times on why players do certain movements, no way to communicate with players or staff. Anyone who recommends this is clearly wrong. Was hoping for something a little better but this a steaming pile of bull turds. Disappointed there is never any good rugby games.