From the Review:
"Rugby has always been one of those mystery games to me. Growing up, I had friends who participated in the sport; yet, my knowledge was very limited: it is sort of like football, but with constant passing and much more pain and suffering, right? Really, up until recently, the only thing I knew with any certainty was that the New Zealand national rugby union team has my eternal respect for the Haka that they do at the beginning of every match.
Thus, the chance to play a sports video game (that is surprisingly not done by Electronic Arts) about rugby was an attractive prospect; I could learn about a sport that I knew little about in a way that I absolutely love! HB Studios’ Rugby World Cup 2011, the official game of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, helped me to understand the game a bit better, but if you are a serious fan, be warned: this game is not all it seems to be."
Amazon has released it's video game deals of the day for Sunday. Today Amazon are offering 40% off Rugby World Cup for the Xbox 360.
Skirting around the end of summer and quickly approaching the mad autumn rush, a few select publishers made the wise decision to release some of their hottest properties a little earlier. Deus Ex: Human Revolution would Electronic Theatre Imagearguably have received plenty of attention whenever it launched, but for a franchise appealing to an audience that has long since been governed by the likes of Gears of War, Uncharted et al, launching a little earlier than the latest instalments in those series was surely a smart move.
We know that there haven’t been many Rugby games which have captured the imagination of gamers. Even horse racing games have had a more successful run than egg-chasing. For a time, it seemed like development houses had given up on them altogether, as they’ve been notably lacking this gen. It’s been four years since the last Rugby Union game, after all.
