Just gone out and bought this just now. Was either this or Deus: Ex.
Went for this because I have a feeling that apart from the hype Deus would of been a let down for me.

What do you make of it, pros and cons?

If you pass the goal kick to their striker, what do you expect them to do? Pass it back?

They should change that as it happens a lot on legendary. You lazily play the ball to a defender who stands leadfooten as their striker runs in on a sly diagonal run after the cut scene and side foots it in. They should make it so the strikers start far enough back to allow the defender to deal with it before they are closed down.

Pros:
Better Quality gameplay than RL Live.
Better graphics.
Ability to use set plays.
More responsive to buttons that are pressed.

Cons:
Unrealistic tackling, can tackle somebody when you stand 10 metres away.
The dangerous tackle penalty, not sure if it's a rule in Yawnion, but whenever somebody takes out my player off the ball I get the penalty on the half way line.
Other bug, sometimes you can't switch players which sometimes leads to tries against you.
World Cup mode is very short.

I'd say it was a good buy, I'd rather play that than Rugby League Live any day, as long as you play the game in the true RL style.

Wow, it must be a LOT better than the demo, because the gameplay and graphics were WAY below Rugby League Live in that.

Had about 5 games on it yesterday and thought it was crap. So going to take it back and get something else. Something cheap like Killzone 3.

I've finally got round to playing Pro Evo 12 demo. Quite impressed with it tbh. The game engine is the same as last years but with tweaks and improvements, think like when FIFA 09 went to FIFA 10. Demo comes with a 20 minute game but no commentary on it. Think I'll be getting it in a couple of weeks!

Merseyside Blue versus London at the Rose Bowl in the Master League after signing Warne Roomey. It just doesn't get any better than that.

(Or have they sorted the licenses now?)

Can you tell me why? Everywhere I have read has said it's still miles behind FIFA. Animation, AI and particularly the tackling are being criticised. They have removed the standing tackle button haven't they, so now you can only slide tackle or 'jockey' for the ball, you can't just put a tackle in. That must be incredibly frustrating when you are trying to defending in your own box?

Decided to buy Deus: Ex...Which I think is an RPG I believe (I never buy these type of games). Anyways seeing as it's not the type of game I play, it's not too bad but just too much wondering about looking for things to keep my entertained the whole time. As soon as I've done it it'll be going straight back most likely save the money to my account and wait for Fifa 12 to come out.

All the teams have proper players names and all the teams have proper team names and kits except 18 of the Prem teams. All the stadiums have proper names. A couple of weeks after the game comes out a patch is usually on the official website with all proper team names and kits for the rest of the prem teams

I thought the AI and tackling was decent from the couple of games I played. I was still using the standing tackle though so didn't notice they had removed it. Pro's always gonna get slagged off though, even when FIFA was absolutely shocking for years and years until FIFA 09 came out it still did miles better than Pro Evo!

Played Dead Island for a bit earlier. It didn't really do enough to make me want to purchase it, but I don't really like lazy "smash 'em" games - I got bored of Dead Rising in a couple of house. I do like how you can roam around the whole island and the wealth of weapons is appealing but the aiming system is a bit annoying, I didn't really get into the story or objectives and the Ozzy voice grates quite a lot.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a demo for Rugby Challenge, with it pretty much competing for the most popular Rugby game title, you would've thought it'd be in their best interests to release one after the RWC demo was. Spoke to someone who has played both though, and they said Rugby Challenge is superior by far.