It's smarmy-positive which is the worst kind. There are no negatives in it at all. The game will no doubt be an improvement on the previous games, but it won't be 'good', it's just the subject matter that will make most buy it, to support the concept of a league game. The developer's back catalogue is very poor and the previous league games were simply awful. I don't blame the developer, they are in a viscious cycle. Their games have little investment, sell poorly and generate little revenue. Without a big games company investing in it, there is no chance of it ever turning into anything genuinely worth playing.

Our best hope of ever getting a semi decent RL game is for one of the bigger developers to butcher an existing sports game engine and dish it out as an Xbox Live Arcade/PSN game.

for all its faults, I still found the last game (RLL) worth playing, if anything just because I love the sport

I just couldn't bring myself to keep playing the last one, it just didn't feel anything like rugby league I was playing. I know, like saddened says, that it's always going to be "cheap" so to speak, but I just thought the gameplay was utterly awful on the last one with ridiculous issues like fast wingers being caught by props, forwards on the wing, wrong squads etc

Hopefully this will be a big improvement, it'll have to be because if it's not it's the last RL game I shall waste my money on.

I've said it before, but RL doesn't lend itself to being a video game in the same way football does. Football can be boiled down to Pong essentially, with bells and whistles added as the games and consoles progressed. The nature of play in RL means that you need to be able to see different things depending on what is happening.

I admit all of those issues, and in many ways it was a step back from the old PS2 RL games. They really should have developed it for another year or so rather than rushing it out. I only found it entertaining because.. it's rugby league, however bad a representation of the sport it was!

All the signs suggest the next game will be a huge improvement, and a game with far more longevity. I personally can't wait.

Seen the trailer and I think it looks garbage, again.

Rugby League Live 2 Achievementshttps://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/rugby-league-live-2/achievements/rl

It does a bit. All the players still run the same vertical lines. The fact that they put loads of emphasis on making the career mode good rather than improving the gameplay says it all. Delusional.

Not too sure you've watched the right trailer seeing as there's decoy runners, a drop-off ball, angled inside runs and lines on the pitch indicating where your team mates will be running, all of which weren't seen in RLL1

11th October release date...

For aus and NZ, nothing for UK. Really annoyed and there are rumours about them not releasing it at all over here.

will the Aus/NZ version work on a UK PS3?

or will it be available for download from the Playstation store?

Yep, PS3 is region free.

I cant see why it wouldnt get a UK release.

Why bother putting all the UK domestic game in aswell and then not release to that market?

And its not as if it has a huge worldwide market to aim at.The UK could provide a big chunk of its potential sales.

Im still a bit sceptical about buying this anyway.i want it to be good but the previous game was so poor i think i will wait for a few reviews to come out before diving in.

Quote: Biff Tannen "I cant see why it wouldnt get a UK release. Why bother putting all the UK domestic game in aswell and then not release to that market? And its not as if it has a huge worldwide market to aim at.The UK could provide a big chunk of its potential sales..'" Exactly - hadn't heard rumours that it wasn't going to be released. Alternative Software still have it on their homepage so they look like their still hoping to distribute it over here.... (www.alternativesoft.co.uk/home.html)

Quote: Biff Tannen "I cant see why it wouldnt get a UK release. Why bother putting all the UK domestic game in aswell and then not release to that market? And its not as if it has a huge worldwide market to aim at.The UK could provide a big chunk of its potential sales..'" Exactly - hadn't heard rumours that it wasn't going to be released. Alternative Software still have it on their homepage so they look like their still hoping to distribute it over here.... (www.alternativesoft.co.uk/home.html)