Rugby 18
WORST GAMES OF Q4 2017
In today’s multibillion-dollar industry of sporting sims, it’s easy to take for granted how steep a task it really is to accurately portray some of the world’s most beloved leagues. EA have gotten it down to a fine art, while 2K Games routinely dazzle with their NBA titles. When lesser studios try their hand at it, the results are not quite so pretty. Just ask disenfranchised Aussies who were left feeling underwhelmed by AFL Evolution earlier this year. Read between the lines: it was AwFuL.
A much bigger disaster, however, came in the form of Rugby 18, a game so unambitiously titled, it sounds like an Atari castoff. On the field, it doesn’t fare much better, and can be succinctly described as ‘rucking terrible’. The gameplay is tedious and repetitive, the commentary is woeful, and to be honest, it truly isn’t any fun to play. Be warned, there isn’t a morbid curiosity to be satiated by experiencing this clunker; it feels like a punishment, instead of an amusing sideshow.
