WCR: World Championship Rugby screenshots

The game displays a 'Loading' screen for several seconds which is followed by a screen giving the player the choice between 50Hz and 60Hz, then come the company logos followed by this

The main menu It's not obvious until we start playing but there's no tutorial in this game, the gamer learns by playing, and losing, friendly matches

The game's controls cannot be customised This screen is accessed via the Options tab on the main menu

The team editor allows the names of the players but nothing else This screen is accessed via the Options tab on the main menu

The Challenge tab on the main menu gives the player access to three game modes, Classic Matches, Beat All-Stars and Survival There are nine Classic matches some of which are locked

These are the competitions the player can take part in

Setting up a Friendly match. The player has limited customisation options for the environment

Setting up a friendly match These are the default teams (for the UK version at least) but they can be changed

Setting up a friendly match Having selected the teams the player's pictures are displayed. There are no names, no option to change the line-up or to select team tactics

There's the usual fly-by of the stadium followed by a short animation of the players taking the field and lining up on the pitch

The game begins. England have the ball but There's no indication which player has possession

The game's graphics are generally blurry. There is no option to change the camera angle

A ruck is forming and the player can add or remove players from it

England have scored and now lead Australia.

There's a short scene like this when a try is scored. The graphics here are better than anywhere else in the game

Australia to kick off. There are two options here, manual or automatic The player radar in the top left indicates an almighty huddle over on the left just out of shot.

It's a throw in and there are three possible catcjer's that can be selected Once again the player radar does not seem to reflect what's happening on the pitch

It's a scrum and the player has some control over how it's managed, but not a lot

England score another try against the mighty Australians After a try there's an action replay but only from one angle

WCR: World Championship Rugby

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