Wembley Rugby League for the Amiga is a basic Rugby League game with your standard 2-d graphics. In terms of quality in context with real-life the game holds stats for all top Rugby League teams of the era from Halifax to Sheffield, with colours to match. The game play itself can vary depending on what type of game you play and to what level. The controls are fairly simple and help create a life like adaptation of the basic rugby league rules.
While running with the ball is sometimes hard to adapt to the passing of the ball and skills that are available are a good standard.
The drawbacks to the game include the view in which the play is on the screen. The screen only covers approximately 20m by 20m of the actual playing field and is there for quite hard to plan your move ahead although they do try and counter this problem by having a mini field in the top right corner with the full view on show but this is often hard to keep up with during the game. This game is familiar to the licks of 'kick off' which is a classic Amiga game. It carries the same basic controls and is in all, a good adaptation of the game of Rugby League.
One of the better points in the game is the teams on
the game and the similarities they have to the real life teams in rugby league. Unlike rugby union, the game of rugby league feature the club teams more often and this is the case of Wembley rugby league, however unlike more top rugby union game, Wembley rugby league has both club and international action to keep you going. The game formats come in the form of friendlies and various league and cup formats using your preferred teams.
Multi-player is also an option which give you the chance to either compete against your mates or play along side them against the computer-though this sometimes causes more agro that it's worth!
In conclusion, Wembley Rugby League is a sound gaming experience for the Amiga and is defiantly one to buy for times you wants something away from the usual action and strategy games with guns or puzzles etc Wembley. Rugby League is easy to use, should not cause to much complications, is realistic with it's stats and is a pleasers for all followers of the great game that is rugby league.
