Review/Early Impression
Note that this early impression is based on roughly 4 hours spent on the game today playing 1 entire T20 match and 1 session of test match. I have no experience in career mode yet and will make no comments on it.
So well hello, with Ashes Cricket 2017 out,
@BigAntStudios have raised the bar even higher and when I say that I mean it. After watching videos of
@mazd &
@blockerdave for 3 days now finally as the clock stuck 12.00 am on 16th the game was available for playing. I had already pre-ordered the game and downloaded it roughly 5-7 days prior.
As soon as I started the game, Nathan Lyon welcomed me
The face scan of him looks surreal and the menu screen is really good. The font and colors used in the previous edition gave me a hard time but already I could see the font change and it was a
+1 in comparison to previous editions. I did not want to play the game straight away so I went and downloaded
@Llewelynf 's team and rated it 5 stars. The academy looks better with few less clicks but that was part of the patched up previous edition. So no major changes in academy, not any I specifically saw but I could be wrong.
Once that was done it was game time, I started Australia vs England random T20 match at WACA. The game as soon as it finished loading I saw Match Delayed first. I further saw Reduced Match or Match Reduced Due to rain. WOW! I mean there was rain but I had never encountered overs reduction. The match was reduced to 16 overs a side. England(Me) won the toss and elected to bat first. Due to overhead conditions and recent rain the ball was swinging and seaming a lot. Initially I was unable to play the match but eventually got hang of it. The best of Australian bowler Starc was at his usual best and it was awesome seeing him swing through me.
+2 points here, first for overs reduction and actually feeling the pressure of pitch. I kept on loosing wickets and it was evident that confidence does matter. Hales, Root, Morgan who hit runs were able to connect and those who were new were feeling the pressure. That is as close to real cricket as possible. I eventually scored 118/8 in 16 overs with a late blitz from Plunket. Now was the main part the AI chasing who did not take more risk in previous games.
David Warner came out and what do I see? A six first ball
. Good for the chasing team but I was heart broken
I continued bowling and it seemed as if the pitch had flattened out. Zampa who was getting turn, Starc got swing but my bowlers did not bowl well. The only time I actually found out how to bowl was with Plunkett. Once again confidence matters and as Plunkett was confident he was able to bowl dot balls and swing it in. Other bowlers were hit badly and were wayward. In the end Aussies won comfortably.
Coming on to the test match. Never been more excited playing a test match and trust me in previous editions I have never completed any session let alone test matches. I started as England and the first test were we won the toss and elected to bat first. Starc and Hazlewood were bowling superb and all I could do is play and miss or defend. Evenutally as I have been saying confidence matters, Cook and Stoneman built up their confidence and built a strong opening partnership. Australia kept changing bowlers but of no use as I kept defending and hitting bad deliveries for boundaries.
+1 for confidence system
One superb thing I noticed and you will too if you view the video is that when Nathan Lyon was bowling, I was constantly defending, Aussies changed field and got a bat pad catcher. Now I had to play shot and in that process lost Alastair Cook. This kind of experience will be only possible in a Big Ant game and I would like to thank
@BigAntStudios Ross and his team
@mikeymerren @HBK619 on a job well done and a fantastic game. This will make up for some not so good things that happened with previous edition.
With Mo-cap and license I feel Cricket Games under BA can go a long way and the crisp shots to some stunning player scans I am in love with this game already. Its 4.00 AM and I still do not feel sleepy. A special thanks to
@blockerdave @WealeyH @Dutch,
@SnowyCasanova and other beta testers, your contribution will always matter and last but not least,
@Llewelynf without whom playing wont be fun as his creations gives us the variety.
I would rate 4.25/5 and would keep 0.75 for bug fixes and patch to be applied for 2 major bugs that I find annoying, AI not taking enough singles and batsman cannot go back to crease against spinner and getting stumped. These are already mentioned by others so wont raise it again.
Edit :
This is game just by these two modes is nothing like DBC 17. If you have DBC 17 its also good to support this game and buy it. You will utilize every penny out of enjoyment of this game.
