The ball physics after stroke, pitch, are no where near final. This was the fear when letting people get onto the SCG (out of the nets) with a non-final physics model.
This demo is all about the controls, we really don't need any other feedback on much else - do the controls work, do they feel good?
yes they do. For batting though:
- there is still a situation where if you do a back foot cut shot, the ball sometimes hits your pad, then bounces up and gets hit by your bat as well. Happened all the time with '14 and I've seen it twice only now (which is good) but its still there.
- I'm still getting the hang of the back foot guide to point. Seems to be a risky shot (high risk of nicks?) but I always seem to miss the ball.
- i can never seem to hit the ball
- I'm LOVING the leg glance. Legside shots are my bread and butter (I got that off Mark Waugh lol) so having the leg glance now finally fills out my range
- PLEASE PLEASE don't adjust the surface friction. It not looks and 'feels' right when you hit the ball, and it goes with momentum. In 14, it was frustrating to play a good off drive only to see the ball magically slow.
- it must be just me but there seems to be so many diff variations of balls (cutters, etc) that makes batting that much more difficult on Legend (i only play on that)...I'm loving it.
- I'm definitely struggling against wrist spin. The balls seem to move like they're possessed! lol...so hitting it is that much more difficult. Hell, there have been times that I've been stumped as to what shot to play!! (now I have an inkling of what our glorious crickets went through against the Sri Lankans!! lol)
- timing on sweeps is another issue I have to get used to
- It would be great if you could choose really short balls. Currently short balls are only about waist height...I want to practice against the REAL bouncers (head height). Is that possible to include in the demo?
Overall, I can see the improvements over '14 and I'm loving them. Thank you so much BA.