Nice watching that steam
A few comments:
Positive
- Feels a lot more immersive. The pans around the ground, the cutscenes, all amazing
- The ambient sound with the Barmy Army chants is superb. There was a bit last year, but this is even more of a step up.
- Batting actions look smoother
- I saw a leave from the AI batting :o
- Looks like some ebs and flows like a regular match. England was cruising at 5.5 an over, only 1 down. Root then gets out and Morgan takes 10 or so balls to get off strike and the run rate really dies with some tight bowling. Lovely!
- AI running seems better than the last game (i.e. not rejecting singles when hit to a fielder on the boundary)
Negative
- Despite improved AI running, I don't see any runs within the circle
- Related, there were a few times where I saw the batsman hit the ball to an infielder and there clearly was not a run yet when the ball was about 3 metres from the fielder they suddenly call "yes" before quickly going back. A bit weird, but at least doesn't affect the game really
- All of the dark haired players seem to have a grey tinge?
- The commentary is still meh but I don't care as I'll be turning it off as usual
- The ground PA sounds like a young child. Very weird. I suppose you can normally choose the ground announcer though.
But very excited though! I just wish I had it too! Please consider those negatives either little things that either have already been fixed in a day one patch, or will be looked at soon.