Cricket 22 General Discussion thread (Use bug report thread for issues/bugs/crashes | Patch notes in first post)

[Rowdoss]

I don't get people's desperation to not play cricket in a cricket game. Being screwed out of the chance to win a game because some rain comes late or the sky is a bit dark, having an unfair disadvantage because of the quirks of duckworth lewis, etc. They just aren't fun game experiences for the player, and indeed I would suspect that the times they could trigger, people might accuse the game of being scripted or cheating because someone would have been about to win an important match and then it'd get rained out or something...

 

[harishankar]

I'm not trying to say it's unimportant, I'm explaining why it's de-prioritised against improvements that enhance the gameplay experience the majority of the time, especially when rain can ruin the experience in many cases - for every match, real world or video game, that it can turn into an exciting finish, there's dozens of matches where the whole thing is just rained out and a team that should have easily won has to share the points.

The frustration that can occur when it goes wrong is a reason for having a very light touch with rain delays.

And I'm sure given EA's history with rain related bugs, in Cricket 2004 in particular, the comparison would make many of the older members of this forum laugh...


Yes - just no longer mentioned on the hud. With the exception of if you're using the arcade controls with the pitch marker.

But then why have weather in the first place. How does it otherwise affect gameplay?

Genuinely curious. I don’t have Cricket 22 yet, but I think realism is an important part of sport simulation games and rain delays certainly improve realism even if they are unsatisfactory from a player point of view. Also the chance of a closer more exciting result with a shortened limited overs game with DL is good enough.

 

[Rowdoss]

But then why have weather in the first place. How does it otherwise affect gameplay?

Genuinely curious. I don’t have Cricket 22 yet, but I think realism is an important part of sport simulation games and rain delays certainly improve realism even if they are unsatisfactory from a player point of view. Also the chance of a closer more exciting result with a shortened limited overs game with DL is good enough.

I am a cricket nut, I have played hours of literally every cricket game ever made post international cricket on the NES and whatever crappy game was on the Commodore 64.

I have NEVER given a rats about rain. I don’t want rain. I want to play cricket.
But why have weather you ask? Because it looks bloody fantastic on a ps5. That’s what ads realism.
The DL system has been a shambles in real life for most of the last four decades. I don’t want it to exist in reality let alone in video games.
To me, and it’s only my opinion, this desire for rain delays is more stupid than the outcry over bloody helicopter shots in dbc14…

EDIT: one of the games I played the most in my youth, Alan Borders cricket, (maybe Gooch’s cricket elsewhere) had rain delays. It was the first game I can recall that did.
It was kinda cool to see the rain start to fall and then the cut scene.., the first time it happened.
After that it was a damn annoyance and I only ever felt frustrated and robbed of time I could’ve been playing CRICKET!!

 

[harishankar]

I am a cricket nut, I have played hours of literally every cricket game ever made post international cricket on the NES and whatever crappy game was on the Commodore 64.

I have NEVER given a rats about rain. I don’t want rain. I want to play cricket.
But why have weather you ask? Because it looks bloody fantastic on a ps5. That’s what ads realism.
The DL system has been a shambles in real life for most of the last four decades. I don’t want it to exist in reality let alone in video games.
To me, and it’s only my opinion, this desire for rain delays is more stupid than the outcry over bloody helicopter shots in dbc14…

EDIT: one of the games I played the most in my youth, Alan Borders cricket, (maybe Gooch’s cricket elsewhere) had rain delays. It was the first game I can recall that did.
It was kinda cool to see the rain start to fall and then the cut scene.., the first time it happened.
After that it was a damn annoyance and I only ever felt frustrated and robbed of time I could’ve been playing CRICKET!!

Well the point is you can always play in “fine” weather if you hate rain or bad weather delays. What’s wrong with rain delays as an option?

Again I’m curious as to what purpose is served having bad weather in the game without rain delay other than just looking pretty or realistic. If purely cosmetic, you can simply have sunny, partly cloudy or cloudy and leave it at that.

 

[Rowdoss]

Well the point is you can always play in “fine” weather if you hate rain or bad weather delays. What’s wrong with rain delays as an option?

It’s no longer just an “option” if it appears in career or competitions, tours etc..
Look I’m not against it being in the game
But whining about it, or hell, even mentioning it at this point when it’s about 1374th on the priority list is futile.
There’s nought wrong with the weather being just cosmetic. At all.
Weather is in a lot of sports games, and they have impactful weather effects.
But that’s because those games continue to play when it’s raining in real life.
Cricket stops!!

 

[disco123]

Does anyone know if the issue of game crashing when using custom stadiums has been fixed via latest patch ?

@MattW could confirm this is fixed now as was making career mode unpredictable, cheers

 

[midhun333]

@MattW could confirm this is fixed now as was making career mode unpredictable, cheers

It is fixed

 

[blockerdave]

I do this. But I don't own the game yet. Doesn't look like I ever will atm

Honestly I don’t recognise half the stuff mentioned here from my own games.

 

[lynchy4610]

The game sucked me back in. Using the sliders for pitches and re skilled players having a semi decent game but the keeper will not go for any type of catch spin or pace? I literally just had a full over of edges to the keeper where it just hit him on the pad from a left arm finger spinner.

Let it slide then a few overs later off a pace bowler same thing genuine outside edge just let it slam into his chest. 4 balls later a skied pull shot didn’t move.

I just can’t do this game. It’s a shame the bowling animations and game modes are bang on but I just can’t have a match without getting pissed off.

 

[Roooooot]

I'm not trying to say it's unimportant, I'm explaining why it's de-prioritised against improvements that enhance the gameplay experience the majority of the time, especially when rain can ruin the experience in many cases - for every match, real world or video game, that it can turn into an exciting finish, there's dozens of matches where the whole thing is just rained out and a team that should have easily won has to share the points.

The frustration that can occur when it goes wrong is a reason for having a very light touch with rain delays.

And I'm sure given EA's history with rain related bugs, in Cricket 2004 in particular, the comparison would make many of the older members of this forum laugh...


Yes - just no longer mentioned on the hud. With the exception of if you're using the arcade controls with the pitch marker.

I agree that you should get the basics of gameplay right first. But then you should have done that eight years ago before you released Don Bradman. When you get there you'll be entitled to complain about bugs in a game from another manufacturer from twenty years ago.

You can get all that in matches without rain delays.

Without rain Australia would have won easily (I say that as a Englishman) and we wouldn't have had the same spectacle. I've also been in plenty of real life matches where we've had to change tactics due to the weather forecast.

One could always add an option to turn rain off - that way everyone gets what they want.

 

[Loubs]

You can get all that in matches without rain delays.

Yes but it changes the conditions and mentality of the team, the poster was eluding to the restriction placed on losing overs as a consequence to the delay.

And I'm sure given EA's history with rain related bugs, in Cricket 2004 in particular, the comparison would make many of the older members of this forum laugh...

Was this the batting at 4am, I think I recall? Crazy little problem.

I agree that you should get the basics of gameplay right first. But then you should have done that eight years ago before you released Don Bradman. When you get there you'll be entitled to complain about bugs in a game from another manufacturer from twenty years ago.

Goes without saying but I do agree rain delays in the long form is a good thing to have. Currently they should have sorted the gameplay out and then add in cosmetic challenges to the game. Realistically gameplay bugs should have been sorted out with testing but I guess the wider general public are now the testing guinea pigs.

On rain, just an aesthetic observation: the rain itself is quite dark and hard to see, might need a bump up in brightness or lower the transparency a bit.

So you sit there watching it rain? I would have pushed FFW and play again.

Half Life was pretty awesome though, I really liked Blue Shift expansion. Personally my all time favourite cricket game was probably cricket 97 (ashes edition) along with Cricket 96 and Shane Warne Cricket 99 (titled that here in Aus instead of Brian Lara). Honourable mention to cricket world cup 99:

Seriously feel I can't trust EA sports to make a new sporting title after the FIFA cash in series.

I am a cricket nut, I have played hours of literally every cricket game ever made post international cricket on the NES and whatever crappy game was on the Commodore 64.

I have NEVER given a rats about rain. I don’t want rain. I want to play cricket.
But why have weather you ask? Because it looks bloody fantastic on a ps5. That’s what ads realism.
The DL system has been a shambles in real life for most of the last four decades. I don’t want it to exist in reality let alone in video games.
To me, and it’s only my opinion, this desire for rain delays is more stupid than the outcry over bloody helicopter shots in dbc14…

EDIT: one of the games I played the most in my youth, Alan Borders cricket, (maybe Gooch’s cricket elsewhere) had rain delays. It was the first game I can recall that did.
It was kinda cool to see the rain start to fall and then the cut scene.., the first time it happened.
After that it was a damn annoyance and I only ever felt frustrated and robbed of time I could’ve been playing CRICKET!!

I totally understand the weather effecting the conditions played in but the effect or threat of rain and a delay can make the batting team increase their run rate or change the swing of the ball. These I feel are the simulation elements of the game. This is alluding to be a simulation than a purely arcade game?

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Without rain Australia would have won easily (I say that as a Englishman) and we wouldn't have had the same spectacle. I've also been in plenty of real life matches where we've had to change tactics due to the weather forecast.

One could always add an option to turn rain off - that way everyone gets what they want.

My point is you don't need rain to have the spectacle of a close match. And is Steve Smith lobbing down pies to James Anderson incredible sport or a bit Sunday league? And, I completely agree with Matt's point; that for every match that might have a close finish because of rain there's a dozen it ruins or has no significant impact upon.

Do you want bad light as well? I guess BA could forcibly changes the graphical settings so you literally can't see.

If you have an on/off option it still needs to be implemented properly because the people who have it 'on' are going to complain if it isn't regardless of where it sits on the priority list.

 

[chintoo02018]

If you scroll to the right you will get more statistics.

@MattW Old system UI was great , scrolling is not looks good .

Also there is issue I select a Tour for one year , apply 3 One days after that 5 One days series , So at the end of tour I should get player stats of total of 8 One days series for whole year but at this time after 3 days series stats is not adding with further 5 One days series .

 

[Hester]

I'm not trying to say it's unimportant, I'm explaining why it's de-prioritised against improvements that enhance the gameplay experience the majority of the time, especially when rain can ruin the experience in many cases - for every match, real world or video game, that it can turn into an exciting finish, there's dozens of matches where the whole thing is just rained out and a team that should have easily won has to share the points.

The frustration that can occur when it goes wrong is a reason for having a very light touch with rain delays.

And I'm sure given EA's history with rain related bugs, in Cricket 2004 in particular, the comparison would make many of the older members of this forum laugh...


Yes - just no longer mentioned on the hud. With the exception of if you're using the arcade controls with the pitch marker.

Does anyone know if we're meant to press L1 or R1 when we select the type of ball we're bowling, like a toggle? Of if we have to hold it down while also holiding L2 or R2 for a slower of faster ball? How does it work?

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@MattW Any plans on making defensive shots a bit more risky too than it is at the moment? I played full overs of defensive shots, purposely timing it very very late and at times very very early, but still never got out playing the defensive shot.
I understand that the defence should be less risky than other shots (which is already dealt with by giving it a bigger timing window) but ill-timed defensive shots should still, imo, result in edges like we have in real cricket. Specially when a new batsman comes in. At the moment I can close my eyes and play a defensive shot and it still connects without any risk irrespective of how I timed it or how many non-greens I got in timing, shot selection and footwork.

This is so strange to me. I've been edging off defensive shots really often... even ones with good timing.

 

[angad]

This is so strange to me. I've been edging off defensive shots really often... even ones with good timing.

Are you using custom sliders? Also did you tinker around with the player abilities that?

If I can start getting edges off my defensive prods, it would make me love the game even more! I swear I spent a good chunk of time getting atleast 2 reds in timing and foot placement while playing defensive shots and yet didn’t get any edges