Cricket Life Editions

[MattW]

I'm still not really clear on this as the page is complicated and seems to contain old information, but to my understanding (I'm in contact with Gamebience and will seek clarification):

Cricket Life 1 will be the first release in July and not contain some of the 3D aspects of the game, and be much more like the Cricket Management games than the arcade games.

Another release (which may or may not be released at the same time) called Cricket Life Express will be the fully 3D arcade style game where you play the matches directly.

And finally, Cricket Life Ultimate will have both the Management and the 3D parts of the game combined to make the game Cricket Life was supposed to be all along.

Secondary to all of this and on a different timeframe there is a game they are currently calling Cricket Life Social, which likely will be an attempt to hook in to Facebook, along the lines of some of the flash games we've seen. But then again it could just be a more online focused version of the Express thing. There's very little detail here.

See: Gamebience - Cricket Life Status Update and Gamebience - Release Timelines

 

[badb0y9124]

I'm still not really clear on this as the page is complicated and seems to contain old information, but to my understanding (I'm in contact with Gamebience and will seek clarification):

Cricket Life 1 will be the first release in July and not contain some of the 3D aspects of the game, and be much more like the Cricket Management games than the arcade games.

Another release (which may or may not be released at the same time) called Cricket Life Express will be the fully 3D arcade style game where you play the matches directly.

And finally, Cricket Life Ultimate will have both the Management and the 3D parts of the game combined to make the game Cricket Life was supposed to be all along.

Secondary to all of this and on a different timeframe there is a game they are currently calling Cricket Life Social, which likely will be an attempt to hook in to Facebook, along the lines of some of the flash games we've seen. But then again it could just be a more online focused version of the Express thing. There's very little detail here.

See: Gamebience - Cricket Life Status Update and Gamebience - Release Timelines

At least the game is coming out now and it mite be good can u play shots at all like cricket 07 and them or all simulation let me know asap.

 

[srk121]

I'm still not really clear on this as the page is complicated and seems to contain old information, but to my understanding (I'm in contact with Gamebience and will seek clarification):

Cricket Life 1 will be the first release in July and not contain some of the 3D aspects of the game, and be much more like the Cricket Management games than the arcade games.

Another release (which may or may not be released at the same time) called Cricket Life Express will be the fully 3D arcade style game where you play the matches directly.

And finally, Cricket Life Ultimate will have both the Management and the 3D parts of the game combined to make the game Cricket Life was supposed to be all along.

Secondary to all of this and on a different timeframe there is a game they are currently calling Cricket Life Social, which likely will be an attempt to hook in to Facebook, along the lines of some of the flash games we've seen. But then again it could just be a more online focused version of the Express thing. There's very little detail here.

See: Gamebience - Cricket Life Status Update and Gamebience - Release Timelines

Matt any news on this game? any sort of clarification regarding the announcement?

 

[MattW]

Matt any news on this game? any sort of clarification regarding the announcement?

I was rather close. Here is their full explanation:

The previously-marketed CL game (with all those originally planned
features) will now be marketed as two distinct editions, mainly due to
licensing flexibilities and due to marketing sensibility:
i. Cricket Life: Express: This will be marketed as a regular 3D Cricket
action game by controlling the entire team. Our primary focus is to bring
out a fully licensed cricket game. We are unable to merge this 3D-playing
functionality with Cricket Life 1 as there are many restrictions that are
not feasible currently. For instance, if we were to feature licensed
players in the CL game, we are required to restrict in-game brand
endorsements for those players based on the players' real-life licensing
commitments. However, in-game, we may have fictional brands that do not
necessarily exist in real life and/or real brands that do exist. A player
who endorses Coca Cola in real-life for 2 years, may in fact have an option
to endorse Pepsi after the contract expires. But as per the restrictions
being put in front of us currently, we cannot associate any player with a
rival brand at any point of time in the game. This means, no endorsement of
Pepsi even in 2018 as it will be in conflict in real-life. Obviously, there
are alternative solutions that we are working on in order to include 3D
gameplay in CL Ultimate.

ii. Cricket Life X: Just a regular edition of Cricket Life. Management
aspect, no 3D on-field Gameplay. But all other 3D aspects will be
available. This includes press conferences, 3D player representation,
awards and other stuff. This will keep the focus on managing the player's
life. Matches can be played using alternate-gameplay technique.

iii. Cricket Life: Ultimate - 3D on-field Gameplay (controlling an
individual career player on the field) + Cricket Life Management features.
This is the originally planned Cricket Life 1. In all probability, CL
Express will be first released before the Ultimate edition. Meanwhile, we
will be solving the problem of representing licensed stadia and players in
the Ultimate edition, while retaining the essence of Cricket Life
management. If that's not possible, then we will have to use fictitious
players and rely on game communities to create mods to replace fictitious
players with real ones. (Hint: This should be easy. After all, all CL
editions including CL Express, use the same engine!)


iv. And then, there's Cricket Life Social mentioned at the end of the
page. As it is under early development phase, there's no new point to add
apart from what's already mentioned on the website. It's a completely new
game with new concept and game-play.

Additionally, answering some of my questions on the answer:

1. CL Express - Yes, that's going to be fully licensed - i.e. if we don't
combine with CL's core features.
2. For CL1 - PC and Mac versions but no console. The current CL 1 isn't
feasible for consoles as it is best suited for PCs. But CL Express and CL
Ultimate are being targeted for consoles as well. We are using a Commercial
Game Engine that's cross-platform - technically, no console is out of reach
for CL Express and Ultimate editions.
This also indicates that we are using the latest engine (and not some
engine that was used to first develop 3 years ago) and all graphics are
updated to today's standards.

 

[shravi]

Sounds too complicated to ever come to fruition.

 

[Gurjot95]

Looks better than any Fiifa game in terms of features, extra stuffs. There are more features in this game than any other soccer game available. Things which I am worrying is about gameplay and old engine graphics even though they told me they are using new engine but still I don't think we can expect next generation graphics.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

I dont think we can expect this game

 

[Themer]

I completely fail to see how this game could possibly be a success, its sounds like a mess.

 

[srk121]

It seems very confusing. seems like the ultimate edition is not what i initially thought it would be. I thought it will be a combination of Express and Regular edition to make up the ultimate edition. But it seem you can't play a full fledged cricket match in ultimate edition.

 

[MattW]

I thought it will be a combination of Express and Regular edition to make up the ultimate edition.

It is exactly that, but they have licensing issues over combining the more detailed career mode stuff from the regular edition with the 3D game of the Express one.

That's why the split exists in the first place, so they can have two licensed games rather than one unlicensed game.