Best cricket game so far!
Firstly, i want to start by saying just how great of a job Big Ant have done. Being in the UK the wait for the game was extremely frustrating, especially the fact that it cost ?50! Anyway, after playing a few games i started to pick up on the new controls and overall feel of the game. I then moved on to a career as a leg spin bowler playing on pro.
The positives:
1. The new controls just make the experience feel so much more real and less systematic from previous games.
2. The pitch and weather has a clear effect on the ball and game in general.
3. Batting can be frustrating but it makes you really work for your runs.
4. Already we have the first patch!
5. Overall, it is just so much more detailed and refined than any other cricket game that has come before, so for that Big Ant i salute you.
The negatives: (I understand that some of these will probably be patched at a later date)
1. If wanting to start a career as a bowler start on veteran. I started on pro but found the experience to be way too easy i was getting 10 wicket hauls nearly every game.
2. Now this is one of the biggest issues for me as being a spin bowler. Obviously, at the start of my career i did not expect to induce much turn on the pitch. As my leg break skill was increasing i was getting more revs on the ball, which by the way is a great new addition to the game. However, after maxing out my leg break skill i wouldn't say that it's not turning but compared to what it should be i was left disappointed. In previous cricket games most of the time it was turning too much so i had hoped that this game would find the right amount but i just feel that with the top players there is not enough turn. I did experiment with this by doing a test match with a worn crumbling pitch and yet still no sharp turn. If you watch videos of top spinners Swann, Warne and Ajmal in the right circumstances you can see that sharp turn which just feels impossible to replicate in the game.
3. Speed of the quick bowlers dropping after a few overs.
4. Lack of edges to slips.
5. The commentary. It is awful. I know that Ross said that they hadn't really focused on this but it is just so bad. There is just no emotion it is so monotonous. My advice would be just turn it off and listen to the amazing ambient noise.
Overall, Big Ant have done a great job. Just the fact that we have the first patch already shows their commitment to giving us the best possible game.
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. I got this game a week back and since then I have lost my sleep. Everyday I wake up and finish all my work in a hurry and sit in front of the TV for two to three hours bcoz of DBC
. I work in the evening shift and come home by twelve in the night. I can't go to bed without playing this game atleast for one hour. Even at work. I am madly thinking abt nmy career player and when is he gonna reach the international level 
. I hate you DBC and I hate Bigant studio and TRU BLU. 
