blockerdave
ICC Chairman
i really think it would be a huge mistake not to address in some manner the bowler fatigue/speed drop off issue. if it does result in an issue of balance, i would think there must be other ways of fixing that rather than retaining a highly unrealistic, frustrating feature.
i also think (i know i'm repeating it ad nauseam, sorry) that the AI field placements and abilities cause a lot of the "batting is too hard" complaints because people don't get value for their shots.
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As soon as I had played the game on the day of release, I wanted to come on here and rave about the game and really give it a good review. However, I came on to the message boards and all I could see was dross slating the game and the developers. I thought this was harsh and decided to delay posting on the message board and wait for the anger to calm and also give myself time to play the game thoroughly.
After doing this i see the majority who had been slating the game are still happily playing the game and posting on these forums (Surprise Surprise)
Granted the game has a few faults here and there with the gameplay, on the budget Big Ant created the game on this had to be expected. I genuinely believe it would take a lot for a company like EA to produce a cricket sim anywhere near the quality of this. The market for cricket games isn't massive so I doubt we will see a lot of competition, but do we need it? I dont think we do! With all the customisation and depth of players and teams in the academy DB14 is more than enough to keep even the most avid fan happy.
I have been playing for around 3 weeks now on and off with work and the GF in the ear, I believe I will have amassed around 30/40 hours. In those hours you get used to the few glitches there are in the game and find that different genuine cricket strategies actually work which hasn't been achieved in any of the previous titles on the market. I played a full test match ENGvAUS from the winter both teams scoring around 360 in the first innings and AUS posted 280 in the 2nd. Leaving me with 301 to chase which I didn't achieve unfortunately, however a test match is a pretty good way to test the longevity of a game and it held up well, the commentary gets a bit dull but other than that it stayed entertaining till the end.
People who have been put off buying this game I hope I change your minds, because the people who enjoy moaning will moan about anything no matter what. If needs be, wait until patch 2 and you will have a very enjoyable cricket game with plenty of gaming hours to keep you entertained!
WTAF... almost nobody here has slated the game. almost everybody has said it's a fantastic, fun game. it has issues, some major, there is no denying it and it's pointless and counter-productive to pretend otherwise or not communicate to the developer (who is actually listening and responding) what we think needs improving. you're suggesting what - we ignore the fact we have a developer who wants to know our thoughts and we just say "great, smashing, super" and not say what needs to be improved?
there is an entire thread that somebody started to "slate" the game... you can see from the responses there that is nowhere near the majority view. ridiculous.
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