Don Bradman Cricket in the Press

[surendar]

Patches win matches & 8/10 - SWEET!!

 

[BigAntStudios]

Patches win matches & 8/10 - SWEET!!

"In its current form, Don Bradman Cricket 14 represents the fastest cricket-related reversal of fortune since Australia lost the Ashes 3-0 in 2013 only to humiliate the poms 5-0 a few short months later. Almost everything wrong with the game?s original console release has been addressed by Big Ant, and with those bugs and design quirks out of the way the development team?s passion for the sport, innovation and attention to detail really shines through. If you?re a cricket fan, this is absolutely essential."

Love it

 

[grkrama]

after that review, i might actualy start visitng IGN more

 

[MattW]

A minus point for the lack of co-op. Now you definitely need to get the game on next-gen consoles, so you can get a re-review with patch 3.

Favourite line of the whole thing:

"I knew fixing cricket games could be a good thing!" said Lou Vincent.

 

[aditya123]

"In its current form, Don Bradman Cricket 14 represents the fastest cricket-related reversal of fortune since Australia lost the Ashes 3-0 in 2013 only to humiliate the poms 5-0 a few short months later. Almost everything wrong with the game?s original console release has been addressed by Big Ant, and with those bugs and design quirks out of the way the development team?s passion for the sport, innovation and attention to detail really shines through. If you?re a cricket fan, this is absolutely essential."

Love it

So Ross, when are you throwing a success party for us? Seriously, have the sales met your expectations. Without getting into the numbers, how would you rate the sales: i) above average, ii) disappointing iii) fantastic. Also, which regions have pleasantly surprised you/disappointed you the most with the sales figures?

 

[dale0404]

I haven't actually read it yet but love the headline

"PATCHES WIN MATCHES"

Don Bradman Cricket 14 PC Review - IGN

Bottome of first paragraph, "In short, Don Bradman Cricket 14 on PC can lay a genuine claim to being the finest cricket game ever made."



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Overall verdict:


THE VERDICT

In its current form, Don Bradman Cricket 14 represents the fastest cricket-related reversal of fortune since Australia lost the Ashes 3-0 in 2013 only to humiliate the poms 5-0 a few short months later. Almost everything wrong with the game?s original console release has been addressed by Big Ant, and with those bugs and design quirks out of the way the development team?s passion for the sport, innovation and attention to detail really shines through. If you?re a cricket fan, this is absolutely essential.

And it gets a massive 8 out of 10!! Awesome.

 

[barmyarmy]

They had me until the dig about the Ashes. That kind of pain doesn't go away...

 

[BigAntStudios]

They had me until the dig about the Ashes. That kind of pain doesn't go away...

That's the best part... so bittersweet for Mikey

 

[Fissionmailed]

DBC featured in one of Giant Bomb's streams last week; 'Unprofessional Fridays', Where the guys play a bunch of random games and talk shit. They played it for about 10-15 minutes, even though the bloke playing it didn't look at controls or the tutorials, not to mention not really playing any sports games at all before he was able to get bowling down after a few dead balls. Overall the guys thought the game looked really good, even though not really knowing what cricket is.

This particular video is for subscribers only so I'm guessing most people here won't be able to see it, they also did a Quick look of Ashes way back that is pretty funny

 

[Kiko_97]

They had me until the dig about the Ashes. That kind of pain doesn't go away...

Aye but you're Scottish

 

[dippa]

Just thought I'd let you all know about a review I've written about DBC 14 for ABC Technology & Games.

At its most scintillating, cricket is a challenge of patience and nerves. The batter waits and waits, only to compress years of technique, judgement, critical thinking and agility into a fraction of a second. The ball passes and the batter spends the next minute absorbed in contemplation, replaying the ball, his stroke, pondering the movement off the pitch, re-calculating the threat posed while battling their own demons of self-doubt.

It's this combination of fear, technical ability and minutia shrunk into a second that digital translations of cricket have never been able to capture. For all their computational prowess, ability to handle the multiple algorithms determining small details like the variable bounce of a pitch, the aloofness of the English weather, or even something as fundamental as giving the red cherry a proper sense of gravity, developers have never been able to use the power of computers to imbue cricket games with any authenticity.

You can read the rest of the review at: Don Bradman Cricket 14 review: At last a great cricket video game ? Features ? ABC Technology and Games (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

[BigAntStudios]

Thanks Dippa, really appreciate it. Will share via FB and Twitter.

 

[Gamer Pradosh]

Haha,even FB pages are using DBC 14 screenshots for their page...

 

[Kiko_97]

This was nice to see as I open steam.

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Review: Don Bradman Cricket '14 | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo sorry if this is reposted but i feel its worth if not ...