@Ross first of all I like to thank you and BA for DBC 17 which I think is a good game but has potential to be best cricket game ever made (right now IMO its still DBC 14). The foundation you have for DBC 17 is fantastic.
The Career mode is super good although missing some key features such as checking your stats outside of game, changing equipment such as bat, gloves, helmet etc.
The bowling system is fantastic and huge upgrade over DBC 14 IMO. The academy is a huge improvement over DBC 14 and the amount of customization is really good. On top of that if i am not mistaken the academy is cross platform which is also massive. I think i can count in one hand if I were to count how many games in the industry have cross platform support like that
But please try to look into the fielding AI while its good right now but it has some issues. Such as if a fielder saves a close boundary then he/she just waits there for a few seconds and then looks for the ball to throw back to the keeper or bowler if there isn't any other fielder behind him/her to throw back the ball. Right now it's too easy to score a single against fast bowlers. All you have to do is block and run. Their animation recovery is too long. By the time he/she recovers you will easily pick up a single. Tone down the AI for the wicket keeper. It's impossible to play cut shot against spin. You are guaranteed out if you play cut shot. The keeper catches the ball 100% of the time. Regardless of how hard/slow you hit the ball.
I would also go into the batting but many people already spoke about that and I share their opinion. So I am not gonna bother typing it up.
But Ross and BA this is not a negative post just pointing out some flaws within the game. If things such as these can be tweaked we will have in our hands the greatest cricket game ever made. Heck could be one of the greatest sports game ever made. I hope you guys look into the criticism on certain aspects of the game that the community is reporting on and try to work on them
Anyways i still think DBC 17 is a good game but given the right amount of tweaking and fixes. While adding some more "quality of life" features I think this game can be one of the greatest cricket/sports game ever made.
Good luck guys, looking forward to hearing from you guys and keeping us updated on what is to come for the game
The Career mode is super good although missing some key features such as checking your stats outside of game, changing equipment such as bat, gloves, helmet etc.
The bowling system is fantastic and huge upgrade over DBC 14 IMO. The academy is a huge improvement over DBC 14 and the amount of customization is really good. On top of that if i am not mistaken the academy is cross platform which is also massive. I think i can count in one hand if I were to count how many games in the industry have cross platform support like that
But please try to look into the fielding AI while its good right now but it has some issues. Such as if a fielder saves a close boundary then he/she just waits there for a few seconds and then looks for the ball to throw back to the keeper or bowler if there isn't any other fielder behind him/her to throw back the ball. Right now it's too easy to score a single against fast bowlers. All you have to do is block and run. Their animation recovery is too long. By the time he/she recovers you will easily pick up a single. Tone down the AI for the wicket keeper. It's impossible to play cut shot against spin. You are guaranteed out if you play cut shot. The keeper catches the ball 100% of the time. Regardless of how hard/slow you hit the ball.
I would also go into the batting but many people already spoke about that and I share their opinion. So I am not gonna bother typing it up.
But Ross and BA this is not a negative post just pointing out some flaws within the game. If things such as these can be tweaked we will have in our hands the greatest cricket game ever made. Heck could be one of the greatest sports game ever made. I hope you guys look into the criticism on certain aspects of the game that the community is reporting on and try to work on them
Anyways i still think DBC 17 is a good game but given the right amount of tweaking and fixes. While adding some more "quality of life" features I think this game can be one of the greatest cricket/sports game ever made.
Good luck guys, looking forward to hearing from you guys and keeping us updated on what is to come for the game