First of all, I'd like to thank JK and LM for the hard work that they have done on TAOC. They are not getting paid by anyone for working on TAOC, it's their love for cricket that is making them work so hard for this game and that is indeed very appreciable.
Batting - Alpha 0.1 is excellent. All the batsmen shots are very realistic, the batsmen stance looks good. Shots and stance do look a bit similar to Sachin's stance and shots and I guess JK did mention somewhere in the thread that the batsmen model and shots are made by keeping Sachin in mind and as a Sachin fan I like it.
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It would be great if few more shots can be added, sweep, reverse sweep and all the other "main shots" that are missing from the game at the moment.
Bowling - Now, coming to the bowling. I'm quite impressed with the bowling actions of Lee and Warne. Great work on the actions.
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This is something unique about this game. Even the big companies like EA and Codies didn't add players bowling action to their game, I don't know whether they did that intentionally or not but certainly it feels good to play the bowlers with their original actions.
Positives about the game - Well, there are many positives about the alpha 0.1 - Batting stance, batting shots, bowling actions, bowl not going to the boundary easily. These are all the major points of a cricket game and they are already included in the alpha 0.1 and that does make me think that if the alpha 0.1 is so awesome then what will be the case with the upcoming alpha's, 0.2 and 0.3.
Few negatives that I'd like to point out - I tried bowling bouncers a few times but it didn't work. The batsmen was not hit by the bouncer, it just missed the batsmen. Also, If possible, can a spinner turn the bowl a little more? So that it gets harder to play a spinner, at the moment the Warne deliveries hardly spin. So far, all the cricket games that have been released, there is just a bit of swing for the pacers or spin for the spinners in the games (like cricket07 and AC09). Graphics are not the best at the moment but before the release of alpha 0.1 JK and LM did mention that the graphics are not going to be good in alpha 0.1. Best of luck in improving the graphics guys.
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I personally am not a big fan of graphics in a cricket game, the thing that matters for me is the "GAMEPLAY". Fine graphics and good gameplay is always the first choice for me than awesome graphics and poor gameplay.
Overall, I'm very impressed with alpha 0.1. Good luck for alpha 0.2.
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