My thoughts and comments on MSC2
Wow, cant believe i didnt know about this game!
Came across it by mistake online after seeing the review (i think by angad?), went straight ahead and downloaded it from uk psn store! Was quite shocked to actually find move street cricket 1 already available from last year
although it was priced higher i think around ?11.99 while street 2 was only ?7.99, another difference i noticed was that MSC1 was over 2GB and MSC2 was under 600mb
Trine really need to publicise this game much more world wide, especially in UK as im sure if a hardcore gamer like me didnt know about these titles, then whats the chance of a casual/part time gamer knowing about it?
Anyway, on to the game. I played the tutorials, practise and some exhibition matches. The game was very easy to control with the DS2 controller, i was batting and bowling in no time without any difficulties especially since the mechanics and controls are very similar to Cricket 2010 on ps3, and we play that all the time, so i was instantly able to familiarise myself with the controls on the pad.
The i tried to move to the PS3 Move controller, boy did i struggle! First i tried the tutorial again with the move, unfortunately i stubbled big time just to hit the ball in the areas required to go to next tutorial. i.e the first tutorial is to block the ball back straight to bowler, everytime i tried that it would go to the left or right instead, its very hard to be precise.
I then tried batting practise, i was starting to get good on full deliveries at least. I also realised that my bat was up way to high in the game with a gap under the bat, so i then adjusted my ps3 camera a bit up to remove the gap and adjust to my height! This way i could connect with the ball a bit better now.
One thing i could not achieve at all was connecting with the ball when trying to hook, sweep, pull or cut the ball to onside, ball was always missing the bat. I think i need much more practise to get better and connect with the ball more.
I played on easy and didnt get too many runs in 3 overs, i think like 5-6 runs
I then went to bowl to cpu, bowling was alot easier to throw the ball then to bat however i could only ever bowl full tosses and not swing etc... Hence, i would really like if someone can point out to me how to bowl normal deliveries and also swing the ball. I already tried letting go of the ball earlier or later but it was the same, maybe im doing it wrong and need more practise.
All in all i was pleasantly surprised with this game, i enjoyed it especially with controller, i need more practise with the move and thats how it should be! The one to one movement of the move controller with on screen bat was phenomenal and also the fact that i could move my feet wherever i wanted to and it followed on screen!
The Move really does have great motion tracking implementation, much better then the Wii and other controllers ive used.
Now i really hope that the developers do not abandon this game, please continue to release updates, patches and bug fixes! As it could only get much better!
One improvement that i want the development team to work on and fix ASAP is the fielding, two things.
1. At the moment when cpu is fielding, they grab the ball and stand still for a second before throwing the ball back to bowler/stumps/keeper, this was a horrible bug in cricket 2012 aswell. Please fix this so that they throw the ball as soon as picked up.
2. When fielding myself please make it so that the throwing end of the fielder is queued by controller input but can also be overwritten anytime before the throw/pickup. Eg. Currently what happens is that my fielder is going towards the ball to pick it up, the onscreen prompt comes to throw the ball at keeper or bowler end, but when i press any of these buttons nothing happens! I have to wait until the ball is picked up then the button triggers, which means i have to keep hammering the button until its thrown. Please make it so that when fielder throwing prompts appear on screen i can press the button and queue it before the ball is picked up!
Sorry for long post just realised now
Ill hopefully be playing some more in next few days so can improve in batting and bowling with the move. Ill also be trying out 2 player.
Thanks.