OTHER Snooker 19

[zimrahil]

Did not happen with Tennis or Cricket. Back in the days BA competed with 505 and look what happened. Even in Tennis, BA and other company were face to face. None actually did good. Both have mixed reviews.

Yes having competition is always a good thing, even if games are not what we would hope for

 

[zimrahil]

Couple of things -
1) The publisher is the same as the Pool Game (which is terrible imo btw)
2) The developer is different (and pretty much brand new company)
3) World Championship Snooker is one of my favourite things I've ever worked on. I loved those games.
4) This is the best pool game http://poolpanic.com/

WCS 2004 and then WSC 2005 (published by SEGA) are my all time fav snooker games
Every snooker game since has been shit IMO

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

I'm not sure I agree with you with regards to the tennis game. AOIT clearly not ready for prime time when it was released, but there were many patches made subsequently to get it into reasonable shape. I don't know whether the work done after the release was due to the competition from TWT, the bad reviews, or BA's desire to make a better game, but clearly having another tennis game come out within a few months of AOIT's release was a good thing.

I would assume some sort of quality standard a licensor would expect that would have played a factor. Bad reviews would only mean that they might loose their AO license?

 

[JoeS31]

Shaun Murphy went to look at the development of Snooker 19, gives a really interesting look at the game, starts from 2:45.

 

[Deleted member 193590]

Shaun Murphy went to look at the development of Snooker 19, gives a really interesting look at the game, starts from 2:45.

great video,really looking forward to this finally might be getting a good snooker game.

 

[JoeS31]

Official trailer. Spring release.

 

[zimrahil]

Been playing these games since 2000 and I believe many of the developers who worked on the early games (Blade Interactive) are working on this

I am hyper critical but I have seen some animations in snooker 19 that look identical to Snooker 2002 !

These people have had 20 years at this so as a minimum I expect

• Correct handedness of all players
• Realistic animations of players (been crap since WSC 2007 )
• AI players not rolling up to a colour when needing snookers
• Aiming aids that cater for hardcore players

There loads more but that will do for starters

 

[Deleted member 193590]

Great I was hoping this would be released before the world championships,if it's as good as wsc real,i'll be happy.
Not as fussy as Zim

 

[zimrahil]

Great I was hoping this would be released before the world championships,if it's as good as wsc real,i'll be happy.
Not as fussy as Zim

WSC Real games were shite

 

[Deleted member 193590]

WSC Real games were shite

I liked them not as good as jimmy white though.

 

[beechcroft]

It will have to have similar controls to VP4 for me to be interested. Not the "set the gauge to the set the strength of your shot" type controls.

I've heard nothing more about the "This Is Pool" game that was supposed to be released in "early 2019".

 

[zimrahil]

It will have to have similar controls to VP4 for me to be interested. Not the "set the gauge to the set the strength of your shot" type controls.

I've heard nothing more about the "This Is Pool" game that was supposed to be released in "early 2019".

It appears to be set the gauge for power but with an interesting twist ?

 

[beechcroft]

Aargh! I was afraid I'd see those words "set stroke power". Maybe the VP4 guys have a patent on the "solely use the stick (or mouse) to control" method but, this ruins the realism for me. Who would buy a cricket game these days if you had to set the power of the shot before you hit it?

I doubt we'll ever see a VP5, but my dream game would be VP with the World Snooker guys as competitors. It'll never happen, unless Celeris merges with Ripstone.

@zimrahil, where did you see that write-up? I couldn't find it on the website.

 

[zimrahil]

Aargh! I was afraid I'd see those words "set stroke power". Maybe the VP4 guys have a patent on the "solely use the stick (or mouse) to control" method but, this ruins the realism for me. Who would buy a cricket game these days if you had to set the power of the shot before you hit it?

I doubt we'll ever see a VP5, but my dream game would be VP with the World Snooker guys as competitors. It'll never happen, unless Celeris merges with Ripstone.

@zimrahil, where did you see that write-up? I couldn't find it on the website.

https://www.eurogamer.net/amp/2019-03-14-snooker-19-breaks-off-right-on-cue

Interestingly I don’t mind set stroke power as it allows me to focus on the other aspects of the shot more. At least they are trying something different - hopefully the more tricky the shot the harder it is to time stroke correctly...

 

[zimrahil]

https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2019/03/15/how-snooker-19-is-lining-up-for-a-big-break/

More info here

Disappointing to read no player character creation - start of a slippery slope ....