Alberts
International Coach
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2014
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One thing that bothers me a lot about the controls on the game currently is how you leave the ball. In general, facing up to a quick bowler I have my fingers around the triggers, and my thumbs on the sticks. This works well for playing most shots, but leaving the ball, regardless of how it's done, hitting 'A' (X on PS3) or pressing in the stick, just seems really awkward. I have to completely change my grip, and for something that should be pretty much reflexive, on the game it's awkward to an extent that it just feels wrong.
Personally I think having the leave option being something that is a button which is in the natural grip for facing up should be a high priority, but it's not. You could argue that pushing in the stick is in the grip, and maybe it's just me, but it's something that is really odd to do for some reason. Maybe that's my own taste though.
After some thought the only real idea I could come up with was an option for another set of controls. One thing worth noting is that the left button would be near perfect for a leave button, as it's already in the grip, doesn't affect the thumbs (in case you were already planning a shot when you made the decision), easy to press and being on the opposite side to the defensive trigger makes in an good option when you're most likely to be using when already in a defensive mindset. However, as it's currently mapped to "unorthodox shots" this is undesirable in the current layout. What is worth noting though is that these generally are premeditated, as is the mapping of the other button, advancing down the wicket. Based on this I would actually think that at least having the option to map these to the face buttons, 'A' and 'B' would be preferable. That is, have them as a 'sticky keys' style control where once they're pressed (as the bowler is coming in or the ball in the air) they "stay on", that is, you're not physically pressing them while taking the shot. This would also add the option for other types of premeditated shot styles, like the "Helicopter shot", "Switch Hit" or whatever else takes peoples fancy. It would also allow for using the triggers with the modified shots to be a bit easy, that is, hold the left trigger (aggressive shots) after pressing the 'unorthodox shots' facebutton and you could do a slog sweep (which is highly requested) for example.
This control style would also open up the right button to be used for something else, and another suggestion I heard recently fits it like a glove: "emergency block" or "emergency fend". At the moment there is no option to attempt a last ditch block, something that whilst not recommended, can be done. Having this, although very unlikely to be included in this iteration of the game (balance issues could be a concern without long term work and testing), having it on this button would be ideal, as it's unlikely you'd be using an "emergency block" if you were already using the defensive trigger, whilst it would be possible if you had initially started an aggressive shot.
All in all though I think such changes in the control system could add a lot to the game at this point, not only making leaves a bit simpler to do, but also offering more options for the aggressive and slog shots which currently can't be done with the controls. In the future I do hope for some for something like this and for more controller mappings for people's personal tastes.
Personally I think having the leave option being something that is a button which is in the natural grip for facing up should be a high priority, but it's not. You could argue that pushing in the stick is in the grip, and maybe it's just me, but it's something that is really odd to do for some reason. Maybe that's my own taste though.
After some thought the only real idea I could come up with was an option for another set of controls. One thing worth noting is that the left button would be near perfect for a leave button, as it's already in the grip, doesn't affect the thumbs (in case you were already planning a shot when you made the decision), easy to press and being on the opposite side to the defensive trigger makes in an good option when you're most likely to be using when already in a defensive mindset. However, as it's currently mapped to "unorthodox shots" this is undesirable in the current layout. What is worth noting though is that these generally are premeditated, as is the mapping of the other button, advancing down the wicket. Based on this I would actually think that at least having the option to map these to the face buttons, 'A' and 'B' would be preferable. That is, have them as a 'sticky keys' style control where once they're pressed (as the bowler is coming in or the ball in the air) they "stay on", that is, you're not physically pressing them while taking the shot. This would also add the option for other types of premeditated shot styles, like the "Helicopter shot", "Switch Hit" or whatever else takes peoples fancy. It would also allow for using the triggers with the modified shots to be a bit easy, that is, hold the left trigger (aggressive shots) after pressing the 'unorthodox shots' facebutton and you could do a slog sweep (which is highly requested) for example.
This control style would also open up the right button to be used for something else, and another suggestion I heard recently fits it like a glove: "emergency block" or "emergency fend". At the moment there is no option to attempt a last ditch block, something that whilst not recommended, can be done. Having this, although very unlikely to be included in this iteration of the game (balance issues could be a concern without long term work and testing), having it on this button would be ideal, as it's unlikely you'd be using an "emergency block" if you were already using the defensive trigger, whilst it would be possible if you had initially started an aggressive shot.
All in all though I think such changes in the control system could add a lot to the game at this point, not only making leaves a bit simpler to do, but also offering more options for the aggressive and slog shots which currently can't be done with the controls. In the future I do hope for some for something like this and for more controller mappings for people's personal tastes.
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