I haven't yet decided whether it's worth the $50 I paid, but here is a list of observations so far. Note that in DBC14 I only really played career mode, long form games, and mostly just batted. A lot of these are comparisons to DBC14 (which I really like), rather than objective comments.
Things I like
I like the new menu UI, lots of work has obviously been put into it.
I like the granularity of the difficulty settings, although I haven't really done much playing with them yet.
I like how there's a career level below first class (but see below).
Fielding (when I'm batting) is far more realistic than DBC14.
Weather and pitch have far greater effect than DBC14, ie. any.
I REALLY like how I can have the ball marker set on for fielding but off for batting. I prefer off for batting as it's more immersive, but with DBC14 it made running very tricky because the ball was invisible once it was hit. Fixed!!!
Game is much much better at 60Hz.
Batting seems to be more of a challenge. Good.
Bowlers stride/delivery is more realistic.
Spin bowlers arm is no longer outside the sightscreen when bowling around the wicket.
I think if I ever wanted/needed to use the batting ball marker, having it appear early would be very useful. Nice that it's even got it's own delay setting as well.
Autosaving has made rage quitting after another stupid runout far less costly.
More wides and no-balls (at least at club level). Leg byes!!!!!
Late calls of NO!!! sometimes end up with both batsmen at the same end. Nice.
I like the new advance method (R3).
I like the new status info (up button). Would be even better if the stamina/confidence values worked for the other batter.
Things that don't interest me
I've discovered I don't really give a rats about statistics. It's just pretty poor programming, arithmetic is literally what computers were invented for.
Stadia and kits and bats and logos and other non-gameplay elements.
Any online problems.
Arse
The 12th man bug is annoying but I think I can work around it.
Club level seems to only have T20 games. I hate short form games. It should have 2-day 4 innings games mixed with a one day 40 or 50 overs per side comp. As it is, I just bat like I'm playing Proper Cricket, I end up with a low strike rate but too bad.
I bat in pro mode - the score ticker is very obtrusive. I suppose I'll get used to it, but it would be better to be able to turn it off when facing up.
You can't see the target in the batting mini game when it's not in front of you. I don't actually care, it just isn't nice.
Fielding AI always changing the field. Although to be fair, I've played with people who put a fielder wherever the last shot went.
The HUD tells me the field has changed, but usually it's when the bowler is running in and I can't look anyway.
Sometimes the running buttons (both run and cancel, and maybe the dive button as well) get ignored. DBC14 was ultra reliable with this, not sure what the problem is, don't think it's the controller though.
Generally liking it in spite of some of the more obvious issues. TBH, I think some people have been a bit harsh, it's mostly pretty good, although it could be just that the major problems are in areas that I don't care about.
Additional:
One thing that really bugs is that if I'm batting in pro mode and I'm at the non-strikers end, I can't look around as in DBC14. Which means that my eyes follow the bowler right in and I miss most of watching that delivery. Painful, makes me Skip a lot which really affects my timing when I get down the other end.
