Your streaks in the nets

[masonn]

I love in the harder levels you have to move your feet into position to play your shots whilst batting

 

[cricket_online]

Yeah, the streak was introduced to try to induce people to play every ball so they had a feel for the batting controls, and I think it achieves that, but it's not a good idea to play every ball when playing a match (obviously).

We've had a few more pro Cricketers play the nets now and all have been , some commenting how it "feels" like batting, which has been nice to hear.

It's also been good that there has been very little comment about the trails and ring around the ball, the pro's didn't even mention it until I did, they got it without me explaining it.

To me, and I am sure to majority of the folks, that was never a major concern. You do need a mechanism to read line and length of the delivery in a video game. In real life you get the information by watching the ball and the bowler but in a 2D video game you need additional cues & aids to provide the information. Hell even with all the HUD displays turned on I'm struggling to time shots against fast bowling in the nets and would love to have a slider to adjust the time you get against fast bowlers.

 

[blockerdave]

I basicaly dont notice the trail, and the ring is perfect since t gives an illusion of deprh perception.

I dont think nets as a beta/demo would work without the controls being so good. Lets be honest - leaving aside the issue of "it's a free beta" - just nets with a bowling machine etc. could get boring very quickly, but these controls are both challenging and fun and it keeps the nets interesting.

 

[JasXI]

Just like real life

Nothing to do with the fact that I am an Indian

 

[Raafeyandrabi]

UGHH i hate the aerial drift at the beginning of a delivery when facing spin,
very hard to master although im glad that spin is made difficult in the game.

Hows everyone else doing with that?

 

[Raafeyandrabi]

Otherwise, i have to say, ive never done anything(other than batting in real life) which feels soooo much like im playing in the nets

especially after i played it on my tv by connecting the lappie to it

 

[cricket_online]

UGHH i hate the aerial drift at the beginning of a delivery when facing spin,
very hard to master although im glad that spin is made difficult in the game.

Hows everyone else doing with that?

Drift is the best part about facing spinners and should make spinners relevant in a video game for the first time ever. In all the earlier games, spinners were way too easy to score against and I'm glad the imbalance has been corrected.

 

[Westindies]

i dont know whether its a bug or not..in 94b version, off spinner around the wicket keep on bowling wide(very wide) outside off for right hander..only one in 40 or 50 balls i get to see a stump to stump delivery...its only for off spin around the wicket..