Multiplat Ashes Cricket

[Carl Hooper]

Almost as predictable about your complaints on a new sports game

You over your upset on the 2k VC yet?

no, but i play myleague so it doesnt matter.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Yep.

Be careful though the Big Ant fan boys will flood this thread soon.

very true this site worships big ant like gods

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

Will be shit - like their last game

 

[boncer34]

Anyone know if hitting a leg glance still results in the keep diving to fourth leg slip for the catch?

Or my personal favorite the inside edge onto the body that flies to the keeper. Seriously how hard is it to get rid of that?

 

[palmomagpie]

Some of the media outlets are getting around this one. Triple M facebook pages are constantly posting about it, but i guess they did the same for AFL Evo. Half tempted to get this one, i didn't get DBC17 so am still having a hit with 2014, might be time to move up

 

[Mkcaptain]

I have to admit, I was very sceptical when this was announced but it does look like a huge step up from DBC 17.

 

[grrofunger]

awful commentary

 

[Cleavy]

awful commentary

to be fair, has there ever been a cricket game where the commentary wasn't awful?

 

[Carl Hooper]

animations in cricket games are never fluid are they? its probably the biggest gripe i have with every cricket game. robotic bowling animations, shocking fielding animations.

anyway, saw a couple fielding glitches in those videos.. like whys the keeper warping to take balls at 3rd slip.
you'd need about 30 bongs to get through a test session.. that looked boring and those commentators dont help- is that Michael slater?!?.
take that red circle away too, thats annoying.

and they couldn't give us any other cutscene? the pan across the ole waca scoreboard gets old quick lol


couldn't really see any positives tbh.

 

[boncer34]

I have to admit, I was very sceptical when this was announced but it does look like a huge step up from DBC 17.

Looks pretty much identical with a new paint job.

Pass.

 

[Xtreme]

to be fair, has there ever been a cricket game where the commentary wasn't awful?

SWC 99

 

[2006_Eagles]

Looks pretty much identical with a new paint job.

Pass.

The animations looks pretty great though?

 

[2006_Eagles]

to be fair, has there ever been a cricket game where the commentary wasn't awful?

Shane Warne's was hilariously glitchy

 

[Big Delut]

I don't understand why cricket games consistently have fielders throwing with both their preferred and non preferred arm depending on where they field the ball. Baseball games have never had this issue even the old console low budget games I played as a kid. I know there are usually far greater issues to worry about but surely this one couldn't be that difficult to fix

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Authentic Stadiums just make cricket games look so much better

 

[SugarShane]

SWC 99

"In the air, and safe.... and out."

 

[Carl Hooper]

"thats gone maanny a mile"

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

I have to admit, I was very sceptical when this was announced but it does look like a huge step up from DBC 17.

As soon as I heard Slater that was enough...

In all seriousness it does look ok. Interesting they have the fielding radar when Ross himself and his brown-nosers took to abusing people when they questioned why it wasnt it the game in the first place.

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

to be fair, has there ever been a cricket game where the commentary wasn't awful?

You're showing your age. Cricket 97 Ashes Tour Edition was classic with Richie. "You need a mean streak a mile long to be a good fast bowler. And this guy's as mean as a child with only one lolly".



Also Shane Warne cricket 99 was great too with Boycott and Aggers. If you left the game long enough they would just start ranting about something random for about half an hour.

Since then its been been downhill with a very strong negative gradient.

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

"thats gone maanny a mile"

"Pushpakumara steaming in"

"And that ones been caught by the spectator in row M"

 

[SugarShane]

In all seriousness it does look ok. Interesting they have the fielding radar when Ross himself and his brown-nosers took to abusing people when they questioned why it wasnt it the game in the first place.

I noticed that too. People have been begging for it since the first game came out. Instead of just patching at least an option in at some point in the last 3 years you now have to buy a whole new game to get it.

 

[fancyscum]

I noticed that too. People have been begging for it since the first game came out. Instead of just patching at least an option in at some point in the last 3 years you now have to buy a whole new game to get it.

Honestly, I think that it is all part of a positive re-position for the big ant cricket series. These ‘new’ (they seem more old school to me) controls and the addition of licensed players out of the box makes this a far easier game for casual cricket fans to pick up and play (most importantly, kids).

 

[Mootsy]

Why are commentators so ******* boring in these sports games.. Richo comes to mind.

Surely there's a producer in the studio with them going "look I need you to actually sound interested at all"

You'd be better off auditioning for "great wannabe commentators", choosing the best and paying less money for a better result, sometimes.

At the end of the day i just turn off commentary, because i find it has a psychological effect on how you play. Like in AFL, do you really need someone saying "that was terrible", so it might as well be more entertaining and in tune with the style of the game.

Commentary is really only there for audiences watching in a passive state and being idle, you don't really require it as a player of the game, because really you should be fully immersed and reacting yourself.

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

You'd be better off auditioning for "great wannabe commentators", choosing the best and paying less money for a better result, sometimes.

At the end of the day i just turn off commentary, because i find it has a psychological effect on how you play. Like in AFL, do you really need someone saying "that was terrible", so it might as well be more entertaining and in tune with the style of the game.

Commentary is really only there for audiences watching in a passive state and being idle, you don't really require it as a player of the game, because really you should be fully immersed and reacting yourself.

There has been some good commentary in sports games in year gone by. FIFA holds a reasonable standard today, but Andy Gray was the best IMO.



MacAvaney was actually better in AFL 98 than real life.

International cricket 2010 (I think) had Bumble and he was good.

 

[2006_Eagles]

There has been some good commentary in sports games in year gone by. FIFA holds a reasonable standard today, but Andy Gray was the best IMO.

That was actually exciting as shit

I've been disappointed by FIFA's commentary for years now. They recycle the same lines year to year and the variety isn't even that great, nor is it particularly exciting.

At the very least, have special extra excited commentary for 90th minute winners