Multiplat Ashes Cricket

[Cotchin 9]

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

You know that's a piece of commentary from real life lol? This goal...

 

[2006_Eagles]

You know that's a piece of commentary from real life lol? This goal...

Lol I didn't realise. They totally should include commentary this good though

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

You know that's a piece of commentary from real life lol? This goal...

Oh...hahahaha

 

[Lynchy04]

Looking forward to this.

Enjoyed DB17. With official stadiums and players for Ashes Series will be great. Always find decent community downloads for the rest of the teams.

 

[Carl Hooper]

 

[fancyscum]

Looking forward to this.

Enjoyed DB17. With official stadiums and players for Ashes Series will be great. Always find decent community downloads for the rest of the teams.

Couldn't see myself moving across from dbc initially, but I have really liked what I've seen in terms of stadia, player likenesses and new animations. Looking forward to picking it up tomorrow.

 

[boncer34]

Here we go

 

[Lynchy04]

Game is getting some really good reviews.

Commentary lets it down again but from the reviews sounds like game play, shot selection, player movements and fielding has improved vastly.

 

[boncer34]

Game is getting some really good reviews.

Commentary lets it down again but from the reviews sounds like game play, shot selection, player movements and fielding has improved vastly.

From who?

IGN gave Bradman 17 a 7 when it was released before deleting that embarrassing review. I see they've given it an 8 this time which is nice but means nothing until we get first hand experiences of people playing it.

 

[Mkcaptain]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...s/news-story/7ce76fd77f187c4642922b751eccffd0

 

[Lynchy04]

From who?

IGN gave Bradman 17 a 7 when it was released before deleting that embarrassing review. I see they've given it an 8 this time which is nice but means nothing until we get first hand experiences of people playing it.

IGN and also seen 2-3 other places have given it good reviews.

Game play looks a lot better than previous versions. Shot selection and placement seems better/ more fluent.

Bowling still looks the same.

Steve Smith batting stance / fidgeting looks good.

The presentation looks good for a cricket game. Commentary sounds awful.

Obviously can't have expectations to games like the 2k franchises but this by far looks the best cricket game so far.

 

[the bee sharps]

Almost no improvement from DBC17 and still buggy

 

[SugarShane]

The umps have such weird animations in these games. Don't think I've ever seen a professional umpire give a big twisting side on aggressive firing like that. Where are the stone faced slow finger raises?

 

[Cleavy]

Did they scan the women cricketers too?

 

[melbournemartin]

First impressions are that the game is a big improvement. The commentary is shit but still stay turned off as usual. The other noises are great though and much improved.

 

[Flandersss]

Will buy next week.

Can’t help myself.

 

[boydsno1]

Cheapest price?

 

[HBK619]

Did they scan the women cricketers too?

Yes.

 

[tombomb]

as an early observation. BTW I played a lot of 14, but none of 17.

Jumped straight into the Ashes and played about 85 overs bowling to England. IIRC, England were about 4-300 when i stopped.

Overall it was good. It felt similar (but better is all areas) to 14.

As I was going I began to pick up some of the features which made it more fun. The controls, once I changed them to 'classic' (i think ... whatever is the more simple one) were really good and straight forward. Other nice little things like the quick menu to adjust fields etc was a pleasant surprise. As I was playing, I was having to give some consideration to bowling changes etc, rather than just whoever was the most tired etc. It definitely felt like a grind to try and get the batsmen out, but I felt like I got rewarded when I bowled well and punished when the opposite and thats the way it should be.

I only was impacted by one bug, where i could've sworn the umpire gave the batsmen out LBW ... but next ball, it didnt seem to count. Other than that, there were no significant bugs I noticed.

The commentary is bad, but on a positive side ... there isnt much of it. You will often go a few balls without hearing anything at all. I will probably just turn it off.

Probably the biggest downside was the same issue with every cricket game ever made, is just the general physics of the bowling. I dunno why this is always so bad but having starc bowling to keeper who seems to be a bout 3 paces behind the wicket and it still struggles to get to him on the full. It makes such a difference to the game.

Other than that, I am really impressed so far. Bowling is a big improvement over DBC14. I havent batted yet, but so far I would definitely recommend it as a buy.

 

[Carl Hooper]

From who?

IGN gave Bradman 17 a 7 when it was released before deleting that embarrassing review. I see they've given it an 8 this time which is nice but means nothing until we get first hand experiences of people playing it.

wtf 7 out of 100?

no way it could've been 7/10. unless you are 10years old...

.. or unless IGN is taking payola.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

For people playing...

When you're setting the difficulty, I've set the batting difficulty to Hard and the bowling to Normal.

Is the bowling difficulty the bowlers your facing in games or you when you're bowling in games?

 

[CasuallyDressed]

Also, some trophies not popping up for anyone?

 

[happy_eagle]

wtf 7 out of 100?

no way it could've been 7/10. unless you are 10years old...

.. or unless IGN is taking payola.

There is being critical, then there is being a dick
You are heading towards the latter in this thread.

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

Animations and sounds are great. One thing that is really annoying me but is the positioning of the outfielders. Instead of standing near the rope they come in about halfway. Means the AI misses out on tons of easy singles. Fine leg literally ends up in a leg slip position.

Cant seem to find and download any state teams with the right players and lineups yet. The whole cricket academy is a cluster**** to use really.

Commentary is slightly better only because they dont talk so much.

Love the cloud cover and rain in the game, finally.

Bowling actions and batting animations look so so so much better. Nearly came hard when I saw Amla play a beautiful wristy flick for four.

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[Carl Hooper]

There is being critical, then there is being a dick
You are heading towards the latter in this thread.

there is purchasing games worth $80..

and then there is throwing $80 to con artist game developers who regurgitate the same shit every time...

don't be mad bruh, I'm trying to help people save their money.