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With the wheels in motion for release, the publisher of Don Bradman Cricket 14 is currently giving the game a ‘world tour’ of sorts, with meetings with retail buyers in various countries to demonstrate the game and start building momentum for the game outside of what has already happened in its home market of Australia. Sam, admin at IndianVideoGamer.com, was able to go along to play the game in Mumbai and has been revealing a few details about the game in the discussion thread on their forums.
Probably the largest bit of new info is that the game has been resubmitted for console approvals – allowing Big Ant to include the previously mentioned Day One patch content on the disc, rather than as a downloadable update. While not much is known at this point about what things besides bug fixes are to be included with that, the news is good for those who have consoles that aren’t connected to the internet. The resubmission should be just a technicality given the game was already approved, but there is the potential that this decision could see the game release later than the currently planned end of March window on Consoles.
In India specific information, no distributor has been chosen yet, which means there’s no information on pricing and availability at this point. One of the distributors told Sam that they expected that console pricing would be around 3,499 Rs. however no information on PC pricing or physical distribution is known and nothing is confirmed at this point.
Sam has posted a short review of the game on the IVG forums saying,
While he wasn’t able to record video on the day, the posts might add a bit more context to some of the videos from the Australian premiere, as well as answer some of the technical details that came up since.
Article by Matt Whitehorn - Read More...
Probably the largest bit of new info is that the game has been resubmitted for console approvals – allowing Big Ant to include the previously mentioned Day One patch content on the disc, rather than as a downloadable update. While not much is known at this point about what things besides bug fixes are to be included with that, the news is good for those who have consoles that aren’t connected to the internet. The resubmission should be just a technicality given the game was already approved, but there is the potential that this decision could see the game release later than the currently planned end of March window on Consoles.
In India specific information, no distributor has been chosen yet, which means there’s no information on pricing and availability at this point. One of the distributors told Sam that they expected that console pricing would be around 3,499 Rs. however no information on PC pricing or physical distribution is known and nothing is confirmed at this point.
Sam has posted a short review of the game on the IVG forums saying,
Oh, please forget everything every previous cricket game has taught you. This is a whole different ball game. Your success in batting and bowling depend largely on your simultaneous use of both analog sticks. There’s a steep learning curve, which is great because in Ashes 09 and ICC 2010 you were owning the AI at max difficulty within hours.
Also, the HES rep said he’s been playing the career mode about 6 hours a day for 18 days, and he’s currently 4.5 years into the career. And it’s a 20-year career. So this is one long career mode.
Career mode starts with you having to pick an Aus domestic team or a English county team, but like pretty much everything in the game it can be customised. So you can replace one of the County teams with a Mumbai Indians team from BAC and start with that.
I was really impressed by the insane amount of customisation in the game. You can actually start a ODI match at midnight and have it finish at 9 in the morning. Then you can alter the powerplay rules (how many powerplays in an innings, how many overs per powerplay, how many fielders allowed outside the circle), how many max overs each bowler is allowed, how far the boundary rope is. It’s pretty crazy.
In addition, he has made a longer post about the Career mode, which you can read here, as well as some more general comments on fielding and commentary. There might be more after this post goes up, so keep an eye on that thread for more. Also, the HES rep said he’s been playing the career mode about 6 hours a day for 18 days, and he’s currently 4.5 years into the career. And it’s a 20-year career. So this is one long career mode.
Career mode starts with you having to pick an Aus domestic team or a English county team, but like pretty much everything in the game it can be customised. So you can replace one of the County teams with a Mumbai Indians team from BAC and start with that.
I was really impressed by the insane amount of customisation in the game. You can actually start a ODI match at midnight and have it finish at 9 in the morning. Then you can alter the powerplay rules (how many powerplays in an innings, how many overs per powerplay, how many fielders allowed outside the circle), how many max overs each bowler is allowed, how far the boundary rope is. It’s pretty crazy.
While he wasn’t able to record video on the day, the posts might add a bit more context to some of the videos from the Australian premiere, as well as answer some of the technical details that came up since.
Article by Matt Whitehorn - Read More...
