1st INNINGS BATTING/BOWLING
50 OVER MATCH, LEGEND DIFFICULTY
ENG(me) vs WI
BOWLING FULL 50 OVER COMPLETION
What's up again guys, just continuing on from my previous post unfortunately I don't have the scorecards as I'm phone posting but will update the post tonight.
I have to say asides from some of the annoying bugs and glaring issues this has been some great fun I reallyfelt the pressure bowling to the AI which I've felt in other games too but some stuff happened here which made it feel a tad more real. I'm terrible with the player names so forgive me but as you can see from the previous scorecard WI were doing okay but not anything amazing and I thought I'd keep them to a manageable total. I believe around the 30 over mark I had them for 203-4 or something but I needed breakthroughs...
I put Stokes on and I believe he and one other bowler got 3 wickets making the score 208-7 within a matter of balls a total mini collapse. One outfield catch and two edges behind. I felt in the game and thought I'd contain them however by the 50th over the WI had made a total of 338-9, I have some "concerns" for lack of a better word about this.
Firstly I'll say throughout the innings the AI pacing has been excellent, towards the end they really turned it up and started hitting lofted shots which felt real however no matter what I did it felt they found the gap and completely molested me with that flamingo shot. Chances in the last 20 were thin too, no edges compared to the first 30 overs and generally felt the under it here which isn't THE worst issue as it does happen irl I just hope it's not some scripted thing where you get chances in a certain part of the game then it's AI turn for beast mode because I felt that was the case in AC17, only time will tell.
HUMAN BATTING EXPERIENCE
Not much to say here apart from I suck, I'm playing arcade controls and started on hardest, now on medium batting difficulty and I'm finding it very difficult to get bat on ball. I'm playing with only the circle showing but it just shows too late and I can't react most of the time, bowlers coming in at great pace. It's safe to say I'll be losing this match as I'm 80 odd for 4 with Root & Butler at the helm.
Dissmissals have been bowled, lbw, edged behind and a bionic direct hit from the deep.
Again it's same same with some of the bugs mentioned; running between the wickets is basically broken and I feel like the AI bowls way too many deliveries back of a length or outright bouncers.
MISC/PET PEEVES
Just some general thoughts. My moaning about graphics was a tad OTT they do look nice just certain things can look odd at times but overall it's an improvement nothing mind blowing but for a cricket game can't complain. Some of the sound effects are either a downgrade or the same from DBC14, the nicks are a downgrade and the bowled sound effect is just as dead as Athertons commentary. Seems to be something odd with broadcast 1, it's not the same as broadcast 1 in "ground training" mode, this is only really an issue as you can't pin point where to put the circle in arcade bowling mode.
Will be making a quick video highlights of this match and just keeping my fingers crossed that gameplay issues are addressed as it seems to be a promising game!
Cheers
