fisch
Club Cricketer
- Joined
- Mar 12, 2007
- Online Cricket Games Owned
I have just completed the two-day trial, and I am very impressed with:
a) The number of domestic competitions available all around the world, and dual northern/southern hemisphere clubs for a player.
b) The merry-go-round of coaches getting sacked and resurfacing at another club/country is very realistic, also the idea of having to wait until a certain international coach gets sacked before applying for his job.
c) The detailed bowling plans.
d) Central contracts
e) Detailed player stats, the ability to sort according to stats, the filtered player search.
f) Transfer windows, and the ability to sign non-contracted players/overseas replacements at any time.
g) The building of your reputation as a coach, and its effect on how likely you will get the coaching job you are applying for.
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My queries are:
1. For a game which has stunning off-field management, it's surprising that coaching, an important off-field aspect, is non-existent. There are no net sessions, and no coaching sessions to improve young players' technique. So do the stats of young players simply improve by match experience / over time, and by how much?
2. The bowling plans are fantastic, with options for fields, length and type of delivery, but why was an option for line omitted? Also, the 'short outside off' option for length seems slightly random, how was this conceived?
3. Judging by ball-by-ball information, even part-time bowlers can execute complicated bowling plans perfectly (length/delivery type), while bowling at minimum effort. So is the likelihood of getting a wicket the only difference between good and bad bowlers, and are all bowlers therefore equally capable of bowling variations?
I will add to my queries later. Mind you, even though factors such as physio, coaching technique, net sessions, and second XI teams are present in Cricket Captain, they are very shallow and primitive. So when Cricket Coach eventually implements such aspects, they will be far superior. I'm very grateful to the Cricket Coach team for the level of detail which is already present in the game.
a) The number of domestic competitions available all around the world, and dual northern/southern hemisphere clubs for a player.
b) The merry-go-round of coaches getting sacked and resurfacing at another club/country is very realistic, also the idea of having to wait until a certain international coach gets sacked before applying for his job.
c) The detailed bowling plans.
d) Central contracts
e) Detailed player stats, the ability to sort according to stats, the filtered player search.
f) Transfer windows, and the ability to sign non-contracted players/overseas replacements at any time.
g) The building of your reputation as a coach, and its effect on how likely you will get the coaching job you are applying for.
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My queries are:
1. For a game which has stunning off-field management, it's surprising that coaching, an important off-field aspect, is non-existent. There are no net sessions, and no coaching sessions to improve young players' technique. So do the stats of young players simply improve by match experience / over time, and by how much?
2. The bowling plans are fantastic, with options for fields, length and type of delivery, but why was an option for line omitted? Also, the 'short outside off' option for length seems slightly random, how was this conceived?
3. Judging by ball-by-ball information, even part-time bowlers can execute complicated bowling plans perfectly (length/delivery type), while bowling at minimum effort. So is the likelihood of getting a wicket the only difference between good and bad bowlers, and are all bowlers therefore equally capable of bowling variations?
I will add to my queries later. Mind you, even though factors such as physio, coaching technique, net sessions, and second XI teams are present in Cricket Captain, they are very shallow and primitive. So when Cricket Coach eventually implements such aspects, they will be far superior. I'm very grateful to the Cricket Coach team for the level of detail which is already present in the game.
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