I’ve had a bit of a go on this now. The gameplay is very similar to Cricket 96 – the main differences are in the presentation.
Having a 3D stadium has made quite a difference. The commentary is so much better as well. Botham is quite wooden on the rare occasions he shows up. I wonder if that was footage left over from 96? Richie Benaut does a decent job.
Difficulty wise, I found easy to be very easy for batting but I still struggled with the bowling. Not sure what the game is looking for there. I tried medium difficulty and was struggling with the batting then as well.
I’ve always found with these sports games there is a whole lot of trial and error finding out what you need to do, then doing that every time tends to work and the game becomes dull. Not sure if this is one of those or if you are rewarded for occasional variations in bowling.
It’s a decent game of cricket anyway and a good approximation of the real thing. Probably the pick of the bunch having had a go on all of them now.
