Cricket Captain 2018

it's not my thing, but i'm sure there are people that would enjoy it. We need a new Brian Lara cricket game!!!

Reason for negative review: Australia first innings 203 all out Set 663 to win in the second innings with 5 sessions remaining. They win the match with one wicket remaining after the entire team decides to play Twenty20 cricket and have 150% S/R. Now uninstalled. The game has barely changed (apart from the interface) since the 2010 version and they can get away with this now because Cricket Coach is no longer around. Until there is a major update, not touching this franchise again.

This can be a very up and down game, i have had fun playing this game and also some rage inducing moments, one innings the opposing team will score 600-5 on me the next inning i will get them all out for 130. one year i will win all 3 trophies in the australian league next im close to the bottom. I have enjoyed the game overall thusfar although could use some improvements, not knowing how good a player is and relying on form can be dreadful to watch so if you want to play any leagues you don't know a lot about you will struggle big time although if you play in a league you do know a fair bit about the players you might do a lot better. you should also be aware of crashes as i didn't have a huge problem with them to begin with but now my game is crashing every time i select to bat or bowl... either way i suggest waiting for a sale, fun game but probably not worth full price.

Developing youth players and tinkering to make the ultimate side.

Very basic but fun!

Same old same old. AI can bowl you out no matter what you do but you can't get a wicket when you bowl. Just when the AI needs a collapse a collapse happens no matter the levels you put, you can put defensive and defensive rated batsmen will still get run out in a test match. This seems to be a consistant complaint throughout the years. I thing a better application of the difficultly options is in order. What I described was all on easy difficulty so I think easy should be for casual players so they can get enjoyment without having to micro manage, then normal and hard is micromanaging every ball for the hardcore players. I want to like this game but so many times the enjoyment is ruined by the AI getting 4/650 super easily and I end up having to follow on. I understand it's tough for a small developer but in contrast I play sim racing titles by small developers who give constant updates to improve the games they release. I will consider this game once it goes from mixed reviews to at least positive reviews because the standard is still Cricket Coach 2014 which is sad for such a big game like cricket.

Good game good timepass

Addictive game. Easy to play. Some aspects needed updating 10+ years ago. This would be perfect with some basic changes: 1) Finances. Playing as a county, your budget for new players resets every year. So if you win the treble one season, and want to hold back some of the prize money for new signings in future, you can't. You have to spend it or lose it. Utter rubbish. 2) Player training / attributes. This is useless. You can't see how training improves a player's skills. In fact a player's skills aren't even visible. Championship Manager 1993 is far more advanced. 3) Loan signings / contract negotiations. You can't sign a player on short term loan. You can't approach a player who's contract is expiring. You can't pay another club for a player. You can't offer a contract longer than 3 years. You can't negotiate anything below the amount a player demands. A player doesn't demand a higher wage for a shorter contract - it's exactly the same annual salary regardless of contract length. You can't sign more than 3 players per 'round' of negotiations. Awful. So basic it could've been made in the 1980s. 4) Free hits. Players don't necessarily attack when they get a free hit. If you've set up to play below ~6 bars attacking as a batsman, you'll often see a player defend a free hit! Dumb programming. 5) Overseas players unavailable. You might shell out £120,000 for a star overseas player. Without warning they might be missing for half your season. You still pay their full salary, whether they're available 40% or 100% of the time. 6) Player editor. I might be wrong, so please bear with me. I seem to recall in the older games, in the early 2000s, you could change a player's name etc. It was quite fun to change a county to your club team. I don't see where that can be done in this version. 7) Connection to Steam. In the past I've bought a CD or DVD and just played the game. Now if my internet's down I can't play. It seems you stupidly have to be logged into Steam to play the game you've paid for. This is shocking. Surely everyone will try to get a cracked/pirated version instead. It's like the old days of buying music on Itunes. Other than that, it's a decent game. Wish the developers had someone with half a cricket brain. Any club player - there are hundreds of thousands of us - could improve the game enormously. I'm sure people would help for free. Please just try, developers. Try. Make an effort.

The only reason I played this game for several years is I have a laptop not a PC so I have limited ability. I found the game rigged to win, at one stage I had 4 wickets in hand chasing 80 to win with both batsmen in form, and still ended up losing by 50 runs as the game took out the batsmen in three overs.

The best strategy game for any cricket lover - so addictive!