Why Cricket Games Feel Stuck in the Past

[@shahezahmed9960]

Ea cricket 2007 is the classic masterclass that couldn't be topped With mark nicolas amazing commentry to ashes challenge to batting and bowling gameplay it was unmatched

[@zeeshanakhtar940]

Agreed but hearing his same commentary lines over and over again makes it boring to play that game.

[@lakmalgaming]

I WISH IF EA SPORTS MAKE A CRICKET GAME AGAIN IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN OTHER CRICKET GAMES

[@RahulRants]

They won’t, unfortunately

[@lakmalgaming]

@@RahulRants MAYBE

[@Devilnero1991]

Really EA, you want EA to make a cricket game! Are you a masochist? They're bad news be careful what you wish for

[@Will5353_]

You would lose all customisation in the game and you will have lot pay to play modes like ultimate team

[@hellzonehz1416]

Lol they make shit Fifa game every year and you think they will make better cricket game

[@TheSlysterII]

You make some good points my friend, and I think you are right, we as Cricket fans are just glad to have any sort of update. One thing I do miss is the historic scenarios, I still can't believe that Brian Lara did this this so long ago and yet since, nothing. Love your videos Sir.

[@RahulRants]

Thanks!! Even Cricket 19 gave us the option to create our own scenarios and share it with the community! Not sure why they removed it

[@TheSlysterII]

@@RahulRants I was going to ask you that, why did they remove it? If you don't know then sure as heck I won't know lol!

[@RahulRants]

@TheSlysterII haha yea, they never gave us an explanation. Just like the DUCKWORTH LEWIS system

[@vyom9470]

Desperately need a proper ipl auction kind of mode which allows you to create a particular team from scratch would be so fun

[@RahulRants]

Would be fun to have an auction mode

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

Insane that several phone games have this already but Big Ant just doesn't seem to care.

[@vyom9470]

@ true that , there are multiple features like this that are way too easy to implement but they just dont care

[@sadinukawsika]

Glad Some Of My Points Are Also Included In This Video. This Is A Great Video Series You Are Doing.. Keep Them Coming..

[@RahulRants]

Thanks buddy! Yes those were accurate points 🫡

[@JakeLashbrook]

It’s sad no game developers want to make a cricket game other than an unknown developer even tho it is one of the most popular sports around the world

[@RahulRants]

The target audience, subcontinent fans, have less purchasing power which results in low sales and less profit. After all games, like movies is business and nobody wants to take risks!

[@JakeLashbrook]

Its a shame its expensive and the target audience can’t afford it

[@pastormartinsempai6371]

Only popular in sub continent😢😢😢

[@noys722]

The biggest flaw in the game mechanic, i feel is, there is no way you get bowled or lbw while playing across the line to a seaming delively. I can hit those shots all day without risk.

[@bollywoodbuff7857]

Exactly. Just stand in front of the stumps and flick all day

[@RahulRants]

They need to nerf it. Flicks are way too easy

[@noys722]

@@RahulRants The nerfing is not in terms of power but when the ball is seaming back in, the timing window should of flick should be very small, to create that difficulty. No cricket game takes care of these small intricacies.

[@RahulRants]

@noys722 Yea I got it. It is also such a common mode of dismissal with lbw, but not in this game!

[@briant.8553]

Totally agree, that why I didn’t bother picking up. Cricket 24 - saw no difference from 22.

[@RahulRants]

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[@briant.8553]

@ I would also say the atmosphere isn’t right. Maybe some sit scenes of fans dancing after a 6 or after a run of boundaries. All crowds sound the same from T20 to a test. Also maybe some cut scenes to the booth at tea or between innings.

[@RahulRants]

@briant.8553 yea more variety in cut scenes could add lot more to the game, cosmetically

[@Rakshit.Rathod]

Not saying that cric 24 is a bad game but tbh the day we start feeling the pressure while playing the game in pressure situations like chasing 50 in 30 balls,we as players hould feel the pressure. Making the commentary more intense in pressure situations would be an example

[@RahulRants]

I agree. That intensity is missing somewhat!

[@cricketcrazy7524]

2:34 im glad you added this point in the video

[@RahulRants]

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[@Rakshit.Rathod]

An auction would make things more interesting or even if they add the draft option for every tournament,like it is in the hundred

[@RahulRants]

It would. But I think there might be some licensing issues concerning IPL and maybe they are not allowed to add an auction system for the licensed IPL teams..just guessing

[@Rakshit.Rathod]

@RahulRants The tournament is anyways not licenced it's just the teams,they can still add the draft system to ipl

[@Jaskaranmankoo]

From last one decade there is only 1 developer that is BIG ANT, at this point they are taking the advantage of zero competition and selling us slightly updated version each time with same bugs, same animations, batting and bowling styles. Cricket 24 is the best example of copied version of cricket 22. As cricket games fans, big ant should face a major backlash in a huge number that we won’t buy their game next time if they do make the necessary changes and additions.

[@RahulRants]

Yes, unless there is a new player in the market, it might continue the same way!

[@Jaskaranmankoo]

@ BCCI has said somewhere that they will also do something with gaming ventures. If it will be done, they should not do a deal with BIG ANT because we have seen bigant’s BEST and their CEO’s vision who thinks upgrading the game is not their responsibility. Should be someone else. In ten years bugant’s cricket games could have been much more bigger but unfortunately its easily replaceable.

[@RahulRants]

I am afraid even if it’s true, they will go with mobile games rather than PC / console, given that 91% of gamers in India are still mobile phone gamers. Sad

[@Jaskaranmankoo]

@ let’s hope GOC develops a great cricket game which is in the making

[@chhassanali2192]

But bro we have to accept that cricket is not so much popular in europe like football cricket is popular in asia and majority of asian gamers play crack cricket games thats why there is no competition in market and big ant fears to take some big changes ​@@RahulRants

[@HerefordBull]

The only remotely big difference I see between cricket 22 and cricket 24 is the lack of REAL footwork in cricket 24, wherein the batsman glides into position rather than actually removing the foot and then planting it on the ground.

[@RahulRants]

Yea slight improvement there!

[@getrektbozo]

Even if Cricket is much centered to Indian people, I can see if BCCI putting a small effort and investment in such games...they can earn a lot too no doubt.

[@RahulRants]

They don’t really care about games, or would have made many by now.

[@vijitvashishtha9916]

The problem with cricket games is, no one buys them, India definitely has huge population but everyone will pirate it...cricket 07 despite being popular was the biggest loss to the franchise which is why they stopped making it...

[@getrektbozo]

@@vijitvashishtha9916 for those reason denuvo exists to prevent piracy, just some big game company has to step in

[@MrSavvy-eo8cp]

Its crazy that there are more than 1 billion cricket fans but still we dont have a proper cricket game

[@RahulRants]

Well, for one, the so called fans dont really buy the games and instead look for “other” ways to buy the game. Also most are playing on phone -91% of gamers in India m. So developers don’t wanna make a loss making game. Sad

[@MrSavvy-eo8cp]

@RahulRants i just calculated 0.1 % population of top cricket playing nations which is 20 lakh if the game sell by 500rs profit margin they will earn around 100 crores. The problem is online multiplayer is biggest thing nowdays example is pubg . Now days peoples dont like to play against Ai.

[@RahulRants]

@@MrSavvy-eo8cp sports games always need a deep offline career / manager mode. There is a reason why EAFC/fifa is getting murdered by all the reviewers lately. They just concentrate on money making online modes. Cant really compare to battle Royals. Games like wwe, f1, pro evolution soccer all got their success based on their manager mode/ gm mode/ career mode etc. Online is important, yes, but cricket as a game is so complicated that there will various exploits you can do , all within rules, like standing way outside - bowling wide yorkers etc that are just not suitable for online play IMO

[@RahulRants]

@@MrSavvy-eo8cp also, just talking about Indian market - 91% of gamers are mobile gamers. So no incentive for developers to make PC and CONSOLE games

[@HerefordBull]

Also Big Ant's cricket games aren't the only ones with glitches like fielding glitches, their AFL game has poor crowd sound effects.

[@RahulRants]

Yea I have played AFL23. But at-least the models look better there

[@danbartlett9458]

Fast bowlers don't feel fast and a threat to the batsman. There needs to a more natural feel with batting, it feels too digital. Some people thinking EA will make a great cricket game can't have played some of the old catastrophes they released.

[@RahulRants]

Right now we can play around the physics settings to improve the feel of the “fast bowling” like the Pace bowling visualisation setting under physics. Push it to 98 and it is a good experience! But, I get your point!

[@Abin-fo7ku]

i played dbc 14 without boring for 2 years and cant even play cricket 22 for more than 2 days

[@RahulRants]

I can still play DBC14 .. it is such a nice game! Newer titles get boring so fast yes

[@leekhumMossangvlog]

Bcuz there no competition or sponsorship to make this game

[@Arpedits7]

Get this video viral so big ant studios can see it

[@aravindravichandran7530]

We need to send this to their social media account as much as we can❤

[@junaid1037]

I wonder if cricket games are held back by the fact the shortest format is t20. unlikely say fifa you cant make a match 5 mins each half etc (tho simulate match does mitigate this somewhat)

[@RahulRants]

In football games, you can play min halves. But cricket as a sport is very difficult to make into a video game with all the rules and stuff. It is tough indeed

[@Will5353_]

Love to have a mode where you take an associate to full member and then world champions Pitch and global conditions need to feel lot more different and more match aware AI who understands the situation and try’s to target your weakness

[@RahulRants]

Yes, kinda like a Road to Worldcup!

[@HMgaming2489]

I am a ps5 owner and I am a big cricket fan but after watching game plays online I never felt like I should buy a cricket game....... Even though the player models have been improved and polish but by seeing those stupid AI behavior and lack of innovations I don't wana play a cricket game ever........ And because of less popularity of cricket as a sport in the whole world it looks highly unlikely that we will get a good AAA level cricket game....

[@RahulRants]

mm with the return on investment being low, don't expect any big publisher pump in much money. Hence unlikely to be a AAA level game

[@asadshah6103]

I think now cricket game studios don't care about improvement but only earning more and more money by launching new games with almost same gameplay

[@RahulRants]

Let us see if we get another game next year. So far no news!

[@asadshah6103]

@@RahulRants keep ur hopes low and don't expect much otherwise another disappointment will be waiting 🙂🤝

[@Tahsinsiuu]

I can't feel that one when I hit sixes..

[@RahulRants]

The weight behind the shot.....right?

[@Tahsinsiuu]

@@RahulRants exactly

[@leekhumMossangvlog]

It very hard to make a cricket game it very complicated game to make all the shots,playing style n bowling styles player faces n licenses teams tournament n thousands of realistic gameplay it very complicated game then football

[@RahulRants]

Yes it is!

[@nftman260]

Dbc 14 was last best cricket game

[@alphahalogaming3123]

Cricket games can Bring Slow Jogging while Running between Wickets Players Refusing to Hit Sixes When he's Tired Sledging Between Players Crowd Exciting For players or Blowers Reaches 100 or 3+ Wickets Crowd Makes more noise During session or Day End Crowd Booing Or Worried if Home Team Losses Commenators Chit Chatting During Overs Players

[@RahulRants]

Yea those things will add some nice atmosphere to the game!

[@junaid1037]

Also if only cricket had its version of fifapro(?) so licensing could be easier to get for devs.....

[@seedmenfd5788]

I wonder if they will Release Cricket 26 in late 2025 or not

[@RahulRants]

Nothing confirmed as of now.. hopefully yes!

[@manaspandey7141]

Hello Rahul bhai I want if we can still download players from community in ashes cricket 2017 on pc Are community downloads still active in ashes cricket 17 if we buy game today??? A reply is greatly appreciated 😊

[@RahulRants]

As of today, the community is accessible, and you can download stuff from there. Just don't expect new players or teams as most have moved on, to C24, but you can still sue the available ones!

[@manaspandey7141]

@@RahulRants thank u for the reply bhai

[@RahulRants]

@manaspandey7141 no problem bro 😎

[@iitzhasheem]

so many unrealistic aspects of cricket 24 just remove you from the immersion of the game. like batsman hitting a six off back foot over cover to a spinner? or when you play online and players just take guard outside off stump which makes getting them out impossible. i’ve also seen players hit insswinging yorkers for 6 over point lol. there is just a big aspect of logic missing from the game and there is no reward/punishment from making the wrong shot selection as long as your timing is good.

[@RahulRants]

Online has lot of loopholes in a game like cricket. Players can just take advantage of all the rules and it just can’t be stopped like standing way outside off or leg stump, etc.

[@iitzhasheem]

@@RahulRants i think that can be fixed with the correct implementation of physics in the game. if a batsman is standing outside off stump he will miss balls aimed at his stumps. If he is standing leg stump he will miss balls outside off stump. I think cricket games most importantly need to reward or punish players for playing correct/incorrect shots, which is what makes batting so difficult in real life.

[@AUTechs1988]

yes agree to the fact that cricket games are far behind football or other franchises .

[@RahulRants]

@@AUTechs1988 thanks!

[@saikatdasguptaa]

Bro do you know how to fix the wicket glitch? I mean the stumps remain intact when batsmen gets bolwed, it doesn't fly off like cricket 22.

[@RahulRants]

Bro it is not a glitch. They added weight to the stumps because people were complaining in cricket 22 stumps were flying even when spinners hit it. So they just made it so! Sad

[@saikatdasguptaa]

@@RahulRants This looks so un realistic man! I hope it gets fixed on Cricket 26.

[@RahulRants]

@saikatdasguptaa well I hope there is a Cricket 26!

[@saikatdasguptaa]

@@RahulRants Bruh! 🤣 So you think Big Ant won't bring anymore cricket game?

[@RahulRants]

@ na im just saying, the way things are going.. heard their parent company is also having some trouble.. hopefully we get a teaser or announcement soon for next game 😬

[@yashangchekar402]

I not about cricket video game but it about cricket only . after sometime cricket feel boring

[@RahulRants]

Well, to each their own. For me cricket never gets boring. Been same since 1997

[@Lonol1234]

Does ross see your videos

[@RahulRants]

Haha during Cricket 22 days, he used to watch a couple when I shared on Twitter,now I don’t think he will be happy with these content

[@ayantoytime3616]

the problem about cricket games that they are so repetitive

[@RahulRants]

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[@brianheadley4121]

my game crashes in career mode after the ashes series, playing for england. any fix suggestion?

[@RahulRants]

No, this is something I haven't seen or heard. But then I never played an English or Aussie career mode so not sure mate. Did you try raising a ticket?

[@Ruzzy821]

The problem is that big ant are making too many games they make a Australian football game and rugby union game and a cricket game for such a small game studio they don’t have the resources the cricket game is the only playable since it’s foundation they tried to be overly ambitious I am australian and our football was going to revolutionise afl video games just for the game to only come out on ps5 had too wait a whole year too get it on Xbox two years for the ultimate team mode and a year for it too be playable they can’t change the game they don’t have the resources sadly no big company wants to make a cricket game because of piracy in india

[@RahulRants]

When you ask the same question to them, they reply that they have different teams for different games so it doesn’t matter. I mean, we all know it is stretching them too far and should focus on limited number of games that they can handle, but they won’t accept it

[@dhruvmansharamani650]

Cause cutting edge development costs money and Indians or Pakistanis don’t pay for games and pc gamers overall prefer a pirated free copy which leads to lower potential market size and a lower cost recovery potentials hence instead of ranting study the market and industry first and that’s one of the reasons gta 6 isn’t coming to pc its console only at launch atleast for a year also digital identity made it difficult for small studios to buy player imaging rights to include name and visuals in games. I would rather appreciate big ant for making a Nintendo switch port with weaker hardware and still produce cricket games because ea didn’t generate much revenue and dropped cricket of it’s catalogue.

[@RahulRants]

Yes, i had discussed this exact point in my video of EA’s downfall - The Rise and Fall of EA Sports Cricket Games kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIupmHWja72eapo

[@BigBrother-kr1cd]

yes cricket is 8 countrys fallow but football has following so many country's you said is correct no glitches c22 or c24 its ok good game requested to raise complaint to big Ant studios

[@RahulRants]

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[@cricketpredictor3027]

I am thinking what if Nautilus mobile enter the pc cricket gaming community. I'm pretty sure bug ant will face stiff competition from them

[@RahulRants]

Way too small unfortunately. No competition to Nacon.

[@cricketpredictor3027]

​@@RahulRants unfortunately cricket is too popular in subcontinent and we know about subcontinent audience. So we should be content that atleast we are getting to play cricket games

[@RahulRants]

@cricketpredictor3027 🥲🥲

[@ghalibabbas1629]

Cricket 24 is the best game so far. Those who commenting here, they should play cricket 24 first. It's totally realistic

[@RahulRants]

It is a very good game compared to say EA’s offerings, although don’t agree on the“ totally realistic” part The ball physics itself defies logic which is a big issue and needs some urgent correction!

[@ghalibabbas1629]

@RahulRants Still it's much better than portrait in this video.

[@RahulRants]

@ghalibabbas1629 like which? Please mention

[@woodsy1317]

I feel that the fielding in cricket 24 has got worse lol I think big ant has given up 😢

[@RahulRants]

😥

[@pogbackdunya7864]

Your 100% correct the only big ant cricket game you didn't show was Don Bradman cricket 17 (Q4 2016).

[@RahulRants]

Thanks! Yea, I find that game a disappointment after DBC 14 , so rarely even look at it. I still have it though!

[@pogbackdunya7864]

I am british 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pakistani 🇵🇰 going to be 31 in December. I respect your work and cricket with a controller, I grew up in a era where test cricket meant everything and there was one day, t20 didn't exist before 2003. India is a great team and after the NZ I knew they would come back, I wish Pakistan were like India however India is a major team along with Australia and England

[@RahulRants]

I am a bit older than you, so grew up watching cricket from late 90s too! Thanks! Test cricket is my favourite format too and nothing can beat it as far as I am concerned! To be honest I wasn’t expecting India to win considering that the team is almost at a transition stage but great fight! However I stl expect Aussies to comeback in the series and come back hard at us! Pakistan’s issue in test matches, if you ask me, is that none of their star limited overs bowlers seem to have the fitness to last long test series. They lose their pace and penetration after the initial spell which is not the case in LOiS as the number of overs are lesser! Need to get blood some good FC bowlers!

[@nsbudgieslover]

making video about upcoming cricket 26

[@RahulRants]

@@nsbudgieslover no upcoming games have been announced

[@mf-hr3ep]

big ant cricket looks so slow man like you just play one match and u will bored but if i play matches in cricket 07 i can play go on for 5 games in a row and still not bored with that game because its fast pace game.

[@RahulRants]

I actually prefer simulation instead of arcade. Hence DBC 14 is my all time favourite game

[@RahulRants]

M not a fan of EA sports cricket game as I prefer actual simulation. Cricket is a slow game in real and I like it that way. There are many other ways to make it interesting though

[@leekhumMossangvlog]

Ashes 2009 was the only last game that was impressive with physics n gamplay it was to realistic and the game was was too advace people didn't bother or it was overshadowed by cricket 2007 cartoon game

[@RahulRants]

Ashes 2009 was simply superb!

[@leekhumMossangvlog]

@@RahulRants But due to its high quality game during that time people focus only on cricket 7 that require less pc requirement to play

[@Dont_click_this_profile00]

I remember when i watched gameplay ashes cricket 20p9 on youtube. I just said, wtffffffffffff , mindblowing We r appreciating Ea Cricket 07 but i think ashes cricket 2009 is far better.

[@nftman260]

What about dbc14

[@leekhumMossangvlog]

@@nftman260 it was average it look more like a stimulation cricket game not at all fun to play

[@cricket365game]

lets see . sayad due to bdget \

[@RahulRants]

Yea that is also a big reason.

[@leekhumMossangvlog]

Only Mobile games like real cricket are giving us great cricket game butter than pc game don bradman look like a piece of boring tortoise game

[@RahulRants]

Not really

[@bootybootyshake7082]

Real cricket, Wcc, dc ye sab bachho wale ke liye thik hai.....ball ya chakka maar diya nahi to out ye sab arcade pattern games hai......game ke original feel simulation games ke upar hote hai jaise confidence, health ye sab maintain karke khelne padte hai jaise Ashes Cricket 09, BA cricket

[@nftman260]

Rc24 is cash grab

[@hassankarim3909]

Yeah that require a large purse, and cricket is doomed sports it self there are only 5 nations that play competetive cricket others are on their way down associates doesn't have any spark so its a dieing sport

[@RahulRants]

I guess some of that is exaggerated. As a sport it will continue, atleast in subcontinent.

[@hassankarim3909]

@RahulRants there is basically ind, aus.eng, south.africa, and nz that play competitively you want to see their game but others its either one sided or full blunders its just so boring to watch cricket nowadays

[@RahulRants]

@ yea that is true…

[@Will5353_]

@@hassankarim3909WI beat Australia recently. Some of the associated countries have closed the gap significantly in white ball cricket to the bottom 5 full members. ICC has to put resources into these countries even if it means short term pain

[@hassankarim3909]

@@Will5353_ ​ @Will5353_ sometimes these flukes happen but you can't expect consistent performances from teams like WI or associate nations and they don't even get the share they deserve to work on their sport betterment with little to no resources to help them, its unbelievable that the sport has been around for more than 50 years and still hasn't grown to more than 10 regular test playing nations that speaks volumes of incompetency of ICC as a body cuz its all about money the big boards take up loin shares which will not improve cricket let alone increase audience or nations and there smallest of shares for associate nations who have potential to grow but can't again money is the problem distribution is the problem. that is why i said Cricket is getting boring day by day