Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jul 8, 2015

  As always, this is an excellent cricket simulation game. Unlike the last few versions, this one has some much needed new features/improvements. To name just a few, the added Indian domestic leagues (which will please many). The ODI and T20 match engines have notably improved with much larger scores now possible. The lesser teams like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have been given more attention leading to more accurate team selections. There are many more little improvements for the better that you will find out as you play the game. Overall, I honestly think this is a game to get for any cricket fan.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 10, 2015

  Cricket Captain 2015 follows exactly the same format and game play as every previous version going back 15 years. The only noticeable changes are to the graphics on the highlights. These however, still look very poor and dated. Everything else remains the same as previous versions and this new release follows the same path of them updating stats whilst keeping the gameplay and interface identical to previous versions. You can also now play the Indian FC league too. If you already own a recent version of cricket captain then this new version is little more than a database update. If you don't own a previous version then it is worth buying as it is still a fun game although after years of very little development to the actual game play it does feel a very tired series now.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 12, 2015

  The usual slow evolution rather than revolution for this series, but sensibly priced. Fans of the series will want it just for the updated database, but there are significant improvements as well, not least the essential changes to batting aggression in limited overs matches. Anyone else who knows, and cares, what the difference between a seam and a swing bowler is will want it as well. To them, recommended. To anyone else, forget it. Probably. Looking forward to the Android version so I can carry my games into lunchtime via the Dropbox feature.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 12, 2015

  I played ICC2 (?) back in 99. I wheel it out ever year, for a couple of weeks but lost my CD recently. So took plunge and bought this. Wow what a disappointment. Essentially the same game as 99 one, with some worse features (i.e. all info not on one screen as previously). I expect if you have any evolution between this and 99, there is no need to get this game. What really did it for me though is the games are obviously pre-ordained before you even play. I played the same game 4 times, on 4 new start games (1st Notts v Middlesex) and got the same result with virtually identical scores, whatever i did. Middlesex 450 1st inns, notts 270 odd 1st inns etc. Classically on the 3rd attemp, I had Middlesex 240 odd for 8 (batting second), when 9 & 10 both scored 100's to get them to 450 odd. on 4th again batting second had them 130 odd for 6 and last 4 wickets put on 300 odd to get to the 450. REALLY....... that's just bad and I felt the game was playingme. A terrible game and a waste of my time and money. I loved ICC2 but this isn't worth the effort. AVOID
• gamedeal user

  Aug 13, 2015

  Cricket Captain 2015, the same game every year with given a tiny application of makeup and making no progress whatsoever. The thing is, Cricket Captain is basically a Cricket Manager game, minus 90% of management features that are needed to make the game interesting. But let me get the pro's out of the way with first; The match engine is brilliant, the statistical information available to the player is brilliant. The one-day and 20-20 match engines have been tweaked and are better than previous instalments. Graphics have finally gotten a facelift, but animations remain the same as in previous versions pretty much, thus edges mostly go in the same areas and not always to shots that make sense. To demonstrate the laziness; the animations for the umpires to signal 'byes' is the real life signal for leg byes, this has been like this for the past three or four instalments, it can't be that hard to fix surely? Outside of the match engine, there is almost nothing for an aspiring manager to do. Yeah, there is team building from the transfer market, and the promotion of youth players. You also get to adjust the budgets a little, but the initial funding doesn't change (aside from prize money), there's no opportunity to build the club up as you become more successful. There's no chance to look more in depth at a youth or reserve team, and you can't hire a specific number of physios or coaches. Training is limited, staff numbers are linked to the budget but never anymore than numbers rather than actual personalities themselves - a batting coach who is aggressive for example, or a bowling coach with his own philosophy - nope, they're just generic numbers. And that, really is the problem with the game. It's a spreadsheet game, with all your time spent looking at statistical averages. Best batsman number 1 will always be replaced by generic youth product number 51, because there are no personalities in the game, nothing to indicate ability (outside of averages), nothing to indicate talent (outside of averages) because there's no staff to talk to, no youth team to develop and team to mould in line with bigger games such as Football Manager. The whole thing, is just a numbers game without any real flavour to it. The hardcore fans and cricket nuts will pick it up as usual, but aside from reading the numbers and possibly playing around with tactics in the admittedly decent match engine there's nothing outside to keep things interesting, no media, no discussions, no personalities, training events or anything that adds spark and interest. Nothing but your imagination and the bland numbers popping up as each match goes by. For a series that has been around for a long while now, they really need to get with the times and produce something more than a match engine.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 1, 2016

  A cricket management game similar to the football manger with lesser options. However its still way better than its previous tittles when it was known as ICC cricket captain. Plus the new engine looks good. Overall, a nice game that actually plays well when compared to its older versions. Plus the addition of the Indian League brings a breath of fresh air when compared to the same old ashes/england/australian championships in other cricket games. One piece of advice though... don't go crazy with autoplay....it won't be pretty.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 10, 2017

  The games is fun to a point. After sometime it gets tiring. The lack of an editor makes this game hard to play after a while. I would enjoy it if it had an editor. Yeah some folks may not like it, but that is how I enjoy my game. I am not playing this to get any kind of achievement or badges. I want to enjoy the game. Don't buy this game or any future version of it if you enjoy steering the game the way you want it. If you want to play the game the way the developers intent it to be then sure go ahead buy it.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 28, 2017

  Great game! Would totally recommend this game to any cricket fan.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 16, 2018

  Guys who loves cricket but this game
• gamedeal user

  Dec 26, 2018

  This is not a bad game, but suffers from a few flaws which demands too much of a time investment from the casual cricket fan in order to do well, and which will frustrate the avid cricket fan. Being an avid cricket fan myself, I will write from that perspective. For this type of fan, it is better for your team overall (and more rewarding) to captain and control what happens during matches (rather than letting matches play out by themselves). When batting, there is not enough control over the approach which batsmen take, both with regard to the field settings and with regard to the match situation; all you are able to do is set their aggression level, which can be frustrating in the sense that a high aggression level can force batsmen to ostensibly lose their shape through slogging, while lowing the aggression level slightly can cause batsmen not to play a stroke, even in the dying stages of an innings when chasing a target. When bowling, there are a number of frustrations. Being able to set your own fields is great for the avid fan, but it would be nice if bowlers could bowl to them. With setting a general bowling line and length, the bowler still has a great deal of freedom as to where they place the ball, and often chooses to bowl deliveries which are totally inappropriate for the field setting (leading to a proliferation of boundaries with field settings which should enable you to squeeze). Field settings also auto-reset to a default with the slightest change in line, length, or level of bowling aggression, which can be very annoying. Overall, a game with a great deal of potential. The developers have done a pretty good job to develop the game to where it is, but there are still a few kinks to sort out in later editions.