I am equally happy and sad to see Cricket 22 – happy for the fact that Big Ants Studio is solely catering to cricket fans around the world when the biggies have given up. And so far, I haven't noticed jarring glitches that spoil the gameplay experience. Console players can get up to 4K resolution on the PS5 and Xbox Series X. In both the cases, the game ran well, albeit with adjustments made accordingly. I tested the game on a top-of-the-line Lenovo Legion 7 (Ryzen 9 5900H, RTX 3080) as well as another entry-level system with a GTX 1060 as well as a 10th Core i5 processor. Cricket 22 Performanceįor a sports title, Cricket 22 runs flawlessly smooth. There's no split-screen multiplayer mode, which I think is a miss. However, I could only play a few matches, most of which saw the opponent bowing out in the middle. Lastly, if you want to play against real cricket fans, there's an online mode available. There is certainly room for improvement here. Most annoying though is the commentary that seems to have no relation with what's happening on the field, and can be best described as discouraging.įor example, I once hit five boundaries in five balls leaving the last ball as a dot, and the commentary hailed the bowler for “bowling such a great over without giving away many runs.” And then there's favour for the AI team always even if you took 3 runs over a misfielding, the fielders get a praise for stopping the boundary. There's no dialogue audible between the captains or players during the cutscenes, and the ambient field cheering or directions from the players seem repetitive. You still get to toss with an oddly shaped “Big Ants” coin with no sense of heads or tails, and its still levitates on the pitch.

Sadly, the budget limitations are visible elsewhere.

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