2 minute read Semi-regular King Cricket contributor Sam sent us a review for a game he initially said was International Cricket Captain 2020, then clarified was ICC 2010, but which actually turned out to be International Cricket 2010 – a game that we’ve already reviewed. Videogame developers are always mystifyingly keen to use
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4 minute read Pro: Quick and intuitive Pro: Career mode offers longer lifespan Pro: Textbook videogame player names Con: Insufficient character limit for puerile player names Con: Four-season span of free version When we asked about lockdown cricket entertainment the other day, AP Webster mentioned Smashtastic Cricket. We didn’t know Smashtastic Cricket, so
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Continue reading3 minute read Back when we reviewed Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode, we said we’d also do a thing on playing a career as Afghanistan. This is that thing. For a more comprehensive look at the mechanics of Cricket Captain 2018, see our review of the 2017 game (it’s fundamentally the same).
Continue reading5 minute read Cricket Captain 2018 is fundamentally the same game as last year. Here’s a review of Cricket Captain 2017 for a broad overview and what follows here is a (not particularly) quick look at All-Time Greats mode, which is one of the new features. We did a review thing about playing
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4 minute read Last week we suggested that maybe the golden age of cricket videogame graphics had passed; that maybe player likenesses would from now on always be too convincing and insufficiently amusing. Let’s take a look back on how things have changed, starting with the most recent funny graphics and working our
Continue reading2 minute read What do you love most about cricket videogames? If you answered “the deep customisation options” then good news – the developers of the upcoming Ashes Cricket have been listening to you. “Time and time again players tell us the feature they love most about our cricket games is the deep
Continue reading4 minute read Cricket Captain – formerly International Cricket Captain – has been updated pretty much annually ever since it first came out in 1998. It’s always been a must for fans and also for administrators. However, we haven’t actually reviewed it in ages, so we thought we’d better address that. Let’s deal
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