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Table Top Cricket Review-PC

Table Top Cricket
Table Top Cricket
Released 25 February 2015
Publisher: Big Ant Studio
For PlayStation 3 and PC
7/10

 

Table Top Cricket which has been developed by Australian company Big Ant Studio attempts to create the fun that was associated with the old board game Test Match Cricket but on PC or Play Station 3. Myself much like many other cricket fans spent time playing the board game with both friends and family. This was great however the board game was prone to breakage which often meant that it became unplayable. This modern take gives us a game that will scratch our nostalgic itch, without all the broken pieces

For big fans of the sport of cricket this is a great arcade type cricket game that people could spend between ten minutes to many hours playing games with national teams in game types such as indoor, ten overs, twenty overs and fifty overs. The first problem with the game is the lack of licensing which means that the teams do not feature any of the real life players and do not play in their proper kits.  It may have also been nice if there were some customisation options to possibly extend the play time and cover for the lack of licensing.

The mechanics of the game are fairly basic which with this being an arcade representation of the game of cricket should come as no surprise. The main reason for this is that the goal of the game is to score as many runs as possible. At times when you are bowling and fielding the controls can at times feel clunky but with this trying to represent the table top game it would be hard to properly get that feeling correct.

There are many fun and entertaining aspects of this game like being able to score upwards of 200 runs in ten overs and then watching as your friends manage to somehow chase it down in less time than would seem possible and thus starting a rivalry akin to Australia and England. It also introduces a new set of rules not seen before in any other cricket game released and that is the introduction of indoor cricket rules where you don’t have ten wickets instead you aim to bat for 8 overs and every time you lose a wicket you lose 5 runs which adds an aspect not yet seen before in a cricket game. The World Tour mode where you face off against all major cricket teams as well as some of the associate teams such as Ireland and Scotland playing through both full games and challenges to fight for world supremacy.

This game is absolute must for anyone that enjoyed the old Test Match Cricket board game or even for just someone looking for a fun cricket game because unlike other games you don’t have to spend time learning the controls. However this game does have issues such as the lack of customisation options can hinder some of the enjoyment.

 

 

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