Those of you with elephantine memories may be wondering whether Cricket Life’s out yet.
It’s not.
However, their website has been updated with a fantastic picture of Mike Hussey.
“Okay, Mike. If you could just try and look a bit more like a retarded cow then that’d be great.
“Okay, bit more frightened…
“Bit more frightened…
“That’s it!”
New cricket game! It’s not out yet though, so we’ve no idea how good it is.
It doesn’t matter really. If our short-lived, poorly-paid career as a videogame ‘journalist’ taught us anything, it’s that previews of games only need pictures.
Mervyn Athrapatta’s going along nicely.
We’ve rather unhelpfully shrunk this screenshot down so much that you can’t make anything out. If we hadn’t done that, you’d have been able to see that Kumar Sangappora’s vital statistics are as follows:
He’s also Caucasian, unlike many Sri Lankans.
It’s Dad’s old ‘bowling several balls simultaneously’ trick - only this time it’s TO THE MAX!
Here’s the official website from where you can glean actually-not-very-much-more information.
Rubbish. Okay, that’s a bit extreme. How about ‘worse than its predecessor’?
The graphics are better, but still bad. The whole point of this update is the presentation (nothing else has changed) so it’s hard to ignore. Before, they hadn’t made any effort, so you overlooked the rough appearance.
It’s like when someone’s bought some ridiculous new glasses to replace a broken pair. They looked stupid before, but now it’s as if they’re actively making a point of looking like a dick.
Look:
Rubbish.
And what you can’t tell from that screenshot is that each animation takes longer than the previous 2D version. You only watch the highlights to get an idea of what’s going on. Highlights aren’t the game. Highlights just keep you from the game. So the 3D highlights keep you from the game longer.
Oh and they’re jerky and hurt your eyes too.
Play the free Cricket Captain 3 demo, if you don’t believe us.
Don’t get International Cricket Captain 3. Get International Cricket Captain 2