At least it does if you’re a connoisseur of games which have really bad bugs. We once spent an entire afternoon trying to get a game to reproduce the caption “Docking completercycle”. As such, this looks magic to our eyes.
They should rename it “Stuart Broad v The Netherlands Simulator”.
This video’s our favourite. As well as one of the batsmen overtaking the other, watch out for the ominous umpire. What will happen when he makes contact with the fielder near the stumps? The slow build-up’s everything here.
November 28, 2013 at 6:15 pm
Now I feel silly for linking to those in the thread just below a few minutes ago.
November 28, 2013 at 6:55 pm
One of the batsmen ran right THROUGH a fielder!
November 28, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Some typically funky Michael Clarke field placings there
November 28, 2013 at 7:44 pm
I have had to wipe tears of laughter from my cheeks.
Thanks for posting this, KC.
Is the fielder nearest the stumps twerking by the end of the second video? I think we need a descriptive term for that movement.
November 28, 2013 at 8:08 pm
5-7. Is that the first test again?
November 28, 2013 at 8:59 pm
Comedy gold. Did this actually get released to the public? Surely not…
November 28, 2013 at 10:05 pm
Very briefly. Copies of it must be like collector’s items now.
Beyond the game-breaking bugs, it also just wasn’t a good game: there’s no way to control swing, batting buttons have to be pressed basically as the ball leaves the bowler’s hand, you can hit a six off every ball with basically the same risk as defending, bowlers sometimes bowl backwards, wickets get attributed to fielders, etc.
There’s an amazing thread here: http://www.planetcricket.net/forums/ashes-cricket-2013-forum/ashes-cricket-2013-bugs-86745.html
November 28, 2013 at 10:53 pm
Two images from that thread:
http://i.imgur.com/PjzT4jg.png
http://i.imgur.com/eCyPZ7B.png
November 28, 2013 at 10:54 pm
Ahhhh, and this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4tx1Y9DQMI&feature=player_embedded
Glorious. Just glorious.
November 28, 2013 at 9:37 pm
And I thought Don Bradman Cricket was having a troubled gestation…
November 28, 2013 at 9:45 pm
brilliant stuff… lol
the umpire is obviously employing the old “quivering palm” technique, believed lost to the ages 🙂
November 28, 2013 at 9:57 pm
The more you watch the second one, the more threatening the looming umpire becomes.
But it’s always worth it.
November 29, 2013 at 12:26 am
I love the way the batsmen end up running to the same ends.
November 29, 2013 at 5:55 am
More comedy gold .. from the Wikipedia page for the game developer Trickstar:
“Trickstar is currently working on a forthcoming title called ‘Centrelink 2014’, an RPG which grants the player the immersive experience of becoming an incompetent game developer losing his job and signing on for the dole.”
November 29, 2013 at 9:56 am
Does it have a post match interview bug which has Mitchell Johnson answering every question with “England are rattled by sledging”?
November 29, 2013 at 11:56 am
One of the reviews of it mentioned the small fact that it “didn’t have an animation for catching”.
This is brilliant.
November 29, 2013 at 2:03 pm
If you have a bit of time to invest (and as long as you arent performing major heart surgery or piloting a space shuttle, this is more important) then check out this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtkpqDAZMLc
15:20 is my favourite bit.
November 29, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Dear oh dear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4tx1Y9DQMI
November 29, 2013 at 6:48 pm
that’s T. Chappell’s famous underarm delivery in the alternate universe.
November 29, 2013 at 6:25 pm
This makes “Springtime For Hitler” pale into insignificance in the pantheon of “so bad it is good” productions. Especially so, as this one is for real.
Someone with (presumably) some sort of a brain allowed the product to be released in this state. Perhaps he or she couldn’t stop laughing long enough to pull the plug.
November 30, 2013 at 1:55 am
Does anyone have a link to a non-You Tube comedy-type review with what sounded like two Americans and a Canadian? Couldn’t get it to play on my phone, and can’t find the with the link in it. It was about an hour long as I recall.
November 30, 2013 at 7:06 pm
Found it. From giantbomb.com
http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-ashes-cricket-2013/2300-8266/
December 1, 2013 at 9:44 am
Or these guys, who seemed to enjoy themselves (and who also understand cricket):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSzAASTBYA0
December 2, 2013 at 2:40 pm
I really want to play this. It looks trememndous fun.