Cricket Captain 2015

As always, this is an excellent cricket simulation game. Unlike the last few versions, this one has some much needed new features/improvements. To name just a few, the added Indian domestic leagues (which will please many). The ODI and T20 match engines have notably improved with much larger scores now possible. The lesser teams like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have been given more attention leading to more accurate team selections. There are many more little improvements for the better that you will find out as you play the game. Overall, I honestly think this is a game to get for any cricket fan.

Cricket Captain 2015 follows exactly the same format and game play as every previous version going back 15 years. The only noticeable changes are to the graphics on the highlights. These however, still look very poor and dated. Everything else remains the same as previous versions and this new release follows the same path of them updating stats whilst keeping the gameplay and interface identical to previous versions. You can also now play the Indian FC league too. If you already own a recent version of cricket captain then this new version is little more than a database update. If you don't own a previous version then it is worth buying as it is still a fun game although after years of very little development to the actual game play it does feel a very tired series now.

Cricket Captain 2015, the same game every year with given a tiny application of makeup and making no progress whatsoever. The thing is, Cricket Captain is basically a Cricket Manager game, minus 90% of management features that are needed to make the game interesting. But let me get the pro's out of the way with first; The match engine is brilliant, the statistical information available to the player is brilliant. The one-day and 20-20 match engines have been tweaked and are better than previous instalments. Graphics have finally gotten a facelift, but animations remain the same as in previous versions pretty much, thus edges mostly go in the same areas and not always to shots that make sense. To demonstrate the laziness; the animations for the umpires to signal 'byes' is the real life signal for leg byes, this has been like this for the past three or four instalments, it can't be that hard to fix surely? Outside of the match engine, there is almost nothing for an aspiring manager ...

ICC is back again for its annual edition of the long running series. The team over at Childish Things have really taken on board comments and feedback from the fans on its community page. Little minor adjustments here and there have really enhanced the game in this years edition. Clearly a far more polished version of the game in recent memory. Hesitate not in purchasing it.

I have loved the Cricket Captain series for a long time, and I buy it every couple of years. This version is as much fun as always and looks a good deal slicker than previous versions, which is great. I still feel like the series is a little lazy, especially when compared with sports management simulators where there is more competition - e.g. Football Manager. A few small changes could make this series so much better. One major failing is that it is impossible to be sacked or to move counties or countries once you have started a game. I think it would be great if the Board of your team (domestic or international) set seasonal goals and would review your position based on your attainment of the goals. These could be based around performance in competitions, development of youth players, marquee signings, or anything like this. Similarly, fan satisfaction would be a great feature - are the fans happy with the performance of the team; are the attached to the players; do they like the s...

I played ICC2 (?) back in 99. I wheel it out ever year, for a couple of weeks but lost my CD recently. So took plunge and bought this. Wow what a disappointment. Essentially the same game as 99 one, with some worse features (i.e. all info not on one screen as previously). I expect if you have any evolution between this and 99, there is no need to get this game. What really did it for me though is the games are obviously pre-ordained before you even play. I played the same game 4 times, on 4 new start games (1st Notts v Middlesex) and got the same result with virtually identical scores, whatever i did. Middlesex 450 1st inns, notts 270 odd 1st inns etc. Classically on the 3rd attemp, I had Middlesex 240 odd for 8 (batting second), when 9 & 10 both scored 100's to get them to 450 odd. on 4th again batting second had them 130 odd for 6 and last 4 wickets put on 300 odd to get to the 450. REALLY....... that's just bad and I felt the game was playingme. A terrible game and a waste of my ti...

The usual slow evolution rather than revolution for this series, but sensibly priced. Fans of the series will want it just for the updated database, but there are significant improvements as well, not least the essential changes to batting aggression in limited overs matches. Anyone else who knows, and cares, what the difference between a seam and a swing bowler is will want it as well. To them, recommended. To anyone else, forget it. Probably. Looking forward to the Android version so I can carry my games into lunchtime via the Dropbox feature.

So if you're like me and the Ashes buzz has made you want to get a Cricket game and you remember a game called Cricket Captain... you come to this. Well luckily for you, it's easy to navigate around because absolutely nothing has changed in about 5 years. Everything is the same except for the obvious player names, a few more teams and updated statistics. If you play other management games such as Football Manager or Pro Cycling Manager, there's somesort of an improvement year on year and you'd expect that from pretty much every game you play but this, i actually can't find anything new at all. It's so dated and i've tried to get into it but i just can't. Not recommended if you're looking for Crickets answer to Football Manager

When I was in school, my math teachers always insisted we "show our work" - we had to demonstrate what steps we took to get from the base equation we had been given to the answer we came up with. I once got a 0/100 on an assignment because I didn't show my work. The teacher wrote the score on the page in front of me and scolded me in front of the entire class for it. Cricket Captain 2015 is very much in that same boat. The trick with most sports managment sims is, they demonstrate an athlete's abilities to the player through an attributes system; for instance, in Football Manager, Gonzalo Higuaín is better as a striker than Carlos Puyol not just because that is his natural position, but also because he has a much higher "Shooting" attribute, and probably several others that reflect his strengths. This is done to give the player a general guideline for whether he should expect success, failure, or something in between in a given matchup or scenario, even though it won't always work e...

This is without a doubt the worst £20 I have ever spent in my life, bored after one t20 match,awful graphics, would have got more satisfaction by going outside & putting £20 down the drain!