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Cricket 24
Released On: Oct 5, 2023
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5.5
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
14% Positive
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1 Review
86% Mixed
6 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
57
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
86% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The next step for Big Ant would be to start capturing the nuances of the sport and convert excellent ball-to-ball action to give us the full match experience, when events that happened in the 10th over can impact on how bowlers, batters, and the crowd itself behave in the 40th. If Big Ant can get there, make it feel like tactics matter and results are less pre-determined and arbitrary, and then they will produce a cricket game that will finally move from the cusp to sit alongside EA, Sony and 2K’s sporting titles in offering something that truly understands and captures the spirit of the sport.
Cricket 24 is a curious case of being one of the best in the series, but with such minor changes over Cricket 22 that it feels like we’re watching a replay during a rain delay. That makes it hard to recommend if you’re already invested in past games. For new players, it remains as accessible as a sport as complicated as cricket can be. With a bevvy of returning control options and difficulties, there’s a way to play for all skill levels. Cricket 24 is still at its best when bat meets ball, and there are more licensed modes than ever before headlined by reliving the 2023 Ashes and forging a lengthy career – but the same experience can be had, without Gilly, at a fraction of the cost with Cricket 22.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
5.5
33% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
39% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
28% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
5.5
33% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
39% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
28% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
It's good fun. Gets repetitive and boring soon. Full of bugs. Has a lot of potential to be a quality cricket game, but it just isn't there yet.
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PlayStation 5
Good-
Presentation is better with additional scenes that add to the immersion and atmosphere. Decent commentary. Batting and bowling systems can be fun. Significant amount of content and difficulty settings.
Bad-
The advertised Pro Team is missing without any word of why. Visuals could use more polish. Commentary has limited lines. Awful menu music. Random responses while batting that add to the frustration. Missing IPL teams. Fielding overhaul amounts to very little. Annoying bugs.
Thoughts-
Maybe things will improve drastically in the next game. For now, unless you want a new Cricket game to play or are counting on the community to fill any gaps in content, Cricket 24 is difficult to recommend.
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PlayStation 5
As far as gameplay goes, Cricket 24 is great fun. With different bowling and batting styles to entertain, it has a level of depth that will appeal to both newcomers and existing fans of the series. But beyond this, it's a mixed bag. While heavy on international licensing, it lacks in visual fidelity and polish. Big Ant Studios are a team known for their dedication to constant improvement, and we may see these things fixed in patches and updates, but for now it’s a game that doesn’t quite hit the mark.
Cricket 24 is a bit like English opener Rory Burns. That is, capable of quality play for decent periods – and getting the job done despite looking a little peculiar at times – but a bit too inconsistent overall to be considered an automatic selection. Since developer Big Ant Studios’ has previously displayed a penchant for post-release tweaking, future updates may well address a lot of the lingering issues with licensed players and smooth out the rough edges of its AI and presentation, and in six months’ time this could potentially be a simulation worth going into bat for. However, as of right now Cricket 24 is a disappointingly modest and often slipshod update that seemingly lacks the confidence or creativity to advance further down the wicket.
Cricket 24 builds on its predecessor with better visuals and presentation but could have used more fine-tuning. If you're happy with Cricket 22, there's little reason to play the sequel.
Cricket 24 fails to build upon the series’ solid opening partnership from its previous instalments in a significant way. Its enjoyable core gameplay is practically identical to Cricket 22, with the only noticeable addition being franchised tournament formats. Its abundance of bugs and glitches, and barren online lobbies, leaves little reason to take another swing at the series if you’ve already played an innings of a previous title.
If Cricket 24 can capture the full essence and atmosphere from it's new licenses, the game can be elevated to new heights.
Am I playing a PS3 game on my PS5? What have Big Ant done here? The women look like copy/paste anorexic sticks, the commentary is both contradictory and overlapping, the graphics are woeful, the sound is disjointed and the game refuses to save my career preferences and player build. Cricket 19 is a better experience, overall, and that's not saying much. The only saving grace is it feels great to knock a six, but that gets boring and repetitive really quickly due to how easy it is to score.
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PlayStation 5
Abysmal. I don't expect the quality like Madden or Fifa but this is just a cash grab. The AI is dumb, gameplay is the worst, music is just awful, graphics are outdated and the batting and bowling gameplay is very stiff with no improvements from its predecessor.
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PlayStation 5
This game is a huge steaming pile of garbage. The greedy developers are charging $60 for a PS3 game. I would never even think of buying a cricket game. I hate cricket, it is just a poor man's baseball. But a game is still a game and I am willing to give every game a fair chance, regardless if whether I like the genre or not. It is a part of the PS Plus Extra catalogue, so I decided to give it a try. The quality of this game is not on par with other sports games like Madden and NBA 2K, not even close. I understand the publisher of this game doesn't have as much money as EA and Take-Two, but they still had the audacity to charge $60. When a game costs $60, I expect top-notch AAA quality. The graphics are a joke. The physics are beyond horrible. The animations are laughable. The gameplay is boring and repetitive. There are many bugs and glitches. The crowd looks like they were ported straight from a PS2 game. The lighting is terrible. There are no hair physics. The hair looks so fake. These character models are so awful, I was like "Oh look, there is a mannequin moving" and it turns out that mannequin was actually a cricket player. ● The online multiplayer is complete trash. It is a buggy unplayable piece of garbage. The batting mechanics are horrendous. There are too many disconnection issues. I thought people were rage quitting but it also happens right at the start of the game. The game crashed multiple times. So this game technically came out in 2023, right? Or at least that's what I remember seeing in the store page. It's one thing for an online game to be buggy in the first week, but we only have a few months left until 2025 and the online is still a buggy mess? This is unbelievable. It just goes to show how greedy and lazy the developers are. I have not played past Cricket games because like I said, I hate Cricket. But I have no doubt in my mind that this is the same Cricket game these lazy developers have been copying and pasting for the past 10 years. They just slapped Kobe Bryant's number on the title of this game and called it a day. I don't recommend this game at all, unless you want to support laziness.
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PlayStation 5
Summary Including The Ashes, Big Bash, The Hundred, Caribbean Premier League, and a host of international squads, plus yet to be announced professional Indian T20 teams! Cricket 24 reimagines and enhances the much loved Cricket 22 to include teams from every corner of the globe, creating the most complete video game simulation of cricket seen t...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X
- PlayStation 4
- PC
- Xbox One
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Oct 5, 2023
Developer:
- Big Ant Studios
Publisher: Nacon
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