Hi Guys,
Thought I’d start a new thread regarding game animations, which sadly have not changed much over the years, to add my own new ideas and see what other players also think.
Now I know game play and the match engine, is the mainstay of this great game Along with stats/performance etc, but others enjoy the animations and highlights, myself included...justifiably so! But will we ever get any new one’s?
Looking through the forums, players have grumbled about the player animations for quite some time, so here’s some of my own thoughts, those from past forum users, and hopefully you guys will add a lot more.
I don’t want it to become hyper critical, but I’m sure the devs will read and hopefully implement changes in the near future.
So here goes;
Stadia animations;
3D crowd instead of 2D cutouts
women and children in the crowds
more detailed stadiums
more stadiums added (especially test arena’s)
full stadiums for important games (no empty seats)
Gameplay animations;
Lot less “caught and bowled” happens far too frequent
lot less “retired hurt” from the same ball the batsman strides into deliberately!
bowlers should try to block a straight drive with their feet
catches to slips normally go into waiting hands, instead of the spectacular dives we see
wickets don’t always “go flying” sometimes the bails are clipped
outer fielders catching big hits backwards, whilst running to the boundary
Appeals waiting for too long a time before that shriek sounds out
change that dreadful appeal shriek
catches appearing to go into hands, instead of appearing to first fly past, then be caught
umpires wearing hats and jackets, those smocks retired when Dicky Bird did!
foot holes appearing later on in games
gameplay darkening slightly with bad light or heavy cloud
rain flickering on to our screens just before rain delays!
more hair styles and sun block on faces (Nathan Lyon etc)
These are just a few without really racking my brain. What do others want, or really crave to be changed? What annoys you about the decade old animations?
Thought I’d start a new thread regarding game animations, which sadly have not changed much over the years, to add my own new ideas and see what other players also think.
Now I know game play and the match engine, is the mainstay of this great game Along with stats/performance etc, but others enjoy the animations and highlights, myself included...justifiably so! But will we ever get any new one’s?
Looking through the forums, players have grumbled about the player animations for quite some time, so here’s some of my own thoughts, those from past forum users, and hopefully you guys will add a lot more.
I don’t want it to become hyper critical, but I’m sure the devs will read and hopefully implement changes in the near future.
So here goes;
Stadia animations;
3D crowd instead of 2D cutouts
women and children in the crowds
more detailed stadiums
more stadiums added (especially test arena’s)
full stadiums for important games (no empty seats)
Gameplay animations;
Lot less “caught and bowled” happens far too frequent
lot less “retired hurt” from the same ball the batsman strides into deliberately!
bowlers should try to block a straight drive with their feet
catches to slips normally go into waiting hands, instead of the spectacular dives we see
wickets don’t always “go flying” sometimes the bails are clipped
outer fielders catching big hits backwards, whilst running to the boundary
Appeals waiting for too long a time before that shriek sounds out
change that dreadful appeal shriek
catches appearing to go into hands, instead of appearing to first fly past, then be caught
umpires wearing hats and jackets, those smocks retired when Dicky Bird did!
foot holes appearing later on in games
gameplay darkening slightly with bad light or heavy cloud
rain flickering on to our screens just before rain delays!
more hair styles and sun block on faces (Nathan Lyon etc)
These are just a few without really racking my brain. What do others want, or really crave to be changed? What annoys you about the decade old animations?
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