International cricket captain 2010

[Scritty]

Lol. Fair enough. Is that why you guys always use International Cricket Captain and not ICC in the game?
Also, will there be a Champions Trophy, or a version of it, in 2010?

What - Patch 3.3 The Icecrown Citadel (if you google ICC this comes up quite a bit)

I mean the guys at Out Of The Park baseball probably thought they were safe with OOTP...Until Harry Potter ruined it with his "Order of the Phoenix"

Name not really so important.

A bit concerned that many are asking for really cosmetic stuff "trophy names" and "branding".
I'd really like to see major improvements in actual gameplay and depth and immersion (sure branding is a small part of that)

Getting and handling the squad (contracts, retirements, youth players, second eleven etc)
Picking a team (form, experience, match type, "horses for courses" picks, fielding ability (i mean is ther fielding ability in ICC at all yet? if not, why is no-one asking about it?) Running speed, fitness, influence (as discussed a few weeks ago on another thread)

Then finally playing the game. The actual mechanics and decision making of the game itself.

As far as I'm concerned every trophy can be called the "Monkey tennis olympics 1996 part 3" it really doesn't matter - as long as the actual mechanics of gameplay are there.

Scritty

[x07harda]

Improvements

ICC 2009 is a good game but still requires alot of improvement for it to be a great game.

The major problem i think is that the developers have focussed to much on the highlight graphics and not enough time on game depth or gameplay. Currently the game is solid but with shallow depth and at times shallow gameplay. For me the current graphics don't do anything for the game and frankly i would much rather have a game with lots of depth and basic graphics.

The Football Manager series is a perfect example of this, with unprecedented depth but only basic 2D and 3D graphics, it is the best management game available. I think that ICC 09 is stuck between a game of good graphics (eg FIFA 10) and a game of good depth (FM10), it does not excel in either of these fields and it is time for the developers to make up their mind to either make a visually good game or a game of depth. I think it would be great for the game to adopt FM 3D graphics (basic but smooth and accurate) and also improve the depth and gameplay of the current game.

[riznarma]

Is ICC 2010 not coming out on PC because it doesn't mention it in the press release, only XBOX and PS3?

[Solehria]

Is ICC 2010 not coming out on PC because it doesn't mention it in the press release, only XBOX and PS3?

that is a different game that is codemasters international cricket 2010

[Sureshot]

Indeed, we most certainly will be releasing on the PC this year. I also got confused when I first saw that press release, "Hang on, no one told me about this!" The names are very similar.

[Solehria]

Indeed, we most certainly will be releasing on the PC this year. I also got confused when I first saw that press release, "Hang on, no one told me about this!" The names are very similar.

Sureshot in ICC 10 i would like to see, that we recieve more emails in international career and there should be things like pres confrnc and all

[dups]

hi guys..
i played the trial version of ICC 2009.
i downloaded it at about 10pm and soon found out that
2 days didn't necessarily mean 48 hrs
anyway i've got a suggestion
in real cricket, especially the T20 format, the fast bowlers bowling leg cutters and off breaks have become common.but in ICC 2009, we have no control over the pace at which bowlers bowl.i'd like to see another tab with; 'slow', 'medium', 'fast' options.
also for the batsman;a control over the stance(frontfoot,backfoot)
would be a nice addition.
thanks for reading.....

[barkaat]

Ideas for cricket captain game

Let us talk about ICC 2010 in this thread. Let us make ICC 2010 the best ever ICC version. Tell us what do you want or what do you not want in ICC 2010 ?

Let us promise to make ICC 2010 the finest, the best and the most enjoyable game ever. Give your views, suggestions and every input you can give.

You should add some legendary cricketers as unlocked players and set targets to unlock those players... And the allow the player to take complete control of his/her team for example if a cricketer in the game wants to retire from cricket (if he is over aged) he needs the permission of the player... and you should include all kinds of cricket tournaments played around the globe, from all countries domestic seasons to the top level... including IPL, England domestic season, RBS twenty20,...etc... and make the highlight graphics little more realistic!!!..........thats all i have to say for now...I hope You people will ponder on these ideas...

[ab5ides1]

You should add some legendary cricketers as unlocked players and set targets to unlock those players... And the allow the player to take complete control of his/her team for example if a cricketer in the game wants to retire from cricket (if he is over aged) he needs the permission of the player... and you should include all kinds of cricket tournaments played around the globe, from all countries domestic seasons to the top level... including IPL, England domestic season, RBS twenty20,...etc... and make the highlight graphics little more realistic!!!..........thats all i have to say for now...I hope You people will ponder on these ideas...

I don't think they will be able to get all of that into the next release, but as long as they include Aus domestic cricket I'll be happy.

[hallmitchell]

How about some retro?

I would like to see some more retro games. Test series, Rebel tours to South Africa. World Series Cricket.

I want to see some beige/brown uniforms of NZ.

[TimmyBresnanForEngland]

One more thing

I have being getting pretty iritated whilst playing 2009, because no matter how defensive my players are set to (often when im trying to bat out for a draw) they still get run out. This is ridiculous as the runs wouldnt be thought about. Realy needs sorting, PLEASE

Also, what news is there on this years release date, and also on what has been looked into on the improvements side of things??

[Chasjs]

Well it is possible to bat defensively and get out either to a mistake or a good ball. However, batting defensively and getting caught out at deep midwicket or getting run-out is crazy. Unfortunately this happens in game and is one of a few minor areas in need of improvement.

[GrahamB]

Well it is possible to bat defensively and get out either to a mistake or a good ball. However, batting defensively and getting caught out at deep midwicket or getting run-out is crazy. Unfortunately this happens in game and is one of a few minor areas in need of improvement.

Sometimes batsmen run out of patience or lose their composure, and play a rash shot. If it happens too frequently though, then yes it's a problem.

[Scritty]

Although the methods are not right (I've complained about the number of catches before) if anything the frequency of outs is actually too low.

Late in the game - in real life - players should probably get out caught behind, bowled by a ball that keeps low, or sometime not keeping the ball down to short(ish) mid wicket or short(ish) cover when they get tired and don't use their wrists properly.

However, in ICC2009, I have saved a match with 4 or sometimes even 5 sessions to bat out time and time again. Racking up 300 or more runs of pitches that the game tells me are terrible (uneven bounce, cloud cover and spin) and done it for perhaps 4 wickets down.

I even get numbers 9, 10 and 11 scoring hundreds on worn pitches where two days earlier (when the pitch was much better) the whole team struggled to muster 200.

Yes this happens now and again in real life - but it happens a lot more in ICC.

But back to your point - yes, when players on defensive DO get out, it is often not in a way that you would expect.

Scritty

[Angad]

some interesting updates i would like to see

well here are a couple of things
1-STATS,STATS,STATS. lets face it ,all cricket lovers are gaga for statistics.and for a cricket managemment game there is surrprisingly very little variety of stats.i mean we should be able to see the stats of all the players who have played over 30 test matches or 50 odis or something like that. then u can see who has been the best player for you over the years.also we should have series averages and high scores and man of the series stuff.plus we should be able to see our teams performances in the last 10 series or something.i hope this is not asking for much as it wont really require any gamelay changes
2-MORE DOMESTIC LEAGUES. indian league would be nice(hehe i am from india),but even an australian lague would be nice for now and you can include the indian domestic league in the next version.it will add more variety and would even attract more cricketing enthusiasts.
3-CHANGING INTERNATIONAL TEAM. after playing with one team for 30 odd years and taking too them to the top and staying there for some time it can become a little boring.so why not have an option for finding new challenges for yourself.how fun would it be to manage west indies after a stint with australia/india.
4-MORE ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL CAREER.by this i mean the international career should be more realistic.like say if you are managing a country like india,u should be told at the start of the term that you have to be among the top 2 or 3 nations in both formats and have to win a world cup in the next 12 years.else you will be shown the door and look for new pastures.i mean you can be sacked and be given an option by a lower team like bangladesh or west indies to manage them(tthese teams will state their own expectations like winning atleast one test series in the calendar year).consequently if you are able to do well with these teams you should be flooded with offers from boards of other countries who are not in a very good shape.also it would be cool to manage a country like ireland which has a lot of potential.there should be a seperate league for associate nations and the top performers could be awarded the test status.it could basically be like the relegation promotion system in football leagues.zimbabwe could be demoted and ireland could be promoted due to the good performances by ireland team.plus we should be able to ask the curator to prepare the pitch to our liking when playing a home series(in an international career).
4-BETTER KEEPERS AND ALL ROUNDER REGENS. i guess this has been mentioned by quite a few people so i dont need to go into details for this one.just one thing, we should be able to convert a pure batsman or a bowler into an all rounder by giving them required training for a given long time.
5-CHANGE THE RATING SYSTEM. now this is something which most people dont have a problem with but i do.i am playing with pakistan who did not have great results when they last played with zimbabwe.now since i never play tests with zimbabwe it kind of leaves me handicapped.also i sometimes play 2 series with australia in one year.i win both of them.and guess what,uyou dont get any points for it because you have been beating them for the past 2 years(this was a hypothetical situation).i mean we do not get to decide the schedule or our fixtures,is it my fault that we keep playing you again and again and get no points for it when the teams competing with me in rankings are gaining ground by playing with teams they had earlier lost to. in my opinion the rankings should depend on the strength of your opponent and the results of the last 10 international series only.that would be more realistic.also winning the world cup should give a couple of bonus points which should stay with you till the next world cup begins.also their should be rankings for the best allrounders.

i realise that these changes can not be implemented efficiently in such a short time but please do consider them for the future versions of the game
PS-the ipl would also be nice but its something i can live without