'Living On A Prayer.' The song belted out by the Barmy Army on the morning of the 5th Day, 3rd Test, during the 06/07 Ashes as Geriant Jones walked to the crease. Why am I saying this? Because Cricket Captain, the game I've gladly played since '05 is, sadly, Living On A Prayer because of it's rival Cricket Coach.
It began when a few days ago I looked over the other side of the fence at Cricket Coach and downloaded the 2-Day Trial. I'm going to be brutally honest here. It kicks Cricket Captain into the gutter. Let's see the reasons why:
1) The amount of teams. In Cricket Captain you can play as 9 International Sides, the County sides from England and the State sides from Australia. In Cricket Coach you can play as all of these plus; Associate Nations (Ireland, USA etc.) and over 100 domestic teams (plus IPL). The choice is staggering.
2) Linear Career Mode. Cricket Captain will only allow you to play as One County/State side and One International Side during the course of your career. With Cricket Coach you can move from team to team and ven start unemployed. This means Cricket Coach's Career Mode is better and more 'free' than Cricket Captain's.
3) Match Engine. Let's be honest here, Cricket's Captain's ME is poor at best. The shots played are weird, the fielding is weird and it's all round glitchy plus jerky. Cricket Coach is just so much better. While it's 2D it does allow it to look more realistic plus it isn't jerky.
4) Stats. The biggest reason of all. Cricket fans love stats, and on this forum we've come to realise that ICC has not enough stats (up to 2 years worth). Cricket Coach however has; all players have career statistics saved..
5) An editor. While not a big reason for me, it is for others who have been crying out for one for years. Cricket Coach gives you a editor which allows you to edit (pretty much) everything.
I think last year summed it all up. ICC 2010's biggest feature was Aussie Domestic league coming in while Cricket Coach's workers update their gameevery few months with better and more worthwhile features. I will still try ICC 2011 but it will take something pretty special for it to overtake Cricket Coach which is quickly becoming the FM of the cricket world. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself!
It began when a few days ago I looked over the other side of the fence at Cricket Coach and downloaded the 2-Day Trial. I'm going to be brutally honest here. It kicks Cricket Captain into the gutter. Let's see the reasons why:
1) The amount of teams. In Cricket Captain you can play as 9 International Sides, the County sides from England and the State sides from Australia. In Cricket Coach you can play as all of these plus; Associate Nations (Ireland, USA etc.) and over 100 domestic teams (plus IPL). The choice is staggering.
2) Linear Career Mode. Cricket Captain will only allow you to play as One County/State side and One International Side during the course of your career. With Cricket Coach you can move from team to team and ven start unemployed. This means Cricket Coach's Career Mode is better and more 'free' than Cricket Captain's.
3) Match Engine. Let's be honest here, Cricket's Captain's ME is poor at best. The shots played are weird, the fielding is weird and it's all round glitchy plus jerky. Cricket Coach is just so much better. While it's 2D it does allow it to look more realistic plus it isn't jerky.
4) Stats. The biggest reason of all. Cricket fans love stats, and on this forum we've come to realise that ICC has not enough stats (up to 2 years worth). Cricket Coach however has; all players have career statistics saved..
5) An editor. While not a big reason for me, it is for others who have been crying out for one for years. Cricket Coach gives you a editor which allows you to edit (pretty much) everything.
I think last year summed it all up. ICC 2010's biggest feature was Aussie Domestic league coming in while Cricket Coach's workers update their gameevery few months with better and more worthwhile features. I will still try ICC 2011 but it will take something pretty special for it to overtake Cricket Coach which is quickly becoming the FM of the cricket world. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself!
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