Have played this game since first release, but only bought 2012 a week ago on ipad. Started as England skipper and destroyed SA, with absolute ease. Hmmm, now that shouldn't happen against the top nation in the world. So I switched and started a new game as SA. Again, struggled against England and lost, with Bopara (yes, that below average test player) scoring big hundreds against the best bowling attack. Really? Come on, what's going on?
So I thought, okay, it must be England being very good and unbeatable. Carried on into NZ series, and still SA struggled. Morkel and Steyn incapable of taking wickets, Kallis struggling to get to 30 runs. Even funnier, NZ easily getting past 400 every time at a crazy run rate, Watling scoring big hundreds as opener and even Ryder playing like a test veteran. Even Franklyn and Bracewell getting tons. Really?
My conclusion is that the SA team have been dampened down skills wise to help keep England at top of pile and winning. Has this been done because you need to get sales up? Totally ruined it for me with 2012, only worth playing county and forgetting internationals. I'd rather earn a tough series win against SA than watch them perform like Bangladesh!!
So I thought, okay, it must be England being very good and unbeatable. Carried on into NZ series, and still SA struggled. Morkel and Steyn incapable of taking wickets, Kallis struggling to get to 30 runs. Even funnier, NZ easily getting past 400 every time at a crazy run rate, Watling scoring big hundreds as opener and even Ryder playing like a test veteran. Even Franklyn and Bracewell getting tons. Really?
My conclusion is that the SA team have been dampened down skills wise to help keep England at top of pile and winning. Has this been done because you need to get sales up? Totally ruined it for me with 2012, only worth playing county and forgetting internationals. I'd rather earn a tough series win against SA than watch them perform like Bangladesh!!
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