With 2023’s Cricket World Cup kicking off in India this month, Huge Ant Studios has taken the chance to launch Cricket 24 alongside. Equally with EA Sports activities FC for soccer and MLB The Present for baseball, Cricket 24 is a yearly instalment in cricketing video video games however on a a lot decrease funds than its stablemates.
Compared to the earlier entry within the collection, Cricket 22, there may be little or no noticeable distinction. The fulfilling core gameplay all stays actually similar, with an excellent number of choices for performing numerous aggressive, defensive, and unorthodox photographs whereas batting, and delivering cutters, swingers, bouncers, and spin balls whereas bowling. Fielding, nonetheless, nonetheless feels unpolished, with inaccurate controls and lacklustre animations that always left us in hysterics on the hilarity of the fielders throwing the ball between one another as a substitute of on the stumps, all whereas going through the whole unsuitable route.
The noticeable additions this yr are within the licensed content material with extra franchise codecs and groups. The Indian Premier League, The Hundred, The Huge Bash League, and several other different franchise tournaments make the reduce, bringing the full variety of playable codecs to a whopping 23.
Visually the sport appears outdated, missing detailed textures in lots of areas. This isn’t made any higher by the frequent glitches; gamers going invisible, the digicam clipping into the atmosphere, commentary not aligning with gameplay, and plenty of extra points. Mixed with the occasional crashes and desolate on-line lobbies, you’re left with a under par rating on a flat pitch.
Cricket 24 fails to construct upon the collection’ stable opening partnership from its earlier instalments in a big manner. Its fulfilling core gameplay is virtually similar to Cricket 22, with the one noticeable addition being franchised event codecs. Its abundance of bugs and glitches, and barren on-line lobbies, leaves little cause to take one other swing on the collection if you happen to’ve already performed an innings of a earlier title.