At Way Too Many Games we feature a transparent review method divided into four segments: Graphics (25% of the final score), Gameplay (25%), Sound (10%), and Fun Factor (40%). As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. In keeping with the developer’s “commitment to equality and equal representation,” both the Men’s and Women’s games have been replicated across the whole experience. Thankfully, its developers had the smart idea of focusing what little resources they had to make the game run and play well. Cricket 22 brings a star-studded commentary team, featuring Michael Atherton, Ian Healy, Mel Jones, Alison Mitchell, and David Gower.

Rather strangely, Cricket 22 doesn’t give you the option to save your current play session at any point, unless you quit out of it. It feels unfair to judge it against the super-polished sports games we’ve become used to, since it doesn’t have even a tenth of those games’ budget. The sport’s most controversial new competition is fully licensed in Cricket 22, and works very much like the real thing – the only glaring issue I’ve noted is that a new batsman doesn’t face the next ball if his predecessor crossed while being caught out, unlike in reality. A new "Direct-Hit" system was also implemented for fielding where adding in a cinematic angle to catches and having control over the speed of the ball when thrown to the stumps.He was also on the original cover art for the game but Big Ant Studios had to redevelop “the cover art, other visuals, and team lists. Bowling in Cricket 22 can seem like pot luck to the beginner, as at first as you’ll be taking wickets without really knowing what you did and conceding boundaries off what you thought would be good balls. If the ball strikes the pads inline, or you feel a nick through your controller vibrating (or hear a wooden noise), make sure to press that button, so you don’t miss the chance. This system must be updated to the latest system software and connected to the internet with automatic downloads enabled, and it must have enough storage to complete the download.

If you’re a Brian Lara Cricket veteran, then you might want to start bowling exclusively yorkers in Cricket 22, but this is a bad idea. Speaking on the delay, Big Ant CEO Ross Symons said that “there was a critical day 1 patch that players will need to enjoy the full Cricket 22 experience that has consequently needed to be revoked. It will also feature a new commentary line-up, with Michael Atherton, Ian Healy, Mel Jones, Alison Mitchell, and David Gower. However, Australian developer Big Ant Studios has managed to keep a cricket game flame burning and its latest effort, Cricket 22, arrives just in time for the Ashes, cricket’s most prestigious long-form contest. Smaller formats of cricket, such as Twenty20, may last for over an hour if you don’t score ten wickets (the equivalent of a baseball “out”) on an inning.The best-looking cricket ever: Cricket 22 takes full advantage of the capabilities of the latest generation of hardware.