Cricket Management 26

Review: Do Not Buy — Broken UI and a Hostile Developer I have played most of the prominent cricket sims (Cricket Captain, Cricket Coach, etc.), but this Early Access release is one of the most frustrating experiences I have had—not just because of the bugs, but because of the developer's complete lack of professionalism. The State of the Game The game is currently severely compromised by UI bugs and unresponsiveness: 1) Game-Breaking UI: The most glaring example is that the in-game exit button literally does not work. To quit the game, you are forced to press Alt+Tab and kill the process from your taskbar. 2) Resolution Issues: The tactics board does not scale properly to the screen. Bowler names disappear, and the field setup/bowling instructions get cut off, leaving essential mechanics hidden. 3) Broken Scoreboard & Editor: Clicking on a player’s name does absolutely nothing (it should load their stats), and the in-game editor's "save changes" button is completely unresponsive in new saves. 4) Rushed Patches: The developer boasts about releasing "34 patches in 3 weeks." As a player, this just means you have to constantly update the game because there is clearly zero rigorou…

I was extremely excited about this game and have been active in reporting bugs and giving feedback on the forums. Unfortunately, even in early access, I cannot recommend this game. It’s become evident the game is a Claude AI build and the reason for constant updates/patches is that an idea or bug is simply stuck in the AI model and the updated. The game has tons of “features” but few of them work, and it’s unclear if any have an actual impact on gameplay. For as outdated and feature-limited cricket captain is, it at least has cricket logic. And when you make the (precious few) decisions, they appear to have an impact on the game. This game has almost no cricket logic. And rushed “features” seem to be window dressing for very little underlying cricket code. At this stage, it is basically a space bar simulator, where you click away game to game and ball to ball until you run into a game-breaking bug. There is no immersion or real-world feel. And in game there is little to no discernible strategy or impact on the match. What you want is there: field placements, aggression, different pitches. But after starting many, many different careers, these feel completely meaningless, with ze…

Vibe coded game that isnt for serious simming.

too many bugs, when picking up line not ale to pick all players as the screen cuts lower half. Also next over button isnt working.

So it's in Early Access, and of course there's a lot of little issues and little bugs. But, given the competition against other cricket management sims that this game faces, it's not only shaping up to be good competition, but potentially a field-leader. It just needs a bit of time. And from what I can tell, the devs are listening to the players in a positive way. I look forward to seeing what it can do, because it's already doing some things a lot better.

At the time of writing this update I have played it for nearly 350 hours when I say it is going to take the market by storm when it releases in full, if it is this good in EA wow it will take some beating. More and more features keep being releases as it nears full game status, this is on course to be the football manager sim of the cricket world. The 4th cricket game I've found on steam and perhaps this is the one that will beat them all. The big studio one (console & ps) just doesn't work very well on my pc. CC26 the industry old boy is so dated but has the best animations and another new one I have played recently is fun but lacking in the management side of things. This game I have clocked nearly 70 hours so far and I think I will clock so many more too. Yes there are some bugs but it's early access and the developer not only listens he implements changes as soon as he can. The editor has great potential when it is fully complete and live, giving players the option tweak names to make it more realistic etc,. Yep I'm very hooked on this one in particular. if there was a star rating out of 10 this would be a strong 8.5 at this point wheras comparing to the old guard game I'd…