Cricket 26 - The Official Game of the Ashes

The fielding mechanics of this game is still horrendous , i will not recommend anyone to buy this game.

Very unrealistic cricket shots

Refunded in 2.5 hours. Felt like just a reskin and patch of cricket 24. not worth the price.

[h1]₹4,399 for THIS? Seriously, Big Ant?[/h1] Cricket 26 is an absolute mess and is nowhere near worth ₹4,399. At this price, you would expect a polished cricket game. Instead, you get a collection of bugs, broken animations, lifeless players and questionable gameplay decisions somehow packaged and sold as a premium title. [h1]Batting animations are completely broken.[/h1] Try playing an unorthodox shot and you might get treated to a spectacular slow-motion performance. The batter takes so long to complete the swing that the ball can already be past him, hit the stumps, and probably be halfway back to the bowler before the animation finally decides to finish. It's almost impressive. The game has managed to make the batter slower than the replay. [h1]Fielding is another disaster.[/h1] The fielding system feels clumsy, unresponsive and inconsistent. Close-up run-outs from direct hits barely seem to exist anymore. Fielders often react late, move awkwardly and perform animations that make absolutely no sense in the situation. The players don't feel alive. They feel like poorly animated mannequins waiting for the next glitch to happen. Instead of giving you that satisfying "I'm actually playing cricket" feeling, Cricket 26 frequently gives you the much more impressive "Why did I just pay ₹4,399 for this?" feeling. [h1]Online gameplay is where things become ridiculous.[/h1] Players can start running down the pitch towards the non-striker before the bowler has even delivered the ball. Why bother with line and length anymore? Just start walking halfway down the pitch, pick an area of the field, and swing. Congratulations, you've discovered the revolutionary new strategy of "Why wait for the ball when I can go meet it halfway?" It completely removes the need for the split-second decisions that actually make cricket interesting, reading the delivery, adjusting your footwork, choosing the correct shot and directing it based on where the ball is actually bowled. Instead, online batting becomes: Run down the pitch → aim at an area → bash → repeat. Apparently, this is what passes for competitive cricket now. The worst part is that the game doesn't even feel like an ambitious unfinished game. It just feels like the basic things were never properly polished in the first place. [h1]Big Ant seriously needs to stop and rethink this.[/h1] A cricket game should make you excited to bat, bowl and field. Cricket 26 instead has you fighting against animations, bugs, glitches and bizarre gameplay mechanics. And then there is the price. [h1]₹4,399.[/h1] For that money, I expect a premium cricket game, not a premium-priced beta test. At this point, it genuinely feels like Big Ant is operating on a simple business model: Make cricket game → change a few things → slap a new number on it → charge premium price → repeat. If the core gameplay isn't going to be properly polished, then stop charging customers like it is. [h1]Cricket 26 is not worth ₹4,399. Not even close.[/h1] Save your money and wait until Big Ant remembers that making a cricket game actually requires making the cricket part work.

I love this game it is far better than Cricket 24 or other cricket games because it has better difficulty settings preset that almost feels so much realistic and it also has much better in game visuals especially of the crowd and bowlers when they take wicket.

Not Recommend until they fix things Primary Purchase Reason: I bought this game specifically to play local co-op using controllers, but controller support is currently broken. Dual-Controller Recognition Bug: The game fails to recognize two controllers simultaneously (tested with both wired and Bluetooth). While both controllers work perfectly in other PC games, Cricket 26 requires restarting the game multiple times just to detect the second controller. In-Game Movement Controls Glitched: When playing with a controller, direction inputs are bugged (e.g., pushing left still causes the player to move right, and pushing right also moves right). Missing UI Elements: Core gameplay elements like the bowling marker randomly disappear during matches. The only temporary fix is saving, exiting to the main menu, and reloading the save. Because the game was purchased for local co-op controller play and that core feature is fundamentally broken, the game is currently unplayable in its present state. Requested a full refund within 3 hours of gameplay.

this game keeps crashing while playing while launching, atleast fix this game before selling this