{"id":24380,"date":"2024-04-08T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T00:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24380"},"modified":"2024-03-09T14:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T14:01:42","slug":"cricket-through-the-ages-switch-pc-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/08\/cricket-through-the-ages-switch-pc-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Through the Ages (Switch, PC, Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There\u2019s a really popular kids\u2019 show that I like called Bluey.\u00a0 The show is made in Australia and is set there, and in one of the newer episodes, the characters play a game of Cricket.\u00a0 It\u2019s a really good episode, but a lot of it went over my head because living in the US myself, Cricket just isn\u2019t as popular of a sport.\u00a0 We\u2019re all about our football over here, and not the soccer kind.\u00a0 So when I had the opportunity to review Cricket Through the Ages on Switch, I thought it might give me a good chance to learn more about the sport, especially since the game looked pretty whimsical, too.\u00a0 And it certainly is, but did I really learn anything about Cricket from this game?\u00a0 Well you\u2019ll have to read on to find out!<\/p>\n

The game is rag-doll physics based, meaning that your characters flop all over the screen and while it\u2019s very humorous, nothing is very accurate.\u00a0 So if you wanted a more accurate way to play Cricket, you won\u2019t find it here.\u00a0 The game only uses one button.\u00a0 You press down on the shoulder button to swing your arm around and around.\u00a0 You\u2019ll do this to knock back balls if you have a bat, and if you have a ball, you\u2019ll swing it around and must release it at the right time to throw.\u00a0 Also, tapping on the button will usually make you walk (or stumble) forward.\u00a0 And that\u2019s pretty much it, but there are many variations to this model in the many game modes.\u00a0 You unlock game modes after you beat the last one.\u00a0 Most of the time you just have to play through, but sometimes you must win a few rounds.\u00a0 Modes can be played in one or two player.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go over the modes now.<\/p>\n

Cricket Through the Ages<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would consider this to be the tutorial mode, as you just go through different time periods doing whatever task they prompt you to do.\u00a0 Just gives you a chance to learn the quirky controls through a time travelling narrative.<\/p>\n

Ash\u2019s World Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one lets you play a more traditional game of Cricket, or at least the game\u2019s oversimplified version of it.\u00a0 You must win against four teams but the amount of points needed to win is random every time.\u00a0 Whether you win or lose, at the end of the match you can pick an upgrade that\u2019ll give you a different bat or ball to use.<\/p>\n

England Premium League<\/strong><\/p>\n

This mode is a lot like the last one, but instead of throwing a ball, you are using a soccer ball and throw it with your feet somehow.<\/p>\n

Royal Badminton<\/strong><\/p>\n

The game claims each mode is a historical event in Cricket history, but I doubt that to be true.\u00a0 In this one they said the Queen claimed Cricket to be too dangerous, so they put little parachutes on the balls and here you play badminton instead.<\/p>\n

World War<\/strong><\/p>\n

This mode is totally different.\u00a0 You pick a country and must tap your soldiers forward with the shoulder button, and throw and release grenades by holding down and releasing the button.\u00a0 Your goal is to make it across the field and to the other side while plowing through the enemy soldiers.<\/p>\n

Quantum Cricket<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one pretty much takes the randomness from the last few modes and combines them together.<\/p>\n

The Games of Olympus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here you\u2019ll play Olympic style sporting events using the controls from before.\u00a0 Some games work well this way, but others don\u2019t.\u00a0 Either way you\u2019ll unlock the last mode if you finish it, win or lose.<\/p>\n

Ultra Cricket<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, this last mode takes EVERYTHING from the other modes and mixes them all up for you to play a long 42 point double round of Cricket.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t play through all this one because there was nothing to unlock after that.<\/p>\n

So did I learn anything about Cricket from playing this game?\u00a0 Well not really.\u00a0 I learned that each side has a pile of sticks called a Wicket, and if you hit the opposing one with your ball three times, you\u2019ll get a chance to bat, where you can really earn more points.\u00a0 And you earn points by hitting the other players\u2019 Wicket, hitting the ball out of the screen, or doing other things like hitting random flying ducks.\u00a0 The game is just very random and silly and just for laughs.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s either good or bad, just weird.\u00a0 But I did play it all the way through, so I must\u2019ve been entertained at least somewhat.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cricket Through the Ages is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t really notice any blood, but in some of the game modes, you can chop off people\u2019s heads and limbs.\u00a0 But since everyone just looks like a paper doll puppet, that negates a lot of the violence.\u00a0 It\u2019s really more silly than anything.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers might need help winning some of the matches, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a really popular kids\u2019 show that I like called Bluey.\u00a0 The show is made in Australia and is set there, and in one of the newer episodes, the characters play a game of Cricket.\u00a0 It\u2019s a really good episode, but a lot of it went over my head because living in the US myself, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24382,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24380\/revisions\/24382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}