Just Bat: VR Cricket
- September 12, 2016
- Shashitha Kularatna
Get on Steam"Just Bat: VR Cricket" is a virtual reality game that lets you perfect your batting skills in the sport of cricket. With realistic bowling and shot control, you can experience helmet view, force feedback, and full freedom in shot selection. Compete with others worldwide in 5 Over Challenge mode and improve your skills in Free Play, while AI fielders and global leaderboards add to the excitement.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The core batting mechanics can be entertaining and allow for a variety of legitimate cricket shots.
- The game has potential for improvement, and recent updates have addressed some major bugs.
- It offers a unique VR cricket experience that is currently the best option available in the genre.
- The batting physics are inconsistent, with the ball often passing through the bat and hit power feeling random.
- The graphics and overall presentation are very basic, lacking detail and polish.
- There are significant gameplay issues, such as no calls for wides and a lack of variety in bowling actions.
- graphics8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally described as barebones and lackluster, with minimal detail and simplistic designs that detract from the overall experience. While some players appreciate the challenging gameplay, the spartan visuals, including poorly designed character models, leave much to be desired. Overall, the graphics are considered a significant drawback, overshadowing other aspects of the game.
“The game is also very barebones and lackluster in the graphics department.”
“Graphically this game is pretty spartan; the fielders look like toys and there is not much detail generally.”
“Despite having much simpler graphics than 'the other' cricket game for the Vive, this is much more challenging and overall a much more realistic experience.”
- music6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received largely negative feedback, with many players describing it as "horrible" and expressing frustration over the need to turn it off each time they play. While the audio is considered serviceable, the repetitive and undesirable music detracts from the overall experience, overshadowing the basic sound effects that accompany gameplay.
“If you could please fix all these issues, get rid of the horrible music that keeps coming on and improve upon the batting physics, then it will be one hell of a game and also make the price we paid worth it!”
“The audio is serviceable, with music that you will want to (and, mercifully, can) turn off and basic sounds for events like when willow contacts leather or when you tap the bat on the turf.”
“Having to turn off music each game is annoying.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability is criticized for frequent freezing issues, particularly after player actions, which disrupts the overall experience. Users express frustration with the developers' apparent lack of effort in addressing these bugs, suggesting a perception of neglect towards quality and customer satisfaction.
“The game just kind of freezes after you play your shot, then unfreezes just as the bowler bowls a new ball.”
“It isn't super expensive, but buying this is essentially funding the sort of slacker developer who spends most of the day lying in bed getting high, while casually flipping an upraised middle finger at their mug customers, in favor of actually doing some legitimate work to fix their buggy product and providing consumers with a reasonable level of quality.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay of "just bat" features a straightforward presentation, with simplistic visuals like fielders resembling punching bags, yet it successfully delivers an entertaining core mechanic. However, the absence of a leg before wicket (lbw) mechanic is noted, which may be challenging to implement.
“The presentation of 'Just Bat' is quite simple (for example, fielders are represented by assets that resemble punching bags), but the core mechanic being simulated is actually really entertaining.”
“The presentation of 'just bat' is quite simple (for example, fielders are represented by assets which resemble punching bags), but the core mechanic being simulated is actually really entertaining.”
“There is no LBW mechanic, which probably would be hard to implement anyway.”
