Game Review: Stick Cricket 2

I have no doubt that Stick Sports' latest offering from the Stick Cricket franchise will be huge. If you thought the original was a big hit, you've seen nothing yet.

Stick Cricket 2 is being released VERY soon, and I've been testing it for the past few weeks and I'm very impressed with how the game plays.

Here we have the home screen. The buttons along the bottom allow you to toggle settings, view your stats (mine aren't looking too good!) and log in to save your progress.

There are two sections within the game, Origins and International. Starting off in Origins, this is where you "get discovered" by completing levels and unlocking stumps in the process. Once you've unlocked a certain amount of stumps, you're called up and the International level is unlocked!

There are 3 pages of levels on each of Origins and International. Each level is unlocked once you reach a certain amount of levels. A level is completed once you have three stumps. The button on the bottom left takes you to the changing room, as you complete each level or achieve milestones within the game you unlock new equipment and kit to help you progress in your career!

Here we have a game play screenshot. As you can see, it's the Stick Cricket we all know and have spent our lunch hours playing, just with a more refreshed look.

As with previous versions of the game, game play is very simple and easy - even somebody who's never played Stick Cricket before could pick up their phone and hit a perfect over straight away. That's not to say the simplicity makes it boring - far from it. The wide array of different challenges keeps you hooked and needing to play more.

Stick Cricket 2 is released on 11th March - so you can start hitting scores that even the likes of AB de Villiers and Brendon McCullum could only dream of