One hell of a step backwards
They've added edges, one more type of bowler (Chinamen, though forgive me if they were there before) and a handly little edge system. But in return, they've made several features that we know and love so much more difficult to understand. The custom players, for example, have no point in actually HAVING a nationality. Whereas before you could join your country of choice, now you must spend even more time making a custom team to go with it, thus making it all the more time-consuming. To add to this wonderful change, your characters are now stuck in their positions of skill: that meaning, they now have no room to grow or get better. Whereas before you could make a mighty Harmison or Warne, you now are stuck with Liam Plunkett for the rest of your days. Fun? no. Rewarding? no. You might as well just carry on with the teams they've given you, and put it down to experience.
They may have made it more accessible to the new user, but to the old hands it is simply dull. It's as if it's stuck on Arcade mode of sorts, just a pick up and play, and put down after 2 hours. Unfortunately, this one did NOT hit me for six.