Apple Arcade: Cricket Through the Ages is a funny game about hitting things Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Apple Arcade: Cricket Through the Ages is a funny game about hitting things Wicket cool. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Updated on 3 Oct 2019 5 comments I have not seen all, or perhaps even most, of Cricket Through the Ages. I do not know how deep the tunnel goes, how dark and terrifying the discoveries. However, if you were worried that Apple Arcade would launch without a game that allowed you to hit an astronaut in the head with a lump of rock or whatever it is, worry no more. Cricket Through the Ages is 2001: A Space Odyssey with a bat instead of a Monolith. As an Attenborough-alike whispers expectantly through the script, we move from dinosaurs and cave men through knights and armour and up, up into distant solar systems. The rules remain the same, though. Press and hold the screen to wind up a throw, release to, well, release, and then, if anyone's still alive, tap madly to lump your way across the ground and finish them off. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings It's one v one, each occupying half the screen, everything delivered with the loose-limbed comedy clumsiness of games like QWOP. Except sometimes it isn't. Sometimes you're tapping the screen to launch a space shuttle. Sometimes you're sitting and watching as the shuttle veers off course and explodes. Everybody in history, the game argues, has hit someone with a bat or a ball at least once. The fun comes from the iterations, the pay-offs, the hectic physics of the whole thing. Cricket Through the Ages is great with two players, but it's actually pretty brilliant with just one. A joke you can laugh at by yourself: not bad at all, frankly. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 14 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store