Brian Lara Cricket 2005
mrBen did a quick review of Cricket 2005 and Brian Lara Cricket 2005 at the beginning of September. I have, since then, played the demo of Brian Lara Cricket myself, and so I thought I should do a very quick review myself. I don't plan to review Cricket 2005 - it's made by EA Sports. Say no more.
Anyway, I owned the original game on my Playstation, and it was ace, although it was often a little too easy (my top score was 954 - 8 dec. I didn't go up to 1,000 because I feared the game might not handle it too well). Graphics were good - for 1996, and the game play was fun. Bowling was pretty good too.
So, what of the new, 2005 edition? Well, batting is once again quite nice. It's slightly harder now, and much more inportant that you time your shot well. Press the button too early, and you miss. Too late, and you'll be watching a fuzzy stump cam.
In the demo, you get 6 overs to bat, and 6 overs to bowl (I don't always bother to bowl). This morning, I got 63-4 off of my 6 overs, including a very nice 29 runs off the fourth over. It's nice to see batting is in a healthy state :)
Bowling is also improved nicely. You can now overstep the mark (i.e. bowl a no ball), and there is much greater control over the deliveries you bowl.
Finally, there are some good technological improvements, including hawk-eye, which provides an excellent explanation of lbw law upon each appeal, and a reason why each appeal is turned down. Unfortunately, the umpires seem to be infallible, which doesn't really reflect cricket as I would like :( It's good to have some realistically bad decisions. There is also a replay for run out decisions, which was lacking in the previous instalment of the game.
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SuperGcricket games dont really appeal to SGM theyr a bit.. non-active and last o long for a sports game in my book hey that sound just like crickey
2005-11-12 23:01:56