11/05 - New gameplay video for IC 2010 Now Out

[thedon5]

Maybe us PC gamers are not going to miss out on much - that trailer reminded me of the AC09 trailer so much. The bat to ball sound still sounds crap, there's still that stupid 'whoosh' sound when the bowler delivers the ball, instead of the sound of his delivery stride, the graphics look almost exactly the same as well. Still, it will have more content - which makes AC09 look more and more like what it really was - an Ashes cash in.

Us PS3 users who don't buy it are also missing out on nothing at all .

As has been mentioned, we can't comment on gameplay, but honestly... What big changes could they have made, it has been such a short time and nothing was mentioned in the Q & A. When Action Cam is the main new feature, you know these guys are bullshtting and just releasing the same game.

I will bet this will be just like AC 09 in terms of gameplay with only one or two refinements.

 

[Kaos110]

i really hope you can now slide in the field and they made a lot of new fielding animations.....

 

[redmisty]

@Kabooka



Alright, it wasn't "people", just one person. Still, I don't see how you can make that conclusion if you have no idea what the gameplay is like.

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I may be seeing things but it seems like they've done some work on seam direction (animation wise) as I think I saw it pointing at different angles. Good to see that's it's not scrambled, at least.

You are right, when I said 'gameplay', I should have said 'animations.'

Nevertheless, and I don't think I'm alone here, the bowling and the batting look unrealistic and stilted.

When AC09 was coming out last year, I was willing to suspend my disbelief at the obvious problems the demo showed, in my hope that it would be great. I'm not making the same mistake with Codemasters again.

Unless we get good evidence otherwise, I'm going to assume that this product is half-baked, only distantly resembling the actual real-life game (unlike many other sports games), and won't enable the user to develop a career or do stat tracking.

But who knows, maybe Codemasters will surprise us all and not just try to make a quick buck. Gordon Brown might make a political comeback and be Prime Minister next week.

 

[superfreddie]

What makes you think, they concentrated on bowling action? There is nothing great about bowling actions. They look exactly the same as last time. I guess they have only added patches, action cam, power stick and a few more animations like appeals and thats all.

Thats exactly my point, the bowling action of Broad is so way off the mark, I don't mind that, I am just hoping they put more attention and thought into gameplay rather than bowling actions, or else we are going to have another dissapointing game.:doh

 

[Dutch]

My worry is that is going to cater for your "13 year old/half-drunk 23 year old failing student and his mates on Friday night after 17 lagers and a Vindaloo" clients who just want "a laugh" and a bash. Please prove me wrong Codies, please.....let it have something for people who also want to play cricket and not just a mixture of Twenty20/Singstar/Guitar Hero/Karaoke Nightmares.......

 

[MasterBlaster76]

When it finally makes an appearance, I truly believe that the best chance of such a game is TAOC.

 

[thesweepmaster]

Personally, I didn't like Ashes 2009, it was just too easily even on the very hard level. I used to score about 2000 and then bowl the opposition out for less than a hundred, the only reason why I didn't say follow on is because I felt sorry for them.
I do agree that the graphics are good and the pull/hook seems to be much more realistic but the fact is the game is too simple to play with a centruy stick where you can hit any ball anywhere.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Personally, I didn't like Ashes 2009, it was just too easily even on the very hard level. I used to score about 2000 and then bowl the opposition out for less than a hundred, the only reason why I didn't say follow on is because I felt sorry for them.
I do agree that the graphics are good and the pull/hook seems to be much more realistic but the fact is the game is too simple to play with a centruy stick where you can hit any ball anywhere.

Did you play it with the patches? They did improve it a hell of a lot, but the AI is still too fond of lofted shots - if you want to get them out, just go defensive and sooner or later, they'll loft one straight to the fielder. As to the '360 degree batting', you're right - they need to tweak it so if you're trying to aim the cone somewhere where you would never be able to hit it in real life, you'll get out or the ball will hit you.

Edit: Dunno why I'm offering tips to Codies on how to improve the game, given that they've decided to abandon the PC.

 

[Brook]

Dunno why I'm offering tips to Codies on how to improve the game, given that they've decided to abandon the PC.

Because you realise what you really want is for some people to have a brilliant cricket game, even if it doesn't include you, rather than nobody

 

[MasterBlaster76]

That's probably true. Also, as I said a while back, there is still a chance of me either being given a PS3 or getting it very cheap, as my mate is considering getting an Xbox 360. I would never actually buy one, not just for a few games, and that's all I'd ever play on it - most of my gaming would still be done on PC.

 

[thesweepmaster]

Did you play it with the patches? They did improve it a hell of a lot

Unfortunately, I didn't realise there was any patches for it, either that or my Playstation never picked them up.

 

[saferider4969]

Unfortunately, I didn't realise there was any patches for it, either that or my Playstation never picked them up.

Patches were only for the PC version.

 

[thesweepmaster]

Patches were only for the PC version.

Ah that's probably why I didn't have a patched version then lol. The simple fact is as its only being released on Playstation and Xbox there won't be any patches for it so we can expect the same smash and bash game that we had on the consoles before.

 

[pcfan123]

That logic is not only flawed its not even comprehendable.

They are patching the game and releasing it and if there is need for an additional patch there are proper channels for it on both XBOX live and PSN

 

[thesweepmaster]

That logic is not only flawed its not even comprehendable.

They are patching the game and releasing it and if there is need for an additional patch there are proper channels for it on both XBOX live and PSN

Ok, why didn't they do that with the ashes game when it was clear that patches were needed for it on the console version of the game?