BLIC '07 Bug?

[Hooper]

In BLIC '05 I was frustrated at how you cant just leave a ball outside off-stump....I used to do it on '05 but it would increase the bowlers confidence....So there was no reason to do it...Is this the same with BLIC '07?

 

[lazy_chesnut]

When we visited Codemasters and were shown the game, we asked about this. When it was mentioned that leaving the ball shouldn't increase bowler confidence, decrease batsman confidence, or cause the commentators to claim how they were "beaten all-ends up", the designer guy sort of went "Oh yeah, that's a good idea" and wrote it down.

So it should be as we suggested - fingers crossed.

We were told that the AI will not leave the ball though. Not that that really matters when there is online play.

 

[Chimp132]

will there be a button to leave the ball, because on blic 05, the leave was timed all rong, the ball had got past you, then you left it

 

[manee]

I don't think there will be a leave button, but I may be proved wrong...

 

[Gunner04]

When we visited Codemasters and were shown the game, we asked about this. When it was mentioned that leaving the ball shouldn't increase bowler confidence, decrease batsman confidence, or cause the commentators to claim how they were "beaten all-ends up", the designer guy sort of went "Oh yeah, that's a good idea" and wrote it down.

So it should be as we suggested - fingers crossed.

We were told that the AI will not leave the ball though. Not that that really matters when there is online play.

I've wondered about this as well. Did this developer know anything about cricket at all?

I mean leaving the ball is a big part of test cricket, forget about online play for a second. 8 years ago BLC allowed you too leave the ball and the CPU was quite adept at leaving them as well. I just hope CM are not taking 2 steps backwards as EA have done with Cricket07.

 

[manee]

You must understand that BLIC serires is completely different from the original BLC series. The CPU not leaving the ball is probably due to public demand of people wanting the CPU to bat more aggressively.

 

[barmyarmy]

I don't think there will be a leave button, but I may be proved wrong...

Pressing no button will produce a leave and the batsman won't lose confidence.

 

[manee]

May I ask another question:

Does the new game seem more refined in all ways? BLIC was very loose and flimsy (too much swing, poor graphics, silly animations, flimsy shots...etc) whilst EA has always looked more solid and professional

 

[Skater]

May I ask another question:

Does the new game seem more refined in all ways? BLIC was very loose and flimsy (too much swing, poor graphics, silly animations, flimsy shots...etc) whilst EA has always looked more solid and professional

I disagree about Lara 2005's graphics. In my opinion, they were much better than Cricket 2005's dull, unrealistic ones. They were generally more colourful and "welcoming".

 

[manee]

I guess you are right, the current ones only need a touch of shading to be better. But that was not the point I was making; you must agree about my earlier point.

An example of it is the fact that bowling someone in Cricket 07 compared to BLIC. AND when you get an LBW on Cricket 07 due to the batsman playing the wrong line. In BLIC it is stupidly unrealistic how batsman get bowled and LBW.

 

[mehkar]

yes manee Im agree wth youy this time Codemasters needs to solve that kinda blenders

 

[manee]

I'm pretty sure that is the main thing Codemasters need to fix (as well as the config files for edges, shot difficulty, etc...) in BLIC 07.

 

[Hooper]

I disagree about Lara 2005's graphics. In my opinion, they were much better than Cricket 2005's dull, unrealistic ones. They were generally more colourful and "welcoming".

Yeah the lighting and just the way the grounds and pitches are set up makes the game look way better then Cricket 05

 

[bairdos90]

lara 2005s graphics were great the players were a little blocky but all in all i loved them the thing about 2007 thats really exciting me is the pitches they look so realistic, cracked and marked etc... lovely job

my only hope is that the cpu is sooo much harder to bowl out even on "county" level. i could bowl out pak for 50 (mind u they would skittle me for 30) and the TEST would be over by the end of the 1st day! slow it down

 

[mehkar]

yeah nice idea mate................really needed these things to be done this time