alfa_beta
After having a look at your other thread, you make a lot of good points. Ones that make me rethink some of the approaches to the game as such. I have to admit that the scoring of runs in BLIC is a lot simpler than EA. However I still managed to score a lot of runs in EA even those on the wicket. For both games I seem to de very little blocking of balls. I guess its my agressive side coming out
The one thing that I really like about BLIC compared to EA is the cut shot, yes the animations on EA are better, but in BLIC you are better able to control the shot. I got a little unhappy in EA with always being caught on the cut shot, to balls that were short. Now haveing spent far too much time watching and playing cricket, a lot of those shots woudl end up along the ground not in a players hand. But then again I could just be nit picking.
As to the AI I think that both games lack a lot in that department. I think that both games could definitely use soem serious rewrites.
As too the shot selection, Codemasters I think did state that they were going to stay with the original BLIC type gameplay, and in some ways does make the game easier for new players to play. As for the hard core boys, yes it does limit some of the shots that you can play and what you can do. But even with that, what amazes me the most is that having played both I still have not seen any cathces in the covers or short mid wicket (really strange that).
I liked the fact that you could advance down the track to the spin bowlers, also using a spin bowler with a player advancing, not that the IA did that all that often, was nice as then you could really make use of the googly/flipper/doosra.
I think that the biggest problem is that both games have some good parts, and bad parts. Now if only we could get them together we would have a really great game.
I have probably gone off the reservation by now, so to put this back on track, I have to admit that a lot of what you say has a whole lot of merit.
Bottom line is make batting more realistic & challenging, add more shots and enhance AI (while taking singles and chasing in odis) and you will have one great game. Hope someone at codemasters does something about it.
I think that this quote of yours sums up most of it, but I would like to add the stats thing to it. I really like to see my stats.
P.S. - I never got to play BLIC on the sega Mega, the oonly version I had was the PC version and I think that it rocked, but back then I was young, and everything when you are young looks good
