This is not meant to be an aggressive email, rather it is a bit of constructive criticism from someone who has been playing both the real game and the video games released since allan border's cricket.
There are some absolutely terrible aspects of cricket 2005 that should have been sorted out ages ago.
1) The pace of the game is mind meltingly slow. Not only does this make gameplay very boring, but it also makes timing, which is a key aspect of the real game, almost a non-issue.
2) The game seems to have been developed by people who haven't even seen a cricket match. When u bowl a swinging delivery the ball spins in the air (like a spin bowler) for god's sake! They should look at the ball physics of brian lara 2005 to find out how to make the ball move relatively realistically.
3) Too much emphasis has been made on the most irrelevant parts of the game such as stadiums, crowds, graphics and cut scenes. They should be concentrating on the actual physics of ball and bat, ball and pitch etc. U can bowl a relatively well pitched up delivery in the game and they ball bounce is so uneven and inaccurate its depressing.
3) There aren't enough ways to out-fox the computer opponent. Adding late swing like in brian lara 2005 was a great idea because u can decieve the batsmen. There are not nearly enough edges and proper dismissals, too many wickets fall by pathetic shots that pop up to mid-off etc. In brian lara u can get more lbw's and bowled's.
4) Although there are many different shots, the style of gameplay that they have used makes them horribly ineffective. When you are bowling to the AI batsmen u get the feeling that you can't 'beat' them with any delivery. Perhaps they need to not allow the computer certain information on deliveries to provide an accurate game rather than having the AI batsmen slog yorkers etc. Whereas on the other hand, when you are batting, u can easily miss shots and get bowled etc. The Ai doesn't allow that. It feels as if you are beating a dead horse.
5) No distinguishable pitch wearing is evident. In brian Lara 2005 you can actually seen foot marks appearing on the pitch throughout even a relatively short match.
6)Too much emphasis is placed on batting. In easy mode the AI batsmen still slog you around the park and make a decent score, however to compensate for this the batting is easier when you have your turn. What about the joys of seeing a batsman's stumps flying? Snicks to slips etc. It just doesn't happen.
What we have in cricket 2005 is a good-looking game with no thought about the most important elements of a cricket game: PHYSICS and REALISM.
additional - No drift in the game!!?? I thought of an idea to improve the bowling. The ball icon on the hud should be able to be manipulated ie-point the seam towards the slips for an outswinger. Pick a side to shine at the start of the innings and manipulate this ball icon to make the ball move properly (wind could be another variable to be included). More seam is also need, like in the real game. Seam in c2k5 just goes past the bat and past the keeper ffs! In my opinion Brian Lara has got ther measure of c2k5 where it matters! C2k5 is just horribly inaccurate!
There are some absolutely terrible aspects of cricket 2005 that should have been sorted out ages ago.
1) The pace of the game is mind meltingly slow. Not only does this make gameplay very boring, but it also makes timing, which is a key aspect of the real game, almost a non-issue.
2) The game seems to have been developed by people who haven't even seen a cricket match. When u bowl a swinging delivery the ball spins in the air (like a spin bowler) for god's sake! They should look at the ball physics of brian lara 2005 to find out how to make the ball move relatively realistically.
3) Too much emphasis has been made on the most irrelevant parts of the game such as stadiums, crowds, graphics and cut scenes. They should be concentrating on the actual physics of ball and bat, ball and pitch etc. U can bowl a relatively well pitched up delivery in the game and they ball bounce is so uneven and inaccurate its depressing.
3) There aren't enough ways to out-fox the computer opponent. Adding late swing like in brian lara 2005 was a great idea because u can decieve the batsmen. There are not nearly enough edges and proper dismissals, too many wickets fall by pathetic shots that pop up to mid-off etc. In brian lara u can get more lbw's and bowled's.
4) Although there are many different shots, the style of gameplay that they have used makes them horribly ineffective. When you are bowling to the AI batsmen u get the feeling that you can't 'beat' them with any delivery. Perhaps they need to not allow the computer certain information on deliveries to provide an accurate game rather than having the AI batsmen slog yorkers etc. Whereas on the other hand, when you are batting, u can easily miss shots and get bowled etc. The Ai doesn't allow that. It feels as if you are beating a dead horse.
5) No distinguishable pitch wearing is evident. In brian Lara 2005 you can actually seen foot marks appearing on the pitch throughout even a relatively short match.
6)Too much emphasis is placed on batting. In easy mode the AI batsmen still slog you around the park and make a decent score, however to compensate for this the batting is easier when you have your turn. What about the joys of seeing a batsman's stumps flying? Snicks to slips etc. It just doesn't happen.
What we have in cricket 2005 is a good-looking game with no thought about the most important elements of a cricket game: PHYSICS and REALISM.
additional - No drift in the game!!?? I thought of an idea to improve the bowling. The ball icon on the hud should be able to be manipulated ie-point the seam towards the slips for an outswinger. Pick a side to shine at the start of the innings and manipulate this ball icon to make the ball move properly (wind could be another variable to be included). More seam is also need, like in the real game. Seam in c2k5 just goes past the bat and past the keeper ffs! In my opinion Brian Lara has got ther measure of c2k5 where it matters! C2k5 is just horribly inaccurate!
In the end you have to pay the money, so it's really up to you. I'm just so sick of EA making cricket games that look great but lack depth and effort on the part of the designers. BLIC is a tad more 'arcadey' but that term might put people off, it's really more fast paced and fun, while still having the basics of the game implemented a lot better than EA.
