Review Demo impressions thread

[FaWaD]

i differ slightly here. sure the catching system's challenging but its more irritating than satisfying. in real life, you bowl a delivery and expect the fielders to do the rest(except for C&B).

e.g - you fool a batsman with a doosra...he edges and the slip takes a catch..
he may or may not drop it.....your luck.this will bring the players skill in play...
so, as a captain you wouldnt want to place your fielders with "poor catching" skills in important positions.

here what happens is....you work so hard in fooling the batsman....finally get a chance and due to awkward camera movements and 1/2 a second window, you drop the golden chance.

am not saying you should remove this system or anything but also give an option to players to have an AUTO system like BLC99 where you can chose both.

As for what I've gathered, the system does field automatically from the first Q&A session.. I am not sure if that works though.. Have a look at the following from Q&A thread: http://www.planetcricket.org/forums...planetcricket-ashes-cricket-2009-q-53865.html

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Q6: Is there an option for automatic fielding? I was always forgetting to press the button in time in BLIC 07 and always ended up with the keeper dropping the ball and then taking the bails off.
HS: We agree! Again, it’s about giving the user more control IF THEY WANT IT, or leaving it automatic. Fielding is automatic by default, or you override the fielder and specify which end you want to throw to, for example. In this way you can target a specific batsman you want to get run out.
JF: Catching is now a mini-game in itself with a fun real-time-event mechanism. Again, the player is just having influence over-riding the players stats: if he’s a great fielder he may catch it on his own, but the user can make sure of a catch with their skill. It’s hard to explain, but you’ll see!
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[jkartik]

As for what I've gathered, the system does field automatically from the first Q&A session.. I am not sure if that works though.. Have a look at the following from Q&A thread[/url]

naaah its the same thing.fielding is automatic which means you dont need to FIELD the ball. but catching is pretty much imposed i guess ??

 

[sami ullah khan]

I am surprised that no one from developers' side has come out and commented on the status of the run out Bug. I will be very disappointed if the bug is not eradicated in the final game

 

[diaskasun]

well its sure is safe to say that with the bugs we have with demo even, this is going to be the best cricket game ever. far ahead then any EA game or best game ever(Lara 98).. just hope AI comes out good in the full game

 

[sanu55]

is playing with a 360degree controllers better than keyboard in the game.

i mean with the controllers , does the shot direction moves in a pre-assigned block direction like keyboard?

 

[Supershtuffthat]

lazy chestnut has been very very quiet lately. As he play tested the game along with Masterblaster and Stevo1 (I think) it has been a bit disappointing that they can't shed any light into the AI running situation in the full game. Surely something was noted when they played it. It would be good to hear their thoughts.

 

[bad_till_bones]

Yup, waiting for those valuable thoughts/feedback....

 

[freeshead]

somebody tell the key for PC,,
how leave the ball or duck?

 

[Jdz]

Don't play a shot, in other words, don't press a button.

 

[aussie1st]

Don't know if anyone has seen this before but I managed to break the stumps at the umpires end while bowling. Don't know if its a bug or Johnson getting too close to the stumps, if it is the latter then its nice to see the realism.

 

[bad_till_bones]

Don't know if anyone has seen this before but I managed to break the stumps at the umpires end while bowling. Don't know if its a bug or Johnson getting too close to the stumps, if it is the latter then its nice to see the realism.

And it seems his second foot might land on the danger zone....

And would soon get 1st warning from the umpire Something more realistic :banana2

 

[Wealey]

I dont know where you got this information from. The developers havent said any such thing

Mate have a lil read of the Q and A and go to the bit where Heath says.... We have fixed tonnes of bugs since the playtest!!

 

[sanu55]

there are huge block borders on the up and downside of screen while playing the game .is there a way to get rid of it?




is playing with a 360degree controllers better than keyboard in the game.

i mean with the controllers , does the shot direction moves in a pre-assigned block direction like keyboard?

 

[kamy100]

My order has been dispatched so will have it tomorrow, it is the Xbox 360 version so will be able to check out the issues from the demo such as the run outs etc.

 

[Wealey]

Guys just a quick comment, just read a review which stated there was horns in the crowd at lahore... typical steel drums in jamaica etc! :banana2