And I quote:
"THIS GAME ROCKS!
I picked up this game late yesterday afternoon, Electronics Boutique @ Tuggerah (NSW Central Coast Aust) , dont know how they got it early dont care. In the rush for NRL everyone left Cricket 2004 on the shelf.
And man am I glad I got me a copy. We have waited 2 years for this and I don?t think anyone will be disappointed. This review has been written after only 4hrs play. I may have missed some stuff, so email me if u like to ask anything.
Graphically ive never been fussed with the whole ?lifelike? if it meant playability sucked. Well I can say BOTH are great, players play shots like real players, they tend to look somewhat ?gamey? but every game does. There are ALL the official 14 ODI nations, ALL Australian domestic, ALL English county, an ALL STAR Team, ALL the A teams(yes I can still be Australia against my nephew).
56 official teams, 1000 real players, and u can create your own of course with a new bewt editor, even down to the bat type u want , and u can draft yourself into the national or domestic team.
61 stadiums around the world, graphically awesome, (Cairns was great or maybe u like Lilac Hill?) the disc is DVD Rom so there is huge room for improvement over 2002.
Now gameplay?.. it?s the same concept as 2002, batting uses either the stick or the pad, BUT, its a lot harder and much much more realistic, I enjoyed playing 50 overs.
U have to really concentrate on strokes and on placement. The shots look so life like and I love the clip off the pads down to fine leg. The new ?confidence? meter rocks, u cant really slog form ball 1, u need to get set and as u do the meter goes up, when Symonds got ? of the way up the meter, balls flew out of the stadium in the final few overs.
Do yourself a HUGE favour, go to the nets and practice batting, u get great game tips from Jim Maxwell, u need them to know what length to hit from. etc.
Bowling is a lil different as far as who and how, FAST, MED, OFF, or LEGSPIN, mediums bowl swing, fast bowls cutters(and they freaking cut and swing too). The meter is similar but curves around the ball and the better the bowler the easier to target on pitch.
Pitch has a lot to do with the game, it really does gets better as the game goes on or worse depending on the conditions, pick your team wisely u may regert not taking that extra bat.
So many options I cant recall right now, im still in 7th heaven. Change of batting order, no fat controller ump, trophy cabinet, stat tracker, dozens of Tours and tourneys, Ashes, World Cup, World Series, Short foreign tours, long foriegn tours?oh and autosave so u dont get screwed on losing options. You do need over 3800KB to save so delete some crap off that memory card b4 u start.
Bad points- if i had too, and many of you want to know, id say maybe commentary is a lil repetative, alot of the same old stuff from 2002, but i dont give a crap, so if thats the bad bits ill take it.
On and on and on, this game has LONGEVITY????if you LOVE Cricket like I do?????????GET IT NOW!!!!!!
IF you live in the UK, import it, u wont regret I promise. Try online shops maybe u can get one sent. U should not have to wait till Feb for this.
If anyone wants any info email me
[email protected]
I will do my best to answer any Q?s if I can out for anyone.
PS...there is NO SHANE WARNE in the Aussie squad........ "
So, what do you think guys?
Anyone else feeling moist down there?
Keep the reviews coming in....
"THIS GAME ROCKS!
I picked up this game late yesterday afternoon, Electronics Boutique @ Tuggerah (NSW Central Coast Aust) , dont know how they got it early dont care. In the rush for NRL everyone left Cricket 2004 on the shelf.
And man am I glad I got me a copy. We have waited 2 years for this and I don?t think anyone will be disappointed. This review has been written after only 4hrs play. I may have missed some stuff, so email me if u like to ask anything.
Graphically ive never been fussed with the whole ?lifelike? if it meant playability sucked. Well I can say BOTH are great, players play shots like real players, they tend to look somewhat ?gamey? but every game does. There are ALL the official 14 ODI nations, ALL Australian domestic, ALL English county, an ALL STAR Team, ALL the A teams(yes I can still be Australia against my nephew).
56 official teams, 1000 real players, and u can create your own of course with a new bewt editor, even down to the bat type u want , and u can draft yourself into the national or domestic team.
61 stadiums around the world, graphically awesome, (Cairns was great or maybe u like Lilac Hill?) the disc is DVD Rom so there is huge room for improvement over 2002.
Now gameplay?.. it?s the same concept as 2002, batting uses either the stick or the pad, BUT, its a lot harder and much much more realistic, I enjoyed playing 50 overs.
U have to really concentrate on strokes and on placement. The shots look so life like and I love the clip off the pads down to fine leg. The new ?confidence? meter rocks, u cant really slog form ball 1, u need to get set and as u do the meter goes up, when Symonds got ? of the way up the meter, balls flew out of the stadium in the final few overs.
Do yourself a HUGE favour, go to the nets and practice batting, u get great game tips from Jim Maxwell, u need them to know what length to hit from. etc.
Bowling is a lil different as far as who and how, FAST, MED, OFF, or LEGSPIN, mediums bowl swing, fast bowls cutters(and they freaking cut and swing too). The meter is similar but curves around the ball and the better the bowler the easier to target on pitch.
Pitch has a lot to do with the game, it really does gets better as the game goes on or worse depending on the conditions, pick your team wisely u may regert not taking that extra bat.
So many options I cant recall right now, im still in 7th heaven. Change of batting order, no fat controller ump, trophy cabinet, stat tracker, dozens of Tours and tourneys, Ashes, World Cup, World Series, Short foreign tours, long foriegn tours?oh and autosave so u dont get screwed on losing options. You do need over 3800KB to save so delete some crap off that memory card b4 u start.
Bad points- if i had too, and many of you want to know, id say maybe commentary is a lil repetative, alot of the same old stuff from 2002, but i dont give a crap, so if thats the bad bits ill take it.
On and on and on, this game has LONGEVITY????if you LOVE Cricket like I do?????????GET IT NOW!!!!!!
IF you live in the UK, import it, u wont regret I promise. Try online shops maybe u can get one sent. U should not have to wait till Feb for this.
If anyone wants any info email me
[email protected]
I will do my best to answer any Q?s if I can out for anyone.
PS...there is NO SHANE WARNE in the Aussie squad........ "
So, what do you think guys?
Anyone else feeling moist down there?
Keep the reviews coming in....
