Okay then, to be very honest with you, i havent played BLIC yet
but a game i have played QUITE a few times is EA SPORTS CRICKET 2005.
WHAT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GAME
first let me share the realism of this game with you, aspect by aspect.
first lets talk about AI batting
On green pitches, i always manage to restrict teams for a very low total .. 50-60 max ... on medium difficulty .. in 50 over games ... whether it be australia, windies, england whatever...realistic isnt it? ... and how? ... not by getting edges or anything .. but the super realistic AI hits the ball as cleanly as possible to the boundary fielders .. on a green wicket i.e. ..
AI bats perfectly well .. right according to the game scenario .. e.g. if batting first it loses a couple of early wickets ... it doesnt do the unrealistic thing by going into its shell and defend... no sir ... but what it does is what every other team on the planet would do ... SLOG ...slog like anything ... in a 50 over game on a green wicket with 3,4 wickets down for 10 runs ... unbelievably realistic innit?
Now lets move onto a hard wicket .... i steam into ball a reverse swinging yorker ... now obviously everyone knows that the most unrealistic shot off such a ball would be a block right or an inside edge ... surprisingly enough .. EVEN the AI knows that ... and accordingly .. smacks me over the top of either mid on or mid off or sometimes even midwicket for a SIX ... impressed? .. i am truly ... most realistic game ever....... oh yeah .. the computer does it from the first ball ... hit sixes i.e. ... but quite realistically enough ... when i take the same team .. i cant even seem to clear the circle if i try to slog .... realistic and fair isnt it? .. thats what i truly love about this game ... fair for both AI and human players .... just love it
and obviously ... every single rule book in the cricket game says that its impossible for a batsman to pierce the offside field if there are three fielders in the circle on the offside ... regardless of how well set you are ... i continue to be impressed by this game ... oh and obviously ... what rule book says that when chasing a 300+ total you must make full use of the first 15 overs and go for it from the beginning ... no sir .. you must always take 10-15 balls to get 2,3 runs down to deep fine leg or long leg ... and then hole out after a while ... cos obviously its impossible to score fours along the ground or to most areas of the ground .... truly fantastic
and umpires ... obviously ... the rule book clearly states that anything that goes by chest height must be given a no ball in odi cricket .... spot on ... and if you make room to hit on the offside and the ball misses the leg stump it must be called a wide .. spot on again
bowling .... absolutely fantastic to see fast bowlers bowl most of their deliveries at 135-140 .... and swing ... who says that the batsman must get confused by the swing and seam... i havent any cricket game in real life in which a batsman gets beaten by swing and seam .... and same applies for this game ... so damn realistic ... the AI batsman NEVER gets beaten by swing and seam movement .. not even human for that matter.
and obviously .. just like in real life cricket ... you cant move around the crease once the bowler has started his action .. no sir you cannot ... very well captured by the game .... and square cut? ... IMPOSSIBLE to play in real life ... so impossible to play in cricket 2005 as well ...ever seen gilly play a square cut? or inzy? or anyone? ... truly amazing ... and just like in real life .. you can only hit sixes and fours over mid on, straight and square leg ... unless ofcourse the bowler varies his line and length .. now how often do you see bowlers vary their line and length in real cricket ? ... never right? .. you never see any loseners or short balls right... same in cricket 2005 ... every ball is a perfect line and length delivery .. or if not that... its straight in front of the stumps .. so that it becomes impossible to play on the offside since you cant move the batsman once the mark appears .. amazingly realistic
In real life .. if you see just one fielder on the boundary on the offside .... ull try to hit the ball right over his head rather than hitting in other empty areas right? .. thats what the Batting AI does .. only tries to clear that one fielder on the offside ... fantastic ..... why hit the ball towards and empty square area ... when you can hit it to the cover boundary where theres a fielder... realism at a max .....
i am so overwhelmed by this game that i just dont have the stamina to discuss bowling and fielding in detail right now and a lot of other fantastic batting points .... just totally blown away by this game.... my suggestion to everyone is ... GO FOR CRICKET 2005 ... HATS OFF TO EA SPORTS ... CRICKET 2000, 2002, 2004 and NOW CRICKET 2005 ... GEM AFTER GEM ... THE BEST CRICKET GAMES EVER .. Brian Lara Cricket? .. whats that? ... C2k5 ALL THE WAY!
but a game i have played QUITE a few times is EA SPORTS CRICKET 2005.
WHAT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GAME
first let me share the realism of this game with you, aspect by aspect.
first lets talk about AI batting
On green pitches, i always manage to restrict teams for a very low total .. 50-60 max ... on medium difficulty .. in 50 over games ... whether it be australia, windies, england whatever...realistic isnt it? ... and how? ... not by getting edges or anything .. but the super realistic AI hits the ball as cleanly as possible to the boundary fielders .. on a green wicket i.e. ..
AI bats perfectly well .. right according to the game scenario .. e.g. if batting first it loses a couple of early wickets ... it doesnt do the unrealistic thing by going into its shell and defend... no sir ... but what it does is what every other team on the planet would do ... SLOG ...slog like anything ... in a 50 over game on a green wicket with 3,4 wickets down for 10 runs ... unbelievably realistic innit?
Now lets move onto a hard wicket .... i steam into ball a reverse swinging yorker ... now obviously everyone knows that the most unrealistic shot off such a ball would be a block right or an inside edge ... surprisingly enough .. EVEN the AI knows that ... and accordingly .. smacks me over the top of either mid on or mid off or sometimes even midwicket for a SIX ... impressed? .. i am truly ... most realistic game ever....... oh yeah .. the computer does it from the first ball ... hit sixes i.e. ... but quite realistically enough ... when i take the same team .. i cant even seem to clear the circle if i try to slog .... realistic and fair isnt it? .. thats what i truly love about this game ... fair for both AI and human players .... just love it
and obviously ... every single rule book in the cricket game says that its impossible for a batsman to pierce the offside field if there are three fielders in the circle on the offside ... regardless of how well set you are ... i continue to be impressed by this game ... oh and obviously ... what rule book says that when chasing a 300+ total you must make full use of the first 15 overs and go for it from the beginning ... no sir .. you must always take 10-15 balls to get 2,3 runs down to deep fine leg or long leg ... and then hole out after a while ... cos obviously its impossible to score fours along the ground or to most areas of the ground .... truly fantastic
and umpires ... obviously ... the rule book clearly states that anything that goes by chest height must be given a no ball in odi cricket .... spot on ... and if you make room to hit on the offside and the ball misses the leg stump it must be called a wide .. spot on again
bowling .... absolutely fantastic to see fast bowlers bowl most of their deliveries at 135-140 .... and swing ... who says that the batsman must get confused by the swing and seam... i havent any cricket game in real life in which a batsman gets beaten by swing and seam .... and same applies for this game ... so damn realistic ... the AI batsman NEVER gets beaten by swing and seam movement .. not even human for that matter.
and obviously .. just like in real life cricket ... you cant move around the crease once the bowler has started his action .. no sir you cannot ... very well captured by the game .... and square cut? ... IMPOSSIBLE to play in real life ... so impossible to play in cricket 2005 as well ...ever seen gilly play a square cut? or inzy? or anyone? ... truly amazing ... and just like in real life .. you can only hit sixes and fours over mid on, straight and square leg ... unless ofcourse the bowler varies his line and length .. now how often do you see bowlers vary their line and length in real cricket ? ... never right? .. you never see any loseners or short balls right... same in cricket 2005 ... every ball is a perfect line and length delivery .. or if not that... its straight in front of the stumps .. so that it becomes impossible to play on the offside since you cant move the batsman once the mark appears .. amazingly realistic
In real life .. if you see just one fielder on the boundary on the offside .... ull try to hit the ball right over his head rather than hitting in other empty areas right? .. thats what the Batting AI does .. only tries to clear that one fielder on the offside ... fantastic ..... why hit the ball towards and empty square area ... when you can hit it to the cover boundary where theres a fielder... realism at a max .....
i am so overwhelmed by this game that i just dont have the stamina to discuss bowling and fielding in detail right now and a lot of other fantastic batting points .... just totally blown away by this game.... my suggestion to everyone is ... GO FOR CRICKET 2005 ... HATS OFF TO EA SPORTS ... CRICKET 2000, 2002, 2004 and NOW CRICKET 2005 ... GEM AFTER GEM ... THE BEST CRICKET GAMES EVER .. Brian Lara Cricket? .. whats that? ... C2k5 ALL THE WAY!
