Improvements In Cricket2004

[barmyarmy]

Here are some extracts from an interview Andrew gave, for everyones entertainment: (interview from cricket2002.tk)

We?ve heard you have something called the ?World League?. Is this only for the English and Australian club teams or can we choose international sides as well?

This mode involves management aspects such as buying and selling players along with playing matches. Since this cannot be implemented for International sides, currently this feature supports only the domestic teams

If the game keeps to the scheduled release date of Dec 12 can we expect a demo 2-3 weeks before Dec 12? Any time frame for a demo would be great.

We are currently on a very tight development schedule, but will be working to get a demo out before launch.

We were unable to include rain in Cricket 2002 but we?re happy to inform everyone that the DL rule has been fully implemented in Cricket 2004 and rain will as you pointed out, realistically affect gameplay.

Can fast bowlers finally bowl really fast? Like 94+ mph and can they swing the ball?

Yes, yes and yes. Satisfied? See?we do listen to our customers (chuckles)

Is any kind of career or franchise mode implemented? Can you play a whole season of tests and ODIs with a team?

Sure can. I?m really proud to say that we?ve added greatly to the depth and wealth of gaming options and gamers will be occupied for many, many hours

Does the CPU still never bowl no balls?

Given the new stat database?there will be no balls

Will the file formats for graphics and other files remain the same as for Cricket2002 on the PC?

Yes, they will be similar.

How much do you listen to Cricket gamers, and are you able to integrate any of their suggestions into the new version?

They are our life blood?not to mention that we are all cricket gamers ourselves. Many members of the development team have been building cricket games for nearly ten years. So we try and integrate as much as possible. There are always things that we would love to get in, but realise that there is a lot of work relative to the affect on gameplay so we focus on something else instead.

Thank you for your time. Is there anything else about the game you?d like to mention that we didn?t touch on?

Please buy cricket 2004?my job depends on it?and I am not joking.

Are we sure EA didn't release the wrong game by accident cos I can't see much relationship between those promises and the game I have...

 

[barmyarmy]

and some more from the Cricket Web interview:

Also, will all domestic competitions be included eg: 20Twenty Cup, ING Cup, etc. And will their be an option to play as both a domestic team & a test team over the course of a season (ala International Cricket Captain)?

AW: Yes to all of the above but no 20twenty.

CW: Will the game include the capacity to save statistics for players in all tournaments/forms of the game, as in Shane Warne/Brian Lara cricket 99, or just over the course of a tournament as in Cricket 2002?

AW: Yes, everything will be tracked.

CW: I have heard rumors of a challenge mode, which sets you tasks, eg: score 200 with 3 wickets remaining, can you confirm?

AW: Unfortunately it came down to full Stat Tracking or Challenge Mode... Stat tracking won.

The confidence may be brought down when facing a particularly good bowler

 

[f0bstyle]

i like how players can have different bats and you can select who goes on tours.

still there should be more bats, lineup has to be fixed, confidence meter has to be tweaked as well. it sucks for human batsman but cpu batsman get full confidence if they have faced about 30 balls without playing and missing or edging. they can be on 0(40 balls) and have full confidence. sure is realistic

 

[squiz]

EA are the biggest pack of liers

 

[zimrahil]

Yes, some of those interview clips are absolutely stunning. If I blatantly put down in writing such blatant lies in the course of doing my job I would be out the door so fast, my feet wouldn't touch the ground :down

 

[f0bstyle]

i found something i like in the game.


when playing an ODI as india in mumbai on a dusty pitch, whenever i hit a drive into the pitch you can see the dust come up from the pitch. i thought it was pretty cool when i saw it

 

[Auwais]

It's just what we should now expect from them. Lies, lies and a game full of bullcrap.

 

[jamez]

for the game the have created i'm sure we could allow them a few bugs

 

[Jarryd]

Originally posted by barmyarmy@Jan 27 2004, 04:14 PM
Here are some extracts from an interview Andrew gave, for everyones entertainment: (interview from cricket2002.tk)

We?ve heard you have something called the ?World League?. Is this only for the English and Australian club teams or can we choose international sides as well?

This mode involves management aspects such as buying and selling players along with playing matches. Since this cannot be implemented for International sides, currently this feature supports only the domestic teams

Strange i don't see it

If the game keeps to the scheduled release date of Dec 12 can we expect a demo 2-3 weeks before Dec 12? Any time frame for a demo would be great.

We are currently on a very tight development schedule, but will be working to get a demo out before launch.

Crap

We were unable to include rain in Cricket 2002 but we?re happy to inform everyone that the DL rule has been fully implemented in Cricket 2004 and rain will as you pointed out, realistically affect gameplay.

ok so far they got 1/3

Can fast bowlers finally bowl really fast? Like 94+ mph and can they swing the ball?

Yes, yes and yes. Satisfied? See?we do listen to our customers (chuckles)

1/4 no points due to lie at the end

Is any kind of career or franchise mode implemented? Can you play a whole season of tests and ODIs with a team?

Sure can. I?m really proud to say that we?ve added greatly to the depth and wealth of gaming options and gamers will be occupied for many, many hours

2/5

Does the CPU still never bowl no balls?

Given the new stat database?there will be no balls

they lose a point 1/6

Will the file formats for graphics and other files remain the same as for Cricket2002 on the PC?

Yes, they will be similar.

2/7

How much do you listen to Cricket gamers, and are you able to integrate any of their suggestions into the new version?

They are our life blood?not to mention that we are all cricket gamers ourselves. Many members of the development team have been building cricket games for nearly ten years. So we try and integrate as much as possible. There are always things that we would love to get in, but realise that there is a lot of work relative to the affect on gameplay so we focus on something else instead.

OH COME ON -5/8

Thank you for your time. Is there anything else about the game you?d like to mention that we didn?t touch on?

Please buy cricket 2004?my job depends on it?and I am not joking.

Yeah well you'd better start looking buddy

Final Score: -6/9

My analysis of the interview

 

[sumoNYR88]

The beauty of irony...beautifully demonstrated by EA Sports : :