Is EA's Cricket 2005 worth wasting the money on or am I going to be disappointed like I was with 2004, 2002.....etc etc etc..
I've played the demo, and I have seen the following failings (which have previously been highlighted in this forum - no doubt!!!):
Fielders are too good....Very fast, they make Jonty Rhodes look like Devon Malcolm/Phil Tuffers combined!!!
(I think) Still (as in 2004) (what should be) right armed bowlers/fielders still throw in left handed...
The keeper does no fielding
The advancing down the wicket is still very cr@p....
All the various issues to do with the numbers of runs scored when you're run out....
Fielders seem to throw one way while looking in the opposite direction - this only occurs depending on where the fielder occurs....
There are probably many others that were clearly in 2004 and still not been fixed....even though Wilson promised....
Anyway...
I have also played the Demo of BLC....I liked this more in many ways, BUT the best would be a combination of both. I still think the game play is probably more realistic in EA's game, there does actually seem to be nice variation on the bowling etc etc....
I just can't decide whether I can be bothered to give EA some MORE of my money so they can invest in developing games other than the Cricket, as they clearly don't work hard enough on Cricket, regardless of what Mr Wilson says. I work in IT and I understand how the software development life cycle works, and I'd be ashamed to work in the EA Cricket department considering the amount of bugs and flaws in the games....
It seems to me that they don't actually test the game using avid cricket gamers.....Otherwise these flaws would be ironed out.
It could be such a good game, I do really think it is improving, but surely by now (when was the first EA Cricket??? 1997??? Dunno) they should have got some of the more obvious issues resolved.
Anyway, whinge over.
I'd just appreciate some comments as to whether its worth spending the money. Having played the demo, I may as well just play 2004 a bit more and wait until......2007/08/09/10 until they get it right.
I which would happen first....England regain the Ashes or EA produce a Cricket game worthy of the sport.....and at the same quality of other EA Games.
Cheers,
I've played the demo, and I have seen the following failings (which have previously been highlighted in this forum - no doubt!!!):
Fielders are too good....Very fast, they make Jonty Rhodes look like Devon Malcolm/Phil Tuffers combined!!!
(I think) Still (as in 2004) (what should be) right armed bowlers/fielders still throw in left handed...
The keeper does no fielding
The advancing down the wicket is still very cr@p....
All the various issues to do with the numbers of runs scored when you're run out....
Fielders seem to throw one way while looking in the opposite direction - this only occurs depending on where the fielder occurs....
There are probably many others that were clearly in 2004 and still not been fixed....even though Wilson promised....
Anyway...
I have also played the Demo of BLC....I liked this more in many ways, BUT the best would be a combination of both. I still think the game play is probably more realistic in EA's game, there does actually seem to be nice variation on the bowling etc etc....
I just can't decide whether I can be bothered to give EA some MORE of my money so they can invest in developing games other than the Cricket, as they clearly don't work hard enough on Cricket, regardless of what Mr Wilson says. I work in IT and I understand how the software development life cycle works, and I'd be ashamed to work in the EA Cricket department considering the amount of bugs and flaws in the games....
It seems to me that they don't actually test the game using avid cricket gamers.....Otherwise these flaws would be ironed out.
It could be such a good game, I do really think it is improving, but surely by now (when was the first EA Cricket??? 1997??? Dunno) they should have got some of the more obvious issues resolved.
Anyway, whinge over.
I'd just appreciate some comments as to whether its worth spending the money. Having played the demo, I may as well just play 2004 a bit more and wait until......2007/08/09/10 until they get it right.
I which would happen first....England regain the Ashes or EA produce a Cricket game worthy of the sport.....and at the same quality of other EA Games.
Cheers,
