International Cricket 2010 Discussion Thread

[MattW]

October. No date within there, but I'd expect mid-month.

 

[sami ullah khan]

So nobody has got the game yet. When can we expect someone to acquire a copy?

 

[pcfan123]

16th-17th at the earliest would be my guess. The 18th will be when majority get it.

Im sure there might be some insiders with copies already, but its so close that its hardly worth pressing anyone for information.

 

[desisher]

i sure hope i will get the game the 18th. Otherwise i would be really painful to watch your comments about the game over the weekend. The problem is that the delivery from UK to EU countries might take some time...

 

[-D-S-B-]

i sure hope i will get the game the 18th. Otherwise i would be really painful to watch your comments about the game over the weekend. The problem is that the delivery from UK to EU countries might take some time...

Ha, I know it's gonna be painful for me, it might take up to 2 weeks to get to NZ. Ah well school holidays are in 2 and a half weeks so I'll have more time to play then.

 

[cricket_online]

Hi Guys,
I just bought EA cricket 07 for PC yesterday as wanted to play some cricket game to pass time, and I tried the 'Behind the Batsman' cam as well as the 'flip' cam. The flip cam is exactly like the one shown in IC2010. I read a lot of posts on this forum mentioning how it was unplayable etc., but frankly, I suggest you all try it once on PC. Its EXACTLY like how its been shown in IC2010 (except the running between the wickets part)! Its totally playable, infact enjoyable!! You need to see the bowl outta the bowlers hand and timing the ball is just like playing cricket!!

Now, Im glad that the same feature is availabe in IC2010, but to all the people saying that EA implemented it badly in EA Cricket 2007, well I suggest you try playing that game again on PC and see that it was totally playable!!

The major gripe most of the fans have with EA is regarding shot selection and range - you can only play shots in 8 directions similar to the days of Gooch/Border cricket in early 90s. Thus, if you have fielder(s) in a scoring area you simply can't score any runs using that particular shot as each and every shot goes to the fielder, i.e. every cover drive will go in the same direction unless you mistime it Also, square drive is next to useless since the ball needs to be pitched way outside off (nearly 3-4 feet as per the game) for you to play the shot. Mostly you have just 3-4 scoring options available (flick/glance, straight drive and cover drive if no cover fielder around) and it gets extremely repetitive.

But if EA is able to implement 360 degree shot selection and fine-tune the shots (such as cut & square drive) a little bit, it would be better than Codies' series IMO.

 

[nz0003]

Definitely keen on a 360 tournament. Still haven't pre ordered the game though, I'll have to wait a bit, got no money at all. I'll get to see the PC reviews I guess!

 

[jaynffc]

anyone pre-ordered from shopto could have the game tomorrow as they dispatched mine today

 

[Singhsational]

anyone pre-ordered from shopto could have the game tomorrow as they dispatched mine today

Mine too couldn't believe it , must be the quickest pre order I have been sent still I'm not complaining :banana2

 

[pcfan123]

Damn, HMV + USA = probably not till late next week :

 

[Dutch]

anyone pre-ordered from shopto could have the game tomorrow as they dispatched mine today

That is nice! Are they allowed to do that, I mean before the official release date???

 

[Brook]

That is nice! Are they allowed to do that, I mean before the official release date???

Yeah they do that quite often, they did that for me last year with Ashes.

 

[Dutch]

Yeah they do that quite often, they did that for me last year with Ashes.

So you could be playing the game tomorrow????

 

[kingstonkids]

Yeah they do that quite often, they did that for me last year with Ashes.

Whilst not a delivery , the local Tesco has games on the shelves a couple of days before their official release date at a cheaper price as well so it's quite a good deal !!

 

[Brook]

So you could be playing the game tomorrow????

I could be, maybe two days, if I had preordered it. I remain to be convinced, although I could end up picking it up anyway. Very sceptical about any release.