Main gripe with Cricket 2005

[alfa_beta]

The standard shots - front foot or back foot lack power and punch to beat the infield and no matter what you do, there's no way you can score at a decent pace using these shots (except the leg glance). Thus people go for the other extreme - that is advance down the wicket shots. Using this approach, once you get the hang of timing, you can hammer any bowler (Warne, Mcgrath, Shoaib, Murali, Harmison...) for a 6 or 4 every time even with a tailender with no confidence.

This makes batting in cricket 2005 a game of extremes and lacks realism. I can score a 100 on Hard level in 20 odd balls using advance down the wicket shots. I only have to block the odd yorker (even this can be scored off without the 6 hit option) and hammer rest of the balls for a 6 or 4. And I don't have to worry about pitch (green, wet, hard, dusty etc.), weather conditions (sunny, warm, hot, overcast, humid etc.) or strength of the batsmen. Request EA to address this imbalance for a more realistic gaming experience. Maybe the standard shots should have more power and should get batsmen runs and advance down the wicket should be toned down a bit - with successful hits only being executed in case batsmen have enough confidence or they are extremely good like Lara, Tendulkar, Gilchrist etc.

 

[Sureshot]

I don't think any cricket game could ever match each persons brilliance at a game. Some may time it perfectly, others might not (ME)!

 

[alfa_beta]

But there are plenty of folks who are able to score freely using advance shots... maybe EA needs to look into that.

 

[Sureshot]

Put it on the list

My printer ran out of paper

 

[Cricket_60]

Use an AI patch

Your not going to get far charging down the track on a green pitch with one of them

 

[alfa_beta]

I play on PS2 so no patches for me

 

[Cricket_60]

Bad luck

C2K5 is definitely better on PC. You can enhance the game a lot more. It becomes better fun and realistic playing with patches. You could buy the game cheap for PC considering that C2K6 (or 7) is a long way off. Its up to you.

 

[alfa_beta]

I enjoy playing games more on PS2... don't really know why but that's how it is for me. I'm thinking of going for cricket 2004 as I've heard it's a better batting simulator than cricket 2005.

 

[Cricket_60]

lol

Well it depends what you want. Some members will say that 2004 is a lot better then 2005 (not me ) Others will say the 2005 is better. I will admit that it is a better batting simulator though.

 

[alfa_beta]

And that's exactly what I want - a better batting simulator

It should get me through next year, till the time EA or codemasters release next version of their cricket series.

 

[jkartik]

And that's exactly what I want - a better batting simulator

It should get me through next year, till the time EA or codemasters release next version of their cricket series.

if you want a batting simulator,then BLIC is the way or do you already have it ?

 

[Sureshot]

simulator?

BLICs batting is easier than eating a sarnie

 

[alfa_beta]

I have BLIC but it's not a batting simulator by any stretch of imagination. For starters there's no sweep, cut or a decent hook shot.

A glide or shot to 3rd man looks like a drive pat the keeper!!! All the shots look quite similar - most of them like drives and the only difference is the direction in which the shot is played.

But the original Brian Lara cricket - mega drive version was pretty good with all the shots in the book. I wish codemasters go back to original BLIC and start making modificatins to that.