PC demo released

[kingofkings8183]

Is that an Intel integrated card? They're useless for modern gaming.

did you even see the screen?i can play the game fine,it doesnt look half bad :banana2

 

[The_gas]

Well, i can takes no more. Off too maplin to buy a saitek crappy control pad for ?7.99.

 

[jkartik]

heres my review after playing for over 3 hrs...

PROS :-

- Graphics look really good....not a big fan of the faces but
i dont care either ways...so..

-lot of the BLIC07 issues seem to be sorted out..
e.g the keeper whipping off the bails every ball
or the min 10 runs per over rule LOL !!

-GUI,menu and the overall presentation is TOP-NOTCH !!
10/10 !!

-the stadium,players,scaling & proportions etc are pretty much
accurate...you actually feel as though your playing in a stadium with over 20,000
on-lookers !!

-batting and bowling is no longer "hack & slash"...its way tougher now...
have to play along the ground as well as look at the field before playing any shot...
just cant go boom boom afridi in normal and hard mode.

- overall game speed is good...quickly moves through the deliveries.

- fielding and catching system has improved drastically
love the slow-mo catching style !!

CONS :-

-Outfield Camera SUX !!! its like a guy from the streets
randomly picked to handle the camera during a match...
nuff said.

-Crowd & commentary sounds are EXACTLY the same as BLIC07.....the same DULL crowd
chants...jonathan agnew and his 10 year old lines...etc...

only willow SFX seems to have changed but isnt much convincing..
no "music to the ear" sound from the willow even during PERFECT timing..
its like the ball hit a Rock...

why didnt they take that one from BLC99 ??

-anderson bowling at 75 mph !!

-batsman still doesnt slide his bat while grounding...
its the same old BLIC07 crap again...
see the pic....


NOTE : Never knew bowlers were so close to the Umpire during appeal



1) why refer to the 3rd umpire for the easiest of the easiest
decisions....heck,why even appeal ?? just run around the ground
celebrating damn it !!

2) and if he would've slided his bat...i MIGHT have reached...

3) the same replay shown 5 times...

-edges and caught & bowled too many for my liking.......
and edges off the toe end of the bat going towards 3rd slip ?? :eeK:
also, they dont fly at all....in fact they dont even go above the knee...
the fielder runs in 2-3 steps and dives it to collect.

-is there such a physics in cricket that if you play early..
its an outside edge and if you play late..its an inside edge ??

-bowlers bowling too full or too short !! they hardly mix up the deliveries...
shame as it would've been even more challenging.



-the AI Runout bug is unfortunately present here....i havent had
THAT many run-outs but definite unecessary running...occasionally even
when the fielder has collected the ball !!!

- weird incident(happened couple of times) where the ball was in the deep and yet
the batsman dived into the crease !!! :confused:


- as many people said...shockinly..full deliveries can be easily dealt
with Backfoot shots...


btw, has anyone managed to trigger aerial swing ??
my deliveries seem to swing after pitching.....

 

[The_gas]

Nice review thanks man.

I had a quick two minute go with the keyboard, and thought the graphics looked pretty horrible at 1920x1200 24xaa and 16xaf. I still saw plenty of edges, so maybe aa is not fully supported.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Well, i can takes no more. Off too maplin to buy a saitek crappy control pad for ?7.99.

How do you know that's supported?

 

[adit142]

i am not able to install in windows 7 i get error 1628 i dont know waht is the problem

 

[The_gas]

How do you know that's supported?

I don't but other people have said that their crappy wired pads were supported.

Surely, in this day and age a computer game cannot only support xbox 360 controllers...

 

[Aditya]

Nice reviews jkarthik downloading it,will take me 5 hours more.:crying

 

[Swingers]

btw, has anyone managed to trigger aerial swing ??
my deliveries seem to swing after pitching.....

I think this may be "reverse" swing that happens when the ball is older, I'm not sure, but the ball does swing more after pitching so I dont think your doing anything wrong or there is anything you can do to get more swing.

The cloud cover does have an effect tho.:banana2

 

[MasterBlaster76]

I don't but other people have said that their crappy wired pads were supported.

Surely, in this day and age a computer game cannot only support xbox 360 controllers...

You'd expect not, but who knows, eh?

 

[jkartik]

I think this may be "reverse" swing that happens when the ball is older, I'm not sure, but the ball does swing more after pitching so I dont think your doing anything wrong or there is anything you can do to get more swing.

The cloud cover does have an effect tho.:banana2

lol...its the first 3 overs of a test match.....reverse swing is impossible !!!
but whatever swing it may be....it has to happen aerially and not off the pitch....

 

[dart-h-vader]

Though the game looks and feels way much better than it's counterparts, I still think it needs patchers to get the game going. Especially in the sound department and also the face department.

Any coders here who can look into ways to extend the demo??

 

[Kev]

How do you know that's supported?

I don't but other people have said that their crappy wired pads were supported.

Surely, in this day and age a computer game cannot only support xbox 360 controllers...

I played using my PS2 controller plugged in via an adapter. The only gripe is that in the demo I couldn't see an option to re-define the controls, as my buttons are in a different order to an xbox controller its a bit confusing. Hoping that the full version allows you to redefine, dont fancy having to buy a 360 controller.

 

[srk121]

Though the game looks and feels way much better than it's counterparts, I still think it needs patchers to get the game going. Especially in the sound department and also the face department.

Any coders here who can look into ways to extend the demo??

may be WHM can do something

ye i agree that sound does need improving. faces i am not too bothered.

 

[FAZ007]

Ohh crap. Computer not good enough for this game. This better be region free on xbox 360