Review Review for IC 2010 in comparison to AC09

[Bubblyjubbly]

Did anyone on these forums ask for your opinion on anything? All you seem to be doing is just coming here and posting your view (which is ok) in a confontational manner. Instead of just complaining and whinging how about you post some constructive criticisms and come up with your own ideas on how certain elements in the game can be fixed. The developers read this website, who knows maybe they will implement it?

I try not to pick on children, but I think you need a good talking to. Let me put it like this:

You (and anybody else) can write what they want on these boards provided they are within the rules. It's not a question of whether anyone asked for my opinion or not, but I am entitled to open my mouth when certain people think they should control what subject I write about, control how I write it and comment on their perception of my attitude. It is not relevant to the topic and entirely personal. I am not the one whinging and complaining, it's you and your peers who seem unable to do anything other than whinge and complain; you seem unable to handle the fact that I may criticise the game in certain respects and that is the cause of the apparent confrontation - change your approach, I have given you my thoughts in my first post and you seem unable to address any of the significant issues.

I have given you plenty to chew over, the criticisms and solutions are there for you to read.

 

[ThandaMilk]

I am VERY high up on some of the global leaderboards on Ashes Cricket 2009

I earn more in a day than you probably earn in a year

I really couldn't care less what you think of my attitude, my academic achievements have got me a degree from arguably the best university in the world.

:hpraise

 

[Bubblyjubbly]

How does ThandaMilks username imply that he is from the SC?

Thanda means cold in Hindi/Urdu.

 

[pcfan123]

Ah roger that, lol hilarious user name then

 

[Bubblyjubbly]

Thanks for enlightening us, I for one am honoured to be in your presence. :hpraise

If this thread has taught us one thing; the internet....serious business!

Now, moving away from the sarcasm, childish bickering and points scoring, I happen to agree with some of your points.

My real concern in all of this is that we somehow seem to expect (and accept) lower standards in cricket games and this has to stop. It seems that many take the view that a cricket game would not be viable if large sums of money were spent on it, I don't buy that. Take the MLB games - fantastic physics, great graphics and solid gameplay; the fans for this series are largely US-based i.e. regional, but the games are very profitable and very good. EVERY person I know from the subcontinent, native or expat would love to pits their cricketing wits and reflexes against others around the world, many would even buy the PS3/Xbox360 for that (potentially) great game alone. There over 1 billion people in India alone and practically ALL of them are cricket mad. Then you take the rest of the subcontinent, test-playing nations and expats around the world and you have a potentially HUGE fan base for such a game, far bigger than for almost every other type of game.

In addition, if a large amount of capital is invested, the first game in a series doesn't even need to be profitable (even though it will be if marketed at all), future iterations will make the cash - it's the development or creation of the intial game engine/codebase that is the main cost, future modifications do not cost anywhere near as much.

 

[CaptainOZ]

MattW - it looks like you'll need to remove some more insults and childish comments from this thread. Oh, and remove Bubblyjubbly's insults and childish comments this time, too.

 

[Bubblyjubbly]

MattW - it looks like you'll need to remove some more insults and childish comments from this thread. Oh, and remove Bubblyjubbly's insults and childish comments this time, too.

CaptainOZ, give the playground stuff a rest. For someone from the great land of sledge, you seem remarkably thin skinned. Is it the reference to Australia in my first post that irks you most ?

BTW, which insults do you speak of ?

 

[pcfan123]

I understand your frustration with cricket games lagging behind compared to American sports. However the SHOW 09 did not appear out of thin air, it followed a decade of mediocre baseball games (RBI baseball on NES and Ken Griffy on SNES were the baseball BLC99).

The reason baseball/basketball and Madden games are so advanced is because they sell millions of copies at full price. There may be more cricket fans, but they do not have the same spending power as those who watch American sports.

Its going to be a matter of time and with Codies improving on an previous codebase instead of starting from scratch, its a good sign that cricket games are moving forward themselves.

With the IPL increasing in popularity, Twenty20 taking over and the rising Indian middle class, cricket games might themselves become a much more lucrative market in the next decade, which in turn should mean more advanced games.

Its unfair to compare cricket games to todays next gen sports games, that is my point. (not sure if I made it or went on a rant)

 

[cricket_online]

It's not so much useful as challenging and (potentially) realistic. I'd say there is a high degree of premeditation, but the relatively unresponsive controls and the reaction time available limit the realism somewhat. I tend to find that I decide on the direction of the shot beforehand and the timing comes from reacting to the line/length as bowled. I do not believe there is enough time to decide on all variables of the shot in the time given, especially with the current speed of bowlers/reaction time required and the keypad control system. That said, once the Playstation Move is incorporated into such a game, the prospects for such a mode of play would be rather better.

This is exactly what I was afraid of - that you will need to pre-mediate the direction of the shot before-hand, i.e. if the ball is in the area where I can play my pre-mediated shot (let's say cover drive) I play the shot else defend the ball Hope this is not the case :upray

What about minimal HUD? How is it different from No HUD?

 

[AngryPixel]

Thanks for enlightening us, I for one am honoured to be in your presence. :hpraise

If this thread has taught us one thing; the internet....serious business!

Now, moving away from the sarcasm, childish bickering and points scoring, I happen to agree with some of your points.

Hey stevie... If he earn so much then he should have no problem supporting pc by donating a few bucks

 

[79cricket]

I agree with you Mark. But its not that he is 100% wrong. So lets see if the ps3 and xbox 360 can sell 20 million consoles then sell a future game like ic2013 with a new engine with the lastest looks and gameplay. Sell the game in india for about 50 dolllars and the rest of the world for a normal price. The game will also have the icc license and ipl to hahahahha, then you wake up from a dream:laugh. This is what we all want guys but not anytime soon.ps i was watching the game on youtube and it looks great and i cant wait to get it in 2 weeks time.:banana2

 

[pcfan123]

It will be a lot later than 2013 before a cricket game can compete with MLB 09 The Show, that game is incredibly detailed.

 

[sjdigitall]

I try not to pick on children, but I think you need a good talking to. Let me put it like this:

You (and anybody else) can write what they want on these boards provided they are within the rules. It's not a question of whether anyone asked for my opinion or not, but I am entitled to open my mouth when certain people think they should control what subject I write about, control how I write it and comment on their perception of my attitude. It is not relevant to the topic and entirely personal. I am not the one whinging and complaining, it's you and your peers who seem unable to do anything other than whinge and complain; you seem unable to handle the fact that I may criticise the game in certain respects and that is the cause of the apparent confrontation - change your approach, I have given you my thoughts in my first post and you seem unable to address any of the significant issues.

I have given you plenty to chew over, the criticisms and solutions are there for you to read.

So you try and insult me by calling me a child because i tell you to be a little more constructive in your criticism? Look you just have to admit that ok you have your review of the game, but when people have an opinion about your review you seem to get ultra defensive? Just chill out man, dont need to get to name calling and what not.

My real concern in all of this is that we somehow seem to expect (and accept) lower standards in cricket games and this has to stop

I wouldnt say we accept a lower standard, its just that after all the years of shoddy EA games and sub-par Brian Lara games we finally have a developer who is actually taking time to listen to the fans and actually take on board some of the stuff we say about cricket games. Its more of a Realistic Expectation. Cricket games dont have the budget of a Fifa or a Baseball but Trickstar games looks like a developer with talent that can improve over time.

Look all in all man, your review is valued but its just that because its different from 90% of the experiences with the game that it should be expected that you would get alot of negative opinions of your review.

 

[wendalboy]

i agree with most of this review. i can't beleive how positive the bulk of the reviews I have read were after spending a few hours playing the game on the weekend. It has hardly changed at all. I can't honestly beleive that this is getting 8/10s and 84% marks when compared to some games from other genres that get this sort of score. I think in the main it has been reviewed by either non cricket fans who dont understand the sport and give it a decent mark to offset their lack of understanding OR rabid cricket fans who would play any digital representation of their favourite sport to make up for the fact that they may not be quite so good out on the park!!
I will always buy a cricket game to support their development and despite the flaws there is of course plenty of hours to be wasted with IC2010, but lets not kid ourselves by saying this is actually much good.....

 

[arzee09]

"hi bubbly jubbly, i m from India.Is it worth buying international cricket 2010 when i have ashes 2009 as the discs are pretty costly here."