Should I go for Cricket 2004???

[alfa_beta]

I have Cricket 2005 for PS2 and have got pretty good at it. In fact I find it quite easy to score 400-500 runs in a odi and it's getting quite boring. Recently, somebody told me that cricket 2004 is much better than cricket 2005 in terms of replaying the game and that I would enjoy the game even after I have mastered it.

Wanted to check with you if it's true. Should I go for cricket 2004 on PS2 as I'm getting a good deal on it.

Thanks.

 

[kush]

yeh i think you should as its not as expensive and is very good.

 

[alfa_beta]

Thanks kush, I guess I will. By the way, is the timing in 2004 same as in 2005? And does 2004 has the same kind of shots (front foot, back foot & advance shot) as 2005?

 

[Stephen Bailey]

The timing is very different on Cricket 2004, but I would get it on PC, atleast then you can get patches for it when it becomes easier. Under a tenner in Asda!

 

[alfa_beta]

I think I will go for PS2 version... don't have a high-end comp. Hopefully cricket 2004 will last me till the next version of EA cricket series comes along

How difficult is it to get used to crkt 2004? Is it as difficult as crkt 2005 coz it took me a month to get used to timing on crkt 2005! I hope it's not as tough.

 

[Stephen Bailey]

I think I will go for PS2 version... don't have a high-end comp. Hopefully cricket 2004 will last me till the next version of EA cricket series comes along

You don't need a high end comp, it runs on my crappy celeron for goodness sake! It's definitely not as tough to get use to as Cricket 2005. I made the mistake of having it on the PS2, just becomes too easy. Also the limit of the number of players you can move/edit/create becomes annoying.

 

[Sureshot]

Don't buy 2004 on the PS2 you'll regret it as the runout bug will drive you mad, literally.

 

[indiancricketer]

i have one word to say- YES!!

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Don't buy 2004 on the PS2 you'll regret it as the runout bug will drive you mad, literally.

Oh bloody hell, yeh. The man talks sense Alfa!

 

[alfa_beta]

ok... in that case lemme get the comp version. I don't have happy memories of laying cricket on comp though - had cricket 97 and it used to hang up on me quite often.

Is run-out bug that bad in cricket 2004? Even worse than 2005!!! I have been playing cricket 2005 for 2 months now and I still lose a couple of wickets at least per innings to run outs.

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Is run-out bug that bad in cricket 2004? Even worse than 2005!!! I have been playing cricket 2005 for 2 months now and I still lose a couple of wickets at least per innings to run outs.

Nah, the run out bug is where you put a put a fielder at mid-off (in my experience anyway) and the AI runs just about everytime it plays it to the fielder.

 

[alfa_beta]

ok... by the way can I save the game and play as the other team when I load it? I mean let's say I bat with Team A against Team B and save the game once I complete my innings. When I load the game, can I revert to Team B so that I can bat for both the teams?

This way I can play against myself and take runout bug out of the equation

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Not on the PS2, you can on the PC though by using one of the editors I believe.

 

[Sureshot]

ok... in that case lemme get the comp version. I don't have happy memories of laying cricket on comp though - had cricket 97 and it used to hang up on me quite often.

Is run-out bug that bad in cricket 2004? Even worse than 2005!!! I have been playing cricket 2005 for 2 months now and I still lose a couple of wickets at least per innings to run outs.

Most ammount of wickets i got in one innings by a bowler on PS2 on 2004 version was 4, other 6 dismissals were run out.

 

[IloveGilly]

How come i never got that many run-outs? I traded in my version for RPIC simply because it was too easy. Made about 1800 in a hard test match with Australia vs. England and didn't realise but i trade it in for an easier game. But would the PC 04 or 05 be better?