XBOX- Cricket 2005

Post by **Bauer** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:23 pm

got this the other day. anyone else have it? what do you think?

my first game was me being a tad Bangladeshi and taking on the Aussies. I got 9/18 off my 10 overs. found it hard to score but glad they didnt bowl me out

. When I bowled, I got smacked for 3 6's in 3 balls, 1 of which was a no ball and Gilly had won the game with only 1/2 an over gone

I figure I need to head into the nets and find out how to hit the fcn thing properly instead of launching head first into a 1 day international where national pride is on the line

Could do with bowling praccy too i reckon

Post by **norbs** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:21 pm

Might have to have a look see Stuey.

TIMMY30 · Post by **TIMMY30** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:36 pm

The one thing i really dont like about the cricket games is once you get good at it, you just cant lose, it becomes too easy. Thats how i see it anyway. The graphic detail just keeps getting better though

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:54 am

Yeah, I have it too. Oh boy, do I suck tho. Played as us vs the Yanks, and was very comprehensively whipped...

Good fun, a buggy little bugger tho...

SE1Z · Post by **SE1Z** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:13 am

I havent played a cricket game that wasnt buggy...

pab · Post by **pab** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:35 am

Hey Stu, you shouldn't be wasting your time on that, I thought I told you to spend all your spare time working on setups for me for LFS!

Post by **Bauer** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:26 pm

pab wrote:Hey Stu, you shouldn't be wasting your time on that, I thought I told you to spend all your spare time working on setups for me for LFS!

wel its not like a game that goes for 10 over + 3 deliveries goes for very long

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:59 pm

Yippee, h/s of 55 with Katich in a test match against the poms

I rock!

and I'm sure setting it on easy had nothing to do with it

Post by **Bauer** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:12 pm

i see the new codemasters game is out on xbox. It will be released as Ricky Ponting cricket here in oz but is available as Brian Lara Cricket on BT

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:29 am

ive got cricket 2005 on pc, its annoyin tho cos it dies out after a while, im slowly gettin better, i hit 42 with gilly off a few overs, just kept 6in down the ground

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:11 am

Bauer wrote:i see the new codemasters game is out on xbox. It will be released as Ricky Ponting cricket here in oz but is available as Brian Lara Cricket on BT

Anyone else played this yet? I obtained it yesterday, had a couple of quick games. Less than impressed so far, prefer EA's game

Seems a hell of a lot easier (I scored 117 in my first game off ten overs, just short of the cpu's 121) and a lot less involved. Batting seems more intuitive tho.

Post by **Bauer** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:51 am

i found EA's to be a better game but sadly the XBOX version has no save game feature. Codies has its downside too. No option to auto bowl is a major one for me. Aint no way Im going to bowl every over in a test match.

So comparing the 2, I wont play either because they simply arent good enough. EA's would win hands down on PC or PS2 simply beacuse of the save feature and it isnt as easy to play.

r8response · Post by **r8response** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:20 pm

no cricket game since, Warnies cricket has bee any good. IMHO they have all been absolute crap. this also goes for the Rugy line of games from EA