Syed Fawad
December 24th, 2003, 06:31
So another cricket gmes is released after the gap of almost 2 years!
Well I bet more than 90% of the active NGemu members don't know or give a damn about Cricket (the sport, not the insect).
It is a sport played with a.........wait wait wait, I am not here to teach cricket, I am here to post my review. So if you wanna learn about cricket then go somewhere else :p
Graphics:
Had this been on the PS1, I would give it a 10/10 but it is not. It is on the PS2 the machine which is supposed to be tn times better and more powerfull. What we get here is a crap looking game. Ok, it is still the BEST looking CRICKET game but c'mon! Every Pakistani cricketer here looks like Sami or Youhana :p
A lot of improvement is needed man. The animations have become much better but other sports titles have raised this bar far higher and I want the same with cricket. Every bowler with his unique bowling action and batsmen with their unique stances should be here. I was dissapointed when I saw Shoaib bowl like Gul :p
6/10
Sound:
The commentary is pretty decent, but IMO more lively commentaters should be appointed instead of Benaud. Boycott or Tony Greig are my choices here...
The pitch sounds are just ok. Better than any other cricket game.
7/10
Gameplay:
If there is any reason to play this game, it is the gameplay which leaves very little to be desired specially when it comes to batting. I found the bowling to be tougher. I just loved the confidence meter, and the back foot/front foot selection is just great. However, I was having trouble hooking bouncers, just like the real stuff. You can get hit too and I love it when the batsmen fall after my bouncers hit'em on the helmet... nice accompanying animation as well.
9/10
Lastability:
It will usually take a lot of time before another cricket game is released so a cricket game should last for ever. Fortunately, Cricket 2k4 just do that. I can't seem to remember if there had been this many players, teams, stadia, tournaments in any other cricket game before it. It will last for quite long. I started it on the normal mode, which will take a little time to master and then the Hard mode......
9/10
Overall: 7.7
Well I bet more than 90% of the active NGemu members don't know or give a damn about Cricket (the sport, not the insect).
It is a sport played with a.........wait wait wait, I am not here to teach cricket, I am here to post my review. So if you wanna learn about cricket then go somewhere else :p
Graphics:
Had this been on the PS1, I would give it a 10/10 but it is not. It is on the PS2 the machine which is supposed to be tn times better and more powerfull. What we get here is a crap looking game. Ok, it is still the BEST looking CRICKET game but c'mon! Every Pakistani cricketer here looks like Sami or Youhana :p
A lot of improvement is needed man. The animations have become much better but other sports titles have raised this bar far higher and I want the same with cricket. Every bowler with his unique bowling action and batsmen with their unique stances should be here. I was dissapointed when I saw Shoaib bowl like Gul :p
6/10
Sound:
The commentary is pretty decent, but IMO more lively commentaters should be appointed instead of Benaud. Boycott or Tony Greig are my choices here...
The pitch sounds are just ok. Better than any other cricket game.
7/10
Gameplay:
If there is any reason to play this game, it is the gameplay which leaves very little to be desired specially when it comes to batting. I found the bowling to be tougher. I just loved the confidence meter, and the back foot/front foot selection is just great. However, I was having trouble hooking bouncers, just like the real stuff. You can get hit too and I love it when the batsmen fall after my bouncers hit'em on the helmet... nice accompanying animation as well.
9/10
Lastability:
It will usually take a lot of time before another cricket game is released so a cricket game should last for ever. Fortunately, Cricket 2k4 just do that. I can't seem to remember if there had been this many players, teams, stadia, tournaments in any other cricket game before it. It will last for quite long. I started it on the normal mode, which will take a little time to master and then the Hard mode......
9/10
Overall: 7.7