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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  25 reviews
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: cricket-games
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930052720
Release Date: November 23, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: VERY GOOD - Disc in excellent condition. You are ordering from a long established company
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Good but room for improvement August 30, 2007
Sam (uk)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cricket games have not really got the attention that other EA Sports games such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour or FIFA. And now with Codemasters' Brian Lara series out EA needed to make big improvements or they will not sell.
Batting is now massively improved since 05 with the new so called 'Century Stick' where you move the analog stick in the direction where you want to hit it. Sometimes it is a bit unresponsive so you may end up blocking a shot rather than hooking it for six. Also new is a timing gauge which means you need to play your shot on ideal timing or you will edge it or not hit it far. A good batsman such as Sachin Tendulkar has a large ideal timing bar and a bad one such as Glen McGrath has a small one so you can usually edge it behind. There is a difficulty setting from 1 to 5 stars. 1 star means you can get ideal timing and smash it for six every ball and the opponents get loads of edges. 5 star means you can rarely get ideal timing and you have to leave wide ones and block straight ones.
Bowling on a high difficulty setting is quite boring, especially in Test matches. Choosing a delivery is the only good bit and is hasn't changed since 05. Fielding is automated unless you make it manual but dodgy camreas mean it is quite hard.
The game focuses' mainly on The Ashes with the whole 2006/07 series and 2005. What a shame bowling in test matches is so boring. Another thing is 2005 Ashes Scenarios where you do things like score 50 with Pietersen in the First Test or win the Second test with Australia with two wickets left.
The game also has fully licensed domestic leagues from England and Australia and this year's World Cup. However many of the International teams are not licensed so you playing as Tendehar instead of Tendulkar.
The commentary is done by Richie Beaunad and Mark Nicholas and despite being repetetive it is quite funny. Sometimes the commentator says that's 3 sixes in this over and you haven't even started it yet.
The music is really your opinion and you either love it or hate it. However I haven't heard of any of the songs.
Graphics 7.5
Sound 7.0
Gameplay 7.5
Lasting Appeal 8.5
Overall
Cricket fans should definitely get this but others shouldn't.
7.8/10
Needs Improvements August 29, 2007
James D (Edinburgh, Scotland)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
the game is not that good in my standerds. The commentators keep on saying the same thing over and over again. they could of had the woodworm
BAT also the bats are not very good at all.
JWD
good improvement on the last one August 2, 2007
C. Devine
good points:
batting is better and feels more real
ashes scenarios and all the usual tournaments and tours
5 difficulty settings makes it easy to find the one best for you
editor allows you do change unlicensed player names
big improvement on the last one
bad points:
only england, south africa, australia and south africa are licenced as are county and australian state sides but this means that teams like india all have wrong names
there are no dropped catches (well i aint seen one anyway)
lbw decisions are shambolic
not enough edges or near misses to liven the game up and keep it exciting
spinners never appeal and there are few close lbws in real cricket spinners appeal every other delivery
field placings arent clever and fielders arent placed well enough to stop many runs in your good scoring areas
a delivery that goes for 4 wides sometimes adds 5 runs
...after all that i say buy it, i didnt regret spending my moneys and niether should you
Great sim, some disappointing features June 3, 2007
D. A. Shearan
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
As a whole, the game is a great sim, but unfortunately, there are some aspects of it which stop it from getting 5 out of 5.
First example, I bowled a batsman out fair and square, stumps flying all over the place, only to see the score stay the same and the batsman stay at his crease for another delivery.
Secondly, the old lbw decisions. Some of the decisions, a bit like real life are very contentious, but they are very inconsistent.
The use of hawk-eye would be a welcome introduction for the '08 version along with more fielding interaction.
Innovative April 16, 2007
LJM
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Cricket 07 is undoubtedly one of the best cricket games there is. With the new innovation added to the batting side of the game, Cricket 07 is a cut above other cricket games. You control the batsmen with the two (or one, depending on the settings) analogue sticks. This is far better than using the circle button etc to execute cricket shots because you really feel you are actually playing the shot using your own skill with timing, placement, and power. This new addition however does not make the game too challenging as the difficulty settings range from 1 star to 5 and so you can tailor how hard and sereiously you want to play the game. One star is very easy where even if you horribly miss-time the shot you can get away with a single and not an edge. 5 star, for me, is impossible. To get the timing right you have had to have played the game for months and months on end.
The bowling side to the game is good aswell. New special balls have been included such as the "wrongen" with murali and Hogg. There are sponsors such as Gray Nicholls, Kookaburra, GM, Slazenger and Puma but unfortunately no Woodworm, this adds a further realism to the game. In fact Cricket 07 feels so real. The commentary is a little basic but the familiar voices of Mark Nicholas and Richie Benaud add authenticity to the game. The graphics are good, and quite smooth with the camera behind the batsmen but not as sharp with the standard view behind the bowler. A great improvement on the prequel.
The major negatives to this game is that it requires so much space on memory cards. 1057Kb is needed to save a match. Another 1057Kb to save a tournament, another 600Kb+ to save a roster. Whats even worse is that only New Zealand, England, South Africa and Australia are licensed. Other teams such as India have false player names, for example, Tendulkar is called Tendehar. You can edit this in the edit mode but you have to save this to the roster and not the "profile" so you use up 600Kb+. 1057Kb is also needed for a profile aswell. What is really great though is that there are all the tournaments. The ashes mode is great, the world championship is authentic and there are plenty of other tours to take part in. There is also county cricket for England and Australia.
Overall it is worth getting if you're a cricket fan. However, it is not worth getting if you are unfamiliar with the sport.
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