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I got this game out of pure curiosity about a week ago (and you have to
special order it from the web, nobody sells it in the US in retail). I
lived in England for 3 1/2 years in the late 80's as a young teenager as a
military dependent- that's the technical term (I left at around 15-16 or so,
I cannot remember- it was a mix between "cool" and "culture shock", and at
any rate, has left a lasting impression on me- returning to the US to
northern Virginia was a bit of a culture shock too afterwards). I don't
remember seeing much cricket over there, either, although there was alot of
"football" (and I got into playing that Subbuteo thing and soccer games on
the Amiga, but never understood how people could watch the game on the TV
with the ball just going back and forth- obviously copious quantities of
alcohol help).
So anyways, the cricket game (for PC)... I have little idea how to play
cricket but I'm learning as I go. I knew it had to do with trying to knock
over some sticks (wickets), and a batter guards the sticks with his spatula
shaped bat, and the batter (batsman?) runs between two wickets and gets
runs. And a bowler sort of runs and throws the ball, lobbing it sort of
like a softball. Other than that, I'm learning as I go. It seems pretty
fun to play the 10 overs- it's about the same length as a baseball game,
give or take some time. Like baseball it apparrently has a huge list of
rules and technical terms (LBW- I didn't know what this meant at first, but
later learned it's the batsman blocking the wicket with his leg
intentionally, and it produces an "out"). The batter guy also has alot more
control over the ball than in baseball, and also the "best" hit seems to be
equivalent often to baseball's "bunt"- the batsman has alot more options
than in baseball. And the batter seems to get hit alot more often than in
baseball (which is why they are wearing alot of padding and facemasks, I
guess).
The graphics are OK, very PS2 looking, not really up to other PC games.
The animations are decent, and I guess there is a good selection of teams.
The commentary is not great- too much stutter in the cadence and the
commentator (?) sounds like he's about to fall asleep, though- not up to
FIFA or EA's other games, or even Konami's Winning Eleven (which I thought
had a bit repetitive commentary, but at least it was synched together good).
I got this game out of pure curiosity about a week ago (and you have to
special order it from the web, nobody sells it in the US in retail). I
lived in England for 3 1/2 years in the late 80's as a young teenager as a
military dependent- that's the technical term (I left at around 15-16 or so,
I cannot remember- it was a mix between "cool" and "culture shock", and at
any rate, has left a lasting impression on me- returning to the US to
northern Virginia was a bit of a culture shock too afterwards). I don't
remember seeing much cricket over there, either, although there was alot of
"football" (and I got into playing that Subbuteo thing and soccer games on
the Amiga, but never understood how people could watch the game on the TV
with the ball just going back and forth- obviously copious quantities of
alcohol help).
So anyways, the cricket game (for PC)... I have little idea how to play
cricket but I'm learning as I go. I knew it had to do with trying to knock
over some sticks (wickets), and a batter guards the sticks with his spatula
shaped bat, and the batter (batsman?) runs between two wickets and gets
runs. And a bowler sort of runs and throws the ball, lobbing it sort of
like a softball. Other than that, I'm learning as I go. It seems pretty
fun to play the 10 overs- it's about the same length as a baseball game,
give or take some time. Like baseball it apparrently has a huge list of
rules and technical terms (LBW- I didn't know what this meant at first, but
later learned it's the batsman blocking the wicket with his leg
intentionally, and it produces an "out"). The batter guy also has alot more
control over the ball than in baseball, and also the "best" hit seems to be
equivalent often to baseball's "bunt"- the batsman has alot more options
than in baseball. And the batter seems to get hit alot more often than in
baseball (which is why they are wearing alot of padding and facemasks, I
guess).
The graphics are OK, very PS2 looking, not really up to other PC games.
The animations are decent, and I guess there is a good selection of teams.
The commentary is not great- too much stutter in the cadence and the
commentator (?) sounds like he's about to fall asleep, though- not up to
FIFA or EA's other games, or even Konami's Winning Eleven (which I thought
had a bit repetitive commentary, but at least it was synched together good).
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