EA 100 times better than Codemasters

[Ricky19881]

Originally Posted by Gafatasary

Isn't this a forum for Suggestions, I like some EA games, I don't have to LOVE every game EA makes to join up to their forums

Yeh its for suggestions you dont have to come on the cricket part, if you dont like the game, you dont have to come on and just fully rip the game.

[DevilRayUK]

Surely when there is a problem, or as with this one multiple problems we should air them here so they can be rectified.

[saltiresfan]

Originally Posted by earulescricket

Dude idiots are much better than the stupid people like you.
And by the way u can edit the gamesettings file of the demo with archmac and check it.
or else just wait for july 21 and u will know what im saying.
And also i can tell you that they have copied most of the settings from cricket 2004 like Maxpositionadjust.
Just a suggestion for you, don't try to criticizse others when u don't have the required knowledge/common sense.

I'm fairly certain I have a lot more knowledge/common sense and experience than you when it comes to cricket gaming. In case you don't know I've been making patches for cricket games for 3 years and set up and ran cricket2004.co.uk, the biggest Cricket2004 download site on the net.
Without trying to sound arrogant but I've spent a lot of time and money improving EA's games and am able to speak on this with some authority. You on the other hand are completely unknown to all the cricket gamers around and continually undermine your arguements with wild speculation and straight lies. People here would have far more respect for you if you weren't making statements you have no means of backing up and presented anything less than a rant about how great EA are.
I'm going to assume from now on that you're just an ignorant prat trying to get attention and get a rise out of people. Well congratulations, it worked on me and I'm normally a very patient person. I hope you're not wanting any patches or updates for Cricket2005 cos I'd ban you soon as look at you if I saw you at Planetcricket.
Nuff said. Can a mod please close this thread.

[Ricky19881]

Thank You saltiresfan someone who knows what they are talking about

[rashaba16]

cricket 2005 will be better than blic. lets just wait and see. see who's right.
but blic fan boys will be disappointed.

[JakeHornor]

I don't like BLIC's arcadish batting where you can either hit six of every ball or get yourself out, EA's game has realistic shot selection and execution. Also BLIC lacks the ability for batsmen to select frontfoot/backfoot shot, batsmen adjusts automatically in accordance with the height of the delivery which makes batting even more arcadish.

Also, I don't know if anyone noticed this or not but in BLIC, the CPU cheats to get you out by producing edges exactly where it has placed it's fielders. In other words, the edges aren't produced as a result of physical interaction between a ball and a bat, but rather determined by AI's desicion if it want's to see you getting out. I noticed no such thing in EA's game, but as a matter of fact it looks and feels like all interactions between ball and bat are determined by the physical engine of game.

[Johnmiceter]

I haven't read all the replies, but I just wanted to add my opinion about both games. It seems all of us just want a really GOOD Cricket game, that's why all the arguing.

But to all the people that do like Cricket 2005, to be honest to yourself, you have to admit it does have alot of bad bugs though. I've only played the Xbox version, and I've gave it so many chances because I just want to play a cricket game on Xbox. It's taken me so long to over look the really bad bugs in this game like :

- No saving in between matches and create a PLayer doesn't save on Xbox (what's the deal with these 2 major things) ?
- When batters run between wickets, they are to slow, and if you send them back, it takes them to long, and they don't ground there bats properly.
- Fielders are to fast and good, it's really hard to run 2's and 3's even when the ball goes close to the boundary.
- Commentary is way off in this game, they get the names wrong, score wrong, just about everything.
- How do you hit Yorkers for 6 so easily ?
- No Manual Appeal button
- There is no Intro in the Xbox version , is there one in the PS2 or PC versions ?

I think there is more then this, but these are just ones I have seen.

But I am not trying to dislike this game, as I've tried so hard to like it, but some of these things make it impossible to like and gets so frustrating at times, you feel like breaking your controller.

I'm just hoping Brian Lara's Cricket is better (no offence) but I just want a decent cricket game on Xbox I can play and SAVE

Btw, anyone know if EA is bring out a Patch for this game ?
I think if they cared about there quality of games, they would, I hope they do anyway. Maybe it could be downlaoded by Xbox live or another way for people that don't have Live ?

C'mon EA please do this, because it would help the game become so much more fun and not as frustrating.

[Gafatasary]

Originally Posted by Ricky19881

Yeh its for suggestions you dont have to come on the cricket part, if you dont like the game, you dont have to come on and just fully rip the game.

I don't 'Rip' the game, I'm one of the rare people who actually like Cricket 2005. And If you look a little closer I was 'Ripping' FIFA 2005

[earulescricket]

SHAMEFUL ATTEMPT BY CODEMASTERS: Read the full review from the below links

http://www.planetcricket.net/gallery...album=16&pos=5
http://www.planetcricket.net/gallery...album=16&pos=6
http://www.planetcricket.net/gallery...album=16&pos=8
http://www.planetcricket.net/gallery...album=16&pos=9

(very very thanks to planetcricket for telling the truth)

Now after reading the review tell me did i say anything wrong about their game?
I was surprised that no one was believing my facts! Each and every sentence in my posts is correct and i can guarantee you that i wasn't lieing anything about both games.By now u must have realised/known that blic is just an arcade game and not designed for a cricket fan.So i would suggest you all to stay away from Codemasters and get Allan Border Cricket by Audiogenic.(It occupies less space for the same features provided by blic).
Now where is that patcher boy!
Go **** yourself.If u don't believe my words go away from here.Just go away to your ****** forum.And by the way i have a great knowledge in game programming and i can make my own files, so go **** your patches.

[saltiresfan]

My forum as you put it is the planetcricket site which you were praising just a minute ago. I'm glad you don't want any patches or updates as an account and IP ban for you might prevent both.

[mvaughan2005]

Colin, I suggest you just ignore this guy. Has been doing this for over a week now, and to be honest, no one really cares about his posts anymore.

[rashaba16]

Originally Posted by Johnmiceter

I haven't read all the replies, but I just wanted to add my opinion about both games. It seems all of us just want a really GOOD Cricket game, that's why all the arguing.

But to all the people that do like Cricket 2005, to be honest to yourself, you have to admit it does have alot of bad bugs though. I've only played the Xbox version, and I've gave it so many chances because I just want to play a cricket game on Xbox. It's taken me so long to over look the really bad bugs in this game like :

- No saving in between matches and create a PLayer doesn't save on Xbox (what's the deal with these 2 major things) ?
- When batters run between wickets, they are to slow, and if you send them back, it takes them to long, and they don't ground there bats properly.
- Fielders are to fast and good, it's really hard to run 2's and 3's even when the ball goes close to the boundary.
- Commentary is way off in this game, they get the names wrong, score wrong, just about everything.
- How do you hit Yorkers for 6 so easily ?
- No Manual Appeal button
- There is no Intro in the Xbox version , is there one in the PS2 or PC versions ?

I think there is more then this, but these are just ones I have seen.

But I am not trying to dislike this game, as I've tried so hard to like it, but some of these things make it impossible to like and gets so frustrating at times, you feel like breaking your controller.

I'm just hoping Brian Lara's Cricket is better (no offence) but I just want a decent cricket game on Xbox I can play and SAVE

Btw, anyone know if EA is bring out a Patch for this game ?
I think if they cared about there quality of games, they would, I hope they do anyway. Maybe it could be downlaoded by Xbox live or another way for people that don't have Live ?

C'mon EA please do this, because it would help the game become so much more fun and not as frustrating.

No intro being in the game is not a bug. Fifa 2005 has no intro so get your facts straight. But ea cricket 2005 will be way better than blic 2005.

[JakeHornor]

Everyone, if you think EA Cricket 2005 have bugs, then read this entire thread on Planet Cricket:

http://planetcricket.net/forums/show...531#post154531


I simply don't understand why people slate EA's Cricket when,

1. It's normal for a game... any game, to have bugs in this age of gaming. Remember, the more complex games become, the likelyhood of bugs increases also.

2. BLIC has EVEN MORE BUGS and EVEN GREATER LACK OF REALISTIC FEATURES than EA Cricket 2005.

3. Unlike BLIC, EA's Cricket games actually tries to simulate the game of cricket.


Also, I don't understand why Codemasters are making a patch for BLIC instead of debugging the actual friggin game, since it's not released yet. This defies all earthly logic.

[earulescricket]

Originally Posted by JakeHornor

Everyone, if you think EA Cricket 2005 have bugs, then read this entire thread on Planet Cricket:

http://planetcricket.net/forums/show...531#post154531


I simply don't understand why people slate EA's Cricket when,

1. It's normal for a game... any game, to have bugs in this age of gaming. Remember, the more complex games become, the likelyhood of bugs increases also.

2. BLIC has EVEN MORE BUGS and EVEN GREATER LACK OF REALISTIC FEATURES than EA Cricket 2005.

3. Unlike BLIC, EA's Cricket games actually tries to simulate the game of cricket.


Also, I don't understand why Codemasters are making a patch for BLIC instead of debugging the actual friggin game, since it's not released yet. This defies all earthly logic.

Spot on-> excellent post

[earulescricket]

Originally Posted by mvaughan2005

Colin, I suggest you just ignore this guy. Has been doing this for over a week now, and to be honest, no one really cares about his posts anymore.

Does he know where is ignore button?Please teach him.

[da premiership]

Originally Posted by rashaba16

No intro being in the game is not a bug. Fifa 2005 has no intro so get your facts straight. But ea cricket 2005 will be way better than blic 2005.

It should have an intro, but not 100%, though i have heard that if you leave fifa 05 on the 'press button' screen after so long an intro will come up. But im not sure

[Johnmiceter]

So what about the Save option ? You picked up on the little not so important thing I mentioned, and I said I thINK the PS2 and PC versions have it, but wasn't sure, but you didn't mention about the SAVE thing.

Wouldn't you count this as a BIG BUG in a game, if the save feature doesn't work properly ?

And maybe you don't have the Xbox version, that's why it doesn't bother you as much. But really EA should fix this, if they consider themselves a serious developer. Because it affects the game a fair bit. The other bugs I can live with, but sometimes if your in a hurry, or have to leave all of a sudden, and if your going good, can't save it, jsut got to turn it off which sucks

[Ricky19881]

Originally Posted by earulescricket

Spot on-> excellent post

Too right

[da premiership]

Originally Posted by Johnmiceter

So what about the Save option ? You picked up on the little not so important thing I mentioned, and I said I thINK the PS2 and PC versions have it, but wasn't sure, but you didn't mention about the SAVE thing.

Wouldn't you count this as a BIG BUG in a game, if the save feature doesn't work properly ?

And maybe you don't have the Xbox version, that's why it doesn't bother you as much. But really EA should fix this, if they consider themselves a serious developer. Because it affects the game a fair bit. The other bugs I can live with, but sometimes if your in a hurry, or have to leave all of a sudden, and if your going good, can't save it, jsut got to turn it off which sucks

If there is a reason why the save option was not used for the xbox and therefore was not put in it is not a bug, just the game design

[idontlikerpgs]

To me, EA are the best game people you can get - I think all their games beat everyone elses by far, no matter what people say

[Fk915]

Yes there games are good, they just have to pay little attention to the Cricket series

[The Doctor76]

Originally Posted by SteveS3667

Firstly...is there any need for foul language!!!!

The fact the clouds don't move, the keepers don't wear hats, the bowler runs up like a dog and the fact the players may not resemble their counterparts dosen't make the game useless and by the way these are not bugs....

Do you really think that a paying customer should put up with terrible bug ridden software three games on the trott???

C2002/2004 & 2005 all have bowlers bowling more than their alloted overs in a ODI...The developers were told but we're still getting it.

Rain, Line up and save game bugs in 2004.

The lack of a save feature in the XBOX 2005 - unforgivable mistake!!!

Players sliding along the ground in 2005.

Start of day 2 reverting back to Lunch on day 1 in tests - 2005.

Hard to bat in 2005!!!

Need I go on.... and you're having a stab a demo

Codemasters in fact are a big company!!!

Yeah the grafix, options and the like are in EA's efforts but useless if they don't work properly....

Steve S.

Codemasters cricket games became rubbish after BLIC 99. EA feels more like cricket and plays more like it too, especially with the excellent patches available from the modding community!

Anyone thinking of getting this game, make sure you patch it up to the nines first. Out of the box, it isn't very good.

[leicesterbus]

Yes and Brian Lara cricket is being released on formats EA cricket is not like the PSP and X BOX 360 so people who have those formats will buy brian lara.