Idea for Cricket 08

[Fk915]

What do you mean by Brian Lara Cricket Style? as far as I know Brian Lara Cricket sucks

[Ar54ad]

Use that head of yours i meant the brian lara cricket gameplay use your common an sense stupid, people theses days man you can tell he is one of them disable people

[Fk915]

Originally Posted by Ar54ad

Use that head of yours i meant the brian lara cricket gameplay use your common an sense stupid, people theses days man you can tell he is one of them disable people

No Sir we dont want BLIC game play. I scored 380 runs in a 20 overs game. BLIC is no way realistic. I mean come on 380 runs in 20 overs !!!
even a "Disable Person" knows that, how come you dont know, Mr.Smart??

[idontlikerpgs]

That is a good idea for a game but I'd prefer to be Irish captain

[VillaRulez]

Originally Posted by Ar54ad

Use that head of yours i meant the brian lara cricket gameplay use your common an sense stupid, people theses days man you can tell he is one of them disable people

lol lol funny but i agree with fk915 buddy. the gameplay of brian lara cricket is lalalala EA's Cricket is way better than that so they shud jus improve the existing gameplay instead of copying arcadey blic.

[Fk915]

(I have posted this on PC website before ... in case EA Admins didnt read there ... I m posting it here for them)

I think EA should get back to basics.

i) Release the game only on PC.
ii) Dedicate a small number of programmers who knows and love the sports (not the Hockey lover Canadians) and have passion to create Cricket games
iii) Do a thorough beta testing, invite Planet Cricket (www.planetcricket.com) patch makers to do beta testing.
iv) Release the game every yr, thats how they can improve the game gradually.

[njoku12345]

Originally Posted by Fk915

(I have posted this on PC website before ... in case EA Admins didnt read there ... I m posting it here for them)

I think EA should get back to basics.

i) Release the game only on PC.
ii) Dedicate a small number of programmers who knows and love the sports (not the Hockey lover Canadians) and have passion to create Cricket games
iii) Do a thorough beta testing, invite Planet Cricket (www.planetcricket.com) patch makers to do beta testing.
iv) Release the game every yr, thats how they can improve the game gradually.

Wat the f#@k why only on pc? just cos u cant afford a play station. PLANET CRICKET is just a fake advertising site and it was only 2005 that they didn't release a game

[njoku12345]

i think there shud be a better manager mode, lyke they hav in fifa 07. They should also use hawk eye, like BLIC. They should also have player growth like fifa07, and mayb a career mode i.e. you make your own player who starts off lalalala, but can get better as he plays and mayb get selected for england. Also, they have got to get the LBW sorted- so many times i've got sum1 plum LB and never got it, wheras the umpire will give sumfing miles down leg lol! In Brian Lara 05, there are challenges where you have to play in a famous situation and pull it off. I would love to c that in cricket 08 aswell

[VillaRulez]

there are ashes challenges in 07 if u havent noticed.

[njoku12345]

Originally Posted by VillaRulez

there are ashes challenges in 07 if u havent noticed.

yeah i no mate, sorry i didn't say it like i shud have. i meant to say that although there are ashes challenges, it would be better if there were a wider range of challenges like BL i.e. not only ashes 2005. You could have the botham miracle comeback of 1971 (i fink it was 71) and the test that started the ashes. It would be good if you could also create your own challenges.

[VillaRulez]

cool i agree plus i posted earlier to have the ability of custom teams and tournaments so challenges wud be a good addition. But i must stress to EA that these are all secondary as gameplay needs to be improved and bugs need to be fixed b4 all the bells n whistles are added.

[Fk915]

Originally Posted by njoku12345

Wat the f#@k why only on pc? just cos u cant afford a play station. PLANET CRICKET is just a fake advertising site and it was only 2005 that they didn't release a game

Thats coz EA doesnt want to spend money when it comes to Cricket series. All the investment is in North American Sports games and in FIFA. it seems people in EA has some grudge for Cricket. Thats why I said concentrate on PC version , release it on PC every year. its cheap to make compare to PS3 and 360 and gradully improve the quality but first fix it on PC and after that once its fixed they can release on multi-consoles.

I think Planet Cricket is one of the best Cricket games website and doing a great job.

[hardegat007]

I agree with Pbraders. Starting as a young player, build up your career, become CAPTAIN of South Africa, control the team, money budget, controlling stress level and play??equipment??

Any comments about it?

[Fk915]

Do EA have time for Cricket game to add all these features ?

[VillaRulez]

Originally Posted by hardegat007

I agree with Pbraders. Starting as a young player, build up your career, become CAPTAIN of South Africa, control the team, money budget, controlling stress level and play??equipment??

Any comments about it?

Wat is it a SIMS Cricket? Why dont we look after the players aswell and take em to the loo wen they need one during a test match and feed em during the lunch and tea breaks!!!

EA Please give us a bug free cricket game with core cricketing gameplay first! cheers

[mohdmohsin25]

please release the game on nintendo wii, it would be amazing to play cricket with full motion control.

[Fk915]

EA doesnt have license for a number of teams so they dont include real faces and names for a large number of players. To solve this problem I think they should include an editor like the one in Tiger wood PGA 08, where player can take a picture and add into the game. If gamers have that kinda feature they can add real pictures and names for unlicensed players.

[starhawk07]

I have some ideas and opinions. Like most others said, we gotta get license from ICC and first of all get the basics right.
1) A tougher computer to play against.
2) Make fielding and bowling a bit more accurate
3) Fix all bugs and glitches from 07 version
4) Make official licensed ICC events such as Champions Trophy and World Cup instead of World Championship or World Series
5) Real player names and faces....Plus let the commentators call the name of the players for example is Sachin scores a 50, they should say his name etc....
6) 3d stadiums and crowds, also umpires
7) better graphics
look at many of the ea sports USA games and learn about graphics
9) More playing modes, either a season mode or career mode
10) Release it in NTSC/UC system even if u cant release in USA or NA becuz there are a lot of South Asian, Carribean and European settlers which would be more that 50% of the US population and a lot of them loves cricket. Releasing in NTSC will only benefit EA.
11) get license from more teams like BCCI, WICB, PCB etc. and get domestic seasons of India (Ranji Trophy), the West Indian Stanford 20-20 etc.
12) More celebrations for achievements, lot more cut scenes etc....make it exciting guys and make it realistic. No one just wanna sit home and play a boring game
13) Finally, don't rush...take ur time. We don't care if you take 2 or 3 years, but come out with a gud game we all love, thats better than making quick releases that rnt so gud. Fix all the problems u had in the previous version.

[starhawk07]

Originally Posted by hardegat007

I agree with Pbraders. Starting as a young player, build up your career, become CAPTAIN of South Africa, control the team, money budget, controlling stress level and play??equipment??

Any comments about it?

I agree too, its a gr8 idea...work ur way up to be a captain and become popular and deal with all the aspects of professional life a cricketer deals with. But not just SA, England or Aussies captain. The player should be allowed to pick what team he wants to play....

[starhawk07]

I have another real good idea. I'm sure every single cricket gamer would love this one. Why can't cricket 08 have sledging. For example esp. in Ashes or in Ind-Pak games etc, a bit more agression....But it gotta be realistic dont make every player have agression. For example James Anderson, Andrew Flintoff and Hayden should have agression when guys like Tendulkar and Vaughan shouldn't. What do you guys think?

[ThomasMcEveney12]

Here are a couple of suggestions i came up with while playing cricket 2007.

1) The pitch should break up in 4/5 days and there should be variable bounce depending on how much the pitch has broken up.

2) Reverse swing as the ball gets older.

3) Transfers in season mode as in real life clubs can sign players.

4) Rain in one dayers and 20/20's because this would add realism to the game.

5) D/L method being used when rain comes.

6) LBW's need to be sorted out as even if the ball ilalalalaing it is given not out and sometimes if the ball is missing it is sometimes given.

7) Make the batting more realistic as at the moment the ball sails over the fence all the time with L1 and direction.

Backing up(Batsmen)

9) Letting the bowler push the ball onto the stumps when hit back down the ground into the stumps. There should be a quick reaction test e.g. press X to make this happen there should be like a 2 second time limit.

10) More tension when going to the third umpire

11) Have commentators that say the whole sentance at the moment it's e.g. A brilliant catch by *pause* (different commentator) Lee

[The Doctor76]

Originally Posted by Fk915

Thats coz EA doesnt want to spend money when it comes to Cricket series. All the investment is in North American Sports games and in FIFA. it seems people in EA has some grudge for Cricket. Thats why I said concentrate on PC version , release it on PC every year. its cheap to make compare to PS3 and 360 and gradully improve the quality but first fix it on PC and after that once its fixed they can release on multi-consoles.

I think Planet Cricket is one of the best Cricket games website and doing a great job.

I couldn't agree with you more! If it wasn't for PlanetCricket, this game would still be a pile of lalalala! They've released patches that fix everything from the shots always finding fielders to the bowlers always bowling leg-side!

To EA:
Thanks to the efforts of the community, the gameplay doesn't need to be improved a great deal. It isn't perfect, but if you use the game (as patched by the community) as the base for Cricket 08 then you'll be pretty much there. Some of my ideas for improvements:

Gameplay: Use the batting system from BLIC 2007 (but keep the front foot/back foot shot option present in EA 07.) With the system from BLIC 2007, you can choose exactly where you want to aim the shot and it makes it much easier to find gaps. Of course, the shot shouldn't always go exactly where you want it to.

There has been a problem with spin bowling where the CPU all too often pops the ball up in the air for an easy catch by a close-in fielder, so all you need to do is load a lot of men into catching positions and you'll take tons of wickets. This problem has been present in all EA's Cricket games. As we know, in real cricket, this field setting can be used without success for hours at a time! Fix this issue, as a priority.

LBWs also need sorting out. Time and again the CPU gives it not out when it was clearly out! Also, make it possible for the CPU to get out by being bowled or given LBW occasionally! And give us the option to appeal manually! This was present in an early EA cricket game, but was dropped thereafter. Why?

Change field placement method. Instead of switching to a new screen, just zoom right out to blimp view and let us move fielders around like that! It will be more accessable and less fiddly.

Having the option to choose which side of the wicket to bowl is great, go a bit further by letting us choose to bowl close in or wide of the stumps.

Cosmetics:

Why not let the game flow more? After a ball's been bowled, have everyone carry on as though it's a real game (keeper gives it back to bowler, bowler goes back to his run up). The option to speed things up (or skip them altogether should also be present).

A really cool feature would be dynamic light/weather, so as the day goes on weather changes (if forecast to do so) and light gets worse as the evening approaches if the day's weather was bad. This would add some more of real cricket's strategy to the game: gamble on batting first on a good pitch but overcast if the weather's forecast to clear later on.

Please give us auto-stats that pop up ocassionally and between overs instead of hiding them away in the menu screen!

Let's see the ball visibly age (and do away with the snooker ball shine present in the current game, have a look at BLIC 2007's ball, that was spot on in shine and colour). The ball should also change it's behaviour as it gets older. Also, fix the new ball option! You can go for well over a hundred overs and never be offered the new ball!

Please give us the motivation to play a 5 day test! If we win, we want to see a proper victory celebration (like you get in the FIFA series). The same applies to batsman's milestones and bowlers getting five-for and so on. This applies to all competitions obviously.

If a batsman getlalalala by a 90mph bouncer, lets have a close up! Something else that BLIC 2007 got right. Also, it doesn't hurt if you get hit by a spinner's delivery unless it gets you in the face!

There isn't enough variation in the stadiums available. Give us more from Asia and the subcontintent.

Sound: Come on! You can do better than this. Some of the bat on ball sounds are good, but some sound more like baseball strikes! Also, it's almost impossible to hear appeals and such like. Chants and cheering should also be much louder. And what's with the sound of the ball bouncing in the outfield?? We're past the arcade days where a ball has to make a sound whenever it comes into contact with the ground! Listen to a real cricket broadcast!

I'm sure I can think of more, but those are the basics. Please, EA, listen to your community and above all, let planetcricket do some beta testing!!!!!

[Phenom]

Some great ideas in here guys, I'll make sure I pass them on to the games developers.

Phenom

[The Doctor76]

Originally Posted by EAUK_Phenom

Some great ideas in here guys, I'll make sure I pass them on to the games developers.

Phenom

Please do, as if these ideas are included, we'll never have to look at a Codemasters cricket game again!

[njoku12345]

Just wanted to apologize to all for slagging off PlanetCricket- you guys kept praising it so i decided to have a look at it. I went to planetcricket.com, which turned out to be one of those really annoying advertising sites. Itr was only when I Googled it that i found the site was .net instead of .com. I agree now, it is excellent! Sorry once again... [/b]