My thoughts...

[Robertinho]

It's an awesome game. Way better than Cricket 2005. What really impressed me is how the scores are realistic and the fielding placements are actually effective. On Cricket 2005, you can six hit down the ground every ball for the first 10 overs and make about 200. But in this, you actually have to play proper shots, which makes it great fun.

This leads to more realistic scores, which to me is the second most important thing - behind how enjoyable it is. I recently had the West Indies 3/98 after 30 overs in an ODI - they then exploded and got to about 3/160 after 39 overs - Warne had figures of about 7-1-50-0, we then got them all out for 172 and Warne finished with 10-4-50-3.

Great game, though I've been playing it on Xbox, will have to get the PC version.

(And I love how they conveniently added a feature to edit the names "A Simms" for Australia - why is he white?!)

 

[Josh]

Yeh it annoyed me that he was white. I've altered most the teams to make them more current-day accurate tho, however Hussey now suddenly bowls "Left arm googly"

 

[Robertinho]

Did you swap Lehmann with Hussey?

 

[Robertinho]

Bah. Playing as SAF against India in a test on State level. They are 3/45 from 44 overs. Tendulkar went out for a 67 ball duck, Dravid has faced 110 or so balls, still on 0 runs.

 

[James90]

Bah. Playing as SAF against India in a test on State level. They are 3/45 from 44 overs. Tendulkar went out for a 67 ball duck, Dravid has faced 110 or so balls, still on 0 runs.

Good game isn't it.

 

[Robertinho]

Ntini!!! Laxman gone, for a 19-ball duck. Caught behind.

Dravid's marathon innings comes to a close, a 132-ball duck - bowled by Pollock. 22 solid overs of blocking. Sheesh. 5/48.

 

[Josh]

Did you swap Lehmann with Hussey?

No, Katich.

The only thing bugging me about the game is the running between wickets picture comes up even if you block or leave a ball and the third umpire decision happens too quickly.

Everything else I've accepted as being non-impact stuff. Well they are too I suppose but they just annoy me lol.

 

[Robertinho]

I don't mind the running between wickets thing, or the third umpire thing. Though things are looking up, Ganguly just hit a single, the first run scored off the bat for looooong time.

 

[andyc]

The slow scoring is really annoying, but it's an awesome game to play with someone. My mate, who absolutely loathes cricket, and I played for about two hours and he was loving it.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Slow scoring can be countered by just having really aggressive fields the whole time. You get wickets a lot more regularly and they score more quickly.

My gripe is that batting on County is too easy, so I put it up to Test. Then bowling becomes too easy. I generally play on county, but you can score at 6 an obver in test matchges fairly risk-free.

 

[Josh]

Yeh they don't score too slowly against me. Go at 3 an over healthily.

I was gonna bump up to test level aswell but I ended up 7 wickets for 4 so I decided to go back to county

 

[barmyarmy]

We need a patch so you can bat in test level and bowl in county...

 

[andyc]

Slow scoring can be countered by just having really aggressive fields the whole time. You get wickets a lot more regularly and they score more quickly.

My gripe is that batting on County is too easy, so I put it up to Test. Then bowling becomes too easy. I generally play on county, but you can score at 6 an obver in test matchges fairly risk-free.

I score at about 10-12 an over in Test pretty easily. Not trying to talk myself up, just saying that I find batting a bit easy, cause the computer sets really stupid fields.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I score at about 10-12 an over in Test pretty easily. Not trying to talk myself up, just saying that I find batting a bit easy, cause the computer sets really stupid fields.

I can, but I never bother because it's unrealistic, so I try and keep it to 6 tops. But it's so annoying.

 

[superkingdave]

Well batting on Test is great but it really shows the game either needs some better ai or some kind of tiredness thingamagig. Just got bowled out for about 70 by pakistan off 29.1 overs, they decided to give Shoiab Akhtar a 15 over spell and Sami a 14 over one. When Shabbir was brought on i had a celebratory slog and lost my last wicket.

 

[Robertinho]

Ohh I agree! Harmison and Flintoff bowled for about 15 overs each.

 

[andyc]

To make a list of all the things you would like changed about this game:
AI field settings and tiredness
AI slow, slow batting- to stop hitting to fine leg so much, and to take singles when they're available
Not being able to score at 12 an over on Test level
Career fast bowlers to be able to actually bowl fast
Catches off no balls to not be celebrated, and to allow batsmen to run
No balls not to count as balls faced

Go ahead and contribute

 

[Jamee999]

But no-balls do count as balls faced?

 

[Robertinho]

To make a list of all the things you would like changed about this game:
AI field settings and tiredness
AI slow, slow batting- to stop hitting to fine leg so much, and to take singles when they're available
Not being able to score at 12 an over on Test level
Career fast bowlers to be able to actually bowl fast
Catches off no balls to not be celebrated, and to allow batsmen to run
No balls not to count as balls faced

Go ahead and contribute

Why shouldn't no balls be counted as balls faced?

Anyway, here's my list (using some of yours) -

- AI with more intelligent field settings & bowling options
- Bowlers being fatigued by long spells
- AI takes runs when available
- Sixes harder to hit/Slogging more difficult
- 'Generate innings' or 'autoplay' to be introduced
- Able to charge down the pitch
- Batting and bowling becoming much harder
- Tailenders harder to get out
- The whole "speed" debacle to be sorted
- More career players allowed, able to bowl fast

 

[Prince EWS]

I'd like to see a modification to the career player feature.

I'd like to see a career player "mode", where you only play as your career player, and basically have AI v AI for the remaining players in the match.