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Cricket 07 Review
November 22, 2006 4:07PM PST
Randolph Ramsay
By Randolph Ramsay, Site Manager, GameSpot APAC
EA's Cricket 07 plays a generally good game of cricket but is hamstrung by some finicky bowling controls.
The Good
Century Stick batting system is easy to pick up
Impressive array of game modes ranging from domestic competitions to full-scale international tours
Dedicated Ashes mode.
The Bad
Bowling mechanics are a tad too sensitive
Noticeable graphical glitches
Gameplay can become tedious during long matches.
If you're an Aussie or UK sports fan, then the next few months are all about one thing--the Ashes series being held Down Under. EA is capitalising on that buzz by releasing Cricket 07 just before the start of the first Test at the end of November, and the good news for cricket tragics is that Cricket 07 is EA's best effort at replicating the sport to date. The bad news is that some finicky bowling mechanics make it an uneven experience, with batting by far the more enjoyable half of the gameplay. And just like in real cricket, even the shortest matches can result in some tedium.
If you're a big fan of the sport, then you know that a little tedium is part and parcel of the whole experience. Indeed, Cricket 07 plays more towards hardcore supporters than casual followers, as the real-life game is represented here in almost simulation-like quality. While there is scope for slugfests at lower difficulty levels, Cricket 07 is very much a game that rewards patience and persistence, particularly when you get to Test match levels at higher-than-average difficulties.
EA's latest cricket offering features its biggest innovation to the series so far--the Century Stick control system. As opposed to previous entries in the series, which mapped shot selection to a PlayStation 2 controller's four face buttons, Cricket 07 uses both analog sticks for batting. The left is used for foot choice and batter placement, while the right is used to select shots and determine power. A hard pull straight down on the right analog stick, for example, will result in a fierce straight drive, while a gentle flick to the right will result in a batsman doing a leg glance. An impressive array of shots can be played in Cricket 07 (depending on where the ball is relative to your batsman), including French cuts, square cuts, cover drives, on-drives, pulls, hooks, sweeps, blocks, and more.
The Century Stick system feels more intuitive than the old button-mapped method, and you'll be pulling off a sweet variety of shots in no time flat. At the easier difficulty levels, Cricket 07 games will quickly become four- and six-run slugfests, as smashing shot after massive shot is criminally easy. However, if you ramp up the difficulty, timing and placement become much more crucial. Timing your shots accurately at higher difficulty settings can take some time to master, as mistimed shots are almost always the main cause for wickets falling. To make the task easier, Cricket 07 features an optional batsman timing gauge, which can show you whether you're swinging early, late, or right on time. This feature becomes essential as you play down the batting order of any team, as lower-ranked batters have significantly smaller "sweet spots" than the top order.
Running between wickets is a straightforward affair in Cricket 07--simply press the circle button, and your batsman will start to run. Choosing the right time to run is a skill you'll have to learn early, as even at the easiest settings opposition fielders have a tendency to be deadly accurate when returning the ball. Fielding is similarly easy to master in Cricket 07--at the default settings, all of the fielding is automatic, which means catches and throws are handled by the computer (and handled well for the most part). Even the assisted fielding option is pretty basic--Cricket 07 only lets you take control over the strength of a fielder's throw. If you're the type who wants complete control in the field, then you're out of luck.
While batting and fielding are relatively pain-free experiences, the bowling side of Cricket 07 is less smooth. To bowl, you first select from an array of deliveries available to each individual bowler--the better or more experienced the bowler, the more selections you can choose from. For fast bowlers, this can include deliveries like inswingers and outswingers, and for spin, it can include deliveries like leg spinners and googlies. Special deliveries (bouncers fall into this category) or signature balls (such as Shane Warne's flipper) are selectable once the bowler's confidence meter is completely filled--which is boosted each time he sends a good delivery.
Once a delivery is chosen, you'll need to select the pace and direction of the ball while the onscreen bowler does his run in. Setting the pace is easily done by pressing the X button before the pace meter rises above a certain point. Pushing the pace meter too much will result in a "no ball." Setting direction is where bowling becomes more finicky. In Cricket 07, you'll need to select a spot on the pitch where you want your delivery to initially land--and in this the controls become far too sensitive. You'll need a feather touch to accurately place a ball, as anything more will see the pitch indicator veer wildly. There are plenty of instances where you'll find the sweet spot for a ball, but then a slight movement of your thumb on the left analog stick will change the direction completely. While there's scope to argue that this replicates the real-life difficulty inherent in bowling accurate balls, as you can imagine, this can get a little frustrating during gameplay sessions.
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