International Cricket 2010 - Play and Help Thread

[Goooner]

Got this today nice and early from Shopto.

Only had a chance to have a quick look at it, just tried a few of the practices.

Can't see any major changes from last years Ashes game, apart from the 3rd person camera, which now puts you just behind the wicket when batting, looks OK.

Will report back when I get a chance to play it some more.

 

[Goooner]

Quick update, having now played all through the tutorials and an innings and a bit of a test match.

The tutorials seem to be a bit more comprehensive than before.

Playing on easy until I get the hang of it, I bowled out the Aussies for 70. Taking wickets seems easier than last time.

As for batting, in the tutorials at least, it seems ridiculously easy to take a couple of steps down the track and smash the spinners for 6. Haven't come up against any spinners in an actual match, so not sure if that's any harder.

Apart from the aforementioned 3rd person view, which I quite like, and and indication of what sort of length you're about to bowl at, which seems to range between bouncer, good, lbw/stumps and yorker and varying colours between red, various shades of green and yellow to show you the "quality" of the delivery you're about to bowl, I'm struggling to see too many differences from last years Ashes game.

Initial impression, unless you really must have the latest version, you'dd probably be better saving £20 odd and getting the Ashes game cheap.

Hopefully, I'll find more changes/updates as I get deeper into the game.

One thing I'd really like, which the EA cricket games always seem to have is a clock telling you what time it is, so you can tell how far away you are from lunch/tea or close of play in a test match, so I can alter tactics accordingly, especially if I lose a wicket 10mins before close of play so I can maybe send in a nightwatchman. As it is, you just get the number of overs, which isn't ideal, if there's been a change of innings, then you have to try and remember how many overs have gone in the previous innings and add it to the current total.

 

[Trashman1971]

I played ashes 09,,,,could hardly get any wickets......and the first 3 balls i bowled in a test match went for sixes.....dont think theres been a realistic cricket since lara on ps2....may try again soon,but it annoyed me when the opposition were 90 for 0 after 6 overs in atest match....the only way to contain the batting seemed to be just bowling yorkers.....maybe im just rubbish though....and i love cricket....surrey fan...

 

[Goooner]

Had exactly the same problem on Ashes, even on the easiest level, playing with Australia against Ireland or someone else rubbsih like that, it was a nightmare taking wickets, I ended up just simming most of the innings I wasn't batting, until I stopped playing it completley.

Does seem easier this version though. Getting plenty of different wickets now, lbw, catches, bowled. Ashes I very rarely saw an lbw all the time I played.

 

[Trashman1971]

all the wickets i was getting was run outs...lol...when i was younger i used to bowl to decent standard,,line and length,,as boycot says 'the corridor of uncertainty'.....in the ashes they just got smashed...lol...i remember in lara on ps2,,you used to get nicks with decent bowling..

 

[Goooner]

Won my first match by 10 wickets, after bowling Australia out for 39 in the second innings. Variation of wickets including one where the batsman played on to his own wicket. Also noticed one or two lbws not given that Hawkeye showed would have hit the stumps and also one which was given that wouldn't have hit.

Polished off the 60 runs I needed foe victory easily enough without losing a wicket.

Thought I'd have another go after upping to normal difficulty in a test between West Indies and England. Me batting as England, I'm currently 21/6 off 9 overs!! So I'm finding it just a bit harder

I've also noticed that there is in fact a time display on the scorecard between overs, which is good.

So all in all, enjoying it a bit more now after my initial disapointment.

 

[Goooner]

all the wickets i was getting was run outs...lol...when i was younger i used to bowl to decent standard,,line and length,,as boycot says 'the corridor of uncertainty'.....in the ashes they just got smashed...lol...i remember in lara on ps2,,you used to get nicks with decent bowling..

Good bowling definitely seems to be rewarded more this time, I'm getting a few edges if I bowl just outside off stump.

It's also not quite as easy as the tutorial to charge down the wicket and smash the spinners, got stumped twice after not timing it properly

 

[MelodyMae]

Should get mine today, only £24.85 from ShopTo aswell. Looking forward to it.

 

[elo1995]

i have made my own player but yet i cant seem to find a way to insert them onto a team, does anyone know how?

 

[MelodyMae]

Finished all of the tutorials which took an age to finish and started a test match and absolutely love it so far. The new cam really makes it a joy to play (batting at least so far) and feel confident of getting some decent scores once i have played a little more.

A from me so far!.

 

[majson83]

bought this last night, gave it a go and enjoyed it. once i get a go and used to it anyone fancy a game? lots of variety and options, and timing a catch can be annoying but makes it interesting

I played aa test match very briefly and with struass and cook was smashing ball away for 6 at a plomp, got 99 with struass and 120 with cook, then bell with 63 before i started to collapse, ended up with 390 all out in the end. so proof that timing is everything and just smashing every ball wont work all the time.