#Codemasters brian lara cricket Pc#
It's also due out on PS2 and PC - all three landing on July 21st.Īs you might imagine, there's a mixture of quick-fire and more extensive gameplay options, ranging from Exhibition mode to customisation options that let you create your own cricketer using kit from real manufacturers and even custom teams, cups and leagues.Īs well as one-day internationals (with up to 50 overs - allowing for a bit of 20-20 action) and five-day test matches, BLIC also features a little Double Wicket effort which is said to be a very accessible and customisable game with two cricketers on each side. You can find some brand new screenshots of the Xbox version of the game here. I found it to be thoroughly enjoyable and certainly a good first up game from the new developer, im looking forward to playing many more games of cricket.With just over a month to go until it trots out from the pavilion, Codemasters has revealed the various game modes that will make up Brian Lara International Cricket, and released a new promotional trailer that you can grab from the "downloads" sections of the official website. Unfortunately edges don't seem to carry through to the slips very often with most falling just short. One thing with this system is each type of delivery has a certain bowler skill level needed to bowl it and even in the case of reverse swing, a minimum number of overs before it able to be bowled. 1 complaint i have with the game is the stupidity of the fielders, sometimes showing no urgency at all, plenty of times you can have the chance for a run out but the fielders while let you down with very slow pick ups and releases.īowling is very similar to previous games 1 button to select your delivery, use the stick to select where on the pitch you want it to land and another press to confirm pace of the ball. To return the ball while fielding is just a matter of holding the stick up or down to choose an end to throw the ball too. Much better than the bar system of previous games.
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you need to push a when the circle around the ball is green to catch the ball, if you press while its orange you will have a slight chance of catching it, and if you press it while its red its a dropped catch.
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works well.įielding in the game is good, when the ball is hit in the air for a catch the camera goes behind the fielder who is catching the ball and you see the ball which initially has a red circle around it, the circle will turn orange than green and back to red. Running between the wickets is the same as before 1 button to run, another cancels the run and the new addition of the dive button to make up some ground to avoid run outs.
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I really like this system as it rewards the advanced player who can decide which foot to use with a slight advantage to help get the ball into the gaps of the field. A new feature in this game is using Left Trigger and Left button to choose between front foot/back foot shot selection or don't hold either for the game to auto choose the right foot for you, but with the penalty of less accuracy. you have your big hit button, normal button block button and use your stick to aim. The batting is very similar to previous codemasters cricket games.
#Codemasters brian lara cricket license#
They have given the license to new developers transmission games who have started again from scratch. Ashes Cricket 2009 is a revamp of the codemasters Brian Lara/Ricky Ponting cricket franchise.