Comments on: Review | Cricket Revolution

By: Zinedine

Zinedine — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:33:18 +0000

for me i was absolutely stoked that the bowling cursor isnt easy to place, it should be difficult to place the ball exactly where you want it and to concentrate thats what happens in real life!! the bowler can slip up and bowl in the wrong spot. stupid fricken games like the ea releases and the recent codemasters release are ridiculous. you can just bowl in the exact same spot every delivery!!! who in the world can do that??? too much bullshit about t20, frilly graphics and commentary on those games, it takes a low budget game like this to finally head back towards some gameplay.

By: Iowcatalyst

Iowcatalyst — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:38 +0000

I just saw this game on steam, I am glad I read the comments below the review, I was just going to disregard the game after reading the review. But having read some of the comments I am going to buy it, I found ashes, brian lara etc very easy , much to simple to properly simulate cricket but fun. Probally the best was the first Brian lara on the ps1. Anyway to read the comments that this is possably one of the best in a realistic sence is enough to make me want to buy this . Espeacally as I just go the new international cricket for the xbox today and half way through my first game I got the red ring of death, I need to play some cricket :D

By: Yahya

Yahya — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:18:06 +0000

The reviewer has criticize the game play unfairly as it deserve appreciation because it has brought more realistic sense in game by giving so many varieties of batting and bowling so I must say that this game has got best game play better then Cricket and Lara…but I must say in terms of other options like their is no commentary in that game and graphics is not very clear compare to other cricket games launched at the same time and also sound of crowd and other game sound are irritating while reply problem is their like when ever third empire is asked they dont offer reply of that shot instead just a big screen on the ground and just decision no reply of it so that it could be easily understand so they should work in this but no doubt developer has done a great job as coming from no where launch something like that is something that they deserve credit for…I think they should launch another game very soon because their game is in market and other developers would bring changes by looking at this game in their game play and take their advantage from them so this was a very good game and deserve 6-7 at least due to its some lacking as have been mentioned…Looking forward for next version of it and expecting they improve graphics and other things in their next version and also made their game play much better by bringing something new to it…

By: umesh

umesh — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:02:09 +0000

this game is good,
but difficulty level of easy is not that is too play,
parten of playing criket 2007 is very easy to play,play a shots
fielding is too slow,fielder throws the ball very slow to the keeper or fielder…
the game is very slow…& shots through off side is very hard to play..

By: Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:57:27 +0000

I picked up bowling at about the third ball. Can’t see how it’s harder than batting. (according to the reviewer) I found it dead easy.
But batting! WoW, i’ve twice got past the first lesson in the nets for playiong a shot. I press the key, any time and it comes back “no shot offered” The only time he does play a shot it’s when I press it so early that it feels entirely unrealistic (i.e it’s still in the bowlers hand)
Bowling mechanic seems great. Easily the best and most intuitive i’ve used.
Batting?? I really have no idea. Does timing matter at all? It seems not.

By: Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:54:23 +0000

What – All of them – all of these, and the one’s I’ve forgotten …
Cricket! by Cases computer simulations, Cricket! by Hewsoft, Cricket by Mastertronic 99p, Cricket by Sledgesoft, Cricket Captain (with red dongle for the Amiga) by Knightsoft, Tim Love’s Cricket, Test Match Cricket (CCS again) Ian Botham’s Cricket, Graham Gooch cricket (Audiogenic), Alan Border Cricket, Calypso Cricket, Howzat, ‘Owzat, 6 ‘n’ Out, The Test Simulator (BBC software), Backyard Cricket (Oz Soft) Graham Gooch Cricket (Amiga and Atari ST -again by Audiogenic but a completely different game) Text Cricket, Pen and Paper cricket, Cricket Simulator (Amiga). Battle for the Ashes, International Cricket, GVU Cricket sim, Willow and Wicket, World cricket 2000,ICC1, ICC2, ICC Ashes edition, ICC 2000, ICC2002, ICC2005 (Ashes edition) , ICC 2006, ICC3, ICC 2008, ICC 2009, Michael Vaughans Cricket, Cricket Coach (the Tresco edition) Cricket coach 2007, Cricket coach 2009, EA cricket ‘96. EA cricket ‘97 (EA’s last decent cricket game), EA cricket ‘99 (world cup edition), EA cricket 2002 (using Codemaster Brian Lara engine) , oh and Brian Lara cricket (Amiga and ST) Brian Lara cricket (PC console – ‘98) Brian Lara 2005, Brian Lara 2007. Ashes cricket 2009, ITC (Dan’s great game, but I lost the serial key for it), Internet cricket, Cricket 3d (Macintosh none intel) 12th man cricket (Billy Birmingham productions)

There are many MANY more. I reckon I have around one hundred and eighty cricket games across perhaps twenty formats (from Sinclair ZX81 through to the latest PC games)

Add you’ve played them all have you? Guess what. I don’t believe you.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:47:00 +0000

Yep, I have to totally agree with you there Peter. I gave the game more than ebough time to prove itself to me, but I am continually appalled by the batting and bowling complexities. Now before some goose jumps on and says I don’t understand cricket, I have been playing and watching it for over 40 years now, and played just about every cricket game out there, so believe I am a fair judge of the game. Lucky for me I only paid about $30.00 for it, so can uninstall it and move on with life.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:45:45 +0000

No, I agree with the review, this game absolutely stinks. The batting is terrible and frustrating, the bowling is awful, the presentation is pathetic and the Hi-NRG song on the menu made me turn the sound off straight away. Avoid like the plague

By: RedDragon

RedDragon — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:54:53 +0000

This is what a proper review is suppose to look like:

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/440193.html

By: Samir

Samir — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:53:17 +0000

Wow, lots of umm unwarranted opinions being chucked around in this here comment section. Well here’s my two cents. Having played Brian Lara cricket and EA Sports Cricket games for PS and PC respectively, I can safely say that this game neither deserves a 3 nor does it deserve a 10. For one thing, as should be obvious to anyone and is agreed upon (i think) by everyone is that graphically this game is a bit behind the times. Another thing that is annoying (IMHO) is the sound. The crowd sounds are a bit too repetitive and grate you after a while.
You can say that it was made with a low budget. That’s perfectly alright. But the people who made this game are not looking for charity, they made a commercial game and they’re competing on an International level, its up to them to get up to the mark.
On the other hand, the game is as fun as any other cricket game i’ve played (Stick Cricket included). It may not be very intuitive for some but I at least found the controls to be reasonable. The practice mode was not comprehensive i found but it did teach you enough to be able to hit a shot in the direction you want to.
LAN mode was great, no hitches there. Bowling is fun with enough variety in there to prevent it from being monotonous. There is the option of customising the field positions or using presets. You can create custom teams and play tournaments, etc.
Enough depth to last you longer than a couple of matches.
If I had to rate it 3, I would rate it 3/5, which also translates to 6/10, which also translates to 60/100. Which should be enough to tell you that its not amazing, but its worth a go. Furthermore if you were not a fan of cricket, the sensible thing would be to give it a pass.
Cheers everyone!
PS: BTW, hope you haven’t published the new review guys, my two cents would be seemingly useless if so.