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<blockquote data-quote="NZL Fan" data-source="post: 3159"><p>REMEMBER these other gems from andrew Wilson of HB............this is from an interview with the cricket 2002tk..........</p><p></p><p><strong>About cricket 2004.........</strong></p><p></p><p>"We’ve heard you have something called the “World Leagueâ€. Is this only for the English and Australian club teams or can we choose international sides as well?"</p><p></p><p>Andrew:"This mode involves management aspects such as buying and selling players along with playing matches. Since this cannot be implemented for International sides, currently this feature supports only the domestic teams".</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Where was this in cricket 2004????????</strong></p><p></p><p>"In Cricket 2002 the wicketkeeper would never run up and pick up the ball even if he was the only player close to the ball. We had to wait for one of the other fielders to throw it to the wicketkeeper. That’s not too realistic. Have you sorted out this wicket keeper problem?" </p><p></p><p>Andrew:"I am pleased to say that we certainly have".</p><p></p><p><strong>Um............no you didn't...........</strong></p><p></p><p>"What about for example, when you turned back in the middle of a run both batsmen would run to the same end. It didn’t get you out but wasn’t too heartening to look at."</p><p></p><p>"It has also been fixed."</p><p></p><p><strong>Um..........again still a problem (fielders throwing to the end where two batsmen end up - resulting in no out), with the additional bonus of the runner sometimes not running at all when you pushed the run button, or else running five minutes after pushing the button, causing a run out.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Is any kind of career or franchise mode implemented? Can you play a whole season of tests and ODIs with a team?"</p><p></p><p>Andrew"Sure can. I’m really proud to say that we’ve added greatly to the depth and wealth of gaming options and gamers will be occupied for many, many hours"</p><p></p><p><strong>Sorry for calling Andrew a liar, but where was this "franchise" "career" mode in the game????</strong></p><p></p><p>"Is the bowling method the same as Cricket 2002 with the wheel and cursor mechanism?"</p><p></p><p>Andrew:"This has been modified/refined…made more user friendly."</p><p></p><p>"Could you elaborate a bit on how exactly the bowling wheel has been modified to make it user friendly?"</p><p></p><p>Andrew:"Its again quite difficult to explain in words but we have certainly looked into improving this"</p><p></p><p><strong>Could be wrong but it was exactly the same bowling wheel to cricket 2002. This whole interview has Andrew saying it "is too hard to discribe" or "I can't descibe in 20 words or less here" etc. Totally winging it......</strong></p><p></p><p>"What improvements have been made to the audio in the game?" </p><p></p><p>Andrew:"We have recorded heaps of new commentary by Jim Maxwell and Ritchie Benaud and new crowd sounds."</p><p></p><p><strong>There was hardly ANY new pieces of commentary/crowd noise - "heaps" is a massive overstatement.......</strong></p><p></p><p>"Are there any changes to the controls? Any additional keys / features compared to Cricket 2002?"</p><p></p><p>Andrew:"Control system works very similar to 2002…just a few new additions that affect how they operate. E.g. batsman courage, (represented by user interface in top left corner of the screen), that affects how batsman face different bowlers. A tail ender facing McGrath will have low courage and as such will be harder to get to hit the ball"</p><p></p><p>"The batsman courage seems a great idea!"</p><p></p><p><strong>This must have become the gauge for how "set" the batsman is. Nothing to do with "courage" (or else player with "courage" would start with a full meter), but supposidly the gauge increases the more shots you play etc. Though the computer controlled players didn't seem affected by it......."</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Question is, would you trust anything this man says?????</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NZL Fan, post: 3159"] REMEMBER these other gems from andrew Wilson of HB............this is from an interview with the cricket 2002tk.......... [b]About cricket 2004.........[/b] "We’ve heard you have something called the “World Leagueâ€. Is this only for the English and Australian club teams or can we choose international sides as well?" Andrew:"This mode involves management aspects such as buying and selling players along with playing matches. Since this cannot be implemented for International sides, currently this feature supports only the domestic teams". [b]Where was this in cricket 2004????????[/b] "In Cricket 2002 the wicketkeeper would never run up and pick up the ball even if he was the only player close to the ball. We had to wait for one of the other fielders to throw it to the wicketkeeper. That’s not too realistic. Have you sorted out this wicket keeper problem?" Andrew:"I am pleased to say that we certainly have". [b]Um............no you didn't...........[/b] "What about for example, when you turned back in the middle of a run both batsmen would run to the same end. It didn’t get you out but wasn’t too heartening to look at." "It has also been fixed." [b]Um..........again still a problem (fielders throwing to the end where two batsmen end up - resulting in no out), with the additional bonus of the runner sometimes not running at all when you pushed the run button, or else running five minutes after pushing the button, causing a run out.[/b] "Is any kind of career or franchise mode implemented? Can you play a whole season of tests and ODIs with a team?" Andrew"Sure can. I’m really proud to say that we’ve added greatly to the depth and wealth of gaming options and gamers will be occupied for many, many hours" [b]Sorry for calling Andrew a liar, but where was this "franchise" "career" mode in the game????[/b] "Is the bowling method the same as Cricket 2002 with the wheel and cursor mechanism?" Andrew:"This has been modified/refined…made more user friendly." "Could you elaborate a bit on how exactly the bowling wheel has been modified to make it user friendly?" Andrew:"Its again quite difficult to explain in words but we have certainly looked into improving this" [b]Could be wrong but it was exactly the same bowling wheel to cricket 2002. This whole interview has Andrew saying it "is too hard to discribe" or "I can't descibe in 20 words or less here" etc. Totally winging it......[/b] "What improvements have been made to the audio in the game?" Andrew:"We have recorded heaps of new commentary by Jim Maxwell and Ritchie Benaud and new crowd sounds." [b]There was hardly ANY new pieces of commentary/crowd noise - "heaps" is a massive overstatement.......[/b] "Are there any changes to the controls? Any additional keys / features compared to Cricket 2002?" Andrew:"Control system works very similar to 2002…just a few new additions that affect how they operate. E.g. batsman courage, (represented by user interface in top left corner of the screen), that affects how batsman face different bowlers. A tail ender facing McGrath will have low courage and as such will be harder to get to hit the ball" "The batsman courage seems a great idea!" [b]This must have become the gauge for how "set" the batsman is. Nothing to do with "courage" (or else player with "courage" would start with a full meter), but supposidly the gauge increases the more shots you play etc. Though the computer controlled players didn't seem affected by it......."[/b] [b]Question is, would you trust anything this man says?????[/b] [/QUOTE]
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