The game uses the "classic" circle on the groud method to determine where the ball will land before the time runs out, but alas they've got the circle that suffers from hyperactivity, so you'll find that the circle will jump around uncontrollably, most often at the most inconvenient time, and usually land you in a spot where you'll get called for a wide. The game sometimes doesn't even acknowledge your command, again leading to some frustrating dismissals. You can be left looking like an idiot trying to avoid a yorker and getting out because you hit the wrong button at the wrong time.
Sometimes, the controls don't even work for you. At the very least fielding can be set to automatic, so it's a case of set 'em and forget 'em, but they don't always appear where you want them to be, and they don't appear to be in any hurry to get rid of the ball once they have it. The less said about the bowling / fielding side of things, the better. If you get it wrong, which you invariably do, it often always results in a dismissal. Working off a timing system when batting, you have to work your batsman into position, remember what keys play what shot, then make the appropriate button push. All the teams, modes, and presentation tweaks in the world won't save you if you get the gameplay wrong, and Cricket 2004 gets it so wrong it's not funny. This, alas, is the end of the positive section of the review. The game also features a great assortment of teams from around the world, both International and Domestic, and offers a wide range of gameplay options. The stump physics have finally been fixed up, the third umpire now actually looks properly at replays to check for run-outs and stumpings, and LBW has been fixed as well. All this is actually a shame, because under all these deficiencies lie some very important improvements. It beggar's belief that something bearing the EA Sports brand could be this bad, frankly.
The graphics have not improved one iota, the sound is very unprofessional, and the gameplay has been ruined beyond belief.
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With over four years experience with the series now, it makes no sense that EA Sports Australia should release such a goudy package. Alas, EA Sports Australia's Cricket 2004 is just another bump in the road to "getting it right". Sadly, while other sports were basking and thriving in the new worlds of 3D, Cricket seems to have gotten the rough end of it all. Very few games have been able to capture the true spirit of Cricket, and those that have, like Audiogenic's Cricket series and Super International Cricket for the SNES, have got away with it by being cute and arcadey. Cricket on computers and consoles has a very underwelming history.
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