Cricket 07 (PS2)

Release Date: 24/11/2006

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Summary

Developer:: EA Sports
Publisher:: EA Sports

Thanks to the groundbreaking Ea Sports Century Stick control system, batting has become more intuitive, responsive and rewarding than ever. For the first time in a cricket game, players can enjoy full control over foot choice, shot, direction, power and timing, all governed through the use of both analog sticks. A back or front foot stroke is selected with the left stick, then shot timing and direction are judged with the right stick. Power is determined by how far the stick is moved – a slight tap can nudge the ball for a quick single or a firm push can send the ball fizzing away to the boundary. Allied to new cameras that deliver a more natural behind-the-stumps batting perspective and a wider view of the field, cricket has never been so easily accessible. With embellished gameplay, a wealth of tournaments, genuine equipment and authoritative new commentary from Mark Nicholas and Richie Benaud, you won't experience cricket this authentic without donning whites and walking down the pavilion steps yourself.

Features:

Groundbreaking Control: Use the intuitive dual analog Century Stick batting system to select foot choice, shot direction, power and timing. With button controls to loft shots and advance down the track, you're free to crack a full array of shots all around the wicket. Success with the bat also relies upon your batsman's individual skills, allied with his confidence level. A confident batsman maximises his potential to time his shots sweetly – maintaining high confidence can make or break his ability to build a big innings.
New Cameras: Innovative views from behind the batsman offer a realistic batting perspective, and a reworked Broadcast camera gives you a wider view of the play for more authentic coverage.
Quickplay Cricket: Play cricket your way by setting your own pace. Crank up the game speed, ease back the difficulty setting and revel in the razzmatazz of Limited Overs or fully-licensed Twenty20 extravaganzas by playing a fast-blast match of hard-hitting sixes – or slow the pace down, slide the difficulty up and steel yourself for a five day Test.
Greater Depth: A new picture-in-picture display with a shot timing gauge coupled with a running assistance indicator and radar help you make those snap decisions out there in the middle. On-the-fly Dynamic Field Positioning and Quickswitch bowling give you the ability to ratchet up the pressure on the batsmen by changing the field and the bowler's line of attack without a break in play.
Tournament Options: Lead this year's eagerly anticipated 3 mobile Ashes campaign Down Under, replay the legendary 2005 npower Test Series or unlock a stack of rewards by accomplishing Ashes challenges. Take part in the frenzy of the fully-loaded, fully-licensed English and Australian One Day blitz of extreme Twenty20 cricket, dive into a complete schedule of Australian State and English County tournaments, tour the world, win the World championship or compete for glory in Test matches and One Day Series games with all the top cricketing nations of the world.
Authentic Content: For the first time in an Ea Sports Cricket title, renowned bat manufacturers Gray-Nicolls, Puma, Slazenger, Kookaburra and Gunn & Moore bring their weight of authenticity to the day's play. Relish the big game atmosphere with new broadcast visuals, wicket textures and astute new commentary from the masterly broadcast team of Mark Nicholas and Richie Benaud as you play out a nail-biter against the faithfully realised backdrop of a legendary international venue or a cherished domestic ground.

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Cricket 07 Review; Author: Mark Scott ; Published: 15/02/2007

Work experience guy James hits one for six...

Finally, another EA cricket game on the PS2. There's been almost two year's wait, but thankfully this game will keep you going for hours on end. I guarantee you won't drop that pad; you'll play and play until you can't feel your fingers and thumbs!

EA's last version of the sport, Cricket 05, is totally different to this year's outstanding, jaw dropping Cricket 07. One of the key reasons this version of Cricket works that much better is the decision to go with an analogue stick batting system. Dubbed the Century Stick, the concept is that it gives you a multiple choice of shot selection by using your century stick to play all kinds of different strokes.

For example, the (Pietersen) "Reverse Sweep" and the good old "Tail-ender" striding up the track and spanking the bowler to the boundary. The other shot selection controls are activated by using the d-pad on the controller; so if you get a bouncer you can press up on the d-pad to play a back foot shot, or down to play a front foot shot, making it all rather versatile.

The bowling in Cricket 07 is equally immense. You can choose from a variety of deliveries like what I like to call the "Confuzzler" – a slower ball to catch the batsmen out on the pace of the delivery – or head over to the "reverse swing" to make your batsmen head back to the pavilion.

Keep your eyes open in the slips as the ball might be just an arms stretch away!

The fielding on Cricket 07 is rather fascinating too. Remember Paul Collingwood's headlong dive against Australia? Well I certainly do! Every fielder has their different fielding techniques and flexibility catches. So keep your eyes open in the slips as the ball might be just an arms stretch away!

Cricket 07 boasts every top notch cricket-playing country in the world, plus English and Australian counties from Hampshire to New south Wales, meaning cricket fans really can't go wrong here. In fact, they'll enjoy everything from an entertaining slog through a long term season with the counties to the trill of the international modes.

Possibly the biggest reason to play though is The Ashes. A new game mode for Cricket 07, it lets you pick your team from scratch; so no more having to field the same old Strauss and Trescothick. There's the famous ‘Best Test Series Ever' 2005 N-Power Ashes on there in particular, so you can have a slog of a time on that.

In all, Cricket 07 is probably the best cricket game out on the PS2. It does have a few problems - such as some inaccurate commentary, and especially some repeated player graphics in everything but the Ashes mode. However, that shouldn't stop cricket fans playing this outstanding game. Just don't blame me if you end up getting square eyes.