Comments on: Ashes Cricket 2009 Wii review http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-cricket-2009-wii-review/2009/11/24/ England, county cricket, India and Australia | news and blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daneel http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-cricket-2009-wii-review/2009/11/24/#comment-23654 Daneel Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:53:07 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=3055#comment-23654 Give me Graham Gooch's World Class Cricket any day of the week, even with the spacky running and unplayable non-turning off-break. Give me Graham Gooch’s World Class Cricket any day of the week, even with the spacky running and unplayable non-turning off-break.

]]> By: King Cricket http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-cricket-2009-wii-review/2009/11/24/#comment-23635 King Cricket Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:07:36 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=3055#comment-23635 Glad we didn't give a false review damning a game that didn't deserve it. It is shit, isn't it? Glad we didn’t give a false review damning a game that didn’t deserve it.

It is shit, isn’t it?

]]> By: wolf http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ashes-cricket-2009-wii-review/2009/11/24/#comment-23634 wolf Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:10:58 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=3055#comment-23634 The fact that it's the only cricket game on the wii at the moment means that by default it's the best. Sadly. One of the most frustrating things is that it selects a (single) fielder to chase based on where the ball lands. This means that your man in cow corner can stand there and watch the ball roll over the line 1m to his left while mid on makes a futile chase. The whole 'shine' concept is badly implemented too. Effectively it is binary as the motion needed to shine (and the speed the shine diminishes) makes it impossible to click the little ball on the screen while it's halfway up. I tried playing the single player 'ashes' test on international difficulty. I gave up at tea on the first day when I was 2/925. It may have been a half decent game if they had made it 20/20 only but the use of the ashes name on such a steaming heap of dog turds is a disgrace. The fact that it’s the only cricket game on the wii at the moment means that by default it’s the best.

Sadly.

One of the most frustrating things is that it selects a (single) fielder to chase based on where the ball lands. This means that your man in cow corner can stand there and watch the ball roll over the line 1m to his left while mid on makes a futile chase.

The whole ’shine’ concept is badly implemented too. Effectively it is binary as the motion needed to shine (and the speed the shine diminishes) makes it impossible to click the little ball on the screen while it’s halfway up.

I tried playing the single player ‘ashes’ test on international difficulty. I gave up at tea on the first day when I was 2/925. It may have been a half decent game if they had made it 20/20 only but the use of the ashes name on such a steaming heap of dog turds is a disgrace.

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