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Codemasters has revealed that Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 will offer online play on both Xbox 360 and PC when it arrives next March.
On Xbox 360, you'll be able to set up multiplayer tournaments including leagues, exhibition matches and warm-up games, as well as the ICC World Cup 2007 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2006. Up to 16 players will be able to compete in a tournament, with options for up to eight spectators per game, too.
As well as leaderboards that chart a player's skills, achievements will allow them to show off by hitting centuries and winning on every ground in the game. Or if you just like talking a good fight rather than actually doing one, Codies reminds us that Xbox Live voice chat is a good place for "sledging" - cricket's version of smack-talking.
Meanwhile, the PC version will mirror many of the online options in its console counterpart, with the added benefit of LAN match support, and the PS2 offering will "feature a variety of multiplayer options for up to four players".
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billythekid
23/11/06 @ 16:15
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And they'll also let you pick a wicket keeper that can't catch but *might* score another 20 runs.
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Always wonder why cant they get player faces and stances/bowling actions accurate (all other sports game do it). Also, it would be good to see for once the tail enders actually struggling to score runs rather than being the top scorers.
Hopefully they will use the 360's CPU for something more than graphics upgrade... oh wait, the game needs a major graphics upgrade! |
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Look. If you don't like cricket, stop spamming these comments and go away you insufferable w@nkers.
Lara on the PS2 was very enjoyable despite its flaws, which became more and more prevalent the longer you played it. My brother and I spent many a drunken 8pm-4am night recreating the Ashes series on full Test mode, and I'm looking forward to doing it all over again on the 360. Providing they fix even some of the niggles, this will definitely be dropping through the letterbox come March.
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posh_geordie
23/11/06 @ 16:44
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@afray - yep, there's auto-generate innings and single overs in the game this time.
@kmittal82 - I believe there's none of the graphics from the last game in this one. All updated. And the tail-enders are much more accurate this time around - as is a lot of other components of the game. From what I've seen so far, it's much more true to life. |
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posh_geordie
23/11/06 @ 16:57
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greggywocky
23/11/06 @ 18:11
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Last game was great.
Let's hope that in this version you can... a) throw to both ends b) move batsman forward and not just left and right. |
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trailofdead
23/11/06 @ 18:13
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I think I read somewhere that players will still have fake names in Test/exhibition mode (like the last game) but you won't be able to edit them.
Any confirmation geordie? |
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green_nifta
23/11/06 @ 18:49
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You can play world cup and champions trophy 'warm-up matches' with the real players, which are your basic exhibition matches
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GamerAddict
24/11/06 @ 10:24
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Ooooooooo online cricket, all that I'd hoped for in the previous Brian Lara :) I really hope Codies manage to pull this off.
However, Codies are gonna have to put SO much effort into getting the online as lag-free as possible!! Can you imagine being bowled out at a crucial stage because of lag?! It'd be a nightmare!! Also, I really hope that they sort out other gameplay problems, - fielders always throwing to the wicketkeeper's end - no stumpings - improved AI...i.e. you get a huge total, AI don't just knock it about for 1's, 2's and dot balls! I can do without real player names and faces as long as they get all of the above sorted!! Its all about gameplay over licences as Pro Evo has proved year after year ;) Just before an online match, are you gonna be able to decline playing for stress-related illnesses?? :) |
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Like it or not, one fifth of the world's population is addicted to Cricket. That makes it even more paradoxical that every Cricket title so far has reeked of a low budget. all the problems - control issues, horrid graphics, zombie-like players - stem from that one limit.
Hey guys, build a good cricket game and they will come. just like Golf - how many of us play golf in real life? |
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posh_geordie
24/11/06 @ 10:41
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@GamerAddict
Stumpings: One of yesterday's screens on Codies' Flickr page Bowler's end - yep, that's in as well, seen that working. AI really going for the target - I've been assured that's in the game as well, I'd certainly hope so. Much more aggressive. @Hullfire - I think it's just 1v1 but I'll check. @greggywocky - yes, as I mention above, throw to both ends, and you can dance down the wicket if you want to. @trailofdead - test mode will have spoof names, everywhere else in the game will have proper names. EDIT: @talha - I think we've got that this time - BLIC05 seemed a bit of a test to see if there was an audience still for the game after six years away. Four weeks at number one proved that - so we're pumping more into this game and that's why we've brought it in-house so we can give it more of the special treatment.
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GamerAddict
24/11/06 @ 12:33
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@posh
All sounds good. BLIC05 was a fantastic game, really good to see it return to the market. There were annoying glitches, the biggest I listed in my previous post. So its good to hear that they've been addressed for the sequel. As I said before though, I know u can never get it perfect, but I really hope lag issues don't spoil playing this online! |
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Another thing on the wishlist would be simulating a "high pressure" situation.
New batsman in, get your field all in close, forcing the batsman on the back foot and make errors (bat-pad, edges etc.). This was "sort of" implemented in the lats game, but a more sturyd approach to this would be good. Even though there was a "confidence" meter for batsmen in the last game, it didnt really do much. I think that was a great feature, and seeing a good implementation of it would be awesome. |
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