Ashes Cricket 2009 Review
Cricket may not be the first sport that comes to mind as being the most popular, however it is thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining for those who follow or play it. Britsoft have brought forward a new revolutionary style of cricket game with advanced controls and graphics. Outshone in previous years by Codemasters and their Brian Lara branded cricket games, Britsoft has finally got licensing for something which has given it the edge over competitors. The Ashes.
As any Cricket fan will tell you, The Ashes is a competitive cricket series that's been played between England and Australia since 1882. In the series you will find that it features five test matches of two innings each. As well as this, the game allows you to play ODI matches, 20-20 matches and test matches.
Previous cricket games have always had the con of that they focused too much on one aspect, bowling for example. Brisoft however have put everything together in an incredible way, featuring great bowling and even better batting.
During gameplay you’re able to choose your type of shot from one of three; Defensive, Attacking or Loft. You can also change your footwork, for example you can step onto the back foot or the front foot and you can even charge down the wicket towards the ball. Timing is a key part of the batting on this game as anything under par will be edged into the field and will open the opportunity of a catch.
Bowling has also been upgraded. You choose between 3 categories of bowling; Swing, Cut and reverse swing, each have different types of bowls depending on what type of bowler is selected.
Fielding is relatively simple, to catch the ball a circle comes up which flashes red then amber and then green you have to try and press the indicated button when the circle turns green, this will catch it perfectly, amber will give you a 50-50 chance of taking the catch and red will mean you drop the ball.
We highly recommend going through all of the tutorials first to give you a better understanding of the game.
Pros and Cons
We’ll start with the Cons
Over to the Pros
This may be one of the older and less common games found today, that doesn’t seem to matter though. It’s still great, 4 years on. And because of its age it can be found very cheaply on online retailers.
In conclusion we believe this to be a great game. If you’re a big fan of cricket and you happen to see it, snap it up in a heartbeat. If not, you probably want to sit this one out.
As any Cricket fan will tell you, The Ashes is a competitive cricket series that's been played between England and Australia since 1882. In the series you will find that it features five test matches of two innings each. As well as this, the game allows you to play ODI matches, 20-20 matches and test matches.
Previous cricket games have always had the con of that they focused too much on one aspect, bowling for example. Brisoft however have put everything together in an incredible way, featuring great bowling and even better batting.
During gameplay you’re able to choose your type of shot from one of three; Defensive, Attacking or Loft. You can also change your footwork, for example you can step onto the back foot or the front foot and you can even charge down the wicket towards the ball. Timing is a key part of the batting on this game as anything under par will be edged into the field and will open the opportunity of a catch.
Bowling has also been upgraded. You choose between 3 categories of bowling; Swing, Cut and reverse swing, each have different types of bowls depending on what type of bowler is selected.
Fielding is relatively simple, to catch the ball a circle comes up which flashes red then amber and then green you have to try and press the indicated button when the circle turns green, this will catch it perfectly, amber will give you a 50-50 chance of taking the catch and red will mean you drop the ball.
We highly recommend going through all of the tutorials first to give you a better understanding of the game.
Pros and Cons
We’ll start with the Cons
- Shot timing: Anything below top quality timing will be punished hugely with an edge shot, falling to the mercy of the wicket keeper.
- Fielders: Your own fielders seem incapable to do anything other than walk, whilst the other teams seem to be Olympic sprinters. The opposition seem to take every available catch, whereas the catching system seems to be more complex on your side.
- Un-Realistic players: The graphics on the players seem to be rather unrealistic and look completely different to how they should in real life.
Over to the Pros
- Online: It takes seconds to connect to a match against anyone around the world.
- Mistakes: It can be easy to force a mistake in your opponents.
- Gameplay: Unrivalled gameplay in cricket games.
- Shot selection: The shot selection is huge from slogs to blocks everything you need to take on the best bowlers in the world.
- Selection of teams: There are many teams, ranging from Australia to Zimbabwe.
This may be one of the older and less common games found today, that doesn’t seem to matter though. It’s still great, 4 years on. And because of its age it can be found very cheaply on online retailers.
In conclusion we believe this to be a great game. If you’re a big fan of cricket and you happen to see it, snap it up in a heartbeat. If not, you probably want to sit this one out.