No option to shuffle up the wicket and take on a spin bowler, for example, the batsman is locked to his crease, something that's deplored in real life. There's a quality of gameplay in Brian Lara that's unmistakable, like the accumulated layers of flavour that occur in a mature bottle of port, rich and reassuring. It's probably a good thing too, as what we have here benefits from those years of experience. A quick phonecall to Codemasters and the mystery is solved: the producer of this game was formerly a developer on the others. World Class Cricket, latterly known as Graham Gooch World Class Cricket and Brian Lara Cricket. So it's rather charming to discover that the game bears certain similarities to the only other decent cricket game in the history of videogames. Stewed tea and cucumber sandwiches, small boys in the park, Geoffrey bleedin' Boycott hanging around too long at either wicket or microphone. Just in time for the end of the cricket season, along comes something to keep budding Bothams happy for the winter. As always - please feel free to like, comment.īrian Lara Cricket. I don't like Cricket, but I surprisingly enjoyed this. A bit fiddly in places but still a real corker! It's four all the way! The following review appeared in the December 1998 issue of the the Official UK Playstation Magazine.īrian Lara Cricket on the Playstation 1. Essential for fans of the sport, and a cracking multi-player alternative to the myriad PlayStation football games Rating: 4/5 The best cricket video game ever, and a whole load of fun for everyone. Some great touches such as slow motion replays for third umpire decisions and some cool little animations add to the realism.

The graphics are great, though the 3D models wobble about and occasionally look really freaky.

Even non-cricket fans will enjoy slogging the ball around in a limited over match because it's so simple to play. This is a dream come true for cricket fans, with loads of accurate models of famous grounds, real players, a decent commentary from Geoff Boycott and Jonathan Agnew, varying pitch conditions, loads of possible balls and shots, plus plenty of different play modes. Thing is, the only ones that have ever got the right balance of realism and entertainment are Codemasters' Brian Lara games. CVG Opinion Being someone who can watch test cricket non stop for an entire five days, I'd expect to enjoy every cricket game ever made.

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