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Please send me your own reviews of International Cricket Captain 2000. Review by Tom Van Dyke After playing the demo of ICC-2000 (and also Australian Cricket Captain, an earlier clone) from the CricketGames.com CD-ROM, I sprang for International Cricket Captain 2000. (You can order ICC-2000 here at cricketgames.com.) I'm hooked. It's a strategy/tactics game, not a thumb-twisting actioner. You captain each game, but you're also building a side over the course of years! I've missed work and my wife now hates me, so it must be good. Plus---Daniel supervised the Internet interface, where you can play against cricmaniax from all over the globe. Do not buy this game!!By way of boring autobio, I'm one of the few (well under 1000) American-born cricketers who had no family connection to the game. I found it on satellite dish, fell in love, and joined league cricket at age 37 (Americans can field, so they let us in as #11 or 12). The first time I held a cricket bat was in the crease in a Division 2 (of 4) game (quacked, but lasted 2 overs). I ended up as a 10-over stonewall opener and took a few sneaky leg-spin wickets. So I know just enough to be dangerous, but damn, I love cricket. You're so lucky to have had it all your lives. Did I say I love ICC-2000? I do. Friggin' amazing. It's the 3rd version of a game that had 2 great previous versions. Someday, I'll plumb the depths of English county cricket, the main thrust of ICC-2000. You build the perfect club team; it'll just take you a few years (virtually, not really---you can do it in a few weeks). You'll manage contracts and allot coaching to the youngsters. You'll eventually become England's captain and lead them into Test and ODI glory. (Hehe.) It also lets you replay some historic tests (cool) or the 1999 World Cup, which is what I'm into, as an ODI fan. I'm trying to get South Africa to win it. I haven't succeeded yet, but I can't wait to get home from the world every night and play my next match (made the semis 2x)... Bowling is tough if you don't have a Glenn McGrath or a Muralitharan. You gotta use your noodle. In fact, the game does not reward laziness. You have to watch what's going on! The graphics are incredible, far surpassing Brian Lara Cricket and EA's latest cricket abortions (which now make fine CD coasters in my house). Batting, although not as interactive, requires patience and/or guts. Even in the ODI mode, you get to supervise the coaching of your side. You decide who gets instruction Work on technique or in the nets, whether batting or bowling. In the County milieu, your coaching will become even more important. By the 2004 season, you might make a Nasser Hussain out of an Abdul Toejam. You'll regret buying most CD-ROM games. But there is the occasional game you get so much enjoyment from that you'd gladly pay twice or 10x the price. And if some damn American can so seriously dig this game, then what are you waiting for? See you in Hints 'n' Tips...
Review by Matthew Harbour I was a bit doubtful of this game when I first heard about it, thinking that it may just have been a data update over ICC2, but after downloading the demo and giving it a go I found I was very wrong, I immediately ordered it from the net. The new interface looks and plays brilliant, especially the new match screens where length is now a variable option. You do not just have to look at the batting scorecard now, but can view ball by ball commentary and the real-time bowling card. The addition of scenarios is a great feature, where you can now relive those special test matches of old. Try to take the Aussies to the cleaners with Ian Botham's England side of '81. A new skill level has been added, "easy" is what its name suggests, use this to learn the game, then move up. New coaching features are a nice addition too, choose from batting and bowling in the nets, to technique training, and give those players who find fitness hard a better chance by giving them extra physio work. All in all, with the addition of the new internet play, this game is a huge step forward. You now control almost every aspect of the game of cricket, and with averages and statistics correct to the 2000 season, computer cricket has never been so real.
Review by Steve Campsall I have played ICC 2000 for a week now and I have had enough time to work out how good the game is. It is good, VERY good! I have both other versions of ICC, but none of them rivals this version in either tactical skill or level of detail. Overall, the game is much more up to date and has a much bigger database. The actual game is superb. The bowling has been made more realistic with a length having to be chosen as well as a line. In addition, the field settings change automatically with how aggressive you bowl, which makes bowling less tedious. However, you can change the field setting manually as well, so the bowling is completely in your own control. There are eight aggression bars to choose from and they are split into different types of aggression to make batting easier the first two bars of aggression are for defensive batting, the second two bars are for normal batting, the third two bars are for aggressive and the fourth two are for very aggressive. With these aggression levels split into groups, it is easy to see how aggressive your batsmen are. Overall, this game is a much better all round game than either of the other two versions. The statistics are up to date, the database is bigger, and the game gives you much more self-control over what you do. In addition, the training is better and more realistic and there is a multiplayer game for Internet battles. I think that this game is an excellent sequel to ICC 2 and anyone with any cricket knowledge should immediately buy this game. Nice one Empire Interactive!
Review by Nikolaos Argiropoulos International cricket captain 2000 is the 3rd instalment of the cricket management simulation. You choose to control any test playing nation or English county side, you make the decisions and try to captain them to glory. There is also the chance to go back in time and captain teams that were involved in classics test series (e.g. the 1981 Ashes, captain Botham and Boycott or Border and Lillie), and there is also the chance to replay the 1999 World Cup.The whole interface of the game has been improved, the game is quicker, the graphics smoother and there even more statistics to view. The database is as up to date as possible, as are the Tour itineraries. Also, the added internet challenge option sounds very exciting and I am looking forward to seeing if the idea works. My 2 personal favourite new features include the ability to choose 3 different lengths of deliveries (yorker, bouncer, good length), and the chance to go back and watch highlights of incidents of the previous over that you may have missed due to your highlight settings. With regular patches (V. 1.25 already) and database updates sure to be available on the internet, I'm sure this game will entertain you for months to come. The one downfall is that the internet challenge option is not yet up and running, but this will soon change once more people have the game and go online. The online server is now up and running. Quite simple, if you are a cricket fan but you don't own a cricket game on your PC then buy this. If you're thinking there is no point buying this version of the game because you own ICC or ICC 2 already then I recommend you reconsider.As an owner of both previous games, I had this thought at first, but I am delighted I bought it. Rating 9.5 out of 10 |
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Saturday, 16 March 2013. |
