Ashes Cricket 2009

BassPunk · 9 May 2009 at 08:42

Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting reborn as Ashes Cricket 2009; coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC this summer.

Gamespot say it supports online multiplayer and features Test, One day international, and Twenty20 matches between international sides.

Gamespots Ashes Cricket 2009 First Impressions

Graphics look pretty good, hope the gameplay is balanced so it can be great fun with a few beers

5ingh · 9 May 2009 at 10:35

Yesss! online too

I hope its good though

thecremeegg · 9 May 2009 at 12:24

Ooo I have high hopes for this. Its about time a decent cricket game came along, its been far too long since Brian Lara!

Red Porsche · 9 May 2009 at 12:36

These games are always disappointing. Gameplay gets boring after an hour.

5ingh · 9 May 2009 at 12:41

redporshe said:
These games are always disappointing. Gameplay gets boring after an hour.

Agree but Twenty20 and online will hopefully change things around

Yas786 · 9 May 2009 at 13:25

well lets hope it plays better than the last one Brian Lara cricket, which was a pretty decent game for the 360 but the AI was utter rubbish and catching balls were near on impossible.

Looking forward to this...just hope they got the gameplay right.

king-core · 9 May 2009 at 15:32

:d Was a big fan of Brian Lara 2005 didnt play 2007 much played it once or twice on the 360, Hope this one will be good and will definitely purchase the game

looking forward to it

DanTheMan · 9 May 2009 at 15:53

Would be great having 20Twenty online

. Can't wait.

BassPunk · 12 May 2009 at 08:01

Spotted this very interesting interview with the guys behind the design of the game.

Exclusive to PlanetCricket, A Q&A session on Ashes Cricket 2009 with:

Heath Smith, Lead Designer, Ashes Cricket 2009, Transmission Games.
Jamie Firth, Producer, Ashes Cricket 2009, Codemasters.

Sounds very promisng

icehot · 12 May 2009 at 12:07

this looks awesome, not played brian lara since the ps1 and avoided it on the 360 for no reason really... will deffinently be picking this up

oli collett · 12 May 2009 at 12:14

Fingers crossed this is good

I remember Brian Lara on the megadrive - at times terrible but great fun!

a1ex2001 · 12 May 2009 at 15:14

online 20-20 could be absolutely brilliant, just hope it's as good as the earlier efforts and not as bad as the latest offerings.

Jamesdavid3 · 12 May 2009 at 15:51

firstly Crickets the most boring sport in the world to watch in real life. i cant think of a more boring sport which does the same thing over and over.

And im shocked that theres Cricket games aswell, it must be so boring my mind cant even process it. jesus....

Red Porsche · 12 May 2009 at 16:02

Jamesdavid3 said:
firstly Crickets the most boring sport in the world to watch in real life. i cant think of a more boring sport which does the same thing over and over.

And im shocked that theres Cricket games aswell, it must be so boring my mind cant even process it. jesus....

You know whats worse than cricket games? Trolls.

That interview was a very good read! Sounds promising that its built from the ground up.

marscay · 28 Jul 2009 at 15:52

anyone else played the demo??? had a quick play last night and it's not too bad tbh.

oli collett · 28 Jul 2009 at 16:11

marscay said:
anyone else played the demo??? had a quick play last night and it's not too bad tbh.

oooh.. Cheers for the heads up!

mmj_uk · 28 Jul 2009 at 16:21

Anyone for a 5 day test match over Live? :eek:

Hilly · 28 Jul 2009 at 17:48

mmj_uk said:
Anyone for a 5 day test match over Live?

You're on

Kyle009 · 28 Jul 2009 at 21:36

Can just see the quitters now, after a massive one dayer...final over...and "Connection with the other peer has been lost"

Doh!

Want to try the demo but wouldn't mind a decent cricket game!

manic111 · 28 Jul 2009 at 23:00

I'm worried that this is going to absolutely blow...I absolutely adore my cricket, but games can never capture anything like the real thing; they're far too intricate and variable to be brought succesfully to a videogame. Brian Lara 05 was OK, but still not hugely enjoyable, while 07 was just abysmal. I'll give the demo a go, but it may well end there!