Brian Lara Cricket 2007 (PC DVD)

I was hoping for a lot from this game but it was a bit of a disappointment. Its too easy on slog mode to smash it to all parts and then when you throw the ball in each time, the wickey insists on on whipping the bails off every time. this gets a bit annoying after a while. It would be nice if they had the real names of the players as well.Apart from that not bad. 6/10

firstly my review is based on my previous experience of playin this game with a friend...n i must say it was brilliant especially the two player feature...terribly captivating n addicitvewell i actually wanted to say that i cudnt wait to play this game n everything istalled fine but in the end there was some msg when i tried to run the game sayin that the dvd cd i used isnt the right one...n well since its a dvd cd that means theres only 1 but i heard theres another edition with jus pc cds wit lik 5 cds or sumthin...and i must say it was very annoyin i tried reinstalling and uninstalling many times....but it didn't work at all.....please can i know what to do if i'm not able to return the dvd n get a new one....thank you..

The game is not working and is working in Slow Motion and is not good, buy it only if you have computer or Laptop with very high speed and advanced one otherwise it is not going to work.

After being annoyed by the many problems with the 2005 edition, I longed for an update with would provide a far more realistic version. I hoped this game would provide the same fun in batting and playing the various versions of the game, but with a far more 'intelligent' AI. Unfortunately I was met with a mix of new annoyances along with a new graphical presentation.Starting with the graphics: Whilst it is nice to see more realistic graphics, the reality is without a super computer you find yourself having to settle for second-to-third rate, somewhat fuzzy graphics. Even then unless you are one the lowest level, the bowlers run-up and is often slowed, making it difficult to time your shots. The best update in graphics comes with the stadiums, which are far more realistic and up to date. Unfortunately due to the time taken to develop these, half the world stadiums are missing, meaning that the game does not include a world tour mode.The leads me on to the games playing options. It appears that the makers have concentrated so much on developing the international tournament modes; they have done the rest of the game somewhat halfheartedly. The lack of the world tour means that you cannot compete in test or one-day series that make up the backbone of the real game. This to me is totally unacceptable. To go along with this, only the international tournaments have the real player names, and you cannot change them!One change to this game is the fielding requirements; you can no longer rely on the computer to take certain catches for you - you have to do it for yourself. What makes this difficult is the lack of reaction time. If you are not concentrating for a moment you will often miss slip and keeper catches. As an example, after competing something like 20 over's, I had dropped at least 8 slip or keeper catches. This brings me on to my next point - realism.To give you an idea of the realism contained in this game, in my first over of a test match McGrith (at the game calls him) conceded 11 runs, and the second 22 runs. The players don't seem to know how to block - leading a succession of drives and most notably - lots of catching chances. All this came on test mode - hardly realistic! Also the keeper kept on missing easy throws, leading to extra runs- arguably the most annoying part of the game. On the good side batting is more difficult and the tail-ends can now bat to some degree. At least on the batting side the game is now more realistic.As a summary this game should only be bought by people with high end computers - especially in the memory department. There are so many problems and limitations to the game I certainly will not be playing it for long. Having been annoyed by the previous titles limitations, I find myself running back to it just happy to see some slip catches taken!

grate purchase will recommend

This is a good game, my mate has it on his xbox, so i thought hey, ill get this for a tenner. Now it runs alright on my system, although nothing special, and i manage to run COD4 on it very well. However my biggest gripe is with the control method...codemasters or whoever have obviously put alot of effort in getting this to work with a mouse/keypad. But i want to play with my joypad!!! i have an xbox 360 joypad, and a ps2 joypad convertor, but there is no way to remap the controls - to sweep i have to hit the start button. Another poor port - why do they bother

In general its enjoyable. I would say that it can get a bit odd as the graphics are a bit "here 'n there" and would be considered inferior perhaps to Cricket07. Also the fielding bar is incredibly hard to predict - this could be said to "add to the realism" I'm sure but its not there for long at all and the length of it can't be regulated so you find yourself having to guess when it comes up as the fielder gets near the ball - if you click right in the middle its fine and the keeper picks up etc but anything either side can lead to an unclean take. Also, if the keeper misses the ball he just sort of stands there as does, say, the slip fielder as another fielder has to run from the boundary, say, to pick up a ball about 1 metre from keeper and slip fielder!Having said that, its generally good to play - the commentary is very good and sounds realistic.I received this as a christmas present from our son and have enjoyed hours of fun!Steve Smith

Perfect!!