Manufacturer's Description
With its fully licensed squads, groundbreaking Century Stick control system
and more natural camera perspective, Cricket 07 will bring players the most
immersive gameplay experience to date. Thanks to the groundbreaking EA SPORTS
Century Stick control system, batting has become more intuitive, responsive
and rewarding than ever. For the first time in a cricket game, players can
enjoy full control over foot choice, shot, direction, power and timing, all
governed through the use of both analogue sticks. A back or front foot stroke
is selected with the left stick, and then shot timing and direction are judged
with the right stick. Power is determined by how far the stick is moved a
slight tap can nudge the ball for a quick single or a firm push can send the
ball fizzing away to the boundary. Allied to new cameras that deliver a more
natural behind-the-stumps batting perspective and a wider view of the field,
cricket has never been so easily accessible. With embellished gameplay, a
wealth of tournaments, genuine equipment and authoritative new commentary from
Mark Nicholas and Richie Benaud, you won't experience cricket this authentic
without donning whites and walking down the pavilion steps yourself.
Groundbreaking Control: Use the intuitive dual analogue Century
Stick batting system to select foot choice, shot direction, power and timing.
With button controls to loft shots and advance down the track, you're free to
crack a full array of shots all around the wicket. Success with the bat also
relies upon your batsman's individual skills, allied with his confidence
level. A confident batsman maximises his potential to time his shots sweetly
maintaining high confidence can make or break his ability to build a big
innings.
New Cameras: Innovative views from behind the batsman offer a
realistic batting perspective, and a reworked Broadcast camera gives you a
wider view of the play for more authentic coverage.
Quickplay Cricket: Play cricket your way by setting your own pace.
Crank up the game speed, ease back the difficulty setting and revel in the
razzmatazz of Limited Overs or fully-licensed Twenty20 extravaganzas by
playing a fast-blast match of hard-hitting sixes or slow the pace down, slide
the difficulty up and steel yourself for a five day Test.
Greater Depth: A new picture-in-picture display with a shot timing
gauge coupled with a running assistance indicator and radar help you make
those snap decisions out there in the middle. On-the-fly Dynamic Field
Positioning and Quickswitch bowling give you the ability to ratchet up the
pressure on the batsmen by changing the field and the bowler's line of attack
without a break in play.
Tournament Options: Lead this year's eagerly anticipated 3 mobile
Ashes campaign Down Under, replay the legendary 2005 npower Test Series or
unlock a stack of rewards by accomplishing Ashes challenges. Take part in the
frenzy of the fully-loaded, fully-licensed English and Australian One Day
blitz of extreme Twenty20 cricket, dive into a complete schedule of Australian
State and English County tournaments, tour the world, win the World
championship or compete for glory in Test matches and One Day Series games
with all the top cricketing nations of the world.
Authentic Content: For the first time in an EA SPORTSTM Cricket
title, renowned bat manufacturers Gray-Nicolls, Puma, Slazenger, Kookaburra
and Gunn & Moore bring their weight of authenticity to the day's play. Relish
the big game atmosphere with new broadcast visuals, wicket textures and astute
new commentary from the masterly broadcast team of Mark Nicholas and Richie
Benaud as you play out a nail-biter against the faithfully realised backdrop
of a legendary international venue or a cherished domestic ground.