Review:Cricket T20 WC S60
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wp-image-14504" />Twenty20 – the high scoring, high paced reincarnation of Cricket reaches S60 devices in Cricket T20 WC S60. With little under a month till the first over is thrown in anger at this month’s Twenty20 World Cup we oiled our virtual bat and took to the crease in this Ovi Store offering. Does it deserve to be top of the batting order? Read on to find out with our Cricket T20 WC S60 review on the Nokia N97 …
The first thing you’ll notice about Cricket T20 WC S60 is that it’s totally free, which is a little surprising considering it’s slick presentation and the varied game modes on offer.
Sure, its looks won’t bowl you away but it’s by no means a rushed offering that its developer, IG FUN can be accused of rushing out in time for the actual Twenty20 World Cup this month. Coming in at a mere 0.98MB it took less than a minute to zap to our Nokia N97.
It offers three game modes: ‘Quick Play’ for instant pick up and play between two random international teams, ‘Tournament’, where you pit your skills against other countries in a group stage with the aim of getting to the final and ‘Knockout’ – a single match knockout where only the unbeaten are crowned T20 champs.
Since Cricket T20 WC S60 isn’t fully licensed to include real player names it gets round this by spelling real-life Cricketer’s names differently. England’s Kevin Pietersen becomes ‘P Petsen’. Freddie Flintoff becomes ‘M Flintif’ and so on. It won’t make a difference to non-Cricket fans but for those familiar with the game it’s a nice, if not a cheeky touch.
Right from the off it’s all well presented, with bright visuals and camerawork at the beginning of games determined to make games appear eventful. It ran very smoothly when we tested it on an Nokia N97. The sound effects, while nothing special are only really there sporadically. You’ll hear the crowd cheer, the thud of a ball hitting your bat and umpire call the ball wide. Although hitting the ball for six prompts a rambunctious, if not awkward cheerleader jamboree.
The controls are simple. To bat simply either tap on the screen where you want to hit the ball in automatic mode, or swipe your finger in manual mode. Scoring runs is easy too; tap the screen to dash between the wickets and double tap to cancel and avoid getting run out.
To bowl move your finger around the allocated grey box to indicate where you want the ball to bounce, before using a meter to determine how fast and what trajectory you want to bowl. It’s just a case of tap-tap-tap. Easy.
Getting into a game it feels a little too easy to play, but turn the difficulty up and delve into it a little more and you’ll find there’s more depth to the gameplay than appears on the surface. Just as in real-life tactics can play a key role. Before games you can select the batting order, which bowlers you want to bowl, how fast and where on the pitch you want your fielders to await stray balls. It does make a difference.
The biggest criticism we can level at Cricket T20 WC S60 is reserved for the slack fielders. At times they may as well not be there. There’s a severe lack of urgency about them. The advantage appears to always be with the batsmen, which can get a little frustrating as it’s incredibly tough to bowl someone out. Your fielders certainly won’t help, much.
So, is Cricket T20 WC S60 worth giving a home on your Nokia. Absolutely. It’s free, easy to play, looks the part and has a surprising amount of depth to it. Even for non Cricket fans, Cricket T20 WC S60 makes the game easy to understand. It’s a great time-waster and one of the better free sports games around.
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