Brian Lara Cricket for MD PAL

Review #6804

Brian Lara Cricket

MD PAL 1994 Codemasters Sports Sports › Cricket
Brian Lara Cricket screenshot for MD PAL
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
2 / 5

Gameplay

Does an inning ever end? When bowling (pitching) you aim the cursor on the ground, use a QTE gauge to pick...something...and then mash A to increase speed. It,s a lot to do over and over again, especially given how long each match is. I didn't even finish one inning after 30 minutes.
Hitting is weird, as you can either hit with an uppercut or a normal horizontal baseball swing, although I could never make that one work. You must swing before the ball even gets there which feels unnatural. Your movement is awkward.
Fielding is, in a word, terrible. The camera switches to you at the exact moment the ball appears somewhere on the field. An arrow points you toward it. Occasionally the ball is near you, often whizzing past you without time to react. More often you have to run to find it although an arrow indicates where to go.
Ultimately it's an incredibly boring sports title.

1 / 5

Level Design

No modes. Just a single match.

2 / 5

Theme

Not much presentation. This is licensed by a single player and not by any others or by a league.

3 / 5

Art Style

The models look great. Very realistic and well animated. There's not much to look at, though.

2 / 5

Audio

Really dorky menu music, plus utter silence during gameplay.

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