Answers to Questions to EA Sports Producer Andrew Wilson: Part 2

[zimrahil]

The answers to your second batch of questions sent to Andrew Wilson; Producer of Cricket 2005 at EA Sports, have just come back to us. Like before we hope to send at least one more batch of questions to Andrew Wilson again soon (if not more) so keep posting your suggestions for questions here



Here are the answers in full:

waleed123:
Will it have official updates at the ea sports website?
I AM NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO HERE. DO YOU MEAN UPDATED INFORMATION? IF SO, THEN YES THAT IS THE PLAN. IF YOU MEAN CONTENT UPDATES DOWNLOADABLE FOR THE GAME, THAT IS NOT THE PLAN AT THIS STAGE.

gamerkid22:
is a demo going to be released?
YES

Skateboarder2:
Will there be any changes in the bowling system to make it as fun and exciting as batting?
WE HAVE UPDATED THE BOWLING SYSTEM. I SPOKE ABOUT THIS IN MY LAST INTERVIEW FOR THE SITE, HOWEVER, IN SHORT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A NEW BOWLING HUD THAT MAKES BOWLING MORE INTUITIVE. ANOTHER GREAT ADDITION IS SPECIAL DELIVERIES FOR EACH BOWLER. A BOWLER IS REWARDED FOR CONSISTENTLY GOOD LINE AND LENGTH THAT LIMITS THE BATSMANS RUN RATE WITH SPECIAL DELIVERIES THAT ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE BOWLER. HOWEVER, IF THE BATSMAN MANAGES TO STRIKE BACK, THE SPECIAL DELIVERIES ARE LOST UNTIL THE BOWLER ONCE AGAIN WORKS HIS MAGIC.

Zoraxdoom:
Is there rain and Duckworth Lewis in ODIs?
DOES ANYBODY TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS RULE?

Have rules like Free Hits in 20-20 matches or points tables been properly fixed and implemented?
YES, WE HAVE WORKED A LOT ON THESE.

Hero:
Can we expect some historical teams in this game as it is real fun to play with All time great teams of different countries.
THE CHALLENGE THAT WE AT EA HAVE WITH HISTORICAL TEAMS IS THAT FOR THE MOST PART HISTORICAL PLAYERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO OFFICIALLY LICENSE. HOWEVER, THERE IS A VERY COOL CREATE A PLAYER FEATURE THAT WILL ALLOW USERS TO CREATE ANY PLAYER/TEAM THEY CHOOSE AND TAKE THEM ONTO THE FIELD.


Any thing new added to fielding or you have taken any step to streamline manual fielding?
EACH YEAR WE TRY TO FURTHER REFINE EACH AND EVERY CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE GAME WITHOUT INTERUPTING THE CORE MECHANIC. ONE THING THAT I HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS BUILDING GAMES IS THAT THE COMMUNITY LOVE REFINEMENTS, BUT IF YOU GO AND CHANGE THE WHOLE SYSTEM AROUND, THAT VERY OFTEN HAS A NEGATIVE RESPONSE AS IT MEANS THEY HAVE TO LEARN ALL THE BASICS ALL OVER AGAIN.

Will there be a button to save replay?
NO, SORRY NOT THIS TIME. NOT ALL PLATFORMS DEAL WITH THIS VERY WELL DUE TO MEMORY CONSTRAINTS. AS SUCH IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LEFT FOR NEXT TIME. THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT TOOK PRECEDENCE.

uzi2005:
Will the face expressions be dynamic? like in Fifa 2005 and other Ea brand games?
YES. WE HAVE USED THE FIFA ENGINE AND ANIMATION TOOLS WHICH MEANS THAT OUR FACES WILL ANIMATE AS THEY DO IN FIFA.

Will P:
How about equipment licencing, we have seen in BLIC there will be Bat liscensing. What will Cricket2005 have - licensed bats for example ? If not what is ?
OUR FOCUS FOR CRICKET 2005 HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE PLAYERS AND STADIUMS. PULLING TOGETHER OUR FULL LICENSING STRATEGY FOR TEAMS, PLAYERS, KITS, (ESPECIALLY ALL OF THE COUNTY CRICKET TEAMS), TOURNAMENTS AND STADIUMS HAS BEEN A MONSTER EFFORT AND THE RESULTS ARE AWESOME. ALL THE REAL AND UP TO DATE KITS, TEAM LOGOS AND PLAYERS ETC MAKE FOR A TRULY AUTHENTIC PLAYING EXPERIENCE.

Howzat:
Is there a career mode?
THERE ARE A SERIES OF SEASON/CAREER STYLE MODES THAT INVOLVE TAKING YOUR TEAM ON TOURS AROUND THE WORLD…JUST LIKE REAL CRICKET.

Thurya:
What tournament will you use as South African Domestic, Club or Province or both? Also what about for NZ?
WE DO NOT HAVE OFFICIALLY LICENSED SOUTH AFRICAN OR NEW ZEALAND DOMESTIC TOURNAMENTS AT THIS POINT. THE FOCUS THIS YEAR WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLISH DOMESTIC TOURNAMENTS CORRECT WHICH WAS A CHALLENGE.

[andrew_nixon]

More arse-kissing questions, and still no tough questions! Will these be asked next time?

[vibs89]

Man what the hell. No domestic for SA and NZ , no Duckworth Lewis system. What the hell is this a game. Man i think game will suck.

[Ramz]

cmon guys u can't say that.. so wht if a few minor things arn't in the game. its sounds very promising and lets hope they ent chatting SH!T !!!

[Big_Boss]

Atleast this time he didn't lied about things that won't be in the game

[Shailesh]

Zoraxdoom:
Is there rain and Duckworth Lewis in ODIs?
DOES ANYBODY TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS RULE?

this answer sucks as much as the feature not being included yet again does!

[sameer0807]

Zoraxdoom:
Is there rain and Duckworth Lewis in ODIs?
DOES ANYBODY TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS RULE?

wat the hell? wat kind of stupid reply is that?

[shahid6995]

Originally Posted by andrew_nixon

More arse-kissing questions, and still no tough questions! Will these be asked next time?

I asked this the last time too. Apparently we are still waiting so that Mr Wilson is not too ****ed off at us. Maybe in the eighth or ninth batch of questions they might be asked.
And I for one can REALLY do without his giant face staring out stupidly at me everytime we talk about him. Can we lose that wierd picture admins???

[jdbais]

Originally Posted by vibs89

Man what the hell. No domestic for SA and NZ , no Duckworth Lewis system. What the hell is this a game. Man i think game will suck.

I don't think it's that bad. We can live without these things. At least there will be a demo this time so we can try the game before we buy.

[sameer0807]

Originally Posted by jdbais

I don't think it's that bad. We can live without these things. At least there will be a demo this time so we can try the game before we buy.

ya...atleast we got demo to evaluate the game....before wastin our hard earned money on somthin stupid

[saisrini80]

But i think the demo might also be misleading for us.. I am very sure about it...

[the twin]

Originally Posted by zimrahil

Zoraxdoom:
Is there rain and Duckworth Lewis in ODIs?
DOES ANYBODY TRULY UNDERSTAND THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS RULE?

Well for a start, codemasters.

So your going beyond saying "its too hard to program" and saying "We haven't done enough research"


In that case, why don't your hire someone who actually knows something about cricket?

waleed123:
Will it have official updates at the ea sports website?
I AM NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO HERE. DO YOU MEAN UPDATED INFORMATION? IF SO, THEN YES THAT IS THE PLAN. IF YOU MEAN CONTENT UPDATES DOWNLOADABLE FOR THE GAME, THAT IS NOT THE PLAN AT THIS STAGE.

Is he following the philosophy of polititians? Don't say in one word what you can in 20.

It doesen't sound good, its like hes trying to evade the question.


not that he'd want to

[vibs89]

Man i just hope this gane doesn't get flop like cricket 2004.

[shahid6995]

So far NOTHING in his answers is giving me any damn confidence in his game.

[sohum]

Originally Posted by saisrini80

But i think the demo might also be misleading for us.. I am very sure about it...

I think that's a little biased. How can a demo be misleading? The demo's point is to test-drive the game. We should be able to get a faint picture of gameplay and experience the graphics. But the fact that they are releasing a demo shows me that they are confident about this game.

Also, someone should tell Wilson not to answer in capitals as that constitutes as shouting on this forum. It's very rude.