International Cricket Captain 2001: Ashes Edition

"A strangely addictive game"

Now, most people think this game is boring but I can tell you are crazy if you think that because this is so addictive, it is nearly addictive as The Sims, nearly. It is very hard to find this game and I have been looking for it for months and I have finally found it. Well, here is the review.

Gameplay: 9.5/10: This is a very good area of the game and has plenty of modes. The modes are Full Game, County & England, International only, Two -player series, Historical Scenarios. The full Game is when you captain a English county side and at the end of the year you get points, and if you get 100 points you can captain England. In County & England you again captain a English County side but you can go straight to captain the English national team. In my favourite mode, International Only, you can get to captain one of the nine national teams (Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. I like playing Australia because I'm from Australia. The way you manage a side is you pick your team from the squad, 11 players if you don't know. Then you toss the coin and see who will bat/bowl first. Then you go into the match. If you are batting, you will have your two batsman on the right side with how much they have got their eye in, you can choose if you want to play defensive or aggressive and you can choose if your batsman wants to keep their strike. If your bowling, you have your bowler on the right and you can change him or see how tired he is. There is also the two opponent's batsman and you change line and length and you can change your field. There are also a whole lot of stats from all the players from all of the teams. This is a great part of the game.

Graphics 7/10: This isn't a very good part of the game. The graphics doesn't really matter in these type of games. Their average.

Sound 3.5/10: Where is the sound? . The only sound in this game is the crowd, noise effects off the bat and the commentary. As much the sound is bad, it doesn't matter.

How long does it last? 100/10: This game is so addictive, this game will last you for ages, that's why I rated this 100 out of 10.

Pros
* this game is so addictive
* So many stats
* A manager game
* So many modes
* Did I tell how addictive this game was

Cons
* Not much sound

Overall 10/10
Even though this game has got bad sound, it is so addictive that you won't be able to stop playing it

Buy or Rent:
Buy this game, believe me this is addictive

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 09/09/02, Updated 09/09/02