Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 (Xbox360)

I often start off my reviews trying to explain what led me to a specific purchasing decision, but the thing with "Brian Lara International Cricket 2007" is that there wasn't one. Or at least, not one that I consciously made. I mean, this is never a game that I would have chosen to buy if it had been left up to me; the only reason I tried it was because it was in a bundle of games we got with our second hand Xbox 360 when we it bought from a friend. As I was going through the process of trying out our new selection of games, this one stood out for me straight away as being great fun. My previous experience of sports sims was admittedly pretty limited; I remember ...

Terrible Game! Stay Away! This game is so rubbish its nothing like real cricket - batting is far too easy once youg et the hang of it, you will be hitting 6's every ball! The most annoying part of the game is if the batsman go for a run and get in when the ball is thrown to the keeper he always knocks the stumps over even when the batsman are clearly in! This just wastes so much time its just stupid! The players dont even have proper names unless you play in one of the 'liceneced' tournaments like the world cup. IF you just want to play a test match then you have to play with names like micheal vorner and andrew flantiff...frustrating? Oh yes! I ...

brian lara 07 is the next installment of the critically aclaimed brian lara series. In the last game you choose a teamto guide through the cricket world cup, selcting and ultimatley playing as the team. The newest game has the same concept. The games improvements are hard to notice at first but you can see changes. The training for instance has a more indepth system, showing you step by step what is what. The main menu is slightley more clear an easy to navigate. The choice of locations and balls is pretty much the same except for the few extra venues included in the world cup. The playing of the game itself is fairley straight forward, ball goes to those stick things. ...