Techtree Cricket 2005 review

And this was even before I started playing the game. The 2 CD installation was a smooth process however I was forced to restart my PC to play the game. A demanding game huh! That's what I thought till I started the game (or rather tried to start it). An error message flashed on my screen telling that I had some CD emulation software and the game would start only after I disabled it. Well, I was using the licensed copy of the game. I disabled the Virtual Clone drive, closed all the related processes running in the background and tried to start the game again but was confronted with the same error. I removed all the Clone CD entries from the startup and rebooted my PC but it vain again. The game started only after I uninstalled Clone CD. Now give me a break. Making the user remove a third party software just because you feel threatened of someone making illegal copies of your software is not fair at all and to an extent it is unethical. After all Clone CD is not just about making illegal copies of software and loading up unauthorized disk images.

And here's the joke. Someone I know who purchased a pirated copy of this game informed me that he never experienced this problem on his cracked version. Well EA, your trick certainly isn't proving instrumental in curbing piracy but is just giving an unnecessary headache to those with a licensed copy. Time to rethink your strategy.

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One would have thought that EA would at least consider making some of the cricket icons like Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara look real but no. As a matter of fact, it seems that the guy who designed Sachin Tendulkar has never seen the maestro in real life or on TV. With a prominent moustache, the model that is supposed to be him looks like anyone but Sachin.

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bharat said:

If some senior Staff like Ste or Colin advises me to add.I shall add it to he reviews section.

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Mahesh Babu said:

Hey bharat babu add this to review section(is it required?Aren't we wasting time on this ****** game?)

On the whole cricket 2005 is an unforgettable game with many twists and cracks inside. :

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