Yuvraj Singh's Cricket (Xbox 360 Review)

Yuvraj Singh's Cricket (Xbox 360 Review)

Navneet Prakash, May 05, 2007 1635 hrs IST

Does the Indian exit from the WC make you want to teach 'them' some cricket maneuvers? Now you can try your hand at that virtually.

Good cricketing action, Best looking cricket game till date, Official licensed players and teams.

Buggy, Loses its charm very soon, Repetitive presentation.

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A majority of us (read men) love sports and can't do without our daily dose of it in some form. Most of us Indians follow several sports, but worship only two: Female Beach Volley Ball and Cricket. I will concentrate on the latter today, as that is what this article is all about.

Cricket is the definition of passion, a religion to some, a lifeline; it is just too good to be true. But these days all Indian Cricket fans are sulking, we are unhappy as our team didn't do well in the World Cup, well they need to stick around a bit to even try! Millions of cricket fans were in shock, in pain after India's early exit. We wait 4 years for the World Cup, and there our dreams went shattered. However, life goes on and you need to find alternatives to keep your spirits high. And if you are an avid gamer, here is some news for you. Codemasters studios have been brave enough to release a cricket game called Yuvraj Singh's Cricket. A game that released in better times may have grabbed more attention. Anyway, let us see what the game has to offer.

Bad Timing

As I said before, this isn't the best time to release a game based on cricket, especially in a nation that is still scarred by its early exit from the World Cup. Cricket games have always been low budget which are released in select nations. A major reason for that has to be the fact that Cricket is not as popular as Football or Motor sports in the international bazaar. So cricket games are always buggy and irritating. Codemasters Brian Lara's Cricket did score with gamers worldwide and it's back this time in India under a different brand name. Yes, this is the same game with a different title, internationally it is called Brain Lara's Cricket.

So let's talk about the gameplay. Is this game the best cricket game ever? I would have to say Yes and No. Yes because I don't remember any other game doing so much justice to the game and No because it's still not perfect. There are more than a few notable features, but then there are the same number of flaws. Now let us see the game in detail.