Have been playing a decent amount of Ashes lately with friends when they come home. The multi-player game mode is very good if you have 4 players as the game has taken into account that both the striker as well as the non striker must be involved in running between the wickets. Another good part of the game play is catching. All said and done there are a few glitches in the game like some Leg before's are not out but given out or vice versa (But few do argue that this makes the game quite realistic!) and another big glitch in the game is when both batsmen are in the crease at one end the fielding side should be given an option to through at the opposing end. Thats all for the multi-player game mode, coming to the single player mode the game is very simple when your batting its very easy to pick up bad balls and quite frankly i haven't tried bowling at all considering batting is very simple. On the whole i would not recommend the game if you are not a cricket enthusiast and even if you are a cricketing fan, buy it only if you have 4 controllers and three additional friends to play with.
I Just finished the Ashes mode on this game On Hard mode winning 3-2 and io must say this game really isnt test cricket material for all the Matches I Played ended On The First Day itself..one making it to the second.. ... Read Full Review
Ashes 09 just didnt play well - poor and slow animations loads of glitches only english and Ausie players only a limited number of players doesnt even have a number of the members for the ashes teams of 09!! unbalance... Read Full Review
