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dashby · 06-13-2006, 10:00 PM

Imported Lahman's 2005 season. Coached first season with Cubs. Went 87-75 and won the Central. I did this even with season ending injuries to 2 of my starting position players and major long-term injuries to my closer and 1 starting pitcher (had a deep bench). Next season I had the "injury plague" once again (so prominently noted on this forum), but couldn't work through it early on. Was 3 games below .500 at the beginning of June and was FIRED! To me that just makes no sense.

What are you supposed to do after you get fired? I waited for a team to pick me up but it didn't happen the rest of the 2006 season and am still waiting in Spring Training 2007. Where is the FUN in that? Many other irritating issues too numerous to mention.

The key to any successful strategy-based sports game is immersiveness. A good game sucks you in so deeply that you almost forget it's a game. Everything fits perfectly and it's sim-nirvana. Anytime these illogical anomalies rear there head it wakes you up and reminds you you're just playing a game that some programmer wrote.

Anyway I downloaded Puresim 2007 and loved the demo. Bought the game and haven't played OOTP since (10 days ago). I'm not saying OOTP is terrible or "unplayable" or anything terribly negative. It's just, for me, Pursesim is much better. I recommend anyone having major issues with OOTP to try Puresim. Take it from someone who has played stats based sports games for decades, Puresim is immersive and quite accurate statistically.

06-13-2006, 10:00 PM	#1
dashby Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 153	very impatient owner Imported Lahman's 2005 season. Coached first season with Cubs. Went 87-75 and won the Central. I did this even with season ending injuries to 2 of my starting position players and major long-term injuries to my closer and 1 starting pitcher (had a deep bench). Next season I had the "injury plague" once again (so prominently noted on this forum), but couldn't work through it early on. Was 3 games below .500 at the beginning of June and was FIRED! To me that just makes no sense. What are you supposed to do after you get fired? I waited for a team to pick me up but it didn't happen the rest of the 2006 season and am still waiting in Spring Training 2007. Where is the FUN in that? Many other irritating issues too numerous to mention. The key to any successful strategy-based sports game is immersiveness. A good game sucks you in so deeply that you almost forget it's a game. Everything fits perfectly and it's sim-nirvana. Anytime these illogical anomalies rear there head it wakes you up and reminds you you're just playing a game that some programmer wrote. Anyway I downloaded Puresim 2007 and loved the demo. Bought the game and haven't played OOTP since (10 days ago). I'm not saying OOTP is terrible or "unplayable" or anything terribly negative. It's just, for me, Pursesim is much better. I recommend anyone having major issues with OOTP to try Puresim. Take it from someone who has played stats based sports games for decades, Puresim is immersive and quite accurate statistically.