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TigersFan23 · 03-04-2003, 10:36 PM

I totally disagree.

OOTP5 clearly offers more new features than OOT4.

When OOTP3 and OOTP4 came out, there were folks who said that the leap wasn't so great, the new features weren't compelling, it was buggy, it was released too early, they were unhappy and disappointed. Every year this happens.

Did Markus release the game early? No. Is the game perfect? No. Will the game have issues that need to be resolved? Yes. Are some people going to be disappointed? Yes.

With annual releases there are not "light year" jumps in features because of the limited development window. Doing a sports game is different than doing Unreal Tournament 2003. You can take 2+ years to develop Unreal Tournament 2003 or Unreal 2- but with sports titles you can't take 2-3 years off between editions so the feature jump isn't as large in comparision. Markus probably started work on OOTP5 after OOTP4 was released- which is what Tiburon does with the Madden Football series (and look at the feature leap of that product over the past 3 years).

Every PC game has teething issues upon release it is the nature of the beast. Markus does not have the QA capacity of Microsoft to test compatability on every conceivable combination of memory/video card/sound card/CPU/motherboard (and associated drivers)- and even Microsoft can't get it right right out of the box (see Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3)! Markus, unlike other software publishers/developers, works tirelessly to quickly resolve any initial issues quickly. When it does come to QA, Markus does a lot with what he does have.

As far as the width and breadth of new features, there is more new in OOTP5 than in NASCAR Racing 2003 from NASCAR Racing 2002 (and even NASCAR 4 as well), any EA sports title from the past 3 years, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 from Rollercoaster Tycoon, Diablo 2 from Diablo.... and the list goes on. And most of those titles go for $40 or $50 and have significant compatability issues.

OOTP5 currently is the benchmark for baseball management sims and will only get better within the next couple of weeks thanks to Markus' commitment. OOTP4, while good, doesn't come close IMHO.

I'm running OOTP5 on a PIII 866, 512MB of RAM, DirectX 9.0 with a GeForce3 video card and can sim through a season in roughly the same amount of time as OOTP4. I notice very little in the way of slower performance.

03-04-2003, 10:36 PM	#12
TigersFan23 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 156	I totally disagree. OOTP5 clearly offers more new features than OOT4. When OOTP3 and OOTP4 came out, there were folks who said that the leap wasn't so great, the new features weren't compelling, it was buggy, it was released too early, they were unhappy and disappointed. Every year this happens. Did Markus release the game early? No. Is the game perfect? No. Will the game have issues that need to be resolved? Yes. Are some people going to be disappointed? Yes. With annual releases there are not "light year" jumps in features because of the limited development window. Doing a sports game is different than doing Unreal Tournament 2003. You can take 2+ years to develop Unreal Tournament 2003 or Unreal 2- but with sports titles you can't take 2-3 years off between editions so the feature jump isn't as large in comparision. Markus probably started work on OOTP5 after OOTP4 was released- which is what Tiburon does with the Madden Football series (and look at the feature leap of that product over the past 3 years). Every PC game has teething issues upon release it is the nature of the beast. Markus does not have the QA capacity of Microsoft to test compatability on every conceivable combination of memory/video card/sound card/CPU/motherboard (and associated drivers)- and even Microsoft can't get it right right out of the box (see Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3)! Markus, unlike other software publishers/developers, works tirelessly to quickly resolve any initial issues quickly. When it does come to QA, Markus does a lot with what he does have. As far as the width and breadth of new features, there is more new in OOTP5 than in NASCAR Racing 2003 from NASCAR Racing 2002 (and even NASCAR 4 as well), any EA sports title from the past 3 years, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 from Rollercoaster Tycoon, Diablo 2 from Diablo.... and the list goes on. And most of those titles go for $40 or $50 and have significant compatability issues. OOTP5 currently is the benchmark for baseball management sims and will only get better within the next couple of weeks thanks to Markus' commitment. OOTP4, while good, doesn't come close IMHO. I'm running OOTP5 on a PIII 866, 512MB of RAM, DirectX 9.0 with a GeForce3 video card and can sim through a season in roughly the same amount of time as OOTP4. I notice very little in the way of slower performance. Last edited by TigersFan23; 03-04-2003 at 10:39 PM.