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This is a baseball simulation game. It is a product which has a main, hardcore client base of longtime baseball sim hobbyists. If you care more about ultra-fancy 3D and a bunch of bells and whistles, which have nothing to do with replicating a realistic baseball universe, then there are other products out there for you.

I haven't bought this years' edition yet, but I surely will. I support this company because it has brought this hobby far beyond anything I could have dreamed of when I was playing with Strat-o-matic cards 35 years ago. It is the only game in town for those of us who want a realistic baseball management experience, and Markus and company always deliver.

I'm thrilled the development team worked on things under-the-hood, because that is the backbone of the experience. Without that, literally nothing else is worth having.

Criticisms of the game are fine, but I find many of the complaints are over-the-top and written in a tone that is completely unhinged and uncivil. We are largely spoiled by OOTP, and some of you sure are acting like it.