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Originally Posted by PSUColonel
well yea...I think that's just it for a lot of people. Football Manager is obviously not a primarily American sport, and a lot of people don't even understand the nuances or tactics within it.
Is it a better front office/GM type simulation? yes.
Is it more immersive than OOTP in that you actually feel your decisions affect people? (players/staff/media) Yes.
Is it a very good simulation of the game of Association Football statistically and a credible representation of the game? Yes
Is it baseball? No.
I think a lot of people just wish OOTP had the same capabilities/immersion as FM, but because its a distant second in the genre, OOTP gets a bad rap sometimes. The truth is....OOTP is a great game, probably jut not as great as FM is in it's respective sport.
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I think it may be easier to tell when OOTP fails than FM manager as well. Baseball is such a stats driven game where every single detail is under a microscope. Even when the SB percentage is a few percentage points off it causes an uproar from people(like me). I think for all of the people it tries to please it does a wonderful job. The more hardcore people(like us) are probably wanting a higher standard than it can ever give us because of all of these customizable options.