This Game is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!! - Page 3

vuroth · 07-07-2009, 04:15 PM

I used to think that the computer was tough to beat. Then I traded my utility infielder to the Dodgers for a 4.5 star catcher.

I just need a few more trades like that, and **I** will be ready for the Nats challenge!

tajoumaru · 07-07-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

I'd recommend RBI baseball for Nintendo.

What are you KIDDING me?!?!?! RBI Baseball is the cheatingist piece of &?$! evar!!! The computer never lets you win it just keeps hitting home runs and cheating and makes me mad!!! I hate you Tengen for making this evil thing! Hate U!!! And those catchy baseball songs in the game get stuck in your head and make you want to go on killing spree AARRRGh!

BMW · 07-07-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tajoumaru

What are you KIDDING me?!?!?! RBI Baseball is the cheatingist piece of &?$! evar!!! The computer never lets you win it just keeps hitting home runs and cheating and makes me mad!!! I hate you Tengen for making this evil thing! Hate U!!! And those catchy baseball songs in the game get stuck in your head and make you want to go on killing spree AARRRGh!

You've never seen Star League Baseball.

You could throw three pitches. One was a fastball over the heart of the plate, one was a curveball over the heart of the plate, and the last was a slider than went low, which the CPU might swing at maybe once a game.

There were only a few types of hits in the game too, they would always follow one of a few predetermined paths. When the game determined that you hit a single, it would zip through the infield so fast it was literally impossible to do anything about it.

If you got to the ninth inning with less than a four run lead, forget about it, you were toast.

And the songs were pretty lame too.

tajoumaru · 07-07-2009, 05:35 PM

Actually I loved RBI Baseball. My only complaints were that you could only play eight major league teams, that starting pitchers always tired too early, that pitching staffs consisted of only four pitchers. The gameplay was pretty good for its day, and the songs were fun, though inappropriate for MLB teams--all were taken from Japanese pro ball.

RBI Baseball 2 and 3 were more complete games, though the gameplay suffered, and the players all looked anorexic.

Tycobbler · 07-07-2009, 06:06 PM

I loved RBI baseball too. Great game, great memories!

simcrazy · 07-07-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by damientheomen3

he's probably one of those stubborn mogul-heads who just says 'mogul's great' and won't listen to any argument whatsoever. my friend is a mogul-head, and hes annoying

With all due respect, Mogul stinks. OOTP still has a couple flaws, for example: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post2775905

but it still is miles and miles and miles ahead of Mogul, which I played and liked.

OP: Give the game time, try different teams and experiment until you find a format/setup that you like. Trust me, it will be worth the "work"/investment in time. This game is the real deal.

SteveP · 07-07-2009, 07:57 PM

Well, at least give the guy credit for being able to pull himself away from the game long enough to speak the truth about what a horrible game this is. I know I haven't been able to do it -- and I've been playing this game for at least a WHOLE YEAR now!!

dekker99 · 07-07-2009, 09:24 PM

This guys right!!! The game cheats and I think Markus purposely made it this way to mess with mankind!

Actually, I walked past a restaurant yesterday and I'm sure I saw Markus having dinner with my wife! Beware this man!

StyxNCa · 07-07-2009, 09:46 PM

Maybe a little cheese to go with his whine is called for.

Afino · 07-08-2009, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveP

Well, at least give the guy credit for being able to pull himself away from the game long enough to speak the truth about what a horrible game this is. I know I haven't been able to do it -- and I've been playing this game for at least a WHOLE YEAR now!!

ha!

Me too actually - I downloaded the 8 demo on 4th of July weekend last year....my social life hasn't been the same since!

Now if the AI would just stop ****ing cheating....

eriqjaffe · 07-08-2009, 10:25 AM

Of course, it's fairly easy to circumvent the AI cheating via the Gload Code.

MizzouRah · 07-08-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dekker99

This guys right!!! The game cheats and I think Markus purposely made it this way to mess with mankind!

Actually, I walked past a restaurant yesterday and I'm sure I saw Markus having dinner with my wife! Beware this man!

smartman · 07-09-2009, 02:38 PM

Sure, the game is really fun & easy when you are just GM'ing a team. Boy, try to play a game though is next to impossible. I was on a 30 game losing streak over THREE different leagues of three different types (historical, 2009, and fictional) before I just threw up my hands and quit playing. Yes, QUIT PLAYING THE GAME! Oh, I'll pick it up again when I decide to GM again, but I would love to actually play the games out on occasion.

I posted my complaints about what the game doesn't do right in another thread. It was the one about me simply playing out the WS cost my team the title. Well, I was right and wrong about that. I forgot that I had made it a 9-game series, and with me SIMMING the last two games, guess what? I WON with my Outstanding Pitcher Award Winner pitching a 3-hit shutout. Oh, that just lowered his ERA for that series to under SIX!!!! He couldn't get out of the 5th in either game I had him pitch, but wow, he could pitch to his ratings with the AI running everything. My staff ace finished them off in the 9th game with a 2 hitter (yeah, I suck at this game so much I could assemble a tremendous pitching staff with the 2nd and 4th HR hitters in the NL).

To the OP, try just simming out the game for a few months, then see how bad your team is. I'll bet you that they'll be a much better team. I'll also bet any of you that I could just GM a team to dynasty status for 15-20 years then manage them to under a .400 record doing nothing out of the ordinary and try to win every game. There have been others on this board complaining about starting with teams that won 90+ games irl and finishing under .500 in that season. Maybe the non-fanboys just all suck at the game?

Cole · 07-09-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by smartman

I posted my complaints about what the game doesn't do right in another thread. It was the one about me simply playing out the WS cost my team the title. Well, I was right and wrong about that. I forgot that I had made it a 9-game series, and with me SIMMING the last two games, guess what? I WON with my Outstanding Pitcher Award Winner pitching a 3-hit shutout. Oh, that just lowered his ERA for that series to under SIX!!!! He couldn't get out of the 5th in either game I had him pitch, but wow, he could pitch to his ratings with the AI running everything.

Well I'm sold. The results of one series is certainly irrefutable evidence that the game is terrible and biased against those who play out their games.

Also, no solid pitcher has ever had a bad game in the playoffs and not been able to get out of the 5th, or had an ERA over than 6 in a span of a few games, so this definitely needs tweaking too.

Sans Pystal · 07-09-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW

You've never seen MLB 09 The Show.

You could throw three pitches. One was a fastball over the heart of the plate, one was a curveball over the heart of the plate, and the last was a slider than went low, which the CPU might swing at maybe once a game.

There were only a few types of hits in the game too, they would always follow one of a few predetermined paths. When the game determined that you hit a single, it would zip through the infield so fast it was literally impossible to do anything about it.

If you got to the ninth inning with less than a four run lead, forget about it, you were toast.

And the songs were pretty lame too.

Fixed.

Erik W. · 07-09-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sans Pystal

Fixed.

If you think the quoted passage in any way reflects The Show then you quite simply need to learn to play.

Sans Pystal · 07-09-2009, 05:52 PM

That was a joke...

but so is The Show...

so there you go.

Erik W. · 07-09-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sans Pystal

That was a joke...

but so is The Show...

so there you go.

There's no accounting for taste, I guess.

Sans Pystal · 07-09-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Erik W.

There's no accounting for taste, I guess.

We can leave it at that. But, boy the fields are fertile.

We can agree that this game (OOTP X) is a work of art.

Peace.

Left-handed Badger · 07-10-2009, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by smartman

Sure, the game is really fun & easy when you are just GM'ing a team. Boy, try to play a game though is next to impossible. I was on a 30 game losing streak over THREE different leagues of three different types (historical, 2009, and fictional) before I just threw up my hands and quit playing. Yes, QUIT PLAYING THE GAME! Oh, I'll pick it up again when I decide to GM again, but I would love to actually play the games out on occasion.

I posted my complaints about what the game doesn't do right in another thread. It was the one about me simply playing out the WS cost my team the title. Well, I was right and wrong about that. I forgot that I had made it a 9-game series, and with me SIMMING the last two games, guess what? I WON with my Outstanding Pitcher Award Winner pitching a 3-hit shutout. Oh, that just lowered his ERA for that series to under SIX!!!! He couldn't get out of the 5th in either game I had him pitch, but wow, he could pitch to his ratings with the AI running everything. My staff ace finished them off in the 9th game with a 2 hitter (yeah, I suck at this game so much I could assemble a tremendous pitching staff with the 2nd and 4th HR hitters in the NL).

To the OP, try just simming out the game for a few months, then see how bad your team is. I'll bet you that they'll be a much better team. I'll also bet any of you that I could just GM a team to dynasty status for 15-20 years then manage them to under a .400 record doing nothing out of the ordinary and try to win every game. There have been others on this board complaining about starting with teams that won 90+ games irl and finishing under .500 in that season. Maybe the non-fanboys just all suck at the game?

Wierd. I generally bring my team to better records when I personally manage than if I sim. And as a GM, at random times have difficulty making a trade that is heavily waited against me. (luckily that isnt all the time, but every once in a while the AI seems to get a notion to cause me to have to give up a Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig for a Rafael Belliard. Nevertheless, I aint making that trade. Course, when an AI team does do me that way I have been known to make an semi-intentionally favorable trade to their divisional rival just for spite. (well, I make sure I get something out of it dont get me wrong, but if something fits into my strategy I might be willing to look at Team Rival first)

07-08-2009, 10:25 AM	#51
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,727	Of course, it's fairly easy to circumvent the AI cheating via the Gload Code. __________________

07-09-2009, 05:52 PM	#57
Sans Pystal Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 45	That was a joke... but so is The Show... so there you go. __________________ "The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious." André Gide

07-07-2009, 04:15 PM	#41
vuroth Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 26	I used to think that the computer was tough to beat. Then I traded my utility infielder to the Dodgers for a 4.5 star catcher. I just need a few more trades like that, and I will be ready for the Nats challenge!

07-07-2009, 05:35 PM	#44
tajoumaru Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 115	Actually I loved RBI Baseball. My only complaints were that you could only play eight major league teams, that starting pitchers always tired too early, that pitching staffs consisted of only four pitchers. The gameplay was pretty good for its day, and the songs were fun, though inappropriate for MLB teams--all were taken from Japanese pro ball. RBI Baseball 2 and 3 were more complete games, though the gameplay suffered, and the players all looked anorexic.

07-07-2009, 06:06 PM	#45
Tycobbler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 20 minutes from Comerica Park Posts: 2,005	I loved RBI baseball too. Great game, great memories!

07-07-2009, 07:57 PM	#47
SteveP Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,109	Well, at least give the guy credit for being able to pull himself away from the game long enough to speak the truth about what a horrible game this is. I know I haven't been able to do it -- and I've been playing this game for at least a WHOLE YEAR now!!

07-07-2009, 09:24 PM	#48
dekker99 Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	This guys right!!! The game cheats and I think Markus purposely made it this way to mess with mankind! Actually, I walked past a restaurant yesterday and I'm sure I saw Markus having dinner with my wife! Beware this man!

07-07-2009, 09:46 PM	#49
StyxNCa Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Victoria, Texas Posts: 3,136	Maybe a little cheese to go with his whine is called for.

07-09-2009, 02:38 PM	#53
smartman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 36	Sure, the game is really fun & easy when you are just GM'ing a team. Boy, try to play a game though is next to impossible. I was on a 30 game losing streak over THREE different leagues of three different types (historical, 2009, and fictional) before I just threw up my hands and quit playing. Yes, QUIT PLAYING THE GAME! Oh, I'll pick it up again when I decide to GM again, but I would love to actually play the games out on occasion. I posted my complaints about what the game doesn't do right in another thread. It was the one about me simply playing out the WS cost my team the title. Well, I was right and wrong about that. I forgot that I had made it a 9-game series, and with me SIMMING the last two games, guess what? I WON with my Outstanding Pitcher Award Winner pitching a 3-hit shutout. Oh, that just lowered his ERA for that series to under SIX!!!! He couldn't get out of the 5th in either game I had him pitch, but wow, he could pitch to his ratings with the AI running everything. My staff ace finished them off in the 9th game with a 2 hitter (yeah, I suck at this game so much I could assemble a tremendous pitching staff with the 2nd and 4th HR hitters in the NL). To the OP, try just simming out the game for a few months, then see how bad your team is. I'll bet you that they'll be a much better team. I'll also bet any of you that I could just GM a team to dynasty status for 15-20 years then manage them to under a .400 record doing nothing out of the ordinary and try to win every game. There have been others on this board complaining about starting with teams that won 90+ games irl and finishing under .500 in that season. Maybe the non-fanboys just all suck at the game?