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04-08-2014, 10:09 PM | #22 | |
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I agree the FM AI is much better than OOTP (contracts, strategy, lack of head-scratching benchings, etc) but I disagree it is more competitive. it's very easy to build up massive dynasties in FM, more so than it is in OOTP by buying young players who you know will develop well if you simply play them a decent amount. the "fog of war" in scouting and development in OOTP you can gain by turning accuracy down and using 2-8 scouting scale makes it more competitive and realistic. if you play 1-100 ratings with perfect scouting yes OOTP is much easier |
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04-08-2014, 10:39 PM | #23 | |
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Now FM's the best game in the world (OOTP's second) and I love it, don't get me wrong, but imo OOTP is actually more challenging than FM if you just turn off the ratings and play stats only. I think the OOTP ai is right up there with FM's. |
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04-10-2014, 06:11 AM | #24 | |
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Oh, and did I mention that the FM creators have a staff which is 20 times larger than ours?
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Knowing this doesn't stop me asking for more customisation, but it does temper my expectations of getting everything I ask for lol. |
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04-10-2014, 10:16 AM | #26 | |
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You can do the same in FM. Most people just choose not to. I noticed a high amount of players who enjoy stealing regens and wonder kids from other teams for example. I modded the ratings into color coded bars (I wish they didn't remove graphical ratings) I delegate tasks to my staff while I manage. Scouts are finding my players so that stop me from finding and stealing those hidden gems and new-gen wonder kids. I also let my Director of Football/GM bring in new players while I oversee things. I love the new feature of having staff matter and letting them actually do their job if you want to play that way. As for OOTP Baseball, I can dominate in this game also if I chose to. But the way I have my game setup makes it hard to do so. At the end of the day its all about how you choose to play the game. Last edited by SirMichaelJordan; 04-10-2014 at 10:27 AM. |
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04-10-2014, 11:03 AM | #27 |
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I'm hoping we make it three pages in before we get a screenshot of the 3D parks and whatnot.
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04-10-2014, 11:33 AM | #28 | |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alx_ta9Raqg (hello garion...donan here Last edited by Donevyn; 04-10-2014 at 11:35 AM. |
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04-10-2014, 12:21 PM | #29 |
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Sticking with photos.
Now, if you could make a 3-D model that was photo-realistic, I'd be down... but that is an awful lot to ask.
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04-10-2014, 09:11 PM | #30 | |
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And, by the way, is it just me, or is there an inferiority complex around here? It seems that every time a different product comes up and people talk about aspects of it that they enjoy and that they like better than OOTP, we get reminded that these other companies have a much larger number of programmers. Well, I've got news for you: FM started as CM with two brothers as an amateur product in 1992. It's been around for 22 years. OOTP has been around for 15 years. One company has had explosively larger growth, was vastly further along after 15 years than the other is, and now has a sizable staff level. That number of personnel was growing rapidly within a few years after release. It's the most successful sports sim in history and arguably one of the best selling and most successful gaming titles in the history of computing of any kind. So let's cut the crap and stop with the phony comparisons. Sports Interactive didn't start with the staff that it has now. It got there on its own merits and has earned every bit of the accolades that it receives. So let's not try to downplay what they do by pointing to their advantage in staffing level. They got to that staffing level from nothing. It's the job of everyone else to step up to the same level and produce results so they can enjoy the advantages of having all those programmers too. |
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04-10-2014, 09:39 PM | #31 | |
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I hope you'll agree with me that a game that simulates football(soccer) will probably sold much better (thus making a company easier to grow, more profitable, and easier to expand its staff) than a game that simulates baseball |
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04-10-2014, 09:57 PM | #32 |
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04-10-2014, 10:03 PM | #34 |
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All I got to say is: Soccer Sucks.
'Nuff said. |
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04-11-2014, 02:18 AM | #37 |
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It helps SI that soccer is the most popular sport in the world. probably 20x or more popular than baseball. So lets cut the crap that OOTPD and SI were even on the same playing field to begin with
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The entire time I've been reading this thread...I kept thinking over and over that on the global market, no matter what, a good baseball game is going to get out sold by a good football (soccer) game due to the wide gap in popularity of the two sports globally speaking. This would not change if OOTP was perfect in each and every way and had every feature we could think of done to every ones idea of perfection. If SI and OOTPD had the exact same number of staff and resources it still would not matter (in terms of who sells more copies globally). If you compare the rate of growth you also have to compare the size of the customer pools. OOTP is never going to get a large percentage of its sells out side of the US/North America pool of customers. FM I'm sure does just fine if they had zero US/North America sold copies (which I know they have a lot more than zero). To me that makes it a bit unfair to compare the growth patterns of OOTPD and SI...but that just IMO. Now in the US...I think OOTP is arguably the most successful of the text sims of the big 4 US/North American sports (baseball, american football, basketball, hockey). I think their path to growing OOTPD is going to be to continue developing in those 4 sports. If successful they'll have more resources and the ability to increase staff size. As far as OOTP specifically....I tip my cap to OOTPD for how far OOTP has expanded. I was going through my old backups CDs from old computers and came across one that had OOTP 3 written on it. It had all my files from my first leagues covering the OOTP 3, 4 and 5 versions. Its insane how primitive those versions are now and in comparison how deep the current version is. How far the game has expanded makes it more complicated (I would imagine) to get everything just right...especially when that is part of the development is still just one man. I'm sure FM 15 years in had a larger staff and more resources and a larger fan base. I will agree the FM series is the most successful sports text sim game ever developed. I can't help but think that the sports popularity had something to do with that on multiple levels (initial success which enabled the ability to reinvest which expanded the staff and scope of the series). I also agree, and I'm sure OOTPD would agree, that if they had more resources and man power they could put out a even better product. Again just IMO... |
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04-11-2014, 05:27 AM | #39 | |
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It's almost always in the context of explaining why OOTP can't do something or when someone merely points out they they like something better in another game. You will find hundreds of posts like this over the years. It's a tired, old refrain, and I didn't say that this constitutes criticism of SI. I said that it downplays what they do because there are consistent responses that point to the disparity in resources rather than the quality of the output and the fact that considerable successes and major breakthroughs were achieved long before those resources were at that level. It's a classic deflective and defensive tactic, so it makes sense psychologically. But, conveniently, it doesn't mention or acknowledge the fact that SI started with nothing and produced more with limited resources than all the rest. And it misses an opportunity for self-reflection and and to learn more from what these other companies do to succeed. Repeatedly pointing out the disparity in resources is an oversimplification, just as is the claim that SI has had a vastly easier path because of the sport involved. Trust me, there have been countless football management sims since the early 1980s, but only one has ever achieved true, lasting success. And it has faced a far larger competitive environment due to the popularity of the sport. The road is littered with failures. So it's not as simple as the sport merely being more popular. On my view, attempts to simplify it in those terms are just another form of deflection and defense. Think of it this way. Let's say that you own and really like a particular car but then you buy a second car from a different company and you like it better for various reasons. Wouldn't it be pretty lame if you were a long-time contributor on the forums of the first car maker and you mentioned that you liked the other car and certain features better, and then the first car maker responded by pointing out that the other company has more employees? Or what if the first car maker pointed out that the other company had it much easier because it makes a certain style of car that is more popular? It just doesn't seem very becoming of the company or very relevant. To me, referencing the disparity in resources when people praise a different product and want to see something similar in yours is like bringing up the big advantage that Apple or Microsoft has if someone compares your product to theirs and wants to see something similar from you. Yes, it's patently obvious that they have huge advantages in resources and experience, but that doesn't stop other companies or developers from trying to do better and beat them with fewer resources. Whether it's Samsung crushing the iPhone right now or tiny SaaS companies delivering a better CRM solution than Microsoft, companies can get it done. And they don't seem to get into this refrain about comparing resources because that's not necessarily what's driving anything. Tesla recently achieved the highest safety score in the history of auto manufacturing despite having far fewer employees, far fewer resources, and nowhere near the total funding and investor support that companies like GM, Ford, or Toyota have. It's only been in business for a relatively small number of years, and it was nearly bankrupt not too long ago. But it managed climb out of the hole and get it done. And OOTP has managed to do quite well for itself too. And it's done this despite relying largely on a single programmer for many years. So are the resources really all that relevant? Or does it really come down to talent and what you do with it? I think the more interesting question is whether OOTP may actually choose to remain smaller and not aggressively pursue expansion for various reasons, including keeping things more personally manageable and avoiding debt or financial risk. Some companies choose this path, though it's unconventional. I have a client that takes a similar approach and only wants to grow its newest subsidiary to a certain level and then keep it sustainable at that level. Based on my experiences with other companies and startups over the years, and based on the stability, success, and potential that we've seen from OOTP, I've always felt that OOTP would have a good shot at securing business loans and/or some private financing to fund a more rapid expansion and growth strategy. Hell, even the production and launch of MicroLeague Baseball was originally funded by private investors that were found by networking at a local athletic club and simply showing them the basic mathematical model that churned out results. But I suspect that OOTP is more comfortable with the way it has always done things, slowly and steadily, rather than pursuing rapid growth and expansion and having to assume the corresponding risks and stresses. Those can be significant, so it comes down to your personal preferences and your tolerance for that. Now, maybe some of these observations will send some of you into a rage. But I have to think that it's that defense mechanism kicking in again. Some folks seem to really take issue with praise being given to other products here or to someone having a a strong opinion that doesn't fit with their view of OOTP. It's rare that I mention other products on the forums, but I have consistently praised FM on occasion over the years, and I maintain that it is the better product, it has done better relative to the available resources, and I like the way that SI has approached things better. That does not imply that OOTP is somehow an awful company. It's a simple comparison. I make no apologies for that, and I make no apologies for my view that repeated references to disparities in resources between OOTP and other companies downplays the achievements of those other companies and is a defensive, deflective maneuver. If this somehow offends you on a deep level, then I invite you to use the ignore option and disregard my posts. But I think I've laid it out pretty clearly, and I don't think there is much else to be said from my standpoint. Last edited by Charlie Hough; 04-11-2014 at 05:36 AM. |
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