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02-27-2016, 10:23 PM | #21 |
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Anyone who tries to make a baseball gm game now should just sit down and take up knitting.
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02-27-2016, 10:27 PM | #22 |
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Baseball Mogul know has Expansion Draft and other new stuff,future 40 Man Roster Rule and so on. News Articles are good but Minor Leagues Rosters don't get their own page.
Front Page Sports/High Heat were good Games because of Live Play by Play that OTTP doesn't have yet. Pro Baseball or every it was called was good for Photo's. NBATK16 is good for like Social Media,can select Custom Draft Classes to load and that Adam Silver calls the Draft,also can turn off Trade Deadline so it can happen all year round like in Franchise Hockey Manager but in OTTP no Social Media other then Baseball Network and Rob Manfred doesn't call Draft and can't select Custom Draft Classes to load. No Game has all the Spring Training Rules,Real Rule 5 Draft Rules,Minor League Team Contracts with MLB Teams and so on.
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Most of that was all talk from what I remember. I would imagine that anyone who was actually shortsighted enough to jump ship to BM in '06 came scurrying right back to OOTP in relatively short order. In fact, there's at least one person who still posts here actively that I can remember making similar threats who obviously didn't go anywhere.
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It's true that the days of OOTP 2006 and 2007 were dark and horrible days in OOTP history; those two versions were frankly awful. But Markus asked us to keep the faith in those dark days, and we did, and look where we are today.
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Those were the dark re writing of the code if remember. Without them there is no this!
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Those two versions were Hell to play for those of us who started on 6.5. But your last sentence says it all.
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02-28-2016, 12:26 PM | #27 |
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Been here since 2. So, I remember the shift. But now we have an expansion draft and pop ups and so much more! Hall of Fame, good trade window!
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02-28-2016, 12:27 PM | #28 |
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As a newbie I obviously don't remember the dark days of version 6.5. But where 16 is and I believe 17 is going to be has me hooked to the game. Every day I find new wrinkles that bring me more enjoyment and I spend more time than I probably should developing my leagues. As a Strat-O-Matic player from the 1960s onward I cannot believe how much better and how high the bar has been raised by OOTP.
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02-28-2016, 01:04 PM | #30 |
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I believe there was a line from Marcus that said that the code for 6.5 was so patched and there was no way to have a stable and smooth running game with the features they wanted to add to 7, hence the re-invention.
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I think it was around that time or perhaps a bit earlier (OOTP 6?) was when Markus completely broke down the game engine and started over from scratch.
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02-28-2016, 05:07 PM | #32 |
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OOTP's made a couple of quantum leaps.
I think 9 to 10 was a big one. 10 had the new pitching model and was infinitely more stable than 9. 11 took it even another step. OOTP11 is still among the greatest games I've ever played. Then I think 12 to 13 was another big one. I remember being really disappointed with 12 - it's the only version I didn't even enjoy playing solo. 13 fixed the issues with 12. Then 15 to 16 was the next "major" leap I saw and made OOTP truly great again. Every franchise has its ups and downs and versions that are "better" and more appealing. But this game is almost unrecognizable from even a couple of years ago, and that's great news. Testament to Markus and the team for keeping it fresh. |
02-28-2016, 05:18 PM | #33 |
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Not sure it really is a fair comparison between OOTP and games like Diamond Mind, Strat, and ActionPC....totally different focus. OOTP focuses on career play, while the others focus on specific season replays. Personally, I think there is room for both types of games on my hard drive since some times I am just in the mood for playing a season without worrying about GM duties while other times I want to focus on career goals. Only real comparison is between OOTP and Mogul and I tend to agree OOTP is ahead, unless you want a light experience, which is fine too.
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02-28-2016, 05:32 PM | #34 |
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Mogul began going downhill a few years ago, because the developer basically stopped paying attention to it for other projects. I'm one of those who then decided to try OOTP and am very thankful I did. This and Football Manager are the two best sports games.
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I don't think there's much doubt about that.
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02-28-2016, 08:12 PM | #36 |
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I'm so into OOTP I didn't even realize anyone but EA even published a game anymore. Thanks Markus!
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02-28-2016, 08:50 PM | #37 |
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They still do NBA and NHL Live.
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02-29-2016, 03:08 PM | #39 |
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OOTP blows everyone out of the water except for 1 feature. The encyclopedia has a lot to be desired. For example if I want to know what team holds the record for consecutive wins, well I cant. Unless I search every season DB by hand. Even as old a Baseball for Windows is it blows away OOTP with its record keeping.
I love OOTP but I sure wish it was easy to find out what pitcher threw the most 1 hitters. |
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