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sooner7 · 02-01-2014, 11:03 PM

I have played Puresim for a few years and was thinking about going ahead and Buying OOTP. Just curious how good the Computer AI is.
Is it easy or difficult to win?
Thanks

Déjà Bru · 02-02-2014, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sooner7

I have played Puresim for a few years and was thinking about going ahead and Buying OOTP. Just curious how good the Computer AI is.
Is it easy or difficult to win?
Thanks

That's a good question. For years, some of us would chuckle because every time a new version was released, heck, sometimes just for a patch, Markus would be barking about the "Improved AI!"

Undoubtedly, there have been improvements over the years. It just was difficult to see them sometimes from one version to the next.

However, and I said this just recently here, it is my opinion that version 14 introduced some new level of AI performance by which it became much more difficult to dominate the game after several seasons. One used to see threads titled "Game too easy" and "How to ramp up the challenge?" I'm not seeing those threads with this version.

I can attest from my own experience that I have been UNABLE to consistently dominate my league in OOTP 14, and that is a first for me. I have won, yes, but there have been times when I have stunk for quite a few season in a row, all the while trying my hardest to build a winner.

As it should be - as in real life, where there are no guarantees of a championship no matter how good a GM you are and how much money you spend.

The Game · 02-02-2014, 03:00 PM

Winning is much harder in 14 then in 11 & 12 when I took the Pirates with an addition, A-Rod, to the WS and the Cubs with Cliff Lee to the WS. Even my good teams fail in the post season in 14.

tayloraj · 02-03-2014, 05:44 PM

Gotta agree with the other guys here, the AI in the game has gotten a lot better over the past few versions to the point that, given the right settings (such as setting the trade difficulty to very hard) the game can get legitimately hard to succeed at. I'm running a historical game right now when I suffered through a legitimate 30 year championship drought (1930-1960, when there were only 15 other teams to content with, no less) with only two pennants and lots of losing seasons and failed rebuild jobs, the likes of which I'd never experienced before.

02-01-2014, 11:03 PM	#1
sooner7 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 13	Ai I have played Puresim for a few years and was thinking about going ahead and Buying OOTP. Just curious how good the Computer AI is. Is it easy or difficult to win? Thanks

02-02-2014, 03:00 PM	#3
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,807	Winning is much harder in 14 then in 11 & 12 when I took the Pirates with an addition, A-Rod, to the WS and the Cubs with Cliff Lee to the WS. Even my good teams fail in the post season in 14. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

02-03-2014, 05:44 PM	#4
tayloraj Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 162	Gotta agree with the other guys here, the AI in the game has gotten a lot better over the past few versions to the point that, given the right settings (such as setting the trade difficulty to very hard) the game can get legitimately hard to succeed at. I'm running a historical game right now when I suffered through a legitimate 30 year championship drought (1930-1960, when there were only 15 other teams to content with, no less) with only two pennants and lots of losing seasons and failed rebuild jobs, the likes of which I'd never experienced before.