OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - OK After the last build, How is the Historical Aspect of the Game?

rasnell · 07-22-2006, 06:57 AM

I'm a hard-core historical simmer in solo play and got drafted a couple of weeks ago to the dream team. (Guess the complaining, squeaky wheel got his chance to suggest rather than complain

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I'm very happy to report that Build #12260 has dramatically resolved AI draft problems and AI roster management of leadoff and cleanup hitters. The roster management still isn't perfect, but it's much, much closer.

For some reason, wild pitches aren't fixed, despite claims to the contrary. Still occurring at more than twice the norm and it's a pain in critical games that you're playing out. Can really blow the realism when there are two or three wild pitches in an inning.

Another game-breaking annoyance is surprisingly losing your stars to free agency. The possible free agent screen for your team is still not correctly reporting the list. This has been reported again to Markus and I'm waiting on this fix before proclaiming the overall game a success for historical sims.

I haven't had a chance to test individual games, but failing to pinch hit for the pitcher in the 9th with the game on the line was still a problem up to this version. I'm hoping it's fixed, but can't verify that yet.

I'm really critical and unhappy with the game screens, especially not being able to see the entire pbp screen, catcher arm ratings or be able to read black type on a black background. For some reason, these aren't regarded as bugs and are considered feature requests. If I keep harping on this, it might get fixed with the money I spent for this version. I'm unlikely to buy any more OOTP if the next version is when this finally gets fixed.

On this latter item, OOTP is not currently my game of choice for the first time since Markus hit the scene. PureSim 2007 is better for the in-game, solo play experience.

However, I'd still recommend buying OOTP 2006 and help suggest changes. This game has the greatest promise of anything on the market. I'd also recommend supporting PureSim 2007. Both developers will improve from the competition and both deserve our money in my opinion.

But remember, I'm hard core about solo play and historical sims and the poor graphics, unnecessary clutter and such basics of not having season stats displayed while in post-season are pretty disappointing oversights that don't seem to be a priority for a fix.

07-22-2006, 06:57 AM	#4
rasnell Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky Posts: 3,746	I'm a hard-core historical simmer in solo play and got drafted a couple of weeks ago to the dream team. (Guess the complaining, squeaky wheel got his chance to suggest rather than complain ) I'm very happy to report that Build #12260 has dramatically resolved AI draft problems and AI roster management of leadoff and cleanup hitters. The roster management still isn't perfect, but it's much, much closer. For some reason, wild pitches aren't fixed, despite claims to the contrary. Still occurring at more than twice the norm and it's a pain in critical games that you're playing out. Can really blow the realism when there are two or three wild pitches in an inning. Another game-breaking annoyance is surprisingly losing your stars to free agency. The possible free agent screen for your team is still not correctly reporting the list. This has been reported again to Markus and I'm waiting on this fix before proclaiming the overall game a success for historical sims. I haven't had a chance to test individual games, but failing to pinch hit for the pitcher in the 9th with the game on the line was still a problem up to this version. I'm hoping it's fixed, but can't verify that yet. I'm really critical and unhappy with the game screens, especially not being able to see the entire pbp screen, catcher arm ratings or be able to read black type on a black background. For some reason, these aren't regarded as bugs and are considered feature requests. If I keep harping on this, it might get fixed with the money I spent for this version. I'm unlikely to buy any more OOTP if the next version is when this finally gets fixed. On this latter item, OOTP is not currently my game of choice for the first time since Markus hit the scene. PureSim 2007 is better for the in-game, solo play experience. However, I'd still recommend buying OOTP 2006 and help suggest changes. This game has the greatest promise of anything on the market. I'd also recommend supporting PureSim 2007. Both developers will improve from the competition and both deserve our money in my opinion. But remember, I'm hard core about solo play and historical sims and the poor graphics, unnecessary clutter and such basics of not having season stats displayed while in post-season are pretty disappointing oversights that don't seem to be a priority for a fix. Last edited by rasnell; 07-22-2006 at 07:06 AM.