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Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC
I think this is where we disagree. Fatal flaws are crashes, lost data, simulations that give us 0.23 ERAs or 96 HR seasons. OOTP handles 99+% of situations great.
The 'trees' are the stuff that happens 0.1% of the time or less. Like a pitcher getting hurt after a third out with that pitcher due up first in the next inning. I literally play out hundreds of games with every version and I can't think of the last time I saw that scenario. I know I've seen it, but it was probably 2 times ever.
Point being: don't let the little stuff (like 2-out RBIs or 2 wrong SAC scorings a year) ruin the experience of the game. It is fun, it is a game, enjoy it.
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I guess our expectations for paid products are different. If it works for you, great. I just get very frustrated buying beta software that never gets fixed.
The concept of a baseball or (American) football management simulation game is very cool, and playing a good one is exactly how I'd like to spend my leisure time. The promise of OOTP is enticing, and it would be great fun if not for the bugs. I'd settle for a lot fewer bells and whistles (baseball cards, fancy graphics, sound, etc.) if the game's core worked correctly.
I've run into the auto-replacement for injured players at least 6 times in 1.5 seasons of play in OOTP 11. The same bug was there in the OOTP 8 FREE version. Very frustrating. It takes the fun out of playing the game, at least for me.
But my concern goes dar deeper. If the various bugs are at the core of the game--i.e. incorrect stats influencing the future performance or ratings of players--then how can the game be considered a "serious baseball management simulation"? It then becomes more like rolling dice to determine the outcome, without regard for stats, ratings, etc., instead of using artificial INTELLIGENCE. I might as well play an arcade game, and I HATE arcade games.
