Quote:
Originally Posted by PSUColonel
can't it be done this way in OOTP as well? After delving into FM 2012 the last couple of weeks...I am really seeing the glaring weaknesses OOTP has compared to it. FM is far deeper. You'll see people say "oh they are both good and it depends on what you are looking for", but make no mistake, FM is unparalelled in it's representation of the real football world. As manager, you are making all the same day to day decisions a real manager would make. OOTP needs to strive to be this.
|
I like both games but sometimes the depth is distracting in FM. You also have the problem of much much longer processing time. FM = dial Up. OOTP = broadband. Granted the stuff that has to happen is much more than in OOTP but the speed difference is very telling. I can easily finish a season in a few hours if I sim and just play GM. It takes a couple of days of significant playing time to do that in FM 2011 even if you do go on vacation for the game.
Also baseball does not have the same depth in general. Things like training are not all complicated. Technical skills deal with batting and pitching not a whole host of skills like heading, finishing, technique, etc. That many ratings for baseball does not make sense and that is part of the reason FM is slow too many ratings that the game has to calculate development for and too many ratings in each decision. For instance shooting on goal takes at least 3 steps to determine if the shoot is even on target much less if the keeper can stop it or how he will!
The problem right is not you can't simulate 1000s of college and HS teams the problem is more the game is not set up for that. It would generate way too much talent. Right now the game is set up to generate about 25% of feeder players who can be minor or major league players. To simulate as much as FM does would mean more like 1% or less. To me it is not worth the slowing down of the game just to see have places like Paris Texas have their high school represented in a playable or even non-playable league. The college and HS DB is great if you don't want feeders and want to see guys from real HS and colleges.