Score (9.9) Review - "How do you improve on perfection? OOTP 18 found a way" (PC, Mac, Linux)

trident · 04-15-2017, 12:09 PM

Reviewing the Unreviewable -- an OOTP 18 Breakdown

One of the hardest things I do every year is write a review for the latest edition of OOTP. I’ve written on a number of occasions that they just keep improving on what was already perfection, and that’s again the case with this year’s edition (OOTP 18), which is absolutely incredible after I took a year-long hiatus from writing reviews.

To that end, it has to be even more difficult creating a game year-in and year-out that continues to raise the bar. For that, you’ve got to give the developers credit.

One of the new features is challenge mode, which I tried as part of the new standard game. Challenge mode disables commissioner settings -- and player editor -- while other features are disabled. Playing out games is also incentivized with in-game achievements which can be unlocked, like for your first win, home run or save and other things like that. In all, it’s a great feature.

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By Brandon Warne
In addition to GM Games, Brandon writes for FanGraphs, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, TwinkieTown, and a handful of other media outlets. Twitter: @Brandon_Warne

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To see the full review, it is available here: http://gmgames.org/out-of-the-park-b...otp-18/review/

04-15-2017, 12:09 PM	#1
trident All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: GM Games Posts: 537	Score (9.9) Review - "How do you improve on perfection? OOTP 18 found a way" (PC, Mac, Linux) Reviewing the Unreviewable -- an OOTP 18 Breakdown One of the hardest things I do every year is write a review for the latest edition of OOTP. I’ve written on a number of occasions that they just keep improving on what was already perfection, and that’s again the case with this year’s edition (OOTP 18), which is absolutely incredible after I took a year-long hiatus from writing reviews. To that end, it has to be even more difficult creating a game year-in and year-out that continues to raise the bar. For that, you’ve got to give the developers credit. One of the new features is challenge mode, which I tried as part of the new standard game. Challenge mode disables commissioner settings -- and player editor -- while other features are disabled. Playing out games is also incentivized with in-game achievements which can be unlocked, like for your first win, home run or save and other things like that. In all, it’s a great feature. ---------- By Brandon Warne In addition to GM Games, Brandon writes for FanGraphs, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, TwinkieTown, and a handful of other media outlets. Twitter: @Brandon_Warne -------- To see the full review, it is available here: http://gmgames.org/out-of-the-park-b...otp-18/review/ __________________ General Manager (GM) Games Website \| Reddit \| Discord \| YouTube Last edited by trident; 04-15-2017 at 02:37 PM.