THe simming is far better than any other on the market. THe animation is decent (and much improved). ANd did I mention you can play other countries' baseball leagues, as well? (Japan,etc). Like having a living baseball encyclopedia of baseball in one game. The 'look at the game while you play' aspect gets better every year, and OOTP is the best YET.ĪNd the sim part also gets 's fascinating,really. Plus, even the modern ballparks and facegens are good out of the box when you purchase OOTP. Same with the creators of the facegens (historical players faces). The people who MAKE these parks (adion and others check out the OOTP development forums) are invaluable to the enjoyment of the animated portion of the game. Not to mention you've got people like pstrickert who are always on top of making sure the ballparks (historical BPs I mean) are updated i the workshop. And they've been developing the animation aspect of the game for several years where it's pretty darn good now. But the OOTP management (admittedly it takes some getting used to, as the options are absolutely ENDLESS) is what shines. Didn't bother me as even the APBA PC game didnt HAVE animation,though you could import beautiful ballpark pictures as backgrounds. How can you beat THAT? That to me is the most amazing part of this game.Īt first the 'animation' was stilted,moving chess pieces,so to speak. And to top it off: EVERY SEASON in history could be replayed.accurately,for the most part.all in ONE GAME. It had everything as far as simming was concerned.I mean: EVERYTHING. But none of them had the statistical accuracy for me that APBA had.Īnd then in 2016 I discovered OOTP and I haven't looked back. EVen Aaron vs Ruth was great in this regard. Once in a while, a great real-to-baseball game popped up for the PC, like Hardball or Tony LaRussa or MVP, and these got me hooked on animated games of baseball. Played that for years (still do from time to time). Then I discovered the APBA computer game (BBW) and I was hooked on THAT. But APBA was my go-to (never cared for Strat o Matic). During the same time, I discovered other dice games such as SherCo, good in its own right. I once spent SIX YEARS replaying the entire 1964 season (master game,cards/dice,ballpark effects,etc).1620 games some of them dogs, but I was determined. Here's the thing: for years (40 years ,actually) I was a strict cards-and-dice guy and nothing for me was better than the APBA Master game for replays.

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