![]() Hence, if you have a passion for baseball, this is the perfect game to experience the sport at its finest. In the end, Out of the Park Baseball 13 is truly at the top of its genre, and it’s highly unlikely that anyone else is going to challenge its position anytime soon. A great simulator for baseball enthusiasts everywhere Speaking of which, the user interface has been improved as well, although newcomers might still find it a tad intimidating at first. ![]() Whether you are worried about performance or finances, everything can be synthesized down to its most basic elements. In addition, you can make use of the included report generators to get a better handle on how the team is doing. Hence, everything from strategies to contract negotiations can be controlled directly, although it obviously takes a lot of dedication and time to do so. Instead, you have a wide range of responsibilities, which are quite easy to manage if you know what you’re doing. A plethora of statistics and reports to keep you in the loopīeing a manager is not all about paying salaries and keeping an eye on the schedule, or at least not in this game. In addition, the rosters have been updated to include the latest additions in the 2012-2013 season, which means that everything is as it should be and you are free to change what you do not like. Hence, you have the option to play as a manager or a GM, depending on much responsibility you want to take upon yourself. To begin with, all the improvements are designed to make your experience as comfortable and customizable as possible, so that everyone gets to do exactly what they want with their team. Like always, the modifications are mostly invisible to the naked eye, but they improve the gameplay and the mechanics that make the series so addictive. The core concept is obviously unchanged, and fans of the franchise should feel right at home in this issue as well. Out of the Park Baseball 13 is an iteration in the popular and highly-acclaimed baseball simulator, featuring a fresh batch of improvements over the previous versions. The complete baseball management experience However, it is possible for a great sportsman to become an even greater manager or coach, but it’s not always true and sometimes it doesn’t matter at all if you actually played the sport at a professional level. The two professions require entirely different skill sets and neither of them is easier to learn than the other. But it's not, so it's a massive game, built for the console in a game that would be far superior on a PC.Playing a sport and managing the people who do so are two different things, as they should be. I'd give FOM a 4/10, but would bump it up quite a bit if it were on PC. It's mostly crap because you are using a controller to make changes and all your actions, where a keyboard and mouse would be much better. ![]() Thankfully, I only purchased it used for $10 otherwise I'd be burning over the purchase still. That's about all that is good in the game. ![]() *-Front Office Manager was an Xbox only baseball sim game, endorsed by MLB and featuring my favorite GM, Billy Beane. As I find faults or quirks, I'll be sure to mention them. ![]() If there's any interest, I'll do a WIP, with a scenario TBD. Mind you, when I say graphics, it's mostly just text screens and baseball card stats and such, but it's pleasing to the eye, especially if you're staring at it for a couple of hours at a time (which might happen with a baseball sim game). There's more of "you're in the game" feel than Baseball Mogul, and it takes some of the features from Front Office Manager*, with the much better PC UI. Sticky: OOTP 22 has launched Markus Heinsohn. I'll get around to a more in depth review later, but I'm only half-way through my first season and it's given my stat-addled brain all it can take. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Sticky: Out of the Park Baseball 22 is now available on the Epic Store Rich Grisham. Better, I would say, but I'm comparing a 2010 game running on Win 7 to a early 2000's game on XP. There's things that are noticeably different than Baseball Mogul. Interface is really nice, once you get used to where things are. I picked up OOTP 11 (featuring the 2010 season) for pretty cheap. Okay, returning to this thread, some two months later. ![]()
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