
There are a number of ratings, both actual and potential, that underlie a player’s star rating. The ratings seem to be stronger this year, too. It’s not for me, but it might give you some granularity you don’t get with the 10-point system (half stars). You can, if you’re so inclined, eschew the star rating and put guys on the 20-80 scale. To me this is one of the most realistic aspects of the game. If you have a great scout, you might have a diamond in the rough on your hands. You’ll have to hire a scouting director, and the strength of your scouting director will determine how well you evaluate players.įor instance, your scouting director might rate a guy as having five-star potential, but the default ratings might have him as two-stars. When you set up a new league, make sure that scouting is on. One thing I love about OOTP is the ratings system. If you want to play with an international league - Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Cuba, Netherlands, Italy - you can do that, too. Have ideas for different rules? You can implement them. You can also create a completely custom fictional league, even with fictional players. It’s pretty fun to start a historical team and sim like crazy. You can start from many historical points, which is part of what makes this game stand out. You don’t have to play starting at the 2014 MLB season. It’s not the most compelling feature, but it certainly beats the old watching method, if you prefer to play the dramatic games rather than just hit the sim button. A few years after that, actual pitches and swings. I imagine in a few years they’ll have actual 3D player models to stand on the 3D field. It might not be my bag - I want to plow through seasons and see the fruits of my labor - but OOTP has at least made the sim process interesting. You can actually watch the game in 3D mode. If, for some reason, you would like to watch and manage one of your games, OOTP has a new feature to make it more worthwhile.

Yet there are always changes that make the newest version better than the previous. The beauty of OOTP is that the engine largely stays the same from year-to-year. There are also some great points in the comments from long-time OOTP players.
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Too bad this is the year I decided not to buy it.įor a full treatment of OOTP, please click the link above and read last year’s review. It’s also apparently not impossible to score runs in The Show 14. * From what I’ve read, The Show is much more manageable this year due to a number of new features. If you like the management aspects of The Show, but think that actually playing the games takes too long*, OOTP can scratch that itch. For those who don’t, OOTP is a powerful baseball simulation game that provides a fully customized experience. You might remember a review of Out of the Park Baseball 14 from about a year ago.

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Yankees' financial might extends to minor league free agency as well
