OT No BS.......Should I buy OOTP6

[Tom E]

I'm a huge sports guy and love playing the GM role in games...

IS THIS GAME WORTH INVESTING TIME TOO...

[Sweed]

yes

[FBPro]

Yep, no doubt.

[Maple Leafs]

If you really love sports sims, then unless you have zero interest in baseball you'll probably enjoy OOTP.

[Schmidty]

I have zero interest in baseball, and I still like OOTP.

[Eaglesfan27]

If haven't played any of the prior OOTP's then you will REALLY love this game.

[korme]

Only Marmel can like baseball and dislike OOTP.


And he still plays it!

[korme]

/marmel's agent

[Marmel]

If you have 5, no.

[Z²+]

If haven't played any of the prior OOTP's then you will REALLY love this game.

I would agree. OOTP6 is my first version, and I'm liking it so far....other than the fact that the game is so deep, I keep figuring out there's stuff I haven't adjusted or found yet! Mind you, that's a good thing, but I've had to start my league over 3 times already after finding important stuff I wanted to do! :)

[LionsFan10]

I'm finding this game to be a little underwhelming right now, and have only fiddled with it on and off for around two or three hours now. I agree with Marmel, that if you've played version 5 there isn't a lot to see here ... however if this is your first shot at Out of the Park then by all means.

It's still a great game, but like I said if if you've played version 5 then you aren't missing out on to much.

That's my fivethousandfourhundred&thirtytwocents, anyway.

[FBPro]

Well, I would say that what some must have been looking for is "more fluff", new interface, more pictures, charts, etc.......believe me this ISN'T OOTP5 "under the hood".

[HeavyReign]

I really don't have a problem with games using the same interface. The time that it takes to design a whole new interface can be better spent on other areas.

[LionsFan10]

Well, I would say that what some must have been looking for is "more fluff", new interface, more pictures, charts, etc.......believe me this ISN'T OOTP5 "under the hood".

I completely agree with you here, FBPro. I don't know what it is, but I'm just nowhere near as excited right now as I was last year for this game. I guess it's hard to explain. What kind of soured me a little was reading the discussion going on here and hearing all of the problems and things left out.

I don't know. However, I stick to my suggestion ... if you have not played previous versions, grab this game.

[Marmel]

Its not the interface that bothers me. I could care less about that. There is a new rating system, but really, it is the same process as the old rating system. Contact=contact. gap power=double. hr power=homerun power.....you get the drift.

The game really plays identical to OOTP5. If anything the results are a little less predictable which is good, but in the end, it still doesn't have a true baseball feel to it.

I also noticed a lot of 'streakiness' if you will. Both in terms of players stats and team wins and losses. Every season it seems I go on a couple extended winning and losing streaks and my hitters and pitchers do the same. Almost like the game is making sure the stats catch up to the ratings. I don't know if it is that exactly...hard to really put my finger on it.

[Young Drachma]

I'd wait until the price went down. I preordered it, because I was completely engrossed in OOTP5, which was my first version. I bought this one, because I guess I got into the hoopla over it and had the money to burn.

I like OOTP a lot, especially compared to MVP where I love the graphics, but hate the limitations. So I'll probably fire it up this summer sometime, OOTP6 that is. I haven't done much of anything with it yet.