OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

[Mercury53]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

Back when I play Triple Play 2000, I finished a few, but I really didn't have much to do back in those days. Now, I've only managed to finish one, and that was last year. It's so hard to develop a dynasty with such long seasons.

[tril]

did it once, with mlb2k 4 or 5, I dont remember which one. It had that awkard swing. it took me from MAy till December to complete 1 season. I played the game off and on. sinc ethen Ive said I would play 162 but never even tried.

I usuall play a 29 or that 56 games season, with MLB 2k and the Show. And Ill play a season until I get eliminated from playoff contention. that way I can get more seasons in. I average about 2 seasons on each game.
I hate simming games until that point. I get every game in.

[econoodle]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

Matthew, did you say ASB 2005.
the best
gameplay had its ugliness but oh boy what a game.
It's still my OG.

With all the trade logic issues with present games like the Show, ASB showed us how it was done.
Commentary? yes, please.It was jus another thing that helped me get through 162.

Glad I still have it.

[chrishthomas]

I've finished several 162 game seasons starting back with the MVP series. Each year of that series, I would pick a random team and play all the way through, no simming (03-Angels, 04-Padres, 05-Phillies). Rarely did I play many games after that.

I was in my early-30s at the time, and although I was married, we didn't have children. But, looking back on it, I still didn't have a whole lot of free time...I was in a doctoral program, and gaming was my release that helped me keep my sanity so many of these games were played very late at night and I just needed some sort of activity to relax me prior to going to bed.

After we had our daughter, I didn't do much gaming at all, and it wasn't until she was around 3 that I picked up gaming again at infrequent intervals. I put MVP '05 back in (several years old at that point). And, because we had moved to Chicago, started a season with the Cubs. Made it all the way into late July or August and had a bad/corrupted save and couldn't recover the season. Felt like I had wasted a lot of time, and put the games away again.

Wife bought me a PS3 for Christmas 2010, and in March I picked up The Show '11. I played a full 162 with the White Sox (lost Game 7 of the WS to the Rockies). Right now, I'm playing a new season with the Rockies, and I'm midway through May with the intention of playing all 162.

[Roggie]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

The only game I was ever able to play full 162 game seasons in was the old High Heat franchise on PC. With franchises transferring from one game to the next, playing every game of a season made sense. I think I finished 5 or 6 full seasons before the franchise was discontinued.

[37]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

Completed? yes cause i was eager to reach the offseason and perform GM duties....gunna try really hard to actually play all 162 games within a reasonable time this year...hopefully boredom doesnt take over

[dickey1331]

I always play every game and have only completed a full season once and that was with MVP 05.


Do you really care where I sent this from?

[BeatArmy]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

Yup, just finished three of them for Show 11. Finished two in Show 09.

Granted, I have copious amounts of late night free time after work.

[Perfect Zero]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

When I was a kid, I played a whole season with the Rangers on Triple Play '99. I ended up going to the World Series, but it took me a good two years to complete. Now-a-days, I'm in the sim five games crowd.

[MelMan1486]

Ever since I stopped buying/playing Madden and NCAA 2 years ago I have been able to get through two seasons of The Show. I doubt this year I will get through 1 since the game I've been waiting YEARS for (Diablo 3) is finally coming out.

[brett the jet favre]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

Yes. And i will again evey year.

[jyoung]

It is blasphemy around these parts, but I prefer All Star Baseball 2005 to MVP Baseball 2005.

I just never could get into the whole "golf meter" gameplay style of MVP.

[devroid]

I think it was Triple Play '99, whatever year it was that Sosa and McGuire had the homer duel, I played every single game as the Cubs. I hate the Cubs so why I did this I don't know. I don't know how I did not break my Playstation though, I would play sitting on a dinner table chair with the ps pretty much at my feet, which means when the games bugs would come out I would rage quit by stomping my foot down on the power button. I secretly was hoping I would break it though to keep me from playing anymore. But no, it kept chugging along. Only thing I remember is hitting something close to 60 hr's with Mark Grace and trading for Deon Sanders and stealing 100 bases.
I think the only other time I've managed to play every game was with Tony Larussa baseball on the Genesis with the Padres of McGriff and Sheff. It didn't track stats though so I kept a notebook of my team and when the year was done the stats were spot on.

[econoodle]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

It is blasphemy around these parts, but I prefer All Star Baseball 2005 to MVP Baseball 2005.

I just never could get into the whole "golf meter" gameplay style of MVP.

Agreed, and I liked MVP 05

[PhilliesFan13]

Re: OS Roundtable: Have you Ever Completed a 162 Game Season?

I don't think there is anything better than playing all 162 games. It lets me know that all the stats accrued are mine and not from the CPU.

I have played and finished a full 162 game season in MLB 09, MLB 10, and MLB 11. I will play another full 162 game season again this year in MLB 12.