Description Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) is the most sophisticated baseball simulation game on the market. The series has improved continuously since its inception in 1999, winning countless awards along the way, including multiple Sports Game of the Year awards. Now in its 14th incarnation, OOTP offers everything a baseball fan can ask for in a computer baseball game. One of the strengths of OOTP is that it offers multiple ways to play the game. You can create your league and simply watch it evolve by simulating long periods of time. Maybe you want to act as a general manager and build your franchise via trades, contract negotiations, or through the first-year player draft. Or you can dive deep into managing and call the strategy for every pitch and at-bat from the dugout. And of course, you can tailor all of this to your individual style of play. LIFE AS A GENERAL MANAGER Out of the Park Baseball puts you in the drivers seat of the franchise of your choice. As the general manager, youre responsible for everything that a real-world GM has to deal with. You assign the scouting budget, make roster moves, sign free agents, offer contract extensions, sign personnel, make trades, handle drafts, and keep an eye on your finances. All modern rules are available, including 40-man rosters, waivers, disabled lists, expanded rosters, and more. These features let you experience what it is like to be a general manager of a big league team. Do you negotiate a contract extension with your salary-arbitration eligible young star? Will you break the bank to sign a top-of-the-rotation starter in free agency? Will you accept a trade offer for one of your favorite players? Who will you pick first in the first-year player draft, and will he sign for a reasonable bonus? Will you let that aging veteran go to free agency? Will you offer him arbitration so that you get a compensation draft pick if he signs somewhere else? Will you keep that young catcher on the roster after Spring Training, or will you send him through waivers, and risk losing him, because hes out of minor league options? OOTP is as easy or as complex as you want it to be. All of these rules and options can be disabled or tweaked to your hearts content. Its your game, play it your way! MANAGING FROM THE DUGOUT In addition to your role as a GM, in OOTP you also optionally choose to play out games individually. As the manager, you can call all of the shots from the dugout, including decisions about in-game strategy. You also get control over the baserunners in cricial situation, basically putting you in the role of a base coach as well. You control defensive positioning, such as guarding the corners, or playing in when a bunt is expected. When pitching, you can pitch around hitters, pitch out, try a pickoff, and more. When at bat, you can bunt, execute a hit-and-run, steal a base, and more. Of course, late in the game it is important to make the right calls as well. When do you warm up your closer? Do you use your best pinch hitter in the 7th inning, or save him for later? Do you make defensive replacements late? Once your choices have been made, the play unfolds before your eyes with a text play-by-play description and animated ball graphics. There are tens of thousands of individual text lines which present the game almost like a radio broadcast. No graphic could ever replace the power of imagination!
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 19:00:50 +0000
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