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Out of the Park 13 Review

06:56 PM - April 13, 2012 by DustinT

The best baseball game available gets better, thanks to some smart improvements.

I’ll skip the typical introductions and get right to the point: If you’ve played Out of the Park in prior years, you should buy OOTP 13. If you like text sims, you should by OOTP 13. If you’ve never heard of OOTP, but love baseball (and own a PC), you should really consider buying OOTP 13.

It’s really that simple. OOTP 13 represents the current pinnacle of text and baseball sims, and is a game nearly all baseball fans will enjoy.

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# 21 bkrich83 @ 04/25/12 04:16 AM

After playing this for a few days, all I can say is wow. They really stepped up their game this year. So many little upgrades it's ridiculous.

# 22 Skyboxer @ 04/25/12 08:36 AM

Worth it if you have '12?

# 23 Brandwin @ 04/25/12 08:48 AM

Sky I bought it. LOL.

GUI upgrade is nice and RTS seems pretty cool so far. I don't think I played 12 enough to say its worth it to someone who played 12 a ton.

# 24 Skyboxer @ 04/25/12 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by DookieMowf


	Sky I bought it. LOL. GUI upgrade is nice and RTS seems pretty cool so far. I don't think I played 12 enough to say its worth it to someone who played 12 a ton.

I'll grab it eventually but can't at 30.00+ right now. Especially with DIABLOIII, Ghost Recon and Sniper Elite looming

# 25 jmount78 @ 04/25/12 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	I'll grab it eventually but can't at 30.00+ right now. Especially with DIABLOIII, Ghost Recon and Sniper Elite looming

It is worth it for 13 and also, Best Buy has an extra 50% trade in credit if you reserve Ghost Recon. Hope that helps your financials out a bit as instead of gettting $18 for FIFA12, I got $24!

# 26 bkrich83 @ 04/25/12 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	Worth it if you have '12?

I can't say. I usually only get OOTP every couple of years, so I don't have '12. I can say it's a significant upgrade over '11 though.

# 27 Skyboxer @ 04/25/12 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jmount78


	It is worth it for 13 and also, Best Buy has an extra 50% trade in credit if you reserve Ghost Recon. Hope that helps your financials out a bit as instead of gettting $18 for FIFA12, I got $24!

Financials are fine but wife wouldnt be. We have a little deal about limits etc... Usually I sell games to add to my pot but the only games I have I plan on keeping always.
That along with golf (that means a lot more than games) is where most my pot goes toward.
I'm actually considering canceling Sniper Elite and picking it up used. Mainly as I am positive there will be used copies within a week or 2. Even more once Ghost drops.

# 28 cubsfan128 @ 04/26/12 09:06 AM

OOTP 13 is great! I highly recommend it to any baseball fans!

The great thing about OOTP is that you can actually build your team for decades as opposed to console games where you can basically only play a season or two.

Another great thing about OOTP is that you can actually interact with the developers and they actually listen to all the suggestions that are made!

# 29 Skyboxer @ 04/26/12 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cubsfan128


	OOTP 13 is great! I highly recommend it to any baseball fans! The great thing about OOTP is that you can actually build your team for decades as opposed to console games where you can basically only play a season or two. Another great thing about OOTP is that you can actually interact with the developers and they actually listen to all the suggestions that are made!

Well to be fair, consoles are play games and not sim so yeah it takes longer and 2, SCEA absolutely listens to us and takes our input seriously.

# 30 geisterhome @ 05/03/12 06:23 AM

its with fake names?

# 31 tvman @ 05/03/12 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by geisterhome


	its with fake names?

OOTP comes with real 2012 MLB roster, you do however need to d/l photo paks for player pics and real ballparks.

# 32 geisterhome @ 05/03/12 12:55 PM

sounds pretty awesome! ill give it a try then!

# 33 DETROITROB @ 05/03/12 12:56 PM

any idea how to get the parks in there? i downloaded the all in one pack and all i ever see is Citizens(philly)

# 34 cubsfan128 @ 05/03/12 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyboxer


	Well to be fair, consoles are play games and not sim so yeah it takes longer and 2, SCEA absolutely listens to us and takes our input seriously.

Oh yeah, absolutely. Each game is amazing in it's own right. I just was saying that OOTP is nice because since it is a text-sim game you get to play out a lot of seasons. The Show's developers definitely are awesome! They interact with the fans of the game way more than any other console sports game out there!

# 35 tvman @ 05/04/12 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DETROITROB


	any idea how to get the parks in there? i downloaded the all in one pack and all i ever see is Citizens(philly)

I think there are some stadiums in the 2nd part of the all-in-one mod. I don't use the all-in-one for player photos though as they're the facegen models.

Check out this link,http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...es-photos.html i d/l the "mlb photos update" they are all high res photos. Follow the instructions in that thread on how to install. There are other stadiums out there as well.

# 36 SilentSanta @ 05/05/12 06:48 PM

I just bought the game yesterday and I am hooked. Crazy addicting.

I have a quick question though. Is there a way to make the games/season go by faster? What strategies do you guys use to make progress in a season? Ex. Sim 1 game, play the next, Sim 1 game, etc... Just curious. I guess I like seeing the call ups/prospects in the bigs and stuff.

# 37 ey215 @ 05/07/12 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SilentSanta


	I just bought the game yesterday and I am hooked. Crazy addicting. I have a quick question though. Is there a way to make the games/season go by faster? What strategies do you guys use to make progress in a season? Ex. Sim 1 game, play the next, Sim 1 game, etc... Just curious. I guess I like seeing the call ups/prospects in the bigs and stuff.

It really varies user to user. OOTP gives you so many options that you can really tailor your experience how you want it to play out. I know a lot of guys sim a week or month and then play out the playoffs. If you like seeing prospects develop then a month at a time is probably a pretty good way to go.

Really it's down to personal preference and it's hard to give a straight answer.

# 38 joshuar9476 @ 05/21/12 11:16 PM

couple of questions ...

#1. Has anyone bought this for linux? If so, does it seem to be on par with the PC reviews?

#2. I bought ootp a few years back and can't remember if it's possible to act as GM/Manager yet have the day to day minor league operation taken care of. I don't really have the patience to micro manage every detail down to low A ball.

# 39 snepp @ 05/22/12 08:23 AM

1. There's really no effective difference between the PC/Linux/Mac versions, with one exception (licensing).

When you buy the game you get two licenses for installing the game on multiple machines. One version only works on Mac, but the other version can work on either PC or Linux. So if you buy the Linux version, you can use the license to install on a PC if you want/need to (or a 2nd linux machine).

2. Yes, you can delegate various combinations of minor league functions. You can set any or all of the following options to AI control:

a.) promotions and demotions
b.) lineups and depth charts
c.) signings and releases.

If you set all three the AI effectively controls 100% of your minor league system.

There are a couple of settings that can be used to override the AI decisions if you want a little control. You can lock a player into a minor league level, this will stop the AI from promoting or demoting them if you don't want them to (good for top prospects you want to manage yourself). You can also force the AI to start a player at a specific position (for forcing guys to learn new positions, or to get a guy into the lineup that the AI doesn't like for some reason).

# 40 joshuar9476 @ 05/22/12 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by snepp


	1. There's really no effective difference between the PC/Linux/Mac versions, with one exception (licensing). When you buy the game you get two licenses for installing the game on multiple machines. One version only works on Mac, but the other version can work on either PC or Linux. So if you buy the Linux version, you can use the license to install on a PC if you want/need to (or a 2nd linux machine). 2. Yes, you can delegate various combinations of minor league functions. You can set any or all of the following options to AI control: a.) promotions and demotions b.) lineups and depth charts c.) signings and releases. If you set all three the AI effectively controls 100% of your minor league system. There are a couple of settings that can be used to override the AI decisions if you want a little control. You can lock a player into a minor league level, this will stop the AI from promoting or demoting them if you don't want them to (good for top prospects you want to manage yourself). You can also force the AI to start a player at a specific position (for forcing guys to learn new positions, or to get a guy into the lineup that the AI doesn't like for some reason).

thank you for enlightening me

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