![]() If player development is your thing, you can now tinker in this area in ways that, say, your friends who play Football Manager have always been going on about. Coaches now feel like they really matter, as they can pass along specific skills to prospects and help teach young players the way you want them to play. For those with little free time and no design talent like yours truly, it’s a feature you may just check out once and move on, but it’s not hard to imagine gamers who want to fully tweak every detail of the ballpark of their dreams getting lost in it for hours at a time.įor Franchise mode, the most interesting new features aren’t necessarily the real world additions - though everything you’d expect has made it into the game, including the 2021 minor league system - but the revamp to the coaching systems. OOTP 22 is arguably the first game in the series where watching the action unfold approaches the immersion factor of reading the description of each at-bat, and in a few years, new players may not even realize this franchise started out as a text-base affair.įittingly, the 3D Ballpark Construction Kit has also received an upgrade, with a number of new options and a slightly more intuitive feel overall. ![]() There are still occasional glitches like passed balls phasing through the backstop or balls caught on the warning track that appear to rebound back into the field of play, but these are rare exceptions overall. Not only do the stadiums look impressive, but the players on the field look less like stickmen and more like actual athletes. While the full complement of viewing options is still available for every ballgame in OOTP 22, you’ll want to check out the Modern 3D mode to admire the effort the devs have made to improve the visuals. OOTP Developments put obvious work into the 3D ballparks this season Yes, that means you can even dispense with the runner on second to start extra innings if that’s what keeps you up at night. The only obvious sign of Out of the Park Developments’ new parent company is a positive one (so no worries about intrusive in-game purchases, for example), and the choice of mimicking baseball in its current form or rewinding the clock on America’s pastime two or more years is completely up to you. ![]() So let’s set those thoughts to the side right off the bat: Returning players will find settling back into OOTP 22 as comfortable as ever, with the usual attention to detail and a handful of new features that only enhance the experience of simulating baseball the exact way you imagine it. After a year without minor leagues in operation and with concessions to the virus like the Blue Jays playing in Florida and seven-inning doubleheaders, you could be forgiven for being just a slight bit anxious that OOTP 22 had changed in some unfamiliar ways as well. Not only was Out of the Park Developments purchased last October - by Korean company Com2uS, known primarily for its mobile games - but baseball itself hasn’t quite been the same as everyone knew it prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual release of the newest addition to the Out of the Park Baseball series is always cause for sim baseball fans, but it’s fair to say there’s never been a year quite like the one leading up to OOTP 22. ![]()
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