Soldato
As we haven't got a current thread on this, thought I would start one.
Just curious if anyone else is playing this and how you rate it?
I bought the OOTP 21 version rather than the latest 22. Must admit originally I got completely floundered in the myriad of different screens which make Championship Manager look nice and straightforward. I actually refunded it, but then relented and bought it again.
As I said in another thread, part of the challenge is that baseball is a relatively simple game surrounded by a very complex management and player trading system, doesn't really compare to how soccer or even cricket works.
Rather than take on a MLB team straight off, I plumped for one in the Minors and used the historical game to start back in 1993 - using 2020 seems a bit mashed up due to Covid presumably affecting the real season.
Trying to understand the mechanics of the team structure is one of the biggest challenges. Unlike cricket where everyone takes their turn at bat, you have a group of batsman (9 I think) who also act as fielders and your pitchers who sit in the bullpen and wait their turn. The pitchers seem to tire very easily and one game seems to follow another with very little rest in between. I am literally fielding players who are totally knackered!
The other thing I haven't figured yet is how the heck do you set up training? Although I have a couple of coaches there is nowhere in the menus I can see to set up training, although TBH with matches following thick and fast on consecutive days it would be hard to schedule anything anyway. I also see no options to give talks, either to the team or individual players, nor is there any options for "shouts" from the dugout during a game.
I like the matchplay, particularly the ball by ball mode though it can be frustrating when your batsman actually manages to hit the ball, it drifts towards first base and automatic out (I presume they have to run once they get a hit). Stealing bases is one of the more gratifying elements of the gameplay, though doesn't always work out.
At least the game is making me think though and learning something about a sport where most of my knowledge has come from watching movies about it!
Just curious if anyone else is playing this and how you rate it?
I bought the OOTP 21 version rather than the latest 22. Must admit originally I got completely floundered in the myriad of different screens which make Championship Manager look nice and straightforward. I actually refunded it, but then relented and bought it again.
As I said in another thread, part of the challenge is that baseball is a relatively simple game surrounded by a very complex management and player trading system, doesn't really compare to how soccer or even cricket works.
Rather than take on a MLB team straight off, I plumped for one in the Minors and used the historical game to start back in 1993 - using 2020 seems a bit mashed up due to Covid presumably affecting the real season.
Trying to understand the mechanics of the team structure is one of the biggest challenges. Unlike cricket where everyone takes their turn at bat, you have a group of batsman (9 I think) who also act as fielders and your pitchers who sit in the bullpen and wait their turn. The pitchers seem to tire very easily and one game seems to follow another with very little rest in between. I am literally fielding players who are totally knackered!
The other thing I haven't figured yet is how the heck do you set up training? Although I have a couple of coaches there is nowhere in the menus I can see to set up training, although TBH with matches following thick and fast on consecutive days it would be hard to schedule anything anyway. I also see no options to give talks, either to the team or individual players, nor is there any options for "shouts" from the dugout during a game.
I like the matchplay, particularly the ball by ball mode though it can be frustrating when your batsman actually manages to hit the ball, it drifts towards first base and automatic out (I presume they have to run once they get a hit). Stealing bases is one of the more gratifying elements of the gameplay, though doesn't always work out.
At least the game is making me think though and learning something about a sport where most of my knowledge has come from watching movies about it!
