{"id":590,"date":"2006-07-12T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2006-07-12T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-07-12T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2006-07-12T11:50:11","slug":"pc-gamer-ootpb-2006-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/07\/12\/pc-gamer-ootpb-2006-review\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Gamer OOTPB 2006 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those that missed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ootpdevelopments.com\/board\/showthread.php?t=126919\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ootpdevelopments.com\/board\/showthread.php?t=126919', 'all of the whoopla');\">all of the whoopla<\/a>, PC Gamer slammed OOTPB 2006 with a 47% score, while scoring Baseball Mogul and Puresim higher.  Brett Todd wrote the review comparison and I have to regretfully agree with the score.  Let me explain.  Many review sites\/magazines only take a look at the released product.  As is.  OOTPB 2006 was not a playable game on many different levels \u2013 online play was confusing (broken for some), solo play had very bad AI, and many things simply didn\u2019t work or were coded badly.  These are all things that a reviewer like Mr. Todd will jump on and he has consistently over the years been highly critical of games for exactly these same reasons.  I actually applaud his objectivity since I know he is a big fan of the series.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball Mogul seems to work and PureSim is more refined, so yes, they deserved higher scores.  Heck, even OOTP 6.5 deserved a higher score than OOTPB 2006 based on release code.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, reviews like the <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.operationsports.com\/reviews.aspx?game=ootp2006\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/reviews.operationsports.com\/reviews.aspx?game=ootp2006', '9 out of 10 at Operation Sports');\">9 out of 10 at Operation Sports<\/a> are nonsense.  I don\u2019t think reviews should be based on game potential, but I am not sure if the OS reviewer actually played the game enough to judge that potential anyhow.<\/p>\n<p>So don\u2019t shoot the messenger.  If you release a game with the long list of problems that OOTPB 2006 had, this is what you reap from objective reviewers.  They will always score bug ridden games low.<\/p>\n<p>Just be happy I don\u2019t review anymore!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those that missed all of the whoopla, PC Gamer slammed OOTPB 2006 with a 47% score, while scoring Baseball Mogul and Puresim higher. Brett Todd wrote the review comparison and I have to regretfully agree with the score. Let me explain. Many review sites\/magazines only take a look at the released product. 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