When it comes to deep, rich, gorgeous sports simulations, Out of the Park Developments have been knocking it… well… out of the park, for years now. In fact, their baseball sim is so beloved that this year they ditched the …
Fans of sports sims can be hard to please. They worship at the altar of realism, demanding it from their games. Oh, and they'd prefer those games to have nice interfaces, include tons of options and still be fun to play too. If it sounds like a daunting task to satisfy them, you wouldn't know it from OOTP 14. The long-running PC baseball sim steps up to the plate and does all of the above, making it look easy in the process.
It's spring again, the time a young man's fancy turns to love. At least it's that way for some. For other men and women, thoughts are invariably turning to the new MLB season and how best to simulate it on iOS devices. The reigning and defending champion of mobile baseball sims is back in its latest iteration, iOOTP 2013, showing why it's unlikely to be giving up the title any time soon.
Sports fans have a tendency to be a little obsessive under normal circumstances, but the right sports sim can turn that into full fledged addiction. The minds at Out of the Park Developments know all about that, and they've got the latest iteration of their incredibly popular baseball sim, OOTP 14, ready to leave the on-deck circle and step up to the plate. Baseball fans, you might as well kiss your free time goodbye right now.
I don't know how to code apps, but my guess is that it's not too easy to pack a full-featured baseball simulation into 130 MB. Somehow, iOOTP 2012 Edition manages to pull it off, compiling all the stats and options necessary to play the (American) national pastime the way you want to play it on your iOS device. Armchair general managers of the world, this one's for you.