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1 person found this review helpful
14.5 hrs on record (9.4 hrs at review time)
Let me play Superstar offline. It's so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying when i can't play single player mode because I can't connect to servers.

Also, bring College Football to PC.
Posted December 27, 2025.
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116.5 hrs on record
Alright, overall I'm in love with the game and really addicted to it, but there are things that I dislike or even hate.

- RNG is too much. Team that easily swept season and postseason of one year, next year becomes irrelevant. No injuries, stats didn't drop drastically and mostly increased, opponent teams are not a lot stronger, but when 80 OVR SP has ~5.00 yearly ERA, It doesn't make any sense. Why he still scored that high by scouts if he doesn't perform over the year? And the opposite, when 45 OVR hitter outperforms everyone, but still counted as 45?
- Roster AI is stupid. It only looks on player stats, not actual baseball stats. It means a lot more micromanagement, which is fine if it wasn't so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ inconvenient.
- Roster management is ass. In times when players become inelligable for minor roster, there is no way to tell which players are inelligable outside of bar that appears on the screen when you finish the day. Players there are not even sorted. It's the pain in the ass to sort it out. Same for promotions. I cannot see baseball stats of the players outside of minor league report. It's fine, but it refreshes every time I make roster adjustment so I should find players all over again and it makes me crazy.
- Sometimes salaries don't make any sense. Bidding war vs AI opponent is an ass. 30 year hitter asks for 7 year contract for 50 mils is insane. It's was 28 mil before bidding war! Everybody now is Juan Soto and every team is Mets. Alright, it makes sense now. Alonso 31 AAV, Cease 30 AAV and Diaz is 23 AAV as reliever. Happy lockout everyone.
- No ways to controllably earn money outside of ticket price. It would be much better If there was an option for merch distribution, advertIsing on stadium. Maybe even using star players as advertising material? MLB the show BTW has advertising options.
- I't feels more like I playing as team manager with player trading priviliges, not GM. While it's fun to walk prospects from minors to the World Series, there are not much options what to do as GM.
- You can't ask player to learn new position. In development lab position selection is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ random. I lack of 3-baseman so it's natural that 1-baseman learns 3rd base, but no, ♥♥♥♥ you, I am centerfielder now. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Other than that, I'm in love with the game and I need a break from it, because I played it for 2 weeks straight like a second job.

What I'd like to add:

- More random events. Just rare charities from players and occasional bench-clearing are not enough.
- More league modifiers after Winter Meetings (and option to increase or decrease the chance of them orruring in the save).
- Salary cap option. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, never thought I'd ever be appologetic to Craig Breslow and Chaim Bloom.
- Player allegiance. It would be great if players had some kind of allegiance. It's funny how FA from NYY come to Sox that easy as well as ex-Sox players become Yankees. Rivalries are cool.
Posted October 6, 2025. Last edited December 27, 2025.
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5 people found this review helpful
32.5 hrs on record
Even after 17 years this is still my favorite VN.
Posted January 6, 2025.
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9 people found this review helpful
4.1 hrs on record
2007: My GeForce FX 5500 cannot handle S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chornobyl properly.
2024: My RTX 3080 cannot handle S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Heart of Chornobyl properly.

10/10. Authentic and nostalgic experience.
Posted November 26, 2024.
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1 person found this review helpful
8.0 hrs on record (5.4 hrs at review time)
This game was never meant to be released on Switch, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
Posted June 15, 2024.
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