"A MAJOR insult to PC gamers and Developers alike". A sampling: Take me out to the ball simulator, take me out to the baaalll. Out of the Park sticks out like a golden sombrero - a fact highlighted by its hundreds of scathing user reviews. These are games that have become cultural touchpoints, so accepted into the gaming canon that they exist now more as memes as much as they do playable experiences. With a 96 rating - the site's 2007 game of the year - it sits alongside Half-Life 2, Skyrim and Baldur's Gate 2. Especially once you take into account the company it keeps. You've probably seen it there, on Metacritic, and assumed, like me, that there had been some kind of mistake. Oh, and there's the small fact that for the past nine years it's been listed as the second best PC game of all time on the internet's biggest review aggregator website. It's obstinately unwelcoming to newcomers - a sea of statistics and acronyms with nought but a 518-page manual to help keep you afloat - yet has seen its user base grow and grow. It's the brainchild of a German programmer, published by a British studio, yet embraced as one of the purest expressions of America's national sport. It's a remarkable game in a number of ways.
I've been playing Out of the Park Baseball 2007 for a few weeks now. "I don't care if he's new to this, skip," Estrada objurgates, "he shouldn't have to Google what a 'bunt' is."
Estrada, it seems, has lost faith in the abilities of his general manager. Jim Skaalen, the pitching coach, and Jonny Estrada, the ninth batter, are arguing furiously as they approach the mound. It's the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded, and the Phillies need just two runs to clinch a spot in the World Series.
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