Digital Diamond Baseball V8

Absolutely terrific if you're looking for an in-game experience along the lines of dice and card games like Strat-O-Matic or APBA Baseball. Worth every penny and then some. You should be aware that this is not, however, a front-office baseball sim in the Out of the Park Baseball mold. But if you go in knowing what you're getting, it's highly recommended.

I know it says I have 25 minutes of play time but the reason for that is that I created a shortcut to the program on my desktop so I play without using Steam. I play it daily for 3-4 hours and I've been playing the game for almost a decade. Over the years I have seen the game grow into being, what I consider, the best of it's kind. For me, as it is now is perfect. I can't think of anything else I would add.

For the most part, good play and results. There are problems with "how to do" things as I learned by just monkeying around.

More simple to set up and get going than Diamond Mind Baseball and the bloated Out of the Park Baseball. Price is much more reasonable since you get like 100 seasons and it is easy to install new ones. However, if you already have those or other sims Digital Diamond V8 is a bit redundant. It's more Strat-O-Matic than DMB's raw stat processing power, and doesn't have the GM/growing universe like OOTP. Nor does it have personality/illusions of players being "alive" like Pure Sim had. No financials like Baseball Mogul. Not free like Strategy-Baseball, which has contracts. I was on the fence and played out a game to be my final judge. Could not swap a player from the bench to the starting lineup before the game. Only had four lineups to choose from based on LHP/RHP/DH. Screen looked too much like OOTP. DMB's window is much more cleaner. So I passed on the game. Bottom line is I have the other games (plus Plaay's History Maker Baseball tabletop) and I didn't see anything new to justify the purchase. Some reviews and discussion complain about how fielding is not taken into consideration. Yes, it is. Fielding stats are there. The engine is fine. The emotional criticisms are false. New game possibly coming out in mid-2021.

great number of seasons, asplayed lineups. For the price a great game.

Fun to play lots of seasons to choose from no learning curve if you have played baseball games on your computer then you can play this game also.

The game presents MLB in a way that addresses the game, but does not make it too complicated. Mike

I am not a hardcore baseball fan but love this game. Somehow Digital Diamond has a much more visceral feel while playing a game than OOTP21 which has more options and prettier looks. This has few but better applied sounds, specifically the rolling dice sounds. I think that this single focus on game management is what creates the deep seated feeling of investment that comes with each role of the simulated dice. Making the right lineup and bullpen decisions are easy to do and have both a statistical and emotional result. The community, and even more so the developers, are very involved and helpful. A great game.

I love the game. Some things I'm still learning but hope to do better.

Statistically accurate baseball game. Similar to Diamond Mind Baseball. Better than Diamond Mind Baseball since it runs on the Mac!