Astonishing Baseball 2019 Reviews

I havent stopped playing

Incomplete game, no tutorial or manual help, no support. Wasted money.

Feels unfinished after playing for less than an hour so far. The description of this game after playing for less than an hour seems to be the description for what it may become, which if it gets updated and fleshed out it could be a fun. Currently though it is irritating, though the ui and screens are wonderful, it looks nice. The daily challenges at the is a cool little walk through, as far as i have gotten.Which isn't far since 2 of the challenges play for 5 days and use the search option under the season screen can't be completed. I went through 10 days with the play 5 days challenge up and it never updated, and then like the other user who commented capmjh I could not find the search option. The players themselves are very striped down, each has 4 attributes and then their level in each is conveyed by the color of the box. Each time you open a players menu you have to close it to get to the next player, an option the would let you move to the next player would be helpful. Since without opening a players menu you can only see their name, position, current salary and current stats. Minor league team has some issues, first its not actually a farm system in the normal sense of the word. Unless you demote players to it, there wont be any players on the team. It seems to be a resource generating aspect of the game, except there are 3 resources, its not explained (possible in the challenges which can't be advanced) how to generate them, you start getting popularity as you win games, which you spend to make your minor league stadium better which then generates more popularity. Again as the other reviewer said the games play to fast, you can't pause them to change the pitcher before the inning is over. If you go to settings there is an option to slow it down, only you can't click it, there's also a option to change difficulty which you can't select. These could be place holders, or they could not be but if they are not working they shouldn't be on the screen. The number of available players in free agency is low, and again to learn about them besides that free agent dh wants 25 million a year you have to go into their menu then close out to get to the next one. I could sadly keep nitpicking things about this game, but it feels unfinished for a pc game, should of been released as a early access game, as there does seem to be some good stuff here for a striped down, less intensive GM sports management game. Sadly i don't know if we will ever see it fulfilled as looking at the website it appears this game is actually meant for mobile devices. So in the end. Don't buy this unless its updated big time, and knowing that its supposed to be a mobile game those minor league resources are probably supposed to be micro transactions.

The game has promise, but right now can be very frustrating. Setting line-ups, positions and pitching roles is straight forward. The way to improve your team is through training points, free agents and trades. You have a minor league team, but NONE of the players are available to you unless you have demoted them from the major league roster. Yet, they generate a record, which is a headscratcher. Supposedly training points can be generated on the Training Screen by updating your training facility. I clicked on every color-coded button and searched for the three dot additional actions area in the upper right of the screen, but was never able to find out how to do an upgrade. It also wasn't in the Front Office screen or the the Ballpark screen. You are allowed to make trades, but again I was never able to locate the "search" button in the Seasons Screen, so I had no way of seeing who I might want or who I'd want to trade away. The actual game can be frustrating as well. As you watch the scroll and notice your pitcher getting hammered, quickly making a call to the bullpen doesn't get a reliever in the game until 3 batters later. Usually by then, the game is lost. Another problem is determining what secondary positions your players play. Their primary position is noted, but do all players in the infield play all infield positions? What about outfielders? DH's have no other position noted, so does that mean they are terrible at all positions? Same for pitchers. If you have a starter who is downright terrible, do you just move them to the bullpen and put a reliever in as a starter? What about stamina issues? There is enough promise to not request a refund, but they need to work out these issues, along with others. The game probably should have been released as an Early Access title. In its current state, I do not recommend the game.