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JayhawkerStL · 01-21-2011, 02:03 AM

I would love a game with a good franchise mode. Seriously, it would be fun to play. But in the last 20 years there is not a single game that has done it well enough to be interesting. I can't require a game to have a good franchise mode if I want to play sports games.

If the AI can't put a line-up together, can't draft, can't trade and can't mange free agency with any semblance of reality, then the progression of the players is the least of my worries.

So if a game will do a decent job of getting me through a season, I'm happy. Even that is going to require me to look past some serious issues.

I played in an OOTP X league last year, and I was kind of amazed what was passing as a good franchise mode. It was good, if we not only handled every aspect, but also came up with house rules to handle the ridiculous economy of the game.

It's not that I don't want one. It's that I don't even pretend that there is such a thing as a good franchise mode. But I put hundreds of hours, if not more than 1000 into MLB 2K10 without ever playing more than a portion of one season. I would have loved a good franchise. But I got more than my money's worth of other game mode play.

Check the threads. Every game has a ton of posts about what is wrong with the franchise mode. but no one sees the real pattern, which is that either acceptable AI is out of reach at this point, or that $60 games are not worth the effort. Regardless, they just don't exist.

I decided a long time ago to just enjoy sports games for what the can do, and stop worrying about what they can't do.

It seems like you just have a lower standard for what passes as compelling franchise play.

01-21-2011, 02:03 AM	#121
JayhawkerStL Banned OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,657	Re: MLB 2K11 Game Features (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, PC) I would love a game with a good franchise mode. Seriously, it would be fun to play. But in the last 20 years there is not a single game that has done it well enough to be interesting. I can't require a game to have a good franchise mode if I want to play sports games. If the AI can't put a line-up together, can't draft, can't trade and can't mange free agency with any semblance of reality, then the progression of the players is the least of my worries. So if a game will do a decent job of getting me through a season, I'm happy. Even that is going to require me to look past some serious issues. I played in an OOTP X league last year, and I was kind of amazed what was passing as a good franchise mode. It was good, if we not only handled every aspect, but also came up with house rules to handle the ridiculous economy of the game. It's not that I don't want one. It's that I don't even pretend that there is such a thing as a good franchise mode. But I put hundreds of hours, if not more than 1000 into MLB 2K10 without ever playing more than a portion of one season. I would have loved a good franchise. But I got more than my money's worth of other game mode play. Check the threads. Every game has a ton of posts about what is wrong with the franchise mode. but no one sees the real pattern, which is that either acceptable AI is out of reach at this point, or that $60 games are not worth the effort. Regardless, they just don't exist. I decided a long time ago to just enjoy sports games for what the can do, and stop worrying about what they can't do. It seems like you just have a lower standard for what passes as compelling franchise play.