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Originally Posted by seanhazz1 |
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Franchise is almost a copy and paste of Madden(love it), without the online option. The menus are good and informative and it tracks stats and standings. People don't like the lack of a daily view in the calendar for matchups, or lack of editing within.
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The major problems with Live 18's franchise mode are:
1. Franchise is now separated into weeks instead of days, meaning the simulation of CPU games and transactions only occurs when a week is advanced rather than on a typical daily schedule. This works for Madden cause it's on a weekly game schedule, but not for an NBA game.
2. There is a fake player named Alan Hinners that is in every franchise mode and he's a rookie made available in free agency at the start of the 1st season. He has an All-Star rating of 90 (AS A ROOKIE!) and is always picked up by the Mavericks and always wins Rookie of the Year in every franchise. He averages 25 ppg and 12 apg.
3. The simulation engine is pretty broken. The first season of simming the season, the Miami Heat beat the Memphis Grizzlies in the Finals. Thinking this was just an anomaly, it wasn't. After several simulations of seasons, the Knicks, Mavericks, Clippers and Hornets all won championships. The Cavs rare even made it to the finals. Same with the Warriors. Celtics never made it.
4. The CPU does not complete any trades among the 29 teams that aren't being controlled.
5. There are no injuries that occur during games and only happens in simulations.
6. Turning off the auto-sub feature completely breaks the CPU, it won't substitute at all during games.
7. There's no online component to Franchise.
8. There's no ability to edit the players at all in Franchise mode.
This is actually worse than Madden to be honest. Madden already had a pretty bland (but serviceable) CFM mode, but Live isn't a step in the right direction IMO. It's 5 steps backwards.