Originally posted by Ripper@Jul 21 2005, 08:29 AM
Franchise mode looks preety "Kak" (Damn those Affrikaners have an awesome langauge), seems preety basic from what Ive seen and heard, probably be a season mode with the option to buy and sell players with no Birthdays over 10 years.
Hopefully they will at least implement some player progession system.
I think its safe to presume the following about franchise mode (Mario might be able to correct anything glaringly wrong
)......
*It will be fairly basic (ie. not anything like franchise in Madden for instance), however it will allow players to enjoy the most fun bit - ie. The buying/selling of players, within a set salary cap.
*Training will be also fairly basic, but will allow players to improve on various aspects of general play (not actually doing the training themselves, but by choosing between various aspects of training at the beginning of each week), which will then be reflected by the team on the field of play (improved defense,kicking etc).
*Judicary will also be basic. Something like I proposed ages ago where you can either plead guilty or not quilty, with the "kicker" being if you plead not quilty, but are found quilty, then you will receive a higher sentence then if you had pleaded quilty straight off.
*Players will not age, hence they will not improve/get worse then they currently are either (presuming training affects team attributes only.....)
*Mario has already confirmed that you can play rep games/SOO during the NRL/SL franchise season. Your allegiance I believe is stated whenever you start a new franchise (ie. You put if you are a New Zealander for instance at the start of the franchise).
* Mario has confirmed that you can not change teams during the 10 year franchise (hence no job offers etc), and players from the other comps/International teams want be available to buy (ie. If playing NRL you can buy only NRL players). Custom made players will be available though, so you may be able to copy some players from other comps if you wanted to, and then add them to your team at the start of the franchise.
* Mario has confirmed that you will not be able to use a custom made team in franchise mode. I presume this means you can not start a Wellington/gold coast/central coast franchise for instance (a little disappointing....)