Can someone explain the difference between online franchise and offline franchise

[fistofrage]

So I have Madden 15 for the PS4. Its still in the package after reading all the comments here. I am a bit confused how this franchise stuff works as people are talking about online and offline franchises and tuners not working with offline.

Normally when I have a sports game, I tweak sliders, then start a single player franchise which is offline with me controlling a team and the AI controlling all the other teams.

But what I have read on here is that even if you are playing a single player franchise, some people are playing online franchises. And the tuners only work for online franchises.

Do you need a PSN subscription to play online and get the tuners? Can someone please explain playing a single player online versus single player offline franchise?

Thanks.

[GoBlue7]

Essentially it is the same thing but..

1. Online saves when you advance a week automatically and you cannot create save points. Once you advance whatever changes you made are finalized. Offline you can create multiple save points.

2. Online allows you to control 1 team in a single player CFM. Offline, you can control all 32 teams

3. Online sim stats are fairly reasonable. Offline has not been fixed and are a mess right now, which also is affecting other areas of the game like progression.

4. If you have a bad connection, you may have problems getting knocked off the servers during an online cfm. Offline that is not an issue.

5. You need PS+ to do an online cfm

6. Tuner will work for online and offline cfm, but only the online version received a server side fix for sim stats. Offline is stuck waiting for a patch.

I usually play single player offline franchise with 32 team control. This year I don't feel like waiting for a patch to fix the issues with the offline cfm so I am doing the single player online.

[fistofrage]

Thanks for the reply.

[moylan1234]

So essentially if you don't have an internet connection this year's Madden is a no buy if you care about stats and progression in your franchise. For the fact that you obviously can't play on online CFM and you also can't get the update(s) - whenever they come that will fix offline problems?

[RoDogz85]

So in online franchise mode when I control my team does the CPU control the other 31?

[reyes the roof]

Can you convert an online CFM to an offline CFM? I'm not shelling anymore money out to play this game, but I would do the free 2 week trial of PS plus and start an online CFM and then convert it and wait for the offline patch if it's possible to convert it.

[chilidogbeefcake]

So what's wrong with the offline franchise as far as progression and such goes? I'm certainly not buying ps+ to play a madden CFM but wanna know what I'm gettin into with an offline CFM if it's even worth it


Edit- ok I see that sim stats are off...how bad is it?

[Darkleaf]

Quote: Originally Posted by chilidogbeefcake

So what's wrong with the offline franchise as far as progression and such goes? I'm certainly not buying ps+ to play a madden CFM but wanna know what I'm gettin into with an offline CFM if it's even worth it Edit- ok I see that sim stats are off...how bad is it?

Its pretty bad, a lot of elite qbs with more picks than tds less than 3000 yards etc.