W0w... EA actually put effort into franchise mode. wtf
That video today looked great.
I love that there are actual rankings now, and that your scouts can have someone ranked 13th when he's ranked on the CS list at 25.
I always liked putting all my rookies in with my core guys and playing pre-season games as like a preview of what my team would look like soon. So the fact that they made having rookies in the lineup during the pre-season is how you get their final post-draft ratings is really cool.
Also, players in junior/europe will finally get stats simulated for them. That's friggin sweet.
Overall, this game originally went from me being pissed at a lacklust effort, and has turned into me being really happy with it.
Of course, that's from the beta and a franchise mode features video. Still plenty of time. EA also has a history of horribly botching their games with slider updates.