
Firstly, rather large steps have been taken to provide a much more realistic feel to the game. The ingame gameplay in NBA Live 2003 generally comes off with mixed impressions. These features and more are expected to appear in future versions of Live which will certainly make the franchise mode of play even better. Despite the CPU trade offers, GM enthusiasts are left in the dark due to such aspects as basic player contracts and the inability to utilize features like draft pick trades. If you want to focus on the GM tasks solely then you can use the simulate function and simply concentrate on player contracts and transactions, however ever due to the somewhat basic features in this area you might get bored quick. This isn't a new feature, it has been in the NBA Live series for a long time now, so it is great to see EA keeping the fundamental features that make this game unique.

Along the way, other teams will offer player trades giving Live 2003 a realistic feel to the team management side of things. After choosing a team and the usual settings you start your season obviously going out trying to win the most you can.

Most of the above modes are self explanatory and don't need further analysis in this review, however out of all the above modes franchise will probably be the most played by any gamer, it certainly was for me.
