I started the new game mode, live the life. And its great but I was drafted and I am in September and I keep trying to simulate day to day and it freezes repeatedly on the same day. And I know its not my console(ps3) because all my other games work beautifully. What do I do?

Before I escalate this, could you guys tell me at which specific point of the game it freezes? For instance, is it in a menu, when undertaking an action, or just when passing from one day to another?Any other detail you think might be relevant, please include it. 🙂

I merged the threads mentioning this issue to try and keep the feedback and information in one place. Can you guys read my question above and answer it? 🙂

I understand that you're trying to help, but a response of "don't get sent down" is very frustrating, as the game isn't giving us (those experiencing the bug), the chance not to get sent down.I started my Life the Life at the NHL Draft, which means I play 4 Memorial Cup games, then I head into the draft. I was drafted first overall by the Colorado Avalanche. I get signed, and the game Auto-Sims to the pre-season. About 4-5 days before the first pre-season game starts I get notified that I'm getting sent down to the minors. In previous NHL games you were guaranteed at least 1 pre-season game before getting sent down, and if that's a new thing for this year, that's fine, however I'm 18 years old getting sent to the AHL, and not back to my CHL team. This could be part of the issue. The game then auto-simulates to the day of the first pre-season game and promptly freezes.

My frustration is that when EA advertises Live the Life as a major marketing point in the game, it should at least work. To pull the emotional strings here, my 9-year old hockey player has been saving, doing extra chores around the house, and pet-sitting for neighbors to save up for this game on release day. His motivation: the chance to Live the LIfe. It's hard to explain to your 9-year old why the game doesn't work the first night he tries it after all of that anticipation.The fact that this mode locks up is inexcusable from a developer standpoint. However, it doesn't end there. The mistakes, typos, generic responses, and confusing "likeability" impact of your responses tells me a lot more effort should have been put into this mode before it was included in the game. Additionally, some of the gameplay decisions are equally confusing. For example, why would a team spend a #1 draft choice on a player and send him down to the minors prior to even playing a preseason game?If this is the wrong forum to grab the ear of EA, then please point me to the right place. I've posted similar content in the other EA forum and haven't seen a response from anyone at EA despite numerous threads and dozens of posts from players experiencing the exact same problem. At least here, you're willing to participate in the discussion and pass our feedback up the chain.

I started as a 16 year old sniper in WHL. Get drafted 1st overall by the Capitals and get sent back to junior hockey without seeing any preseason games listed on the calendar. I played the next season and once again, I get sent back to junior hockey without seeing any preseason games. I played through the next season (now 19 year old) and stopped the simulation on September 1st. I then simmed 1 day at a time and was finally able to play all but the last preseason game with the Capitals. Every time I try to play the last preseason game, the PS3 locks up. Every time I attempt to sim past the last preseason game I get sent back to junior hockey. The last time I changed the setting for shooting to score more points in the hopes of earning enough experience points to stay in the NHL but it still didn't help. I've used several save points to play the preseason 3 times averaging about 18 goals and 7 assists each time but I keep getting sent back to junior hockey. Are these glitches ever going to be fixed? Is anyone even working on fixing it?

[PS3/Xbox] Freezing in Live the Life

54 Replies

Anonymous
12 years ago
I am having this exact same problem. I get between Sept 9 - 12 and it freezes. This has happened 4 times now. I am also playing on PS3, Live the Life mode. Very frustrating.
Anonymous
12 years ago
Does anyone know a way to fix this or of a fix possibly coming?
Anonymous
12 years ago
I have been trying to play live the life I chose to get drafted I have played through the minors cup been drafted by the Devils then sent to the minors. On September 20th my X=box just freezes. How to I fix this?
Anonymous
12 years ago
Before I escalate this, could you guys tell me at which specific point of the game it freezes? For instance, is it in a menu, when undertaking an action, or just when passing from one day to another?

Any other detail you think might be relevant, please include it. 🙂
Anonymous
12 years ago
My live the life season trys to sim all the way to October, but like the day after I get dropped to the AHL (Sept. 11th), my game freezes up completely. I've seen other people with this problem aswell. Any help? Thanks
Anonymous
12 years ago
I merged the threads mentioning this issue to try and keep the feedback and information in one place. Can you guys read my question above and answer it? 🙂
Anonymous
12 years ago
It's during simulation of the days. In my experience, I was drafted, the game simmed for a while, I signed the contract, the game simmed some more, I received notice I was demoted to the minors (without playing any more games...not sure why), the game sims some more, and gets to somewhere between 9 Sep and 14 Sep before freezing.
I restarted the Xbox several times and would get to that same point every time.
Thanks for looking into this.
Anonymous
12 years ago
Thanks for the additional info! I've passed on the information to the team.

In the meantime, why don't you guys go around the forum and see if there's any questions you know the answer of to help out other players? 🙂

[EDIT]: This is an issue the devs are aware of and working on resolving (no ETA on resolution yet). In the meantime, the only option is to restart a career, and avoid getting sent to the minor leagues, which is from my understanding (based on what tobinat3r said) what triggers the bug. 🙂
T_SauceYYY
12 years ago
I sign my contract, get sent down, then it freezes before any games even show up. I've tried 8 times now and every single time my ps3 completely freezes where I then have to force shutdown and am forced to restore all my files. How is it that you can charge $60 for a game that doesnt work and clearly wasnt tested seeing as how many other people are having this problem.
T_SauceYYY
12 years ago
There is no way to avoid it. I wasnt even able to play the pre season games. Very frustrated with the fact that your the one answering these questions but you dont have any knowledge of the game.