Coming from someone that has both games and is completely unbiased neither game is the clear better game. Every few days i change which game i like more. Currently it's EHM but tomorrow after the patch it may very well switch back to FHM who knows. As i predicted before this game game out each game does things better than the other one. Neither are perfect but both do things that are way better than the other one. If only they could combine the best aspects of both games and make a super hockey sim game
. I'd pay $100 easily for that. Is FHM worth $44 price? For me it is but i bought it for cheaper the first week. I can understand why it would not be for everyone. Also there is a reason why EHM is so cheap. For one it's still in early access and two it's just EHM 2007 that has gone over a major overhauling. If it ever gets out of EA you will be paying a lot more and rightly so since it's worth way more then they are currently selling it for.
In regards to buying the game on steam and getting your money back after two hours if you don't like it. Two hours won't be anywhere long enough to make a good call on whether you think it's a good game or not. You would probably need a solid weekend of play to determine if the game is for you. The people that are involved with FHM 2 are very active on these forums which goes a long way with me and they are trying their best to improve this game which they are doing. The game will take a decent amount of time to be where it needs to be but it's very playable at this point. If it wasn't trust me i would not be playing it but i will say it's not quite great enough yet to make me not switch back between sim games as the other game has features in it that need to be in this one to make it more enjoyable. I hope both games end up being super successful. It's nice to have options.