Franchise Hockey Manager 2 Release info + Feature list - Page 10

umwoz · 03-18-2015, 10:06 AM

Darn... Now I'm stuck in this limbo where FHM breaks immersion because of crazy/weird waivers and EHM has some very broken mechanics...... Nothing to play till May!

itsfurness · 03-18-2015, 03:33 PM

Any chance that there will be ability to create players or a feature like that? I have some classmates who play hockey and would love to get them into this game.

krownroyal83 · 03-18-2015, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by umwoz

Darn... Now I'm stuck in this limbo where FHM breaks immersion because of crazy/weird waivers and EHM has some very broken mechanics...... Nothing to play till May!

I ended up not wanting to wait for FHM2 and bought FHM a few weeks ago. I got to say I'm less then impressed with it. The waivers is one of the big issues. Also the whole trading system is a mess. I understand that it can take awhile to perfect things like this so I give them a pass. Why I won't give them a pass for are just the minor things that can be easily fixed. For example when I extend a players contract it doesn't update on the players profile or on the roster page until the next season. It does in salary obligations but it should on the players profile as well as soon as the contract is extended.

BeanSobie · 03-18-2015, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by itsfurness

Any chance that there will be ability to create players or a feature like that? I have some classmates who play hockey and would love to get them into this game.

You can do that already, just take a random player and change their information in commissioner mode. For a lot of the information you'll have to edit it on a specific date. I forget exactly what that date is.

kaleb101 · 03-22-2015, 02:37 PM

It say i need to enter game activation code and this is my first time playing this

AaronV · 03-22-2015, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kaleb101

It say i need to enter game activation code and this is my first time playing this

This game isnt out yet. You have the wrong forum.

grazza · 03-23-2015, 07:05 PM

Want to be constructive in my post here so please don't take it negatively. I would love to see another hockey sim up to standard of EHM so appreciate this takes time to build up. I think $40 set the expectations of something of that standard. I paid for first version so that is my good will investment and have come to accept this is for something I can hopefully enjoy in the future. I though if the same price range will need judge buying the game on its merits. Maybe if there was some goodwill shown to the guys that pre-ordered the original game in pricing then I would maybe be a bit more inclined to take a gamble. I think though I will try a demo if that's an option, get a feel for reviews, the better the earlier I would get it the worse I would maybe just get it in a steam sale or something if at all.

Best of luck guys take as much time as you need even if that means delaying things release something you can take pride in, I would have been upset if you gave up after the first try so good to see dedication.

Teloch · 03-26-2015, 07:50 AM

It was just announced that EHM is making a comeback. Healthy competition never hurts, I guess. Will be interesting to see how FHM2 compares to almost a decade old game's resurrection.

Statsman1 · 03-26-2015, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Teloch

It was just announced that EHM is making a comeback. Healthy competition never hurts, I guess. Will be interesting to see how FHM2 compares to almost a decade old game's resurrection.

I have played and followed EHM since 2007, and there's no question it's a good game. Given the support and the crowd that hung on to that game for so long, it feels like it was inevitable that EHM would eventually be back.

Having said that, no way I give up my support for FHM and the work that's been put in, and hopefully will continue to be put in...there's a reason OOTP Baseball is tops in the world, and this game will get there.

It's not like the early versions of EHM were awesome. EHM 2007 got so much of it right, after a few iterations, and then they were really the only one.

As long as they don't give up, FHM will get there. No question about it.

Sebastian Palkowski · 03-26-2015, 09:55 AM

To be honest, we are not really shocked about this news as we always knew that EHM would make a return at some point (EHM was never really away). We see it as opportunity to work even harder on FHM. We have a long-time plan with FHM and nothing will change now, other that we are even more motivated to improve the game.

I think it is a good thing for the (hockey) community to have competition because both sides can't just sit back but have to push hard to make the best possible game.

Teloch · 03-26-2015, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sebastian Palkowski

I think it is a good thing for the (hockey) community to have competition because both sides can't just sit back but have to push hard to make the best possible game.

Exactly. We've seen what no competition has done to EA's NHL franchise. NHL15 would probably be a lot better game if 2k was still in the race with them.
As far as this soon-to-be-rivalry goes, gonna get both games. You can never have too many hockey games.

AlpineSK · 03-26-2015, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Teloch

It was just announced that EHM is making a comeback. Healthy competition never hurts, I guess. Will be interesting to see how FHM2 compares to almost a decade old game's resurrection.

TODAY. You forgot to add that.. EHM comes back today.. WOW.. Didn't see that coming.

Markus Heinsohn · 03-26-2015, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by AlpineSK

TODAY. You forgot to add that.. EHM comes back today.. WOW.. Didn't see that coming.

Yeah, open beta basically. But paid.

UHAcommish · 03-26-2015, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by AlpineSK

TODAY. You forgot to add that.. EHM comes back today.. WOW.. Didn't see that coming.

From a review written today Regarding EHM:EA...

Online / Network Multiplayer
EHM:EA sees the return of 30 player hot seat which is great news for online fans. In EHM 2007 there was a 15 player limit, forcing players to stick with EHM 2005 if they wanted a 30-player online game.

At the time of writing, the online mode is temporarily disabled in game. However, the developers have plans to improve the online mode and enable it once these improvements have been implemented.

Markus Heinsohn · 03-26-2015, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by UHAcommish

From a review written today Regarding EHM:EA...

Online / Network Multiplayer
EHM:EA sees the return of 30 player hot seat which is great news for online fans. In EHM 2007 there was a 15 player limit, forcing players to stick with EHM 2005 if they wanted a 30-player online game.

At the time of writing, the online mode is temporarily disabled in game. However, the developers have plans to improve the online mode and enable it once these improvements have been implemented.

So? FHM 2 will have an online league mode as well. Let's stick to the topic here, which is FHM 2. Thanks,

UHAcommish · 03-26-2015, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

So? FHM 2 will have an online league mode as well. Let's stick to the topic here, which is FHM 2. Thanks,

Sorry, was just pointing out that their online mode for right now is turned OFF. Which I think is a big negative for them.

Crombeen · 03-26-2015, 08:03 PM

The feature list of FHM 2.0 looks good to me for a version 2.0 of this game.

In my opinion the online league play feature should've been removed from this version and to be included in version 3 or 4.
I think they really have to focus on making a solid sim game first instead of adding features and functions that can break the experience if they aren't done right.

What I really liked about EHM was that all the basic stuff worked very well. Swimming a game, trading players, drafting players it all worked great. This is why people did play this game so long after the official support of the owner was gone. You could play 10 seasons in EHM and the game still worked like season 1 and those players drafted in the first round would become the next great NHL players.
Even the history section in the game was made simple but very cool. If you coached an OHL team you where always watching the stats, If you had a potential 1st overall player you'd always try to break OHL history records.

The game didn't become boring - or fake because Claude Giroux got traded for Sean Avery + 5th round pick.
If something like that happens in a game ( EA ) I already press delete/quit.

OOTP keep development going and show us version 1.0 of this game was just unlucky and everything went bad that could've gone bad and you guys have learned from all of that.
With EHM getting back on the market I think there is little room for error left, or skate on the " we create the best baseball sim game in the world for 15+ years " leg.

Duranium · 03-27-2015, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Crombeen

With EHM getting back on the market I think there is little room for error left, or skate on the " we create the best baseball sim game in the world for 15+ years " leg.

OOTP showed commitment from day 1 with an ultra-small development team which bodes well for the future.

Even with resources at hand, SI re-realeased EHM07 and basically said 'let´s look if you´re paying before we decide to commit further to the game after a few months'

For myself, i´ll buy both but i´m way more excited about FHMs future

mpejkrm · 03-27-2015, 07:59 AM

I like EHM: EA, but I don't feel that much has changed since the 07 version. Yes, they highlighted a couple changes but none of them seem that major to me, and the stupid fixed resolution irks me to no end.

Even if it wasn't the greatest game, I saw plenty of potential from FHM v1, and I am sure it can (and hopefully will) surpass EHM: EA. Especially if this EA period doesn't develop much further.

I'll buy both games because I love hockey and sim games. As an above poster said, a little competition doesn't hurt. I have utmost faith in Sebastian and co. that they will try and make this the best game possible and not just try to only be better than EHM.

DaximusPrimus · 04-02-2015, 01:24 PM

After having played EHM:EA for about a week now, I can honestly say that I think FHM2 is going to be a much better game in terms of gameplay options and realism. With that being said, there are a few things from EHM which I think would be great to see in FHM series such as training camp. All in all I'm very excited to see a finished product!

03-18-2015, 03:33 PM	#182
itsfurness Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 13	Player Creation Any chance that there will be ability to create players or a feature like that? I have some classmates who play hockey and would love to get them into this game.

03-22-2015, 02:37 PM	#185
kaleb101 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 1	glitch It say i need to enter game activation code and this is my first time playing this

03-26-2015, 09:55 AM	#190
Sebastian Palkowski Developer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 5,114	To be honest, we are not really shocked about this news as we always knew that EHM would make a return at some point (EHM was never really away). We see it as opportunity to work even harder on FHM. We have a long-time plan with FHM and nothing will change now, other that we are even more motivated to improve the game. I think it is a good thing for the (hockey) community to have competition because both sides can't just sit back but have to push hard to make the best possible game. __________________ Buy Franchise Hockey Manager 10

03-26-2015, 08:03 PM	#197
Crombeen Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 269	The feature list of FHM 2.0 looks good to me for a version 2.0 of this game. In my opinion the online league play feature should've been removed from this version and to be included in version 3 or 4. I think they really have to focus on making a solid sim game first instead of adding features and functions that can break the experience if they aren't done right. What I really liked about EHM was that all the basic stuff worked very well. Swimming a game, trading players, drafting players it all worked great. This is why people did play this game so long after the official support of the owner was gone. You could play 10 seasons in EHM and the game still worked like season 1 and those players drafted in the first round would become the next great NHL players. Even the history section in the game was made simple but very cool. If you coached an OHL team you where always watching the stats, If you had a potential 1st overall player you'd always try to break OHL history records. The game didn't become boring - or fake because Claude Giroux got traded for Sean Avery + 5th round pick. If something like that happens in a game ( EA ) I already press delete/quit. OOTP keep development going and show us version 1.0 of this game was just unlucky and everything went bad that could've gone bad and you guys have learned from all of that. With EHM getting back on the market I think there is little room for error left, or skate on the " we create the best baseball sim game in the world for 15+ years " leg. __________________ FHM gamer since 2013 #oldskool

03-18-2015, 10:06 AM	#181
umwoz Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 74	Darn... Now I'm stuck in this limbo where FHM breaks immersion because of crazy/weird waivers and EHM has some very broken mechanics...... Nothing to play till May!

03-23-2015, 07:05 PM	#187
grazza Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 14	Want to be constructive in my post here so please don't take it negatively. I would love to see another hockey sim up to standard of EHM so appreciate this takes time to build up. I think $40 set the expectations of something of that standard. I paid for first version so that is my good will investment and have come to accept this is for something I can hopefully enjoy in the future. I though if the same price range will need judge buying the game on its merits. Maybe if there was some goodwill shown to the guys that pre-ordered the original game in pricing then I would maybe be a bit more inclined to take a gamble. I think though I will try a demo if that's an option, get a feel for reviews, the better the earlier I would get it the worse I would maybe just get it in a steam sale or something if at all. Best of luck guys take as much time as you need even if that means delaying things release something you can take pride in, I would have been upset if you gave up after the first try so good to see dedication.

03-26-2015, 07:50 AM	#188
Teloch Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Pori, Finland Posts: 79	It was just announced that EHM is making a comeback. Healthy competition never hurts, I guess. Will be interesting to see how FHM2 compares to almost a decade old game's resurrection.

03-27-2015, 07:59 AM	#199
mpejkrm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 951	I like EHM: EA, but I don't feel that much has changed since the 07 version. Yes, they highlighted a couple changes but none of them seem that major to me, and the stupid fixed resolution irks me to no end. Even if it wasn't the greatest game, I saw plenty of potential from FHM v1, and I am sure it can (and hopefully will) surpass EHM: EA. Especially if this EA period doesn't develop much further. I'll buy both games because I love hockey and sim games. As an above poster said, a little competition doesn't hurt. I have utmost faith in Sebastian and co. that they will try and make this the best game possible and not just try to only be better than EHM.

04-02-2015, 01:24 PM	#200
DaximusPrimus Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: SK & BC Posts: 349	After having played EHM:EA for about a week now, I can honestly say that I think FHM2 is going to be a much better game in terms of gameplay options and realism. With that being said, there are a few things from EHM which I think would be great to see in FHM series such as training camp. All in all I'm very excited to see a finished product!