Franchise Hockey Manager 2

[JasonM]

So, I got this game after I got annoyed with EHM's slow going updates. And well, after wrestling with the clunky and confusing UI for a bit, i've actually learned to enjoy the game quite a bit.

Started a game with the Flyers, decided to GM only and let Hakstol do the coaching. And after a dissapointing first season where I missed the playoffs (and had Voracek/Simmonds out for long stretches), things started to look up a bit.

Did a bit of drafting, second rounder got called up for the first season and he's been doing well. Scoring wise everything is massively on the up, and Claude Giroux being the beast he is is scoring 40 points after 35 games and like the previous season carrying the team on his thick Canadian shoulders...

Until...

Fuck
My
Life...

The one time a player picks up a career ending injury in the first two seasons of this save, and it's my franchise player, the one player I would never ever trade or let go on free agency, the one player that's an unstoppable beast on the ice.

First Chris, now Claude... This city is cursed!

[Schlitzbrille]

It's his fault for havin' a funny-sounding French name.

 

Incidentally, how much is the game and can I play it Watcher/Unemployed Booker style and observe the game world evolve without my involvement?

[Ruki]

I got the first Franchise Hockey Manager and HATED it. A buggy, disorganized mess. Won't be giving them my money again.

[JasonM]

It's his fault for havin' a funny-sounding French name.

 

Incidentally, how much is the game and can I play it Watcher/Unemployed Booker style and observe the game world evolve without my involvement?

37 euros on Steam, cheapest key site has it at 22 euros, or completely free if you're a pirate... I paid like 15 at a keysite sale.

And you can play watcher games, the game has insane stat tracking, and you can go back year by year on a player, team, league basis and see who was top scorer in what year, or who had the most hits, who had the most blocked shots, and what not. Almost every single stat is recorded and remember in the game, so even in fictional leagues you'll end up with encyclopedia sized lists of top scorers.

The stat-porno is one of the main reasons I absolutely adore the game, and it really has a leg up on EHM with that. You can also enable ''GM mode'' which will automate training/coaching and leave you to send up/down players, do trades, and generally run the non-coaching side of the team whilst you sim the results.

And well, as you can see, sometimes you end up having your fucking legendary franchise player getting his nogging crushed...

I got the first Franchise Hockey Manager and HATED it. A buggy, disorganized mess. Won't be giving them my money again.

Fair enough, FHM1 was absolutely shit, but I gotta give credit where it's due because FHM2 is everything the first one should've been. I've not yet had crashes, no bugs i've noticed, and the only thing they're guilty of is that the UI could and should be a lot easier to traverse.

Edited October 19, 2015 by Jasonmufc

[Plubby]

I got the first Franchise Hockey Manager and HATED it. A buggy, disorganized mess. Won't be giving them my money again.

Same. I lost a shootout and won the game :\