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***Leafs4ever*** · 02-14-2022, 02:39 PM

I think what FHM does right, it does it well. There are a lot of stats to look through and having advanced stats is really cool. You can use the underlying numbers to help build your roster better and find the right line combos. The different player types are cool too, letting you build your player the way you envision, but also having the sim make your player play the way you want as well. It's also pretty clean looking and the text game play isn't too bad for a simulation hockey program.

The one thing that I think is sorely missing is box scores. I still can't believe you can't go to a specific game and click to see the box score. If you missed a game on the sim, there's no way to check how your player did in that game. We shouldn't have to rely on screenshots to get that information. Box scores are literally available anywhere there are sports played so I don't understand why FHM doesn't have them. Bring me box scores!

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Guy Incognito - D - #24
Texas Renegades
Season 79
44-21-1
Regular Season - [G 8] [A 21] [Pts 29] [+/- -2] [PIM 42] [Hits 69] [SB 156]
Playoffs - [G 0] [A 0] [Pts 0] [+/- 0] [PIM 0] [Hits 0] [SB 0]
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***notorioustig*** · 02-14-2022, 03:00 PM

Prompt 2:

One thing I've always really liked about Franchise Hockey Manager 6 as well as previous and subsequent entries to this esteemed series of video games is the diversity of player roles. Normally, video games (Like EA Sports' annual half full diaper entry) compartmentalize player types into very wide reaching categories that don't really account for the many different styles that modern players have. FHM of course has a million and one ways that your player can approach their game. Where goal scorers in many other games (or even casual fans' minds) get slapped with a "sniper" label, that doesn't totally account for the guys who tend to fire from range to create rebounds or the Ryan Smyth types who will score using pure willpower in front of the net to grind a puck in. Similarly, breaking down two-way forwards and defensive forwards (likewise for defenseman) allows for a greater stylistic expression and immersion into how your player plays, even if it's not something we can always "see" necessarily.

*Carpy48* · 02-14-2022, 03:51 PM

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There are certain elements I have noticed in FHM that just happen too often in a sim that almost never happen (or shouldn't happen) in a real hockey game. And those are goals that are scored on the first shot in a game. Yes, of course this can happen, but there have been sims where both teams scored on the first shot. Multiple games like this. Too much of a coincidence to be realistic, yet not really a bug as far as I know. What I would like to see and yet have to see in FHM are goalie goals. They do happen (or what about goalie assists? STHS had them too), but somehow FHM doesn't like them. I'm not sure, but I don't think they are even possible there. Last but not least - can we talk about unrealistic things happening with backup goalies? How often have we seen some 155 TPE inactive backup goalie getting a shutout against a good team? Perhaps that falls into the "goalies don't matter" category and I don't think I need to talk about this in detail.

Vaxlare · 02-14-2022, 03:56 PM

Using my new found control over the SHL I implement the most random results and changes I can think of. I will write down lines and teams on giant wheels and spin and allow fate to decide. Maybe on the first day Baltimore will decide the play 5 goalies in place of skaters and the water boy in net. Only the wheel will know for sure. On the next day they may win the cup. All trades and contracts will be done by spinning a wheel as well. Chicago has decided to offer Ben Jammin $87 million for a single season! The only issue is he has to play by himself since there is no money to pay for any other skaters. That is what the wheel decided though. How about the fact that tactics are all done by spinning the wheel. Hamilton has decided to never shoot the puck. They will only skate around and pass the puck. The best part is the league thinks there is nothing wrong with that.

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karlssens · 02-14-2022, 04:38 PM

PROMPT 2:

Overall I think the sim does a pretty decent job of encapsulating the sport of hockey. There's definitely some time you're left scratching your head after you've out shot your opponent like 50-20 and lose, but it's rare and it does happen in the NHL too which leads me to my first main point, randomization. Perhaps one of the best things about hockey, or any sport, is that any one can win. The sim tries to capture that as best it can, but something just feels missing sometimes. One thing I do like about the sim is the variety or roles, or at least the variety of roles to choose from. You get to pick that playstyle you want to play and your player will go out there and play it. That's not often the case in professional sports as you're typically molded to fit a need unless you're an absolutely exceptional talent that the rest of the team is built around.

CaptainCamel · 02-14-2022, 04:51 PM

Prompt 2

I think as far as simming goes, FHM does a pretty respectable job. I love the depth of all the different stats, combined with roles the GM can put on your player, it really feels like you can truly customize your player to be the type of player exactly like how you want them to be. I love watching lives sims. I like that it will take a break for highlights without doing it for the entire game, but it balances highlights with lots of highlights where things don't really happen, making it always a nail biter when one pops up. Some of the highlight commentary is a bit silly. There have been quite a few times where it'll say that there's a wrap around attempt, but that the shot went high 3 feet over the net. I guess that's someone just doing a REALLY shitty job at the lacrosse move.

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