EHM:FE interview

Marc Vaughan · 03-23-2004, 06:18 AM

Hi,

In case anyones interested Riz and Miles did an interview about EHM:FE for powerplay magazine - details can be found at:

http://www.sigames.com/news.php?type...article_id=860

Have Fun,

Marc

Honolulu_Blue · 03-23-2004, 06:31 AM

Excellent!

Good to see the enthusiasm and all. Hope the licensing works out.

Can't wait to see the final product!

JonInMiddleGA · 03-23-2004, 07:27 AM

Thanks much for the heads-up Marc, it's always appreciated

After reading the interview, there's really one thing that jumps out at me:

"The plan is to have as many playable leagues as possible but at the moment because license negotiations are still going on we can't confirm any of the leagues in the game but we'll hopefully be able to do that early this year. We're planning on having all the major leagues in twenty countries and lots of minor ones, subject to negotiations."

I understand about not counting any (league) chickens before the (licensing) eggs hatch, but I'm certainly hopeful that things go well with all of the North American entities. With US & Canadian league structures, this seems to be a slam-dunk purchase. Without them, I can't imagine being drawn to the game.

But hey ... no pressure

samifan24 · 03-23-2004, 07:32 AM

I guess I'm more confident that the licensing issue will be taken care of now that Sega is on board as publisher. To me, Sega is a known entity and their involvement with the EHM:FE product only grants further credence to the quality of the SI product name. I think that a lot will be possible thanks to the success of CM and that may be a key towards getting all the desired licenses. I think that things will work out in the end, though, because Sega is attached to the title and will carry quite a bit of weight for Riz and the crew in negotiations.

ice4277 · 03-23-2004, 07:44 AM

Well, since Sega is the publisher, don't they already have the NHL license? It seems like that would be the most difficult one to get, and I know they make NHL games already.

samifan24 · 03-23-2004, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ice4277

Well, since Sega is the publisher, don't they already have the NHL license? It seems like that would be the most difficult one to get, and I know they make NHL games already.

I don't know that the Sega name translates directly to an NHL license, but I can't imagine it hurts.

spleen1015 · 03-23-2004, 07:52 AM

Excuse my ignorance, but will this game be a career sim? Hockey is not a sport I really follow, but I'll give this a look if it does.

samifan24 · 03-23-2004, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Excuse my ignorance, but will this game be a career sim? Hockey is not a sport I really follow, but I'll give this a look if it does.

Yes, this will be a career sim.

sachmo71 · 03-23-2004, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Excuse my ignorance, but will this game be a career sim? Hockey is not a sport I really follow, but I'll give this a look if it does.

No, it will be THE career hockey sim.

Honolulu_Blue · 03-23-2004, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sachmo71

No, it will be THE career hockey sim.

Nay, wrong again. It will be THE career sim. Any sport. Any game. End of.

Marc Vaughan · 03-23-2004, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

[/i]I understand about not counting any (league) chickens before the (licensing) eggs hatch, but I'm certainly hopeful that things go well with all of the North American entities. With US & Canadian league structures, this seems to be a slam-dunk purchase. Without them, I can't imagine being drawn to the game.
But hey ... no pressure

Miles (who handles this sort of thing at SI) has a lot of experience with licencing and I am very confident that while such things are complicated and take time they'll all be sorted out successfully ....

Obviously once we know the full situation for such things we'll post details on sigames.com (and as usual I'll echo the gist of things here).

3ric · 03-23-2004, 10:15 AM

Quote from Miles in the article:
"...when we decide to launch football titles or soccer titles in the US and Canada."

Is that the language barrier or a Freudian slip?

bbor · 03-23-2004, 11:20 AM

'......to do that early this year........'

Has'nt that passed already?

It IS the end of March.

MizzouRah · 03-23-2004, 11:22 AM

I'm not one of those people who demand game releases.

Release this damn game already!!

GrantDawg · 03-23-2004, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

I'm not one of those people who demand game releases.

Release this damn game already!!

It really is hard, is'nt it? You don't want to be so demanding that they release the game to early (and with all due respect to SI, they did that with CM4), but who doesn't want this game like yesterday?

riz · 03-23-2004, 11:58 AM

Please be aware that this interview was done in December last year and a few things have changed since (due to licensing delaying us a bit etc.) so don't jump on us too hard about the times quoted there

And for those who would like the game to be released yesterday...we're working on it. I mean the game is coming along nicely but our time-space-continuum department has been slacking off lately

Tekneek · 03-23-2004, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riz

And for those who would like the game to be released yesterday...we're working on it. I mean the game is coming along nicely but our time-space-continuum department has been slacking off lately

With the impending return of The Doctor, perhaps you guys can put him on staff and borrow the Tardis for a few spins. That should really speed up the development!

3ric · 03-23-2004, 02:43 PM

Oh, no, you certainly don't need to do it as fast as yesterday. Just for about two hours ago would be alright.

MizzouRah · 03-23-2004, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

It really is hard, is'nt it? You don't want to be so demanding that they release the game to early (and with all due respect to SI, they did that with CM4), but who doesn't want this game like yesterday?

I guess it's because I don't visit sigames.com very often to read up on the game, but when I do (today), it really makes me want that game.

Todd

Karim · 03-23-2004, 03:55 PM

I really want this game too but if it arrives before May, I'll probably fail my semester.

klayman · 03-23-2004, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karim

I really want this game too but if it arrives before May, I'll probably fail my semester.

Come on, what's more important?

Karim · 03-23-2004, 05:33 PM

I'll be using EHM:FE to take me through the lockout.

ice4277 · 03-23-2004, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karim

I'll be using EHM:FE to take me through the lockout.

Exactly. I picked up CM 03/04 late, so I am still playing that a bunch, so I think my really getting into EHM will come when I am missing the real thing around October.

03-23-2004, 07:32 AM	#4
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I guess I'm more confident that the licensing issue will be taken care of now that Sega is on board as publisher. To me, Sega is a known entity and their involvement with the EHM:FE product only grants further credence to the quality of the SI product name. I think that a lot will be possible thanks to the success of CM and that may be a key towards getting all the desired licenses. I think that things will work out in the end, though, because Sega is attached to the title and will carry quite a bit of weight for Riz and the crew in negotiations. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton Last edited by samifan24 : 03-23-2004 at 07:32 AM.

03-23-2004, 07:52 AM	#7
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Excuse my ignorance, but will this game be a career sim? Hockey is not a sport I really follow, but I'll give this a look if it does. Last edited by spleen1015 : 03-23-2004 at 07:52 AM.

03-23-2004, 10:15 AM	#12
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	Quote from Miles in the article: "...when we decide to launch football titles or soccer titles in the US and Canada." Is that the language barrier or a Freudian slip? __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

03-23-2004, 11:20 AM	#13
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	'......to do that early this year........' Has'nt that passed already? It IS the end of March. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-23-2004, 02:43 PM	#18
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	Oh, no, you certainly don't need to do it as fast as yesterday. Just for about two hours ago would be alright. __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

03-23-2004, 06:31 AM	#2
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	Excellent! Good to see the enthusiasm and all. Hope the licensing works out. Can't wait to see the final product!

03-23-2004, 07:27 AM	#3
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Thanks much for the heads-up Marc, it's always appreciated After reading the interview, there's really one thing that jumps out at me: "The plan is to have as many playable leagues as possible but at the moment because license negotiations are still going on we can't confirm any of the leagues in the game but we'll hopefully be able to do that early this year. We're planning on having all the major leagues in twenty countries and lots of minor ones, subject to negotiations." I understand about not counting any (league) chickens before the (licensing) eggs hatch, but I'm certainly hopeful that things go well with all of the North American entities. With US & Canadian league structures, this seems to be a slam-dunk purchase. Without them, I can't imagine being drawn to the game. But hey ... no pressure

03-23-2004, 07:44 AM	#5
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	Well, since Sega is the publisher, don't they already have the NHL license? It seems like that would be the most difficult one to get, and I know they make NHL games already.

03-23-2004, 11:22 AM	#14
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I'm not one of those people who demand game releases. Release this damn game already!!

03-23-2004, 11:58 AM	#16
riz SI Games Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland	Please be aware that this interview was done in December last year and a few things have changed since (due to licensing delaying us a bit etc.) so don't jump on us too hard about the times quoted there And for those who would like the game to be released yesterday...we're working on it. I mean the game is coming along nicely but our time-space-continuum department has been slacking off lately

03-23-2004, 03:55 PM	#20
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	I really want this game too but if it arrives before May, I'll probably fail my semester.

03-23-2004, 05:33 PM	#22
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	I'll be using EHM:FE to take me through the lockout.

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