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sabotai
09-28-2003, 11:58 PM
Face Off Hockey from .400 is going to be released October 3rd. I completely forgot about this game with EHM. It's $34.95, and since I know I'll be grabbing EHM (unless some unforseen event occurs), I doubt I'll be buying it.

Face Off Hockey release announced (http://www.400softwarestudios.com/invboard/upload/index.php?showtopic=42641)
bbor
09-29-2003, 12:24 AM
I'd like to hear a few reviews before i purchase it.
klayman
09-29-2003, 12:26 AM
No career play is a killer, IMO. :(
Tasan
09-29-2003, 12:58 AM
Wow....no career play in this day and age? What were they thinking?
Ragone
09-29-2003, 04:34 AM
No career Mode=None of My money goes to them..

:(
sachmo71
09-29-2003, 08:22 AM
I won't buy a hockey game without career mode, either.
Ksyrup
09-29-2003, 08:25 AM
I don't plan on purchasing this, either, although I understand that career mode will be in next year's version, FWIW.
ScottVib
09-29-2003, 09:25 AM
Originally posted by Tasan
Wow....no career play in this day and age? What were they thinking?

FaceOff has traditionally been a replay based games over the years. Following the split, the FaceOff team was brought aboard late into the development cycle of the game. So this version of the replay game is being released as the traditional replay game(as is the board game version). The current version of FaceOff does track career stats and you can update your league each season with the new player ratings.

Traditional Career Play is being added into the next version of FaceOff.
bbor
09-29-2003, 11:19 AM
In that case i'll wait for the next version...i did'nt realize there was no career mode:(
Killebrew
09-29-2003, 11:48 AM
Face Off Hockey has a very checkered past.
sachmo71
09-29-2003, 12:22 PM
Originally posted by Killebrew
Face Off Hockey has a very checkered past.
Care to elaborate?
Killebrew
10-06-2003, 11:27 AM
Originally posted by sachmo71
Care to elaborate?
One thing off the top of my head, milking the EA Sports player ratings job to the hilt, years after the job was completed. A second thing - the programmer of Black Ice Hockey (vaporware hockey sim) quit Black Ice Hockey to join the team at FaceOff hockey.
ice4277
10-06-2003, 11:29 AM
Originally posted by Killebrew
Black Ice Hockey (vaporware hockey sim)

One of the top vaporware products of all time.
bbor
10-06-2003, 12:02 PM
Was Black ice ever finished?

It looked awesome.
ice4277
10-06-2003, 12:09 PM
Originally posted by bbor
Was Black ice ever finished?

It looked awesome.

No, and it looked incredible, hence being one of the all-time vaporware products. That being said, I wonder how much was actually completed, and how much of it was just mock-ups.
bbor
10-06-2003, 12:13 PM
I remember reading their MB....now THAT was good reading....some nice flame wars going on there.At some point i lost interest in the game and just read the MB to see the flaming:)
ice4277
10-06-2003, 01:30 PM
Originally posted by bbor
I remember reading their MB....now THAT was good reading....some nice flame wars going on there.At some point i lost interest in the game and just read the MB to see the flaming:)

too true :D
44Niners
10-06-2003, 01:34 PM
I tired the demo last night and between the unfriendly interface and constant error messages, I was not impressed
sabotai
10-06-2003, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by bbor
I remember reading their MB....now THAT was good reading....some nice flame wars going on there.At some point i lost interest in the game and just read the MB to see the flaming:)

I was a regular one that MB< but I stayed away from the flame stuff. When I first started work on my tennis sim, I made the announcement there...and was then mocked for making a tennis sim... :)
JeffNights
10-06-2003, 04:47 PM
Following the true spirit of the board game will not result in my buying of the product...and has for updating the player ratings myself and whatnot....why should i? Hell the free version of EHM does this already, and you want me to pay for a sim that doesnt inculde this most basic career mode?

Very very poorly thought strategy on this one. you'll be seeing none of my money.