Franchise Hockey Manager 6 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2019-20 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose one of 32 leagues around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Franchise Hockey Manager 6 is a sports, strategy and indie game
developed by Out of the Park Developments and Minos Games
and published by Out of the Park Developments.
Released on October 11th 2019 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.
It has received 331 reviews of which 258 were positive and 73 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 10.57€ on Instant Gaming.
The Steam community has classified Franchise Hockey Manager 6 into these genres:
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8.x, Windows 10
- Processor: 1 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: min. 1280x768 display (1280×768 display requires fullscreen mode)
- Storage: 6 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: min. macOS 10.11
- Processor: Intel Processor
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: min. 1280x768 display (1280×768 display requires fullscreen mode)
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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Franchise Hockey Manager 6 is a good hockey sim game but, It's really nothing special. I would recommend Eastside Hockey Manager over this 9/10 times. I mainly bought this game for two reasons; the expansion draft and the summer sale and I'm really happy that I bought it when it was on sale because this is not a $45 game. It's not that the game is bad or anything, it just lacks that quality I would expect from a $45 game. Although my expectations may be higher than they should because I played Eastside Hockey Manager, the controls and menus are just not up to par, although the official NHL licensing is a nice touch. If you are new to the franchise like I was, the menus can be super confusing as there are just way to many menus and features with way to little direction. I'm not saying the amount of menus is a bad thing as I like to have as much information available to me at once but, at least give me a tutorial or something so I can learn the menus myself. Another major issue that prevented me from enjoying the game to its full potential are the player ratings. Although, about 70% of the ratings are fine, the other 30% were completely unrealistic and incredibly stupid which caused me to spend 30 minutes fixing all of them before actually being able to sit down and play the game. Overall, it's not really that bad of a game once you get used to it and I'll probably be going back to play it some more but, if you are planning on buying this game, I would recommend you buy it when it's on sale as it's really not worth its original price.
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Recommended -- but with a caveat. I grew up playing Strat-O-Matic hockey and as such there are certain things I want in a hockey sim. Those things help determine my judgment. FHM6 is much better for those players who don't want to coach and would prefer to sit upstairs in the press box and watch the action. But I do want to coach, so that knocks an otherwise fine game down a peg or two. There just aren't enough options to actually coach a team. If you want to trade and sign players, throw them out there and watch them play, this is definitely the game for you. But if you're looking for more intimacy -- that is to say, making actual coaching decisions such as matching lines rather than expressing a percentage of ice time and waiting for an RNG to match for you, putting the hot players out on a power play or the cold ones just on a hunch, deciding whether to put out a tired checking line for one more late faceoff in the defensive zone or putting out fresher legs when you're trying to hold a late lead in the last minutes -- well, you can't do that yet. And for me, that's where FHM6 lacks. There's no soul in it, which you'll understand if you've spent hundreds of hours playing Football Manager, FHM's sister game Out of the Park, or most other sports management sims. You don't feel like you're there -- yet. My hope is that it will come, because if it does, the game in future versions will be truly special. That's because this game, statistically, is every bit as good as OOTP, a game I've played for some years. You can start at any point in history, play any way you like with whatever rules you like, and you can watch history re-created. That has immense appeal to me and this game absolutely does that. Technically, there are rough edges. The interface is not exactly intuitive, there needs to be an in-game tutorial to explain how player practice works among other things, and in general, the game needs to appeal to the fan who wants to feel like he's next to the ice. Better hands-on control of teams would do that for me, and I suspect for a lot of other hardcore puckheads as well. It's good. I hope it will get better. But for now, there is still room to grow. Keep at it. This is a game I want to really love.
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The main comparison for FHM 6 is EHM (East Side Hockey Manager). I have spent thousands of hours in EHM and purchased FHM 6 to look for something new. I have found that FHM 6 has many strengths that EHM lacks. PROS - The ability to add expansion teams or re organize leagues with ease, adding plenty of playtime - The historical game modes add the ability to easily play from any historical season with reliable rosters - The historical challenges allow you to face interesting hurdles that change the game experience - The customization of your GM and his statistics makes the game feel much more involved than other managment games - Straightforward system that is easy to pick up CONS - The simulation speed can be much slower at times than other competition games - The interface can be awkward to navigate. Certain menus are located in odd places - Too difficult to quickly find stats. - The simulation tends to be on the high side of scores and PIMS in my opinion and is not as great as others, however is still very enjoyable OVERALL I would recommend this game to anyone who is looking for an interesting challenge or more variety in their hockey management experience. If this is your first time picking up a hockey sim however, I would recommend looking into all your options before choosing this game.
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OOTP continues to add more features to the FHM franchise making it still one of the best manager sims for hockey out there (EHM probably still edges it out at this point). My biggest complain with this series is probably the fact that there is no 2D representation of the games going on for simming. Text is fine and all that but having a 2D representation at least would let me know which players are actually doing their job well. Another big one will probably be scouting\when the draft happens. It be great if we had a break down of each scouts personal rankings of each prospect.
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I have bought this game since FHM, 2,3,4,5 and now 6 and this feels like the biggest jump between versions. my favorite feature is the weighted ratings based on current and past 2 seasons giving a more organic feel. The sim speed is work well, the stats are accurate overall team proformance is where real life would be. I really like that the draft produces the correct amount of players that make it. Wish list: a option to customize the screens where you can include Ratings and stats a diamond or bust rating after the draft where 1st rounders were over hyped and 5th rounders under hyped maybe a draft timer put a little extra pressure when picking and UFA signings, I tend to get the top guy alot, I wish there was a little more struggle. Love the game and recommend it. GREAT JOB GUYS!
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Developer
Out of the Park Developments,
Minos Games
Publisher
Out of the Park Developments
Release
11 Oct 2019
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