Franchise Hockey Manager 6

Franchise Hockey Manager 6

The Franchise Hockey Manager 6 series returns for the 2019-20 season with plenty of new 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: FHM6 is licensed by the NHL, allowing you to take the reins of your favorite franchise to capture the Stanley Cup. Or create your own hockey universe, or even choose a historical NHL start date from any year in league history right back to the beginning in 1917. Sign free agents, trade players, draft the next crop of superstars, and much more!

This is as close as you’ll get to sitting in a General Manager’s office without drawing a paycheck from a team. Oversee team finances, hire your staff, make trades, sign free agents, and draft the newest generation of stars as you try to build a championship team – and then make it into a dynasty!

All new for Franchise Hockey Manager 6:

  • New Rivalry System! Rival matches have extra significance for success – and change over time in response to in-game results
  • Fans Matter! Supporter happiness is tracked, changing in response to in-game events and actions, affecting attendance, job security, owner satisfaction, and more!
  • Alter history! Change the structure and evolution of historical leagues and teams
  • Real historical staff! Play with and against legendary coaches, general managers, and owners, or step into their shoes with the new “Play as” mode that lets you take the identity (and abilities!) of a real GM
  • New exhibition mode! Pit teams from any era against each other, opening infinite possibilities for matchups
  • Improved team management screens – lock players to a specific line!
  • Improved player modelling! Suspensions for on- or off-ice incidents, stat-adjusted talent ratings, and personality ratings that evolve in response to game event
  • Accurate 2019 Opening Night rosters, teams, and leagues!
  • New Team reports! Tons of new information at your fingertips, including prospect and positional rankings, team power rankings, the best and worst single-game performances, global team ranking system, and more
  • 25 new Historical Challenges! A wide variety of scenarios to test your skill.
  • Extend your legacy! Carry forward your FHM5 saves into FHM6
  • New leagues and tournaments: German, Swiss, and UK second divisions, and the Spengler Cup!

Franchise Hockey Manager 6 Review

You know what, I’ve been very negative about the whole Franchise Hockey Manager franchise for a long time. The first FHM was a good starting point, the sequel offered excellent upgrades, but everything from FM3 onwards has been data updates at best. I even requested a refund for FHM4, and skipped FHM5 completely.

I have never played OOTP, because I am not a fan of baseball, nor would I understand the tactics or the trading, or any of the players, but can see just by looking how much depth and how much effort the team put in to listen to community input, to make the best possible baseball game out there.

Having said all this, FHM6 just feels that much more stable and dare I say it, fun. I am the sort of player who builds a team and skips days at a time, just looking back at the results and box scores, but with FHM6, I am finding myself actually watching and engaging with the text commentary and not trying to rush through seasons at a time, to see how certain players develop and who will be a bust/success etc. I am actually trying to actively build a roster for the future and understand that it isn’t easy to win a Stanley Cup, nor is it easy to juggle the confines of the salary cap. I don’t think I even went into this much detail and planning with other hockey games.

There is so much more this game could be, there is so much more I would like to see implemented into this game, but that’s for the future. For the first time since FHM2, I am confident that the development team will deliver on its promise to make the best hockey simulation game out there. For now, this is actually a really good game and I highly recommend.

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Summary
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).
Good
  • Good hockey-manager game
  • Addicting
7.5
Good
Gameplay - 7.4
Graphics - 7.6
Audio - 7.5
Longevity - 7.6

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