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- Out Of The Park Developments
- Out Of The Park Developments
- Out Of The Park Developments
- Out Of The Park Developments
Franchise Hockey Manager 3
Released On: Oct 31, 2016
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
64
14% Positive
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1 Review
86% Mixed
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6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Franchise Hockey Manager 3 is a fantastically crafted title well worthy of praise. Unfortunately, with this release being a pretty basic retread, there is a prevailing sense of staleness. The game does have some minor improvements that are mostly visible with the streamlined startup process and visual data provided while in-game. Long time fans of the series may not need to update, but any new player looking to try a sports sim would be hard pressed to find a better place to start.
FHM 3 is a feature-rich, immersive, expansive simulator which succeeds in putting you in the shoes of a manager and coach, and gives you a sense of pride for success and growth and fear of failure and what that entails. A great title for fans of sports simulators and hockey alike.
Overall, Franchise Hockey Manager 3 is important as one of the only hockey simulation games available, especially on computers where EA has foolishly forsaken the PC crowd of sports games for years on end with the absence of Madden and NHL games. However, this is a very specific game for fans of the sport, and it is not very fun at being a game, actually.
Management games are, of course, incredibly niche, but as SEGA's Football Manager series has proven, there's a lot of potential in there for these games to also be utterly life-consuming. Is Franchise Hockey Manager 3 up to that standard? No quite, but it's on the right path.
Franchise Hockey Manager is by no means an all-audiences game. You’ve got to be a certain sort of fan to enjoy any management sim, I think, and slogging through FHM3’s difficult interface is likely to turn away even those who would otherwise serve as its core audience. Still, if you’ve yearned for a title that expands on the paltry offering built into EA’s ongoing NHL series — and you don’t mind a steep learning curve — this is probably exactly what you’re looking for.
The lack of improvements in key areas are a worry but FHM3 is a solid if reserved update to the franchise.
Likable, but sterile manager, whose realism, does not benefit only from the NHL license, but it lacks many important features and it´s lifeless. An interesting competition for Eastside Hockey Manager, but it needs more time.
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Summary Franchise Hockey Manager 3 is the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy experience you can find, including: - For the first time ever, officially licensed by the NHL - An all new mode - Path to Glory - to get you in and having fun faster - Take the reins of your favorite NHL franchise to capture the Stanley Cup Championship - Tons of ...
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Oct 31, 2016
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- Out Of The Park Developments
Publisher: Out Of The Park Developments
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