Familia

RPG Maker strikes again! Familia is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality assets (notably most of the assets here seem to be custom instead of just copy + pasted RPG Maker stock assets... but they're still very low quality) coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of RPG Maker is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, and shouldn't be used for "professional" game development. Like most RPG Maker shovelware, the game features extremely low quality 2D retro pixel art (original or not), looks awful, and has even worse gameplay. RPG Maker is an absolutely terrible construction kit, and never results in games of any reasonable qual…

The characters die in every fight, even against the weakest opponents. I am also unable to download Act 2. I have played turn-based RPGs since Phantasy Star. I even beat Dark Phallus, who was a pain in the arse. Phantasy Star II was also difficult.

Игра 'Familia' – это захватывающая смесь стратегии и управления ресурсами, приправленная итальянским колоритом. Погружение в атмосферу семейного бизнеса ощущается с первых минут: яркий дизайн, приятная музыка и понятные правила делают старт лёгким даже для новичков. Механика игры достаточно глубока, чтобы увлечь опытных стратегов. Нужно умело управлять своими работниками, закупать ингредиенты, расширять производство и, конечно же, не забывать о престиже своей семьи. Конкуренция с другими семьями добавляет азарта и вынуждает постоянно адаптироваться к меняющейся ситуации на рынке. Мне особенно понравилось ощущение прогресса. От маленькой лавчонки до процветающей империи – каждый шаг ощущается значимым. Различные пути развития позволяют экспериментировать со стратегиями и находить свой уникальный подход к игре. 'Familia' – это прекрасный выбор для тех, кто любит экономические стратегии с небольшой долей рандома и ощущением личного контроля над ситуацией. Рекомендую!

If you're into old skool style retro turn-based jrpgs like the original Final Fantasy games, then check out Familia. The developer has put a lot of passion into this homage to classic gaming.

Excited to play more. I like it!

The game is good and charming overall, however, I ran to this issue where my screen would freeze on fullscreen, and I wouldn't mind it if it only happened once. I could clearly hear that the game didn't freeze as characters still made noises, however I had to force the game to shut down, having to replay the parts I already played. That's my only gripe with it, and hopefully it will get fixed because the game was interesting enough that I wanted to play more of it.