Family Farm is an innovative tycoon game in the setting of 19th century farmsteads. It's a simulation of a farmstead experienced in stories which span a generation. Clicking cows won't earn you any cash! You control characters with RPG-like attributes, skills and needs. Keep them fed, develop their skills, upgrade house to accommodate a bigger family and grow their land in to a Family Farm!
Aug 6th, 2011 1 person agrees 0 people don't
I believe this is one of those simple games that shouldn't try and get more than say... $10 or even $8.
The demo seemed really nice and, since it's only costing $8,5 because of the discount, I think I'm going to buy it.
Dec 2nd, 2011 0 people agree 0 people don't
very good game.. little bit slow at the beginning, but speeds up later. A Sim & Farming game altogeter. :D
Nov 25th, 2011 0 people agree 0 people don't
This game is a dirty pleasure for me. I originally looked at it as a way to move some loved ones off a certain farm game on a certain 'social' web site. It turns out I like this game a lot. It's basically an RTS minus the combat. (Not that I'm a big fan of RTS either.) Instead of campaigns & scenerios you have stories and seasons. Each year has 2 seasons, the planting season and the harvesting season. You are limited on time in each season and you have a lot to do. There are per-year goals, a story goal and a trophy goal (usually the story goal but with a higher number, make more money get an even bigger house, etc.) for each story.
There are real strategies for when you hire help, what kind of meals you serve, when you use family members (who increase their skills over the years), where you put fields & animal pens and parks (people eat in parks and you loss a lot of time if they have a long walk). You have to decide when to take out credit in the planting season and make sure you at least break even at the end of the harvest.
The game is really great and the feel of the game is nice too. I know a lot of gamers will look at it as a farm game in the 1700s and run screaming (Hi Venn), but it really is good. The demo give a decent idea of what the game is, but it really doesn't get into raising animals or how developing the family's skills can matter. My only problem is that there where a few graphics issues when displaying the portraits of selected people. Not a big problem for playability, but it helps when you have to or three people with the same name.
Nov 10th, 2011 0 people agree 0 people don't
Nice game.
I must to remove desura/common/bin/64/libopenal.so.1 to make sound working
Nov 6th, 2011 0 people agree 0 people don't
Casual gaming at its best: simple, carefree, frustration-free. If you're looking for something the whole family can play and enjoy, this is the game you need. And it has nice, smooth graphics. What more could you ask for?
Aug 6th, 2011 0 people agree 0 people don't
There are so many things to do in Family Farm, from feeding/ caring for animals to decorating and improving your farm. Everything is Zen-like and frustration-free, with cute graphics and support for high widescreen resolutions. See the trailer, download and try the demo. If you're looking for a beautiful world with board-like functionality and RPG gameplay, Family Farm is the game for you! :D
Apr 17th, 2011 3 people agree 11 people don't
Charging $15 for this is a crime. Everything in this game has weird eyes too.