Familiars.io

6.5/10 A pixelated MMO Pokemon-like TBS with creature collecting. TLDR: The mechanics of this indie turn-based battler are good but intended for PVP. For single-player content, make sure to check the guide with the locations of the dungeons (it's in Guides section in Steam Discussions), without it there isn't much to do. Good: - 20 classes of creatures, each with 4-5 abilities. Each creature is vulnerable to some types of attacks and resistant to some others. This creates an interesting though simple battle system. - music is 8bit and upbeat, gives the game positive vibes - free So-so: - graphics are pixelated and use a very low number of colors (16?). In the world, I often didn't even understand something was a door until I accidentally moved thru it. Bad: - the game runs in a tiny window. You can maximize it. However, the font is optimized for absurdly tiny screen space, so even when the game is maximized, the letters just become huge. Even short sentences occupy the whole screen. And during battles, you have to click several times to read just a handful of messages. This artificial clutter makes gameplay more tedious: a lot of clicks and actions with the UI are needed to do anything. The game's UI could be easily "flattened" if it were designed for proper screen sizes - single-player content is essentially just lvl 1-5 mobs randomly scattered around the map. You will level up a few toons to lvl 15 and would be confused what's the point of all this. The game relies on its store description and an external guide showing dungeon locations. Instead, there should be quests or pointers in the game itself, to create a feeling of progress and help build player motivation. [table][tr][th][i]I'm a Steam curator, you can [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43946907-Friendly-Nerd/]follow me[/url][/i][/th][/tr][/table]