Info

Developed By: Broken Bear Games.

Published By: No More Robots.

Platforms Available On: Xbox, PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch.

Reviewed on Xbox Series X (via backwards compatibility) – a code was very kindly supplied for the purpose of this review.

Overview

Family Man is a dark, story-led RPG that asks the question: When pushed to the limits of your own morality, how far would you go for the sake of your family?

You owe money to the mob, and you’ve got three weeks to pay it back. Will you flip burgers and earn an honest living while scraping the money together… or will you take on some dirty jobs for more cash, but potentially push your family away?

Every decision you make affects everyone around you. The neighborhood will blossom or perish under the weight of your decisions, while the path you choose may lead to your household becoming stronger than ever… or the breakdown of your marriage and relationship with your child.
Overview taken from Xbox Marketplace game description.

Review

I love anything gangster or mafia related played the games, read the books and watched the films, I really enjoy playing the games from theme as it allows you to delve deep inside the “gangster” life letting you get involved in all the bad things but in a completely legal way.

Family Man definitely ticks the box in terms of content with it’s gritty story and violent action it’s definitely a game you can sink your teeth into. The decisions you make throughout the game determines the path you take. The game starts of pretty run of the mill as you go about your daily business to the best you can, your good friend Bobby has a plan “an easy job” that will solve all the money worries, I mean what could go wrong?

Well everything and so the meat of the game begins as after a series of unfortunate events you are now endebted to the mafia and we know they’re not the best people to owe money to, this forms the main emphasis of the game as you need to get the money back doing any job you can some being slightly less legal than others.

Although there are some lose framework to work with you are pretty much incontrol of the game and you decide what to do and when but this causes a spinning plate effect as you keep the family life and mob bosses happy, highlighting how far a husband will go for his family.

The story itself is long enough to keep you engaged but also gives the replayability feel as you can replay the game and make different choices potentially giving you a different game, for all it’s simplicity it feels a really immersive game.

Graphics and Sound

The developers have gone for a more simple look to the game, it almost looks like a Roblox game giving the gamer a full on retro feel, the pixelated blood splats are amazing. The game worlds carry on with the simplistic vibes with every thing flowing well on the Xbox I had no issue with glitching or lags.

The soundtrack of the game is pretty chilled and works well with the overall game. Unfortunately there are no voice acting all the dialogue is made through subtitles on the screen when you interact with different characters.

Summary

Time now then to put my thoughts into a summary, overall I felt the game flowed well and the story was good I especially liked the aspect of the gamer being in control of the character’s destiny. As a single player the game works well maybe an inclusion of a multiplayer option like a team deathmatch mode would be cool at some point, but on the whole I liked the game.

Verdict-Out of 5🌟

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I give Family Man a good score of 4🌟 a good retro feel game with a deep story, would definitely recommend if you like mafia stories.

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