Franzen begins with two characters: Franz, a lizardperson and Lefsa, a cheerful little creature that lives inside a tuba that Franz carries around. These two are amateur technomancers inside a world populated by bizarre creatures, and they are investigating the Scream, a tear in reality that seems to be the origin of an invasion of demons that overran the reale of Brazen. The two are travelling on their airship when they are attacked by flying creatures, however they defend themselves and they later land inside a steampunk city where they will be forced to hunt a dangerous criminal. And tha's just the beginning of a series of adventures, meeting friends and foes as they explore this strange world.
Franzen is a simple linear adventure made with rpgmaker: there are battles but no level ups or experience points, the game is practically a raiload with no real choices and a single ending, but one of the best I've played: story, setting is unique, characters are really brilliant, and the graphics are quite pretty in my opinion. It's not a very long adventure, nor a complex one, still it's very enjoyable and one of the best among the "new" rpgmaker 2003 games. Definitely recommended.
Random Fact: the developer, Scumhead, wasn't famous for making other rpgmaker games, but for some first person shooters using the Doom engine and platforms, and all these had a very retro appearance. Frazen was the first rpgmaker adventure an for now the only one.
Final Verdict: an extremely linear game, a raiload, but probably the best raiload I played. I mean, combat isn't really fun or interesting, but story and characters are captivating, and the setting is unique. Well done!
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