Super adorbs little mini game collection that brought me a lot of joy. These characters are just the best! The mini games are hit or miss but I loved every character so much that I didn’t care. Subverting my expectations each time I got to the ending was a nice surprise as well. I can’t help but think that this game would’ve made a better cartoon with voice acting but I loved it nonetheless.
A magical experience. A gorgeously wholesome art style and animation, with a wonderful cast of characters. Alligator NYC was an absolute treasure to explore, and I hope SmallBu does something else with the world one day.
A few of the minigames were just straight up not fun, but the ones that are really good were some of the best parts of the game.
A few of the minigames were just straight up not fun, but the ones that are really good were some of the best parts of the game.
while it i didn't think it was my type of game, i fell in love with the artstyle and characters of this game immediately, and found myself coming back for more every few hours. the only big issue i have with it is that a majority of the time in subsequent playthroughs you just kinda dawdle until you find someone you haven't met before. otherwise, very solid.
It was okay. I think the animation is really charming and well done, and the music is too. I think having different dialogue scroll sounds for different characters would've been cool, considering how much dialogue there is. Even if there were just like, 5 or 6 different ones that characters shared. Total personal preference though.
Some of the minigames were kind of wack. Like the shoe/drawer one was totally luck based, and the anime dating one was fun in concept, but way too long and there was literally no way to know how good you were doing until it was over. When I played it, I thought it ended really well based on the dialogue, but then it told me I failed, and I was so confused. I also wish the time mechanic was more defined throughout the game. You don't know how long something takes (conversation/game/whatever) until you've already done it. They had the times listed for retrying a minigame, but not for anything else, which I think is kinda odd. And because of the time mechanic, you literally can't do everything in one playthrough. And I get that it encourages replayability, but (and I could be wrong here) I feel like the stuff I missed didn't encapsulate a full, secondary, completely different playthrough? And there were also a few of those minigames you HAD to play at least once. So I feel like encouraging replayability shouldn't have been a focus here. And on top of all of that, I felt like the game dragged for just a bit too long. Or maybe it was some of the minigames being too long that made me feel that way.
Regardless, I had fun. I probably just won't be replaying it.
Some of the minigames were kind of wack. Like the shoe/drawer one was totally luck based, and the anime dating one was fun in concept, but way too long and there was literally no way to know how good you were doing until it was over. When I played it, I thought it ended really well based on the dialogue, but then it told me I failed, and I was so confused. I also wish the time mechanic was more defined throughout the game. You don't know how long something takes (conversation/game/whatever) until you've already done it. They had the times listed for retrying a minigame, but not for anything else, which I think is kinda odd. And because of the time mechanic, you literally can't do everything in one playthrough. And I get that it encourages replayability, but (and I could be wrong here) I feel like the stuff I missed didn't encapsulate a full, secondary, completely different playthrough? And there were also a few of those minigames you HAD to play at least once. So I feel like encouraging replayability shouldn't have been a focus here. And on top of all of that, I felt like the game dragged for just a bit too long. Or maybe it was some of the minigames being too long that made me feel that way.
Regardless, I had fun. I probably just won't be replaying it.