Wobbledogs is a terrible delight of mad science and pet care. In this sandbox world of canine containment bays, you embrace the whims of “what happens if I breed this dog with a comically small head?” right alongside “what if I only fed this dog onion rings for its entire life?” The act of wildly irresponsible animal husbandry is richly rewarded with every generation as your dogs reckon with their own anatomy. I zoom the camera out and view my multi-room compound from afar. I zoom the camera in and focus on a room full of stumbling idiots biting each other, neon body parts from a fallen companion left uneaten, and wet stains from a dubious emergence scattered about the astroturf. I love each and every one of my profoundly incompetent Wobbledogs and I am not open to criticisms.

My biggest issue with this game is that I played it on Switch. It works well enough but the controls are pretty awful. Rather than being able to mouse over anything, there is a reticle in the center of the screen that must be lined up with whatever it is you want to click. Anything that walks or rolls away might take one or two attempts to “catch.” It takes some getting used to and the best it gets is mildly annoying. The port is pretty bad, so if you have the option then you should play it on PC.

Reviewed on Dec 29, 2023


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