So I've played a Mouse game and a Cat game last month so figured I would go for the trinity with a dog game. Unfortunately I didn't have one so I figured playing as a Fox was a close alternative. The animations where the Fox "doggy" paddles in water for example? See, totally the same thing.

Speaking of the animations, when the unnamed Fox swims, slides, curls up to sleep or shakes water off are really charming. The visuals generally are quite nice with a good usage of colour, water effects and environments. Mixed with the nice usage of string and piano instruments playing gentle melodies and this is set up for a relaxing time.

Unfortunately that is the only positive I have to say about this because the actual gameplay is agonizingly boring. The areas the Fox travels through are large and expansive but there is nothing of interest to see or do. Exploration involves running through these areas for several minutes before collecting some energy from a flower through a tediously slow animation and finding the stone to power up to open the path. This is repeated for essentially six hours. It's a dull affair. The areas don't need to be that big, the puzzles are slow and repetitive and even the collectables are bizarrely tedious with each needing a two part location to complete of finding a staff and then the skeleton of the shaman to put it next to. The whole game is just kind of rote. It's also a little clunky on top with the Fox sometimes getting caught on scenery or jumping weirdly and the abilities you get are just never interesting.

It's rare I really wish for a game to end as much as I did this one. Chapter 7 was almost the last straw where you almost directionlessly explore a giant forest but I powered through to the ending which was ok but not really worth it.

This title is all style over substance. I don't recommend it.

+ Play as a Fox, some cute animations.
+ Visuals and music are nice.

- Boring, tedious and repetitive. Somehow bland under everything.