Toem is centered around completing requests from various creatures you'll meet, which will get you stamps, and if you have enough of them you'll unlock a bus ride to the next location. Very wholesome solution for public transportation, btw. These requests are usually about finding a certain item to take photo of, or using items you collected to solve a problem. While most of these requests are quite basic, the game keeps it fun by making a world that has its own quirky personality. It's fun to see the cute animals you'll run into, the creatures you'll be helping out, the weird problems they're facing. It's very much about the joys of exploration, and making memories with your camera along the way. By the end of the game, it was nice to see my photo album being filled, and I felt that typically dissonant "ah, it flew by so fast" feeling that one would have while viewing an old photo album, even though this game is actually pretty short, so it's not exactly dissonant. I wasn't particularly impressed by anything in the game, it doesn't have a special "Wow!" factor, but it is a pleasant short adventure that didn't feel like a waste of time. It's like going out on the weekends to a place that you're familiar with, and you're having fun like you always have.

Reviewed on Jun 29, 2023


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