The more time you spend with each character, the better you get to know them. It gives all of them a nice cohesion and there’s a lot of room for cute storytelling and character design.Įach of the characters has a slowly filling bar of hearts. Oh, and I’ve neglected to mention that they’re all BEARS! Or at least partially bears anyway. From a friendly park ranger who just wants to help a vulnerable camper like you, to a salty sea captain and a handicrafter who doesn’t know why they can’t move on. I can’t comment on all the characters since the leisurely pace of the game means that I haven’t met them all yet (the game tells me that there are at least 10 more I have yet to meet) but the ones that I have met so far are delightful.

Each character on the island will only have one request a day so it’s doled out slowly. This is not a game that’s meant to be beaten in just a few days. What’s best about Cozy Grove is the way that it slowly rolls out characters and their stories to you over the days that you play. Well, there’s nothing to be done about it now, might as well make the best of things. However, it turns out that Cozy Grove is far more spirit infested than you thought it would be and… Oops! You’re boat’s drifted away while you were busy catching up with the spirits! Once you get your mailbox up and running, a letter from your scoutmaster makes it clear that this is an assignment that’s above your level and you were meant to go somewhere easier on your first solo outing. All this in service of getting yourself some merit badges and maybe even making a few friends. You play as a spirit scout who’s duty it is to help them solve their problems and be able to move on. Filled with lingering spirits who were unable to move on after their deaths. Haunted HomesteadĬozy Grove is an island that is quite haunted. So I was happy as can be when the chance to review Cozy Grove dropped in my lap. I’m always looking for these sorts of games that help me unwind, though. In the last few years I’ve been consumed by titles like the Story of Seasons series, Animal Crossing, and Stardew Valley. Either way, simulation games and particularly life simulations are in my roots. Which was then followed up by PlayStation titles that took me in the direction that my gaming goes today. While my mom made sure that the first video games I ever played were educational, the first game that I played after that was her copy of Sim City 3000.

I’ve been playing life simulation games since I was a little kid.

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