Little Kitty, Large Metropolis is the newest in an increasing litter of animal-themed sandbox video games. Very similar to Goat Simulator 3 or Untitled Goose Recreation, it is a cosy sport with obscure targets and no actual penalties in the event you make a mistake.
Because the identify implies, you assume the position of a feisty feline, who’s fallen from his/her high-rise residence and is in search of a method dwelling. Set in a Tokyo-inspired cel-shaded metropolis – full with konbinis and distinctive pedestrian crossing bleeps and bloops – you’ll work together with different animals, nuzzle the shiny footwear of salarymen, and customarily make a nuisance of your self.
Your major objective is to seek out 4 fish, so you may have sufficient Breath of the Wild-style stamina to climb the vines main again to your own home. However alongside the best way you’ll reunite a household of geese, recycle discarded soda cans, and even assist an area artist make a masterpiece.
You don’t actually must do something, and the sport’s designed in such a method the place you’ll merely stumble into the options to your targets. The gameplay is playful, with the cat being largely nicely animated, though the platforming – which depends on a precision leaping mechanic – is unrewarding, and the body price makes the gameplay really feel stiff at 30fps.
Moreover, whereas there are some artistic puzzles within the marketing campaign – like one the place you could flip off a gardener’s hosepipe in an effort to steal the meals from their kitchen – there’s a lot of filler, like discovering packing containers and bins to lie in. Sure, it’s all very playful, however we’d have favored to have appear some extra in-depth puzzles versus all the filler.
You possibly can blast by the story in underneath two hours, in all probability much less in the event you’re not fussed about your feline’s elective targets. However you’ll in all probability get probably the most out of it in the event you strategy it with a way of playfulness: it is a sport that’s designed to be prodded and poked – curiosity might have killed the cat, however your inherent inquisitiveness will do numerous heavy lifting right here.
It’s cute and vibrant, then, and one thing you’ll be able to zone out with whilst you hearken to a podcast or watch one thing else. However it gained’t stay lengthy within the reminiscence, even when its city backdrop and light-hearted type provides an appreciated change of tempo.
